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

happy waf that the healthy soul of democracy shonh
have been lodged in such sickly body-n the feeble
mbs the bloodless heart and the braness head of the
democratic leaders. say bloodless and hrsinless for
in such crisis all other qualities of the heart and head
s'e nothing without energy; and energy IL was that
those leaders sadly wanted Not indeed uniyer.ay-
kossuth in Hungary, and some others in Italy; few
even In France stand out ike night from their IN
manly teows But Of the rest II Is too tyue-they were
overuustiul ovegconplant, oyermerciful | viii not
say evergeneous for generosity implies energy, and
this no one claims for them Their weakness then
justified their downfall their own downfall | mean
not that Of their unhapplly and most unworth
NY, the two were bound up and dragged down
together. They have been charged with 9th.
umny TO the creatures Of despotsm Il chesp
and sometimes useful The ink Of an enslaved press
may blscken for awhile badly OF these charges how
ever they have easily enough cleared themselves but
Of one CRIME, that Of weakness, they stand convicted
say crime for weakness in the prosecution of great
national cause Is crime indeed II not the most hem
ous, the most mschievous against national right and well
fare But aside from this weakness which of course
can be OF their condemn alton by the suarch
istswith them rather ii be their main redeemng
mcrst-ssde say, from this what has even Islander 10
cav against them She wss busy enough fsr awhile
but the poison OF her shafts evsporse IN their passage
through the open air OF opinion Truth though shacked
had sill vitality too strong for her She did her worst
abe found lost sbor She IL silent; for whA, in
deed, could she slleee with show ct likelihood,
Where was the old ousbeay the Devil OF Anarchy
Tie pisn1er1nge.
buInpgs-the host of rufhsnism let loose-the million
ls~le>s csnnibes instead OF the one lawful kngf All
there and the ike hohgohbhns, what hsd become OF
themi Or, servfhiy should shirk this question
we viii Sk her another When were he and property
safer then under that Democratic swayf When were
tie public interests studied more honestly aud carefully,
When was corruption more uncomprouaisingiy discount
tenanced and queiledi When was Justice more Impair
nsl Faction more etectually rebuked Freedom fuller
or more sincere, When were public and private rights
more reyerenty regarded and more satisfactorily real.
ned' When, shove all, were the higher Instincts and
rsncns OF man more warmly encouraged and helped
eiwsTui These are the true questions; bot where
implies reprosch, il Is idle 10 expec, an aasye-
"a. - ,hsn. and feariessly because believe tuly
- "a tnese respects mora wss honestly endssyorei
NAM sssn cay done, in few mouths OF Pree.ora
'Ds "a. " s ~ We asfk centuries Of De<por,sn
be, another ground may BE- tsken hx s.rvi,;,,a
nIanls ~ nc old honsrehies were bad and the new
pernosrscies something better sui !, nav AZ |. shs
ssmc csnse, tts ssne principle nov In .ns~fson, 4,
may DC thS htrgs from t1eir late danr-y E.xs lsas
Wholesome lesson BY wiser councils "a ,.o.s~.
they may have reconcled their sasects - 49, -,
Weisse and good vii may have focwrd ~. ,s.,.,a
sfon and hence the reaction in fasor Of r. "a -,
Hence too the spsiay Of the Americans and br;r a.
trust OF any god result from another Earope.a r~x
ton. II may be ths things well enough the crrurn
sisnees considered only e, them alone ssd whs,cver