New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-02

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Db.rty it 10 because she has understood tna' 'o'
nation to prosper, liberty must have no o'aef
restrictions thsp those absolutely necessary 70 inc
welfare of society, or deemed such by the Tree and
spontaneous vote Of the majority Of the citizens;
It is because she is convinced that State cannot
be properly cons ituted and governed, except IN
perfect harmony with public opinion which mas
always in view the common welfare, though it may
be incidentally and temporarily misdrected; "s,
N short. because propositions positively anu p''
pably good, even though they be new are cnoei'
fully accepted, and generally so by graz moVo.',
txs. Ii 10 thus and not otherwise that tne u'e'u'
reforms which have lately been effected In Now
Granada, may be sat isfa tory explained.
1t may perhap s be feared that what New-Gra'
NADIA has acbi. we'd in there last lew years, may
not have the character Of stability, since the
Stanish American Republics have been justly
deemed vacillating and even reuogressWe' but
Il is necessary to remember that this unexpected
re,nlt ia due to the bad education which the peo-
ME had received, and TO the struggle which, as
we have already said, they have had to endure
sgsinst Individuals false principles and selfish in
teYests, which remained there, representing and
sustsn,ng under different forms, and with more or
less art, the o'onial regime. IL is to be consid-
erec, also, that religious fanaticism and extreme
ignorance, which have everywhere been elements
for ambitious men TO take advantage Of, were OBJ
stacles that could not be moved in day the
chr necessity was to enlighten the masses, but
for the accomplishment Of that it was indispen'
sable to wait for a lapse Of several years. These
years have already passed, for New-Granada
has had tine to discuss and digest the re.
forms that che has lately undertaken. These re-
forms are the genuine expression OF the national
will, and this is the reason why they have been
generally so well received. The people are con-
scious Of the ADVANTAGES which they derive from
M, ant cons. qleDtly do not wish their r-voca-
zion and With the design of insuriDg their stabi-
ity. hundreds Of Democratic Socie ties have been
oreaniz+d, in which veral thousaeds Of citizens
k,v. beer enrolled. The aim of these Socit ties
. TO make known to the people their rights and
duties. and to instruct each other mutually by
me ans OF speeches, lectures and publications. In
these societies., the sound principles Of good
policv are ioculcated, - correct ideas upon the
propriety Of establishing the Nation under pure
republican democratic Government,-upont the
necessity of sustaining the legitimate Govern
nent against any attempt to revolutionize it; and
10 short, upon the necessity Of maintaining at all
hazard. public order, and Of dIiIusiDg in the mas
ses all the knowledge which tends to the meliora-
zion Of their customs, to tho development of
th.ir industry and to put them in the capacity OF
selfgovernment.
These associations have become important
iacts in the State, because it is chiefly by means
OF them, rather than through the press, that the
tendencies and will Of public opinion become
known. Besides. they have given strength to
prsers ssiye liberal principles, and have beaten
back with the weapons Of reason, and rendered
ludicrous certain id-as and societies Of an oppo-
site character IL is for this III It they have oeen
illuminated by portion Of the press, which has
upjusty CALF d them communist and revolution
ay. The insults offered to these associations
are the same with which the aboltionsts every
where stigmaiize the beet impulses Of people
who are contending for their rights and liberties
In New-Granaea, as has been the case elsewhere,
the defenders Of liberty and Of the peoples iyhts
are bar ed as Communists, Infdels and Reds,
because they d. clare themselves in favor of mer-
t,,snuy But the democratic societies OF New
G,enada, and all the men Of that country w1o
have proposed to themselves to reg. nerate aud
,ccustom il TO freedom and democracy, treat
with contempt that vocabulary of insults, and
march foru ard steadily in their course. They
refute with honorable and p'aiseworthy actions
and with a epOtess and blam' less con iuct, the
inyectiyts Of their antagonists; and when these
violate law even to the taking " of arms against
the Government, and of hosting black banners
with the blezons Of the Imposition, crosses,
skulls. SC, las happened toward the end OF th9
past year) the great liberal party, always gener-
GUS and magnanimous, vaDqushes, reduces aud
pardons them, without a single instance OF capi-
tai punishment.
Such 10 the nature and charact. Of the liberal
party Of New. Granada, composed of rine-tenths
OF the population; and it has grown so strong on
account Of the justice and philanthropy OF its
conduct, that is is hardly possible to conceive
how any IDEAS, different from those which actu-
ally prevail, any institutions other than Those
which az present exit in practice and deserve
the full appreciation of the citizens, could tri-
umph.
As soon IS Ecuador Was threatened by the pi-
rate Juan Jose Flores, followed by a crowd Of ad-
venturers, who thought that it was yet possible
10 do what Drake, Morgan and other 6ibustiers
Of the preceding centuries accomplished, the Gra-
madame raise their voice waste, soliciting per-
mission from the Government to fly to the ,fense
ofthst sister nation, their neshbo' and ally. More
than fifteen thousand of them were ready to 60
and up Jose the VsDdals, beside advance d. guard
Of about three Thousand more who were already
on the frontier OF the Ecusdoriah territory, when
the Ecusdorians Themselves completely defeated
the sdsentareTs, notwithstanding the criminal
protection which the Executive OF Peru and other
misguided Governments lent TO the infamous pi-
r.t;cnI nrnisct This shnxs that tha GranAdian