New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-17

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swav. 20 devoted ia be to the present idol Of his
Affections that be very lite Tor ell his Former
| hobbie, or rather hates them more than Il wolld
| bo secent 10 express. BuE he IL tied q them.
whether he will or not. AT this IS Absurd en1ugh,
bot IL 10 the case Of tbs nation
History. indeed seems q show that II Is the hGb
il Of toe nrtion add new things - o. that
are the most conservative an I, a. the SANE time
the most iBnOvatirg people in the w0ni. We have
tdded Government by Barols 90 lvernment by 4
King sud Goverum EFT by the People - them tn
barely dropping or mhisying single i1colgeli-
once incident to Dbl three. w have al led the De-
culisr eXisercies Of Protestant Church - the s-
tensions and coat fine Roman Catholic, and. g,h.
out The assistance o. lie State the people have nov
undertaken 81 cps load ia the shspe " their m.
nerous dissent. establishments There a-s zd.
tiers v ho maiutai., with much gravity All some
force that he CrJRn aud the Saxon ias.i I:i1rs or
a county amp fuili -ie1t lr rs ilve-ar,at
With both ifcs dom EGd elect, aud that Parliament
Is GusCicss interpolation whie there are others
who think the Houfe OF Commons sufi,ien. flr 4
practical purposes. on the combined judgment o.
the t. O parties VIC lre doubly governed, ana one
of our Governments is fupcraIous We have
thrown the PelOn OF the statute laEs upon me
Osss q the anon lax, each enough q crush any
generate OF lawyers, or any ntt1u OF 10 galts
To the two wealth. 81 Of Universities and the Ter.
gest sgert gate o. eIdoVe schools IN the world We
have added the greatest amount OF Schools AID CJ,
f
ard the State has lately added and il stll aiding
atvery great cost new systems Of education, 70 a
great extent occupying the very same ground To
that trade which e had with a.. the world va add
ed our colonial empire, vita ti monoPolles, us dli
iereutisl duties aud rs usvi CATION laws AMI Tor rs
support We immense y Increased our rmanen1s
ss well IS our civil establishments. W. have la:
terly discovered that the object for which this IN
crease ts made was mistaken one, aud acsofd
ingly we have given up the colonial system as az
exclusive source Of profit, but we have, nevertne-
les retained our Increased armameIA and oar
other colonial expenses. Nay we nave ADDED =
them. In throwing ourselves once more on the
open commerce Of the world, We have undertaken
the police Of the most distant seas, aud offered 70
be the letter carriers OF the world The result 10,
that We are now charged with costs o. both defunc!
Monopoly and regouersteS Free Trade.
The shape in which this habit OF super.sddtoa
most sppeals 10 the senses and becomes most ladI.
crouG, Is the material of our ornaments. We have
stock Of guns shot shells, powder, ball cartridges
rockets, anchors, roPeE mas.s aud spars, sideatns,
&c enough 70 meet the mos! lavish possible Goa
Sumption for a. leaL. thee Yeas. \ 81, beside
deteriCsa tion by time, no man would venture tosay
bow much q this vast magazine Of destruction has
not been superseded b. Improvements SO that II
we had to prepare iOr war Ia gOo4 earnest We
should probably have to add Lew materiL ~ our
old. AT present If man proposes an improve
men. IN the muGket, lie Is told &c must ADAPT II -
the existing sixty five Millions Of bsll cartridges
and if be thnks be has found out better csrtdtse
or bal, be s tod they must be large enough 10 nt
the existing muskets. Had gun cotton been fOIud
e safe and effective agent, II Toaid have s1Pe--
seeded 10000 barrels of gunPoTder. The ire Ia
the Tower saved Us from tie necessity OF keeping
a hundred thousand obfJ.cts mufkets b4. nothing
is uore likely shAn that car present store VIII Dc
equally olt Of date by the time II IS wanted. As
for on lazy i. is becoming Amos. to tssgical a.
f~rv -. IT, = hrr a RAJ 40 Isf
decker to three decker aud steam frisste 70 steam
fgate, til al that can DC said IL, thar VIC possess
the largest accumulation o. rotten wood and rusty
iron il the world.
Ii has been our ambition no. merely 10 do every.
thing ts if We did that alone, bat 10 % everything
OF grand scale because We do other snngs on
grand scale. 4 nation might propose = itself t.
secure its Just wes ht il TIE scale ol nations either
BY warlike Concentrations or b. spendl3 sni
generous diplomacy. We have aimed az both
We have swollen the pomP Of cur embassies tha!
they msy h;y represent nation OF vast naval !
power, while /! is equally true tina. the pride Of oar
embassies has reacted on the size o. our fleets I
Were It leiI % oar dlplcmGiis.s and our navy y |
settle il between thcmseiyes We should soon have
twenty hss;CEsE embassies aud Z Gordon Of alter .
nate ships OF tie line and ste irigstes round /
Europe from ConStsntiroPle to Crons'adt. TnAt
mutual rlyel-y proves a common eNIayaSElce
Ambassadors are 10: II Lde - rely oa fleets, sd /
fleets are rot made to back up ycxat.ous snd o.gi
terirc olyl,nscy. We must be reasoning Ia
circle Il We mailtkn dIp 'onhac establishments CT
g cost q shout Il 30 QyY year, end consular ei-
tthlsi u Its Lot sss OIe-oUS % OR commerce a-d
the State because, simply because, we p0ssest Tue
largest and most costly navy Ia tie void The
uuih IL, we attempt too much, more than any one
nation can d. without distress 70 iss OFa people,
css to its credit ard injury to the general Interests
OF humanity. Il has oi.sR been said 81 mIn
never knows what be cGn DO till be ties II Is
equally true that he does rot knox Whist ne cannot
~ III be t..es EuslsEd haG tried, and she NJ
knows that she cannot govern tie word.