New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-28
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Quiet and Democracy.

$4,000 beirsys the critical spirit Of the Professor
OF History rather than the wisdom Of the profound
and comprehensive statesman. In fac. NJ. GuI-
zoT sa pedsgogae by nature, as bis old master
Louis Philippe was one by accident their united
dynasty was more adapted to deude children than
to govern mea and, now that the ex-M mister is
relieved from the burdens Of State we are not sur
prsed that the first fruits Of bis retirement should
be work Ike the present, didactic in ia char
scter. and so narrow, superficial and one sided il
its spirit
| The monster evil according TO NJ GUIzor. which
now threatens 70 lay waste society in France, IS
the prevalence Of the Democratic principle. This,
he maintains is now developed with universal
ity and power hitherto unknown it is 10 longer
an abstraction, confined to the theories Of specuis-
tive politicians, 1ut is asserted openly, loudly,
everys here and at all time, and, unless some po-
tent influence can be found to balance and restrain
its action it III carry inevitable ruin and desola
ton in its train. This influence is 10 proceed from
the ylsor and strngency Of the established Gov
eminent. The Government IS 20 oppose iiieli
against the outbreaks Of passion and violence nhe-
rent in a Democracy it must have power TO resist
Il
the whole fabric Of society will crumbie into at
oms, and leave only the confusion Of primitive cha.
os ia its place The Democratic Republic t. which
the Revolution Of February gave birth, has sgnaly
failed in the performance Of this function. II has
shown itself powerless 70 discharge the duties OF
Government without which no nation can escape
the direst internal calamities. Its banner bears
the Inscription of Social War. Its Constitution
eads directly to Revolutionary Despotism. 1t pre-
sents no rsmparts for the shelter Of various rights
and interests 10 balance Of powers in the center
Of the state and at the head Of Government moth
ing but master and his sgents-the principle Of
despotism checked by the right of Instruction.
Still less can the Social Republic solve the diff
iculty. But in his remarks on this topic, ". GUI-
zoT falls into several historical errors. We will
excuse them in him. on account Of the mental per
turbation in which he writes. The gloom with
which his terrors invest the future brings dark
ness and confusion over his vision Two or three
of them only Will We simply point out J. He as
serts that the ideas propounded by the Social Re
public are not new but are as old as the world
| Now the essential idea Of the Social Republic IS
the Unity of Interests founded on scientific Organ
zation Of Labor, and this idea is emphatically Of
recent origin. ? He takes NJ. PRouDHoS rs the
exclusive representative Of the Social Republic
whereas the older and hitherto the best known
advocates Of Socialism differ from him as widely
in their theoretical views as in the character Of
their writings. 3. He accuses the doctrines OF the
Social Republic as necessarily banishing God from
the mind of man. This is gratuitous accusation
aud leads US to think that the reading Of NJ Gulzor
on the Social Republic has been limited to the
writings Of NJ. PROUDHoN, which are altogether in
different tone and spirit from those Of other lead
ing Socialists Of France. No enlightened man can
charge them with the desire or the tendency to
Danish the idea of the Deity. whatever errors he
may imagine are inherent in their system
| Much as we think NJ. GUIzoT misspprehends
the doctrines and views of the Social Republic, he
does it the Justice to admit that at will IN time
take its due place in that vast and imposing de-
velopment Of the human race which is passing be
fore our eys'
Desperate as the present state Of affairs appears
to NJ. GUizoT, he maintains that 10 effort should
be spared to stay the swelling tide OF Democracy
| which threatens to overwhelm the civilized world.
All the conservative elements in society must be
made to bear upon the popular movement; they
must be combined in firm and compact body
they must present an unbroken front to the ad-
vancing waves; or else Democracy will destroy
France, and will herself finally perish beneath the
ruins she has made.
The fears of NJ. Guizot give energy to bis Ian
guage With his position and character, these
fears are unavoidable He has no faith in the ma
| Of, fai in tha Dopular
faith in the sovereignty of justice embodied IN So
cial institutions and with all his religious Preten-
sions no faith in the reality OF Divine Providence
presiding over the development of history. He
speaks of the democratic spirit, by which term,
| he means nothing less, nothing more, than the
spirit of popular liberty, in the same words, with
which despots in every age have sought to hood
wink the people, and Justify their own usurPed
authority The dangers OF Liberty have ever
proved fruitful theme among men whose inter
ests lay in the perpetuation Of slavery They
see nothing but visions of terror and blood in the
assertion of freedom by a down-trodden people :
and fondy dream that the safety the order, the
very existence OF society depend on the preserva-
ton of their arbitrary sway. Meantime, the WORK
of ages goes on; man advances nearer 10 the free
dom which is his birthright the temporary evils
that are incidental to all transitions from an old
order Of things to better, pass away and are for
gotten the self sustaining, sef-recovering PoS er
| of liberty insures the health of the social body
and. in spite OF the Jeremiads OF such croakine
prophets as NJ GUizoT the serene spirit OF Human
~ unolds new strength and beauty In the elastic
atmos phere of Liberty, until its presence Is &C
| knowledged universally as benign. R.
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