New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-20


Ny o,Irl0n = SIT tie same, ia. Nspo con Las
been designed driven int3 MS r0Hp 1 e'7' against
tie ma 5rity. Some G. ~ i-.-UGs, however, tHink
TIE contrary. They argue that the m0l07tY - ftf
ma or = are more afraid OF popular excitement
and revolutionary mesEures than anxious . esiso-
Ish Monarchy. | have 10 doubt Of the r1ta Of
Ills TACT, bit the es3ers and intrigue Of party
are the f1lers Of that party and not TIE majority
quantity $ here subordinate % q1sA.y, "a u a.
other cases TIE P-eideLt has been gosdef mo
1ry ana the knowing ones Of the majority are
quite pre- Jared At east 10 her own minds, Tor the
immediate result. IL Is. nevertheless, quite pcs-
bic that they are not aware o. the danger o.
their OFn audscitv. N one short night the spirit
81 tie people has been reused from I'm Eeutrs.ty
% active hope and energy. Al the iIoersi 1ofhas
o. this morning speak OF Organizing sssinE t-y
parry witch attacks the Constitution legai a. I
pesceso.e resistance - srbtrsry authority oy
Systematic ami universal ritual ~ fGtes. No IN
s1rrec,su, no msni'esrs,on, no appeals TO force,
no resi.tscce to military coercion ega, and
pescea,le resist9Lce cn'y. Such are the words,
sod such is TIE Split Of the people and their
journals
An the shades of democratic opinion are united
in this view There is no area. interest ieI m he
01-ir0f0 and - 1brUDf0 message OF the Pres cot
beyond the relief II brDgs from the monotony o.
psrii amentsry oppression. Many are pleased to
see the President throw Oft the yoke o. the ma
jority but lew are interested IN the personal cause
Of Napoleon That part Of the message IN which
he speaks Of the duration Of authority. ss princi.
pic ot stability excites suspicion with regard 70
his personal intentions more than sympathy tor
decenniAl or perennial Presidency. find hovev.
that the generality OF people look upon the mes
sage as an unforeseen event, much regretted by
the trf.ds Of 0r4sr. Nobody seems u think that
The ms rity intends % gosd Napoleon INTO acts OF
folly in order 10 get nd Of him a. once and set up
q dictator In the person OF CnanRsrnier or some
81. - her fsar-
stat however in my views. lcsnnOt see the thing
In any other light . Now % never 10 the watch
FC7i of the loan contractors league " tn Aus
ina Rus,ia, Prussia AID the Pope. They are
s'rsld Of Socialism and the propaganda Of Is doc
trines. That s think the secret Of their hurry
and precipitation Ii 10 in tact their best and ony
chance Tor Socialism is spreading ike forest
in blaze. A few short months ago B)rdeaux was
& violently snti-republican city, and the Groudf,
q uonsrchlcal department Their representatives,
were -Ank Leei.imists shd all their journals spoke
If separation from the state Republic one week
ago the death Of LeeI,!mB. met her Of the
chamber caused mex election, and Red he
publican Sss chosen BY vsst majority as the
srccessor Yesterday the news arrived IN Paris
# general Gle ton 70 replace member oi the
general council OF the same city and department
and Socialist Of the reddest hue WAS elected by
a great majority Eugene IGndonnet, an old
friend Of mine, and Sociast Of nearly twenty
Council OF bordeaux.
These alarming signs Of tue times leave no
alternative 10 Absolutists but that Of speedy
measures h. suppress all liberty Of speech
and propaganda. Popular authority aud liberty
must either substitute It's principles snd pfac-
tees in lieu Of those o. royal individuality and
privilege, ~ be absorbed by absolutism based
upon the d.yine RIGHT Of kings and hereditary
monarchy There IS 10 time 10 hesitate One or
other must give way Universal suffrage cannot
i've IN harmony with individual suthority-popu-
ar sovereignty cannot suffer the sell VIII oil
roysi sad pontlhcsl iniahbity Aosolutsm
and Democracy sre pitched sgaiost esch other
~ spiritual battle, and the natural word oil
action must reflect the workings OF the mlnf
IN this as in all other csses. Those who think
that KINGS and Priests are not aware OF TINS
sntagonsm of principle and OF the progress OF the
new ides, or the new deyel pment Of Christ
lGea the Gospel q Liberty, aud the regeneration
of the spirit, give them less credit Tor lgence
aud perspiclity than il their due. do not think
them wanting IN the instinctusl intelligence OF
preservation, though deem them bird 70 their
real interests and O. the light Of train. Their
sight is strong in darkness and weak N the me-
rdlan light They fee 10 stronely, ana they vish
70 stop the rising sun. They know that such
dazzling light is not adapted 10 the hsunis and
habits 81 night providers In the realms Of privilege
and physical force, and fearing that the night vii
not return il they allow tho dsy-stsr 10 appear,
they wish 20 initiate t<e General OF old who had
the power - command the sun 10 stop, forgetting
that the power was gwen only % prOOng the day
and not the night. Joshua iorbad the sun to set
they clmmsud il not to rise. They mesn to night.
however. in the DARK and with brute force, sud
not 70 wslt the hour OF battle IN the dawn OF
new spiritual day. The serpent is willy beast,
aud so are all the prOvllng animals OF night; but
the woman seed will crush the serpents head
the gates Of hell shall not prevail against the
Church of Christ The liberty Of the gospel will
prevail sgAinst the law Of man, or rather will r..
generate that lsw, and save humanity from uiu'
mate periiuon.
Toe President has evidently no idea OF tho ma
tire and the 9prt OF the revolution which lstaklng
place in the universal mind. The great majority
of politicians and industriabsts are not moro con
scous of the spiritual fact and its immense I'M
portGnce. Those who sre the leading instruments
the great movement are not conscious Of the
iull extent of renovation providenIlally and lrre
sistibiy let lOOse upon the world Many oil them
AZ behind the principle Of absolute regeneration
n re sous ard in social institutions for weeks
and months and years, before they venture to &C.
kno Wedge the practical legitimacy OF the spirit
usl vanguard. State possession Of the land i
still deemed far beyond the practical horizon OF
the moyoment, and no, even Proudhon seems 20
'hiok Il possible, or, SIS far IS We may Judge from
MS profs ssions really desirable. He thinSs he
can by rec exchange, buy ~ the land for labor
ana his daily opposition 70 state interference IN
the field Of industry aud property would cad one TO
believe he s ia favor OF equAlized division and
monopoly Of land. II may be that. wi'h al the
rest OF mere economist and socialist politicians he
is more afraid Of rousing and alarming certain no
tons ot possession, than imbued with the relisious
spint of complete regeneration. hs efforts are
not less conducive t. the great and heslthiul
change in course OF operation hui thorough con
science Of the nature and the spirit Of the reyolu-
tion ie a mighty councillor in the direction OF the
movement, sod the sooner Socialists OF AL de-
nominatiors ieel the sbsolr;e Importance OF ne
struggle they euss 10, tie better II vii be Tor
al parties Hslfmeasures ard obscurlty Will only
ensthen out the struggle and increase the mum
Der Of accidents and sufsrings Inevitable ~ al
battles, and prominently g. in this great battle
Of Liberty sgsinst Authority, Universally AGAINST
Monopoly HUGH DohEkIf.
NAyAL-Ihe L. ; s.oop-ot war Decatur, Com
nEnder T. Byrne arrived al Porisrouia, y. h on !ih
ns: from Coss, Of Atrcs....U :. ship Yorktown was
a, Port Prsys on 24th DC, all well. The 1. Re-
venue brg Lawrence, Commander A '. Frazer, vas
.pc ken Aug To- ist O. :, long ll2 A. ". Inc Law
?! days from NSlpsrsiso, snd was bound 70
sand ieh Islands and thence 70 san Frsucisco-
Ihs brig Bsinbrigs cruising on The Coast Of Air
ana brig Porpsiss among the Cape Nerd 10 ands--
L : slcOp ~ John Adsms Commander LEVIN H.