New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-28
IRELAND.
social Democracy.

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/ ous bur the greatest misortunes are not without
advantage We have lived 10 the age Of reason
when revolt insarreCtion. ~ revolution may be
| guided by the hand II wls6oul-when reflection
has pushed instinct nom is throne-snd instead o.
the reckless sprilg OF the mountain tiger we have
learned % blde our time, snd chcose both DAY snd
gn1und
I. this nothing History IS the text book OF the
present the Apocalypse Of the future In the maj
revoluuons-the siubble that burned for nisht and
then was scattered ashes IA the winds of heaven
we see what We have ~ avoid. In others me
thoiicaL arranged, oonccrtcd, snd bearing the m
press Of prudence we see examples worthy 0i
imitation
Ireland. We have SAID. marches strongly and ,ne
utably to the goal % political independence But,
. IS Freuchmen have found, she must have more
than that or independence itself will be but a tin
selled pay;hlns. dyed ssrment stretched over the
/ back If misery.
/ We mus, be,ume Sos.ally Dsmocraftc. - we'd ss
7 politically 50 To speak planly-ior ~ good can
7 come ct dsguise-no great benefit can be derived
| ifuin struggling for hall victory Ireland must be
thoroughly and radically revoluhonlsed IN sill her
socia relations
The tyranny OF capital must be puched down
/ The grinding influence ct great master employers
must be- crsdicated, AM by salutary provisions It's
future growth must be prevented.
It's idle to talk OF cOnhning our vows ID the al
/ ustmeut 1T the land question, the hrst establish
/ ment Ut the occupier and the debsement or ami
hllation OF the agrsrsn arIstocrscy. All these are
necessities solid In themselves and essentlslt 10 our
/ independence.
! But we must 20 much further The landed airs
torracy is nearly rotted Oh the stem but behind Il.
/ partially unohserved a new sristocracy has giowa
np infinitely more formidable. because apparently
moro consouant with reason and sound principle
The aristOcracy oi money the men Of keen, cold,
| calculating soul who gloat over lnyots and bank
t.s.. nj taff an ba
/ ovcrtsskel naturc-thesc men commit their sys
/ tcmatic crimes on humanity 10 an extent and with
a sanctmOnous eciIf Ia which the brutal and bare
! laced eNtermlnator can never expire. The one II
| The pfowling wolf that weeds the Hook by secret
depreciation the other the hungry lion that springs
on the keepers themselves
Look at the manufacturing towns OF Eng and
| 10 take a broad example and see how popular
and general misery, degradation aud immortality
nave kept place with the growth OF individual
wealth. Find the man OF largest capital aud
examine It's effects on the artisans and employers
whose labor II purchases You have only discovered
an overgrown cesspOol sending nrth hs physical
AMI moral mlasma to a cinle which lesser wealth
'au neither reach nor aspire Ia.
Netthe conventional perversion of society and the
crooked maXlms OF a heariless political economy,
| elevate such man INTO demlgod, phllsnthropst
patriot See what employment he gives. Is
the exclamation "two thousand souls kept IA
bread through hls munhcent enterprisel Two
| thousand souls sunk In misery and debasement'
say we. through his narrow avarice.
| Two thousand souls and look at them-the lol
ow eye the clapped cheek, the ialtering step, man
| hood sunk IN premature old age yOuth stepped IN
precocious deprayty--and all that money may he
trcbled Tor the boated millionaire.
The case is less apparent IN Ireland, but not less
black or ruinous The rights OF labor. even less
regarded than in the English factory or mine, OF
| arm Our petty tyrants Cypress On n grander
scale They make up for tho fewness Of the oh
! ecs by The intensity OF the infection
| This must be- correct or nationality and indepen
lence will be bat the dream OF drunksrd What
VII be- the advantage OF escaping from tho whole
sale tyrant II we leave ourselves In the hands OF
nost Of paltry oPpressors
We must tumble nom its bsse the complicated
structure Of social tyranny, and tho aborer IL
worthy Of his hire, see that he procure t. W.
must discard the blood stained maxims OF political
economy which say let competition rule the labor
market and enthrone in their stead. rules die
tated by toe principles OF humanity and the laws u
natural equality. We must study the rights OF man
more. and the rights OF property less.
IL Is we'll b. study and become familiar with our
necessities IL is profitable 10 know the length and
breadth OF our wants-tO mark out the goal we ann
AZ n all It's forms and features We have seer
now ia other countries necessity produced blind I'm
pulse often ending IA popular defeat, oitener Ia
Jopular mistake.
We aspire 10 see orr lnsh Democracy made op
y "A race OF reasoning thinking, iOreseeing men
men xho will anticipate, and consequently be pre-
pared or every phase OF events and every ener
,cncy 81 fortune
The principles we have suggested will be brand
d as Communist aud anti social they will be held
orth by theoretic statesmen and hreling writers
as the new disease-the bsneful leprosy OF the
nineteenth century. But We ask, can society exist
ia the condition which beniznsnt Providence do
lgned without such provisions Can Il be the Ia"
! u benevolent Creator that the prosperity Of
aation and the wealth OF individuals, should only
be raked together by tse suffering and misery "i
ne multitude -
i, tbi, an inevitable rule Of nature, " subtle
oeryer,ion Of selfish and powerful men THIS ~
1pe.fiou the answer 10 which the Democrats 81
t,.Iand must write on the tablets Of the intofe
NTH the honest strength Of their rough hard hands,
,ud the manly yigOr u reflective minds.
They must solve II TOR themselves, perhaps Of
rho world We have hung long ia the rear guard
II civilization and been disgrace 10 the name Of
iberty We have been rhe hel0ts Of serfdotn b.
1hich the tyranny Of sparta was a stranger and.
worse than al, We have submitted without single
,tnegie that could BE- honored with the name Of
aai ousl, or single Effort that could be hallowed
by the smile oi prudence.
4. the task dlficult the prize 10 rrsat To ere
lts nation. To dash down tyranny. To write
new name amOng the tree kingdoms 81 the word
10 raise Dag that has notted ia degradation 6r
5ge hundred years To blot out the name Of prov.
ace and, greater still, 10 wipe away the curse Oi
yroyildalisD. To establish political equality ami
make our social Institutions keep Company with y.
II redeem the sempstress and tie artisan. To
put tie s1nz a joy and plenty INTO the heart Of the
abOrer To raise the hsllel1ah OF aiiiaent pros
penty froD end 20 cad Of COR land. To unlock the
resaaEces Of pregnant sol, and bid DOR mineral
irepsures spring % daylight. To garner the hsby
wealth that nature has piled in waste abundance
N oar coasts, and bid a ismished people eat-eafn
he ..il aud be merry.
This is the glorious task. social add pohtcal'
which lies beDre tie DemOTats q heisLd. u"
their destiny 70 fulfil t. Day alter day pens aP
he wav. They have strength 'of the eonfaestH
aaf a aajyerse. bat they waHt nsion and foresight
Let them acquire these and the path 70 easy.
Repeal Association
The usual weekly meeting was held on Monday,
Lame, Nagenf Esq Of KingstOvn, in the Chair
The proceedings were un1s aally dGll and unntef
sting Mr John o Council was the principal ora
aos petition was adopted 10 the House OF Com.
mons against protection. impl0ring PAD. ainen' lrt
70 anne that the pnopnet0s VI lend, WHO nag
sot up cy ior The feimposEon q tax on pon,
,epreseuted any buf themseises--a smAH sec,lon%
h. lnsh nston--and one BY 10 mean, fe"sIAao'e