Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-08

with to choose those which appear most
desirable usually summed up in general appella
tion and denominaed the natural liberty Of mankind and
consists in Of acting thinks ht without
sraint CONTROL unless by the law Of nature being
right inherent in by BIRTH and Of the gifts Of God
to at his creation, when he endued him with the
faculty Of free will Every when he enters into So
cety gves up part Of this natural liberty and for the
advantages Of mutual commerce and intercourse o6s
hinaseIto conform 10 laps hich The community has thought
proper establish This legal obedience more desirable
than savage liberty which retained every other
would ALSO and there would be security for any Of the
enjoyments of life Political or Girl liberty therefore,
is natural liberty, far restrained by human law land
urher necessary and expedient for the general ad
vantage Of the public. Those laws which restrain man
from doing mischief to Others though it dminishes the
natural increases the cra liberty Of mankind but every
wanton and causeess restraint of the will of the subject
whether practised by monarch, nobility or popular
assembly, is degree Of tyranny 81 Black. Comm 1875
Reason has not ascertained the nature and bounda-
ries OF liberty Defamation and eloquence have been ex-
hausted upon this fvorte theme Few authors however
have given clear and consistent accounts Of this idol Of
mankind Thousands worship under the form Of tree
cap, cockade. These symbols, with various watch
words Of sedon may nfame the passions of the vulgar
for the time and suppress the voice Of and sobrey
but the consequences terrible last long anarchy
must reform ITSELF or in country where every crime is
Committed and neither life, person, property is
cure in such Of all against ALL each individual for
his own sake will demand truce."-Chitys note to
Black 1876.
The Hbertas qud Tibet aeiendi the liberty of doing
whatever pleases savage ocy it is the liberty Of
tiger, not of man."-Idsm This is the " Freedom,
withom restraint" of the Democratic Review
p1furoI y;bert, III
right which nature gives to all mankind Of dsposing
their persons and property after the they judge
most consonant to their happiness condition Of their
acting within the limits Of the law of nature and that they
do not abuse ii to the prejudice Of Others"
Civil liberty says Paley) is the not being restrained
by any law but what conduces to the public srelare'
The Archbishop Of York defines civil legal liberty
{" to be freedom from all restraints except such establish
ed ldw imposes for the good Of the community, to which the
partial good Of Individuals mast gipe place
We could multiply references but will only adj
duce.one more, which may be found in volume 20
Of Parliamentary Debates"
In the year 1741 motion was made for an ad-
dress to remove the Minister, Sir Robert Walpole.
A resolution was offered in the course of the debate
in the following words That any attempt to in
fict any kind Of punishment on any person with
out allowing him an opportunity to make his de-
fence, or without proof of any crime or INSIDE
meanor committed by him, is contrary to natural
justice, the fundamental laws of the realm, and is
high infringement of the liberties of the sub
ject"
In the course of the discussion the following
beautiful sentiment was expressed by Lord Lowell,
which we cordially adopt and commend to our
readers
Liberty and Justice must always support each
= other; they can never flourish long apart. Every
temporary expedent that can be coptrived to pre-
serve or enlarge liberty, by means arbitrary and
oppressive forms precedent which may in time
be made use of to violate or destroy it." u
But we have transcribed our allowed limits, and
will conclude with an extract from Washington
Farewell Address - !.
"This Government, the offspring ofour own choice,
uninAuenced and unawed, adopted upon full nves-
tigation and mature elaboration, completely free
in its principles, in the distribution of its powers
uniting security with energy, and containing in
itself provision for its own amendments has a
just claim to your confidence and your support.
RESPECT for as authority, compliance piM IT.
ta,cs, acquiescence IN its measures are duties en-
joined BY The fundamental marims of TRUE
LIBERTY"