New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-28

ment OF bis welfare, is an Ordinance Of God
Having made man with impulses native and
quick, that press him toward this, He furnishes
him with it, at his entrance upon life and de en-
Joins him to live in it.
Il is benefcent Ordinance Of Him who made
as The whole history OF the Race deiaced and
bloody an it has been with all the yerletioIs VI
CRIME and fraud, is yet the trophy OF tne "'s,il
that establishes Society It IS the lhdlSPeil9Hole
condition of happiness ana Oh 5a,rao,ate IN.
Ynen from one another and they degeherasSe, ~.
evitahlv put them each by himself, IN tine desert
sFtba incboret on the pillar Of the Styhte IN the
ae}l Of the Monk--snd they become lanatiCai' ser
Nsb and rude They tend toward baroarlsn' as
she stone toward the center The genial human
;ties. the graceful and delicate senslblhhes, the
taste for Art for Letters and for Science-the ap-
titudes even for lust humane, and purifying he
Eg,ou-die out of the soul 1t becomes debased and
disorganized as it is not balanced IN the equlpose,
nor girded by the strength, nor refreshed by the
eraceg Of others around it. The will becomes
violent the affections sluggish. There IS no &C
emulation no development, or advancement.
The earth might almost as well have been lett to
the herbs and the beasts that preceded man-lt
might almost as well have been lett untouched oy
the Spirit of God, just as it was before the dark
ness was swept from over 1t, and the h8hs was
poured on its rugged and waste orb-as to have
been peopled by race of men intelligent but lSo-
lated noble in constitution but separate and an.
tagonistic united by nc sympathles compacted
INTO no State. The destined Future-of liuml,
nation for the Race the universal diffusion and
establishment of the Truth the preparation OF the
earth for the mastership Of Christ-coud never
have been realized through such system
Il is when society begins, advancement begins
With that come the overcoming necessities Tor
intercourse for the interchange OF thought aud
the products Of industry; the opportunities and
ahe calls for the exercise Of sympathies-inWeav-
ing men as vital bands; the demands on the intel
beet on the moral conviction, on the heroic and
achieving yet submissive will. Projections come
with society; alliances, and strength the motive
10 enterprise and the openings Tor 1t; the stmula'
tons to constant development and progress the
impulses and aids toward the attainment OF
symmetric and powerful manhood. lnits normal
state it girds one around with influences for good
1t gradually becomes organic, vital; having roots
in the Past, and present life. History and
Usage surround it with their spirit. Hellgon
6ads IN it proper sphere for the diffusion oil It's
forces; and if it come as Divine and purifying
Power as the Religion of Christ, it sheds beneti-
cent influences abroad 1t becomes Incorporated
into institutions worship, systems OF Faith, his,
toric and ancestral 1t gains underground
from which to reach individuals with more power,
and 70 accumulate influence from age to age Be
meath it Society becomes fleXile and strong. Its
freedom, generosity, humanity are advanced 1t
gets muscle too, and fiber and the ligaments OF
power; in the railways that traverse it's land
and the steamships that spread their banner OF
fash intelligence from one end to the other, as II
Omniscence had glanced across it in all the in
Eerlacngs Of commerce, acquaintance similarity
OF pursuits, relationships, legislations, and COM
mon religion Then every trade, and every pro-
fegsion and every department Of human effort,
find place and welcome The agricultural pro
duces. The merchant transfers. The smith and the
wright fashion implements for either The skllful
craftsman Celebrates the ornaments which wealth
demands The eXpounder OF the custom and the
rue untolds these to the citizen. The healer OF
disease administers to the sick. The preacher OF
the Gospel brings its messages to men. The poet
catches his inspirations from the realms OF the
Unseen and going up upon the wings of fancy
brings back the thoughts that make his pulses
keep music as they beat, that shall breathe new
Sorce into other mems hearts. The artist en-
bodies in the marble, or pictures upon the can
vass, the visions Of beauty that arise upon his
thoughts and patiently carves for the column OF
society its decorated capital, The man OF wealth
distributes OF his substance. The poor man gath
ers from the others abundance All are connect
ed The lines Of common dependence and COM
mon support frame all into q Whole The smith
is brother to the artist. The man who turns the
Surrow has fellowship with him who sings to him
of Dreamland The merchant and the mariner,
the healer of the sick, the expositor of the Law,
all are coworking. And he is intrinslcally the
highest among them who contributes the most to
she general welfare who puts the most force into
social advancement.
By such organic Society among men the pro.
gress OF the Race must be worked cut Out OF
il there must come--yea, out oil 1t there ShaIt
some as it 10 pervaded and renewed through the
Truth-the realization of the state foreseen by
Prophets, and certain to Faith; from which,
although so far, we even now may sometimes
catch the fragrant breeze, and hear amid the dis
lance Arcadian murmurs; the state, when vlo
lence and oppression shall have ceased on the
earth; when Christ shall reign, the King of men,
In it's relation to that, Gods ordinance of Society
as appropriate to man, becomes invested with the
grandest Importance. The Institution OF the State,
as residence and & defense for the persons
whom it embraces-of the State, with its appro-
briate magistrates, tribunals, and laws-is a
mighty and durable Corner, established Of God;
upon which rest the good, and the promise and
the hopes of the World No man may limo
rently refuse to accept It,
And now it is evident, as we carry forward our
thought that any particular Society when may
be organized among men on this general BASIS,
may do many things which the individual cannot
II may do many things which he has no power to
do build cities, make treaties, colonlze coun
tries carry on operations upon the national scale
It may do many things which he, as an individual,
has no right to do enact laws for others than
himself, establish tribunals, appoint ottcors exc
cute penalties. 1t may do iohdterer rs necessary
10 ITS opn preservation end 5nSt defense aud TO ne
accomplishment of the good If the members trh0
eop.pose IL; while it does not contravene the Law
of its author or violate the principles of natural
equity If be needful for the citizens that stat
utes be made against forgery and theft or for pun,
ishment of SANDER the State may enact them II
it be needful that the murderer having forfeited
his rights in the commission of his crime be i'm.
prisoned or be executed, the State may secure
him. and inoose him in its dungeons or suspend
him upon its gbbet Whatever is needful for
the preservation Of the Society in the accomplish
ment of the wellbeing OF the individuals who
compose il, among things that are Indifferent or
are fntrinsicaly just that Society can do; and as
an nstitution OF God, for the benefit OF Man, its
decisions must be respected
But it cannot go further. 1t cannot override