New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-12


Such i the language Of the resctionists We al
glance ths. rezs wholly assunIption tas, hs-s
have really learned the wholesome Lesson that they
have improved on thar old preeeients and dong
more for the happness OF their people than they did
heretofore Now Is this truei would be idle 20 di.
cuss such question seriously or, indeed treat il as
question at all But if any one dxres ak; If any 80
think or besotted spirit be found 10 ask Is not Mon
archy better and more beloved nov than formerly rne
popular voice Of Europe from its oppression and an
gush and deeosiiOn; from amid spies, and ba,oaeS
end dungeons would answer Indignantly No Gracious
God, with Press utterly enslaved; without shallow
OF free nsfutions; with public opinion gagged a. %
be powerlsss TO speak even IN the fzntest whisper
with armies that the people TO exist
for the sodiery rather than the sodery for the people
with bayonets flashing on the eye AZ every turn instead
Of the free. cheerful glance Of popular Independence
with drums snd cannon drowning every OF the
downcast masses ana hooking the a,e cheerful utrer
snces OF freedom the loud and hearty sccaims Of par
etc meetings with the very air infected By tie tsrd
breath Of spies snd disguised policemen, and that not
only in the open streess but friendly communion AMI
IN the inscies OF households with the Bible put IN
Der ban and TIE crime Of reading II punished As the
most helnous sacrege might be in free countries; 20
and suffer all th and then TO be asked L the brIish
iyrants VINO infct be not national oeaeiactors. q.
10 Answer not such question To snswer i would De
infamy, since even 20 sski Il blasPhemy.
Such. however are the causes gwen ~ the Servts,
and received too often by others 70 account Tor our
American apathy toward European freedom We have
exhausted the Inst We have weighed them sll snd
found them alike wanting. We are driven, therefore,
TO an explanation Of thsf we have adull--
ted unwIliucly Cor II does no honor 70 our people,
but Il hes come home 10 our cor-c@nOus conviction,
and thence we utter il abroad in all sincerity.
A. a people Il must he confessed arc som eThai
PhsIisaical We take mighty interest IN the small
things of Governme Mt; are learned ABOUT state
r.chs and Federal rights IKE % quicken our W -
ia splitting the haiTs that often divide the two VIC deal
out the dues Of funcnOnaries jealousy and scrcp-
lcusy tthe the mint, anise and cunmin Of our tte
rlc VIZ
nicely and with this ind no fault IL beats us Wen 70
DO So But for the weightieT mat;ers OF the iA~-ior
Faith, Love and Mercy-thcugh | will NOT say inst We
overlook them yet must say that we are less gwen %
think seriously snd reigi0usly about them. Nor Is u
only here that our Pharisaic bias betrays Hseii we
think Ourselves TIE favored people, and we taAe
pride in the thought often rEther too presanlpaou,
w. Our feeling toward other nations may be usered
In the scOrnfu phrFe-Stand aside, Tor we are h0her
or at least w0rthier than you There Is note,
ing very lovelike II such spirt, least OF az
VIXEN IL would up itself the downfall OF others, aud
bgt,.n the pride of its success by contrast OF
their shame and sorTow. ] much fear that we have
leaning toward this solh hncs-whieh should not nave
cal ed pride for j. unworthy Of tue nae-6Tt VANITY
wherein he who exslfs hmself shall surely be abased
in Tho ht of others and beside ts other sins this lesn
Ing account. clearly enough for our international sPa
,bv We are secure ourselves, and the sense oil oar
security IL only the more realized ny the danger ana
dstresset Of others /; e peasani, says the poet TO
at csly on the shore and watch the stOrmossed ships
through their struggling agony. Eyen 20 We ieel ~
and tie contrast not Only brings striking emotion
but wibal fAttef.ng unctlon 20 our sous. we tIus
od tbroupb We fought out our independence. lfthey
had orly the like manhood they would do the same
But whet can be hoped OF such popinay patriots Let
let us loci down on them. We are the only right Re-
pubcans and for such the world may long wonder at rs
They arc unworthy take rank with u.s. and we cannot
stoop 20 low to hold out to them hepng hand
Indeed the eudeavor would he hopeless for no great
people but ourselves IL for seifgovernnent Now,
ibis Kind Of self gorhcaton may be very pleasant but
il il true or wise or manly Aud first We struggled
through: we won our independence. True but did
we 20 single handed, No very far from IL. The utmost
TINT these tortured nations ask from US Is % give them
back toward hi, freedom small scaning OF the help
that they gave us go effectively toward our own But
LET this pas Tor the present Their cry, seems may
come up unto God by reason Of this bondage-bui 1t
shall not come 10 us We have obstnately shut our
ears acainstt only may God open them IN his owe good
time The God who hears their cry and who heard ours.
though q much LEES sgonizing one.
Ito be continued