New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-28

tuown al American to traB-i.r his si.g sa,c iseiyn
FEWER
II morals Of people jGst in proportion IA the power
y 80 ,,cr.,, n msLirc th,m. Who complains here or
h.re. .tit ,fue IT inmotrh'! r"s Gar statute
i,.}svi.h ls.ut.,ts enc e. n' rs
-, .,.-.,.r,f. cala'ry ns-. rates legislators,
srd trisirs ,to-on by po"I!e, Mt - ih'r owa II
= iiu. Eat 10 he earnest 'anFa,'in; - .aen,y
magistrate Grd scandal follows m the footsteps OF the
.tnesmGn. Yet when his course Las 1eea nhsHen "hSt
magistrate LAs lst name iasnlshed o{ co'~ ''Y4' 20
shat statesman has lett an at OF an "P""" "
3: decent charity not excuse, Eci = aE ol,-
sIIroye What chieitain ever temPer~' n"Hcr! I',
III Ih with 80 W-ch moderation IS BE wao N"eA y. "a
I'sStG standard tie battlement- ., Soc capital 81
Mexico, rot only received otter OF suPsrme aih'r.
iron the ooDquer' dtaion, but decloed It
The manners OF nation the outward form OF IT. III
life. Where s woman held IN - chvaircu' respect
and whore does she deserve tia; em.nenee better here
property safe commercial honor better sustained
or human life more sacred
Node siion j. virtue IN private and in public life. Has
re, tie great increase OF private wealth manifested itself
chiefly in widening The circle OF education and ecvsting
TIE STANDARD OF bT s@son Te aI5'ss %
this continent az once have made only two short
wsrshe one ssCdy war OF defense and the other
erded by paying for peace anu tor DOMAIN AT'ad!
Where lies the secret of the increase of virtue which
has thus been established think It will be found III the
entire emancipation Of the consce9ces OF Len ron eSner
direct or indirect control by established ecclesiastical or
poitcal systems Religious classes Ike poitcai parties
have been left TO compete in the great work OF moral ed
uc a,icn ard enti'o themselves TO INC coincidence ana
affection Of society, by the purity OF tntH h''H anu 81
their morals. go.
am veil aware that some who may be willing 70 adopt
The general conclusions Of this argument VIII ottc tha'
not s-Cether sustained by the action 81 the Govern
ment clf however may be that it is sustained by
great action Of society. cannot enter held where
auth 10 be sought among the dputatons OF passion and
pr, jrdce. may saw, however, IN reply first, that the
Gov rnu.u t- Of the United States, although nor, perfect
than any ether ana although they embrace the great ne
If The aye more fully than any other. nevertheless
Ike oil ether Governments founded on compromises "
some abstract truths and OF some NATURAL rights
As Government is impressed by III Constitution, so Il
mus, nece arly act This may suffice 70 explain the phe
uomtnou comp ain Of But l. true also, tina, no Gov
etnn en-; ever did alogeh act out purely and tor long
period the spiit of its original Constitution Hence Is
that are wll told by Bon broke, that nation
must peutusly lie Cunstg,ion, perish Hence
moreover it s great excellence Of our system, that
ereienty resides in Congress and the President nor
vet in tn Cover mis- of the Satos but in the people OF
the United States. Ii the sovereign be just and firm and
uIcorrupied. the Governments can always be brought
back irom ary alteration, and even the Constitutions
Themselves II IN any degree imperfect can be amended
This great idea of the sovereignty of the people their
government glimmers in the British system while it fills
our own with q broad and glowing light.
Let your King snd Persmeni II one.
Much Ices srsrt, n,sse ihsm'elyt. for thai
think they essentially the STATE.
h., them u0 that the authority
Aud privileges on them bestowed,
conferred, are to get up mscsty,
Orspower glory OF their owui
Bu; the kno~ II wa TOR a deeper hfe
That there's on caiih yet thing
Iafd tbou alb IL be, than Parliament or King
Gentlemen devoted 10 the pursuit OF knowledge
in order that YOU may impart II 10 the State. What Fen
elon France you may be to your country Before
teach let enjon upon you to study well the capl-
city and TIE disposition of the American people have
tiled To prove TO You only that they youthful apt and
vigorous and therefore that they worthy, snd will
make noble uses of your best Instructions