New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-28

Light and Truth with regard to our oEn No
lures, organizations, purposes, and tsat Divine
Law which oyerrales and irradiates them all,
IN other words, look for the harnoaizing OF
Desire with Duty, not through the blOtt'ng cut
Of the latter, bot through the Christening, rea-
ovating and purifying OF the former.
As to tie right of SelfGOyernmeut, there is
no such radical difference between Us as You
assert. You, as wen as I, find large class OF
men who are Sor capable Of Self Government;
for yCu aequiesee in the imposition OF restraint
upon the lunatic, thief burglar, co1nterieifer
forger, manner and murderer. Where is tae'r
" inarenabe right to Life, Liberty and the PuT-
suit of Happiness l'-'A you say, these
met d! Re oepredstors on the equal rights oil
Others Very WELL reply, so are the Sc
aucer. Adulterer, Gambler, and dispenser OF Al
coholic Beverages Who would sot rather have
his property wre.ted from him BY robbery than
his children enticed into dens of infamy and
there debauched and corrupted Where Is
the man Who does not feel and know that tue
seducer of his innocent dauehter-(perhsps a
mere child Of ffteeu)-is backer villain, and
more deserving Of punishment ono matter for
what end you apply it) than any street rosdy
or theft When you invoke the Sovereignty
Of the Individual 10 shield that villain from
the Laws teuors, you do what no interrupted
conscience can calmly justify.
As you seem unable TO discern the principles
which underie my position on this subject, let
me briefly state them: /. Man has no moral
right TO do wrong. 9 The State ought to forbid
and repress all acts which tend, in their natu-
raj consequences, or Though the principles
they involve, Ia corrupt the morals of the
community, and so increase the sum of human
degradation and wretchedness. 3 It is wiser
bumaner, every way preferable, that crimes
should be prsrented than that they should be
punished. T. The great mass of criminals and
public pests among us began their downward
courses by Gambling Tipping, or Lewdness;
and these are almost uniformly the initial
steps to q career of outlawry, depravity and
fragrant crime. ;. Sexual Love was implanted
in man by his Creator expressly that the Race
should be perpetuated, merely brought
into existence, but properly nurtured, pro-
tected, guided and educated All Sexual Re-
lations that do not contemplate and conform
TO these ends are sinful and at war with the
highest good of Humanity. 6. The command
ment from Sinai Thou shalt not commit Adult
terry is part Of the natural or moral law, con-
templating and iorbidding every form of Sexu-
al Relation except the union for life OF one
man with one woman in obedience 20 the Di-
vine end above indicated T. Hence mot be-
cause of the law given by Moses, bnt in ac-
cOrdance with the same perception Of moral
fitness or necessity the State honors and bless
es Marriage, (Which is such union, and none
other and frowns upon all other sexual rela-
tiOps.
1t is nonsense, Mr.. Andrews TO talk OF your
notion Of Individual Sovereignty as a new dis
covery. and of our antagonist views as moss
| crown. From the remotest heathen antiquity.
nearly every savage or barbarous people has
acted far nearer TO your principles than to
ours. Polygamy, Divorce at pleasure, and
still wider Licentiousness, are all nearly as old
as sin, ard have very generally gone unwhipt
of human justice. Ii is our doctrine that
crime should be dealt with in the egg, and not
suffer the vulture TO attain his full growth
that il is better to Prevent than Punsh-that
is relatively novel, with It's Maine Laws, anti
Gambling laws, penalties for Seduction, &c.
The tendency, 80 obvious il our day, 10 revolt
against an legal impediments to the amplest
sensual indulgence, is a reaction against this,
which is destined 10 give us trouble for a time,
but have no fear that il will ultimately prevail.
You deem me hopeless of the eradication Of
murder, and argue that, as we ia New-York have
low no such ofieDses as i1se mGjes.e, heresy,
spoken treason, negro-stealing, &c, so we
may (thus runs your logic) get rid of murder
in like manner by no longer visiting it with
penalty or regarding ii as crime. / am not
sure Of the efficacy Of this remedy. | have
read with some care De Quincey's Papers on
Murder considered as one Of the Fine Arts
and whileI have certainly been enlightened By
them as to the more Poetieal aspects of human
butchery, do not feel that my personal ohlec-
tons to being knocked down with a slung.sirbt
or psving-stone, dragged up some blind alley
and there finished, have been materially soft
ened by his magnificent rhetoric still think
murderers unsafe persons TO go at large-and
so Of seducers and adultercrs | think they
would do the commonwealth more good and
less harm engaged At Sing Sing than abroad in
! New-loIk.
You tell me- indeed, that there viii be no
Seduction. no Bigamy, and no Adultery when