New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-15
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
NETWORK, THURSDAY NOV. i.
Yi,mertaI Politics.

.. a, ,s.,. "a any oos mar n the Union more WHY
-. ,nore opposed 10 the very fI1dsr@rts prsr.
1i y, nemoersey more bent csrryios cot tho
sI,,swe ns..orss Of Whiggery-tns, ross Horscs
v,bz,, there IL one vide. inpssssbe barrier b.
Is. ees parties and between he principles o.
fi.s which be recognises a. fundamentally tspsrsr,g
hem. that hsy can never Assirniats
10 this NJ G,eeley does nothing more lhsn sfser,
great iroih, which with stesdy purpos~ and Undivided
stsoh0o, be lives only enforce and ireUlcai- He he
Bsves Government " be positive HWY; and ~ Coz
eminent alone he hOoes o. regulate sOciety win hin
sgsston 10 eyerythinz-msls abby AID Individuality
nothing.
Accordingly. we fad hin sdyocstug high Protective
TsrG-s Naaonsl Bsnk-sn unrsstHete5 sys'en y H.
ts,ntl improvements and. y. Wit a ne srdor -
which he ia capable md With idea IN The very
inmost Of bic principles epdesvorng 10 build ~
. social sysism. the cte' feature ~ which il patti
nehia Goyernms1i, doing ont food and rsm@ni 70 ia
millions Of subject children vino thus taught that
s % s - 70 gys hen sysry
cradle
Greesy scouts the Democratic IDEA that there csn ,.
TOO much legislation The more law the better society
10 his motto He thus 5ecnes the principle u rvs pro-
gess BY which he Democrat recognizes the progress
I've sbibiy Of man FOR seczovs'nnsnt. and. con
:eaa.nes The insnl!y ~ "a, lsgiss.on whies wogd
law which are more bonoed 10 The brsseh han The Oh
seryssce."
Rem1rks.
We have kept the above article some weeks on
band, awaiting a convenient season Tor comment
We do not now propose o. interfere between
ourtTo Chicago cotemportrieS bat % offer some
remarks On the general subject from our own point
Of observation.
Our Chicago critic assumes that his 10 the De-
rnocrstic idea that the Democrat thinks thus
and so-thst 10, as he does. Now il he simply
means that those who do the thinking for what
calls itself the Democratic party in this country
hold the opinions he cherishes do not object %
bis staten ent-in fact, We do not consider u Of
sufficient Importance 10 differ about. But II he |
propounds the DO nothing idea of Government |
a. that generally ente,tained IN tie champions n
Democracy and Progress throughout the c,rilized |
1eorld, then We beg leave 70 dissent most decided
ly and call our witnesses. We have for some
time past made point Of either directly employ |
ing 40 correspondents the most eminent and radical
pions Of Democracy in Europe, or presenting |
their guiding IDEAS through reviews, extracts &c. |
None Of them ever received hint that he was
expected 70 conform ia the least 70 our views
none OF them was IN any way instructed with re-
gard 10 the position on American Politics OF The
Tribune in contests which most OF them were
alike unconscious Of aud Indifferent 20. Each has
written precisely a, he thought and felt without
a shadow Of prompting from US and every line 80
written for The Tribune has been promptly |
thinkers and writers Of FrsUee, Germany, Hun
gary, Italy and the British lses have spoken to
the American public more freely and fully through
The Tribune than through any other American
channel and we call the whole body Of our readers
TO witness that their Democracy il exceedingly
unlike that Of our Chicago critic and his party
They may not agree at all points with what The
Democrat calls the extreme measures OF Wing |
gerry ; yet we believe that on al the points named
by The Overwhelmingly, Governmental or
ganization Of Credit aud Currency, Pr lection 70
Home Labor against depressing Foreign Compe
tltioni and an extensive and comprehensive
prosecution by Government of Internal Improve
mens-the Democracy Of Europe is not only on
our side but rather in advance Of our position
The question of Protection has not. indeed, en-
crossed large share OF their attention, but on the
others there is no room for doubt.
We shall find time, one Of these days, 10 discuss
this branch Of the general subject more deliberately
and thereupon to press home the inquiry, Why
Democracy in Europe is 50 different from what
assumes 10 be Democracy in America We think
1t will appear that the discrepancy takes rise in
the circumstance that one OF them is no Dcmoc-
racy a, all--aud we know the European is no,
bogus.
We know no warrant for The Dem cra,, /
ayerment that the Editor Of The Tribune is con-
tiRuslly asserting that he is Wing Of the Wings |
nor that by Government alone he hopes t. regu-
late Society Have we ever asSed Government
to build up the Social System we deem desira-
bic or 10 do more than TO remove obstacles from |
the path of those laboring to build it Have we |
oounseled reliance or legislation 60 correct all so
cisl evils Have we not. on the contrary, laboTed
and borne reproach TO effect Social Reform aside
from aud Independent of Government
All osrioRtures have some basis Of resen
blauoe to Mature aud Trutt, without which they
would be mere daubs and failures. Ii s true that
we hold the sphere OF GOverament commemorate
with its power 10 do good and We vecosnize in
thu. assumption the elemental bass Of cur party
divisions. The Tribune as warmly favorable to
Protection to National Currency both Of {. cce
aud Paper, and to Internal Improvements. with.
out regard 10 the particular localities or interests
TO be- especially benefited thereby. The Demo.
orat is vooferou, for Internal Improvement on our
Western Lakes and Rivers, just as 1t would te for
a Protective D0ty on lroa Il it were located At
Pittsburgh instead Of ChicGc, and for a higher
duty on Sugar Il published IN the Cane district OF
Louisiana. Oar principles corcido with The Dem
ocrats interests in regard t. Hsrbor Improve
ments; were the ooiaodenoe Of priaciple aud Ia
terest extended We nigh; fairly hopetO see many
things in the same lsht with TIE Democrat
which We now regard differently
We ,hink the Loco FOco idea Of Government
10 based too much on what Government has bNn
under Ars,ocra,ic and Monsrchicsl guidance Ot|
bad Government welded by the few for their own
selfish ends there cannot well be too little bat We
do not think the same rule holds with respect u
the Republican Government of an enlightened
and patriotic People. Oar ides Of State
10 best expressed by the title assumed BY the
English Republic and borrowed from her hy
Msssschusetts-'T sE CoSNoSwxAIrR.' Free
Government is machinery devised aud put
IN operation by people for the purpose Of
improving their condition - not merely by ,f
fording security to tho Rights Of Person and
Property, bat by doing whatever is required BY
their common interest and can be better done BY