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

ILe nd;visasl TO govern himself ir means no
Ting Do not be sFprired define TINS
ffou1 u common 1ndcf stzadihg- sfAl u'AA'
| upders.ocd nevertheless. -. .,
There ere Ia tIs world two con5c7rs pstns ~
government Striped Of al ,sToSee anu s a. If
governing himself ard hence needs sSEse o..tf 1a, W
men, 70 govern him 2. That man e eapaD.e ~ 81
government potentially, and iha;H be De hCs
Re needs more perez in The practice OF iacn
moro Ell, eoasenepces from failure that ne rlu-t learh
FOR kfrseif a. he learns ether thlgsi tat az =
titled a raht 10 hs own sefgoyernment wns'EeI -
OF bad in he Judgment Of others, whenever ne eAsfc
81 his orn col that i without encroachaent upOa
tie equal tzht OF others govern theInseFes lHs AT
v the doctrine Of the Sovereignty OF ne inlA,.ana'
which Won denouuce end oppose and wnich de'eht
:, !. sr the clear understanding, with ip necessary
exteuficu aid limitations OF the a'rInation "a me
tfercau Declaration OF IDdependeDce, TIA, al men
are entitled Life, Liberty, and the PURSUIT OF haPp
ness The princple Of PrOtcstantsm is the same n
the religious sphere, "the right Of private Judgment 10
matters Of faith and conscience Either assertion M
eudes virtually and by direct consequence the wsoe
docrine Of the Sovereignty Of the Individual, or the
right Of 70 DO pretty mach az they please lac
Iiglt wrong this principle dimly understood here
tofore bias been the worlds quarrel fer some centurie
Clearly anddistincty uDdeuoOf. with the full engln OF
ia reach before men eyes IL IL 10 be the world quar-
rel ever hereafter until il u fairly and hnAlIy seiied
All now again furnmonei 70 tsze sides "a tne
fight, with the new l-ht shed upon the length and
breadth Of the quarrel by the Development OF modern
ideas and especially by 5ocisis, which you SIR have
done something to foter lie; those who wish TO ORA"
back do 80 now Hereafter there sill be les and ess
pretext Of understanding incauous cVrnnitai 10
| the side Of Freedom
Sin you are not upon the oppo.e side in this contest
go ir any guiding princpei concerned Y seems 20
me that you in common with the great mas OF pro
gressyes or half way reorner in the world ere simply
without any-whch you are willing TO trust Inc Con.
servaves grest deal better OF so far as you ADOPT
principle at ALL it s generally that Of this very indy
| dual Sovereignty which Devertheless;you fear IN us
| hns carrying out; and hence you JOIN me req non
whenever the principle asserts new one Of lie appca-
tons. The petty despOt and the comfortable 60seos N
Europe fear, from the stand point, IN the same
manner just honestly and with just a. good reason
the Freedom Of the Press.
A liberty which any body else in the universe has a
right 20 define i liberty for me. pursuit OF haPp-
ness which despot or some ohgnrchy, or sotne
tyrapnics majority has the power shape and proscroe
for me, is dot the pnrsu Of my happlness statesmen,
poticsne religious dissenters and reormcrs, who nave
hitherto sanctioned the principle OF Freedonl, nave
not seen lis full reach and expansion hence tiey
become ReaetiOnists Conservative, and odd foges
when the whole truth IL revealed 10 them lacy
ind Themselves getting more than they bsryaned i9r
Nevertheless the principle, which already mbues the
popular mind instinctvely though not as yet inelecn
ally will wait their leave for rs Development, nor stop
at their bidding Hence all middle men, far more than
the conservatives destined in this age 10 De exceed
inply unhappy. mere handful OF individuals, along
with myse do now, for the trst time IN te "9Io &c
cept and announce the sovereignty OF the lndvilaa
with all its consequences the principle OF OTfe ~
vel OF Liberty end Happiness among men, and eha
lenge its acceptance by mankind The whole worlds
powerful 20 be resisted and We have had merely the
good or IN fortune arrive intellectually at the common
goal in advance OF the multitude IL siyes US et least
this bsppneEs that we look with pleasure End sense oil
entire security upon the on.cnIning of R revolution
which 10 others is ect OF terror and dismsy Ia
Cur view, the ultra political Democrat OF our day mas
Only half taken his lessons in the rght expansion Of
human freedom. lie too, is, reistivey 20 US an Old
Foeey Nor do we trust the safety of the nal absence
OF Legislation 10 any vague notions OF the natural good
mess OF man. We are fully aware that no sum total oil
good intentions, allowing them 10 exist, AMOUNTS 10
guarantee Of night action. We trust only 10 the n d
principles ofa science which analyze ecases oferms
and ne,trazes the motives which now induce or pro-
woke men TO commit H. You speak IN the most hopeless
mnunor ofthe final removal OF murder from the face Of
the earth DO you reflect that already among US one
half TIE cTimee OF the OdWor Of other countries are
entirely unknown ~ crimes. Such are kse ma fd.
and htray, he uradaoe Of treason, &c, &e Thirty
hours ride south o. US the crime which actually shocks
the public mind more than any other u Negro-Stealng
Throughout the Southern States it II pretty much the
only crime that is Vigorously punished Here 1t y un
known, even by name among the common people what
now is the cause OF this wonderful phcDOmenon-that
oncha Of the known crimes OF the world are actually
gone out and eNngushed in this the reet spot observe
tie sc) upon the face Of the earth, II IL simply this
that the artificial against which these crimes
but the natural protest OF oppressed and rebcious
humanity have Themselves gone outiot il thought
essy supposed 10 be replaced by better institutions but
by the absence OF institutions the natural and untra
neled action Of IadiridlG la state OF freedom There
l. no lac aajes because there Is no Constitution of nscs
Is be nsuted oendei there is heresy because
there is instituted or established church. there u no
verbal tTcason because there u little OF government
that IL seldom provokos resistance, and can afford TO
wst ill the resistance becomes overt; there is
crcetceing because there is intuition OF Slavery;
here Is no publication OF ineep6sTy documents a
crime becsuse therci Institution conscious of It's
own insecurity constTue freedom OF the press into
crime; there will be Seduction and no Bi-smy and
no Adultery when there Is no sa or iorcetul instp.
tion OF Marriage to detend-whon Woman e recognized
as 6eop gng hereof and not 10 husbentwhen she
is expected simply 20 be true 10 ksrsef mi not 20 aay
mas except 60 far as such fidelity results from diey
hersolf as the prior CONDITION Of which ss alone OF
principle Of Commercial Equity which, hAnks ~ the
fsne Science OF Society, Is known in the world
WOusnshAl be placed upon footing Of entire pecunla
~ independence Of man and Installed in the actual pos
sssst well admitted 20 the rigA of being a. H.
dsridrGi There Is already Tar less marier aulong "a,
than elsewhere in the world because there are less ~
s,ifKi0ps TO be offended against With still less instita
mons there will be eth lees murder, and with the sd,t
ION OF equitable relations between capsl and Labor.
thee wli he Crime IL just ilch mqtcr OF
cultivation a. potatoes The way % produce and the
way 10 proNent il s matter OF Science, Just much
roy chemical lrccess Chemical processes 20 on and
,a 20 go in nature without cur knowledge. bur We
cas- Learn them and hasten az proven; ihcun Crime
sInes solely irom two causes. L. Tee existence ct ar
hlYsiy nsiUtions and the ignorant ard false ideas
IN men minds growing oi or relating q those n
tutors whereby acts construed 10 b crimes which
~ the institutes of nG.urs law no crimes and
The d,nis Of Equity, growing out al ignorance oil the
soicni &c principle cf equity, and cut 81 the want Of sui
heicu nt,llscnoe and expansion O. the intellect % esa
bic men 10 tst their interests he IN adopting and
SCiiug upon that pgne Pie when known In otherwors
ou q tic dcu!h CT the Sovereignty ci the Individual in
all tnss, enc Get CT false OF unCieGi!ac COMMERCIAL
system
| see clearly AMI even syTnpo,hze with, while DO
partAke o. tie iesrs Of the oocTvsfive ami hsl
way progressive cia the growth OF the Sovereignty of
the lndiv3uaL Sl further rcccsnize thst evils and
ascideIly oonduct -row CO, o. IL grOwt when ur;
tended IS : Is AaAe1o by E.uty IN tie ditrbu,l- n
{! the burdens AID benefits q liz But Just
ceaEiy thai Tie ieredy Tor those eSs does not lie N
TIC direction CT repre- ION oreblc coEraiEf b ia
tie scceI.snoe and addition OF entirely pfinci.
Ile Of oper-nct IN colng backward 20 system which
hts hces ee tna disssirously iae Tor ihOnsanis @,
yCtrs tuI IN yorg forward 20 the discovery Gd tpPH.
.f''cp ofapcw std e'fcseiqa' system.
You eSpUssS acknowiedge-yc1 csnno; hut sex
ucwh tso ihai ssrIsgt ccss not work vel Tor al the
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