New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-22

disdsip Of one mans viii" says Huly Philosophical
writer, {" IL to Republics what chastity Is 10 women
T" q conservative principle, noe 70 DO argued upon or
was q protest against the viii Of man, whistler
that man was Pope or King What form Of govern
ment, oher than the pure Repaelc can there be,
state. and where absolute political eqaty prevails
Abolish the connection of Church ana Safe and oil
political Distinctions between The members OF the state,
IN any Of the kingcoms or empires OF Europe a6d waa'
would remain or could exist there, but pure Repub
lie If the argument is not yet conclusive, consider
then that the Puritan IrnciJ tends TO the puee Re
public, by virtue Of Its conservative protecuoa Oh
he IL diyicual member of the State against It's cor
porate opprt ssion; by virtue also, OF its elevation
Of individual conscience-thus brins ing down TIE
importance of the aggregate mass, and raisias
the personsl Importance and dignity OF tne
inject citizen; by virtue OF the importance IL az
teches TO personal rights exating them above mste'
rial interests and making those nights, and not
property, the primary obje't OF ire cse OF govern
neIti AID by virtue, still further OF tee oPenness Oh
rtcness and frankness Of conduct which II requires
Equal tolerance in religion ard equal eoJ ,ymens OF
the absolute hts of man. are inconsistent 9Th
the secrecy and fraud which oonn
ellis or csbsls. The Puritan principle tends 70 tne
pure Republic sill more obviously, because IL seeks 10
abric ge the powers of government and con
sent and free acqaiesct nee as Inc o1na OF 1aOs aa e
military force. This oper sion of the principle hap
ply Illustrated in our Republic viii n, although
constituted by ever incre asing number oil disnct
States has nevertheless been held tosether eighty
years. ard is trust, 10 be held together forever,
without for that purpose, even the shadow OF stand
il army anomaly pleasing as it Is ull OF proht'
able ms 'ruc!ion..
Let il be confessed that the Puritans body were
slow TO discern these consequences and tendencies
Trey dbcaimed them long, and WI b unquestionaoie
sincerity.
we Wog obey no sx. We take tue Lard Of
Heaven snd Earth to witness ss.nowedss: from the
pseed coed aLd give Cod our %o. a@os
and hsaIy think, for er happy AM both V ppo
~ st.n .aa ,nGwsS.S her n .sS s.
.siDs .aeT ourselves 20 displaced rshsr than yield 60
:e IN ben hands: oSiy
God wto Is abe to rave snn condemn u.s."
Long sfterwsrd and after the Puritsns In Amefics
had practically enjoyed pure republican government
through some generations, the Colony of Massacnu-
,ets saluted Charles H. his restoration with this
loyal address:
80 enjoy our be y .nd walk according to the faith and
order 81 The Gospel Of snns ourselves
Hb wives lit add substances osoaaas the
pure Chstisu worhp with glod nacience this remote
rather Than the pleasure, Of England slta Hsois
SION mpos the hierarchy to whish coud not
yield sih evil oonic We MT ssd ious to the
interests of CsssL'
Neyertt eIess The reluctance Of the Puritsns to ad
NIT the full tendencies of their princ2 cannot justly
excite surprise necessarily fear, aud EEL QUE way,
when we are tTeading on known ground, or 10 the
dark. "Let no ore who begins 40 innovation, says
Machiavelli, "expect that ne shall sop 1t at his
pleasure or regulate il according to his intention"
Ire PuIitans never aimed to be, and never con.
sciously were, secular political reformere. Their
ned Of labor they bounded IL, lay all within the
Church OF Christ. They sought not an earthly re2ub.
lie, butonly The king dom Of Heaven When, somstmes,
the thought resented itself that, By reason Of their
fidelity to their profession pufer and better political
state would arise out Of the con tons through which
they were passing, il seemed still 10 them merely
secondary object suborcina TO tn one sole religious
foru fhnv had
learned how sosy the seDtmsnt of independence and
the principle of ubicsnsm ?eDed in these colonies
duriI the e6ry stages of The revolutionary contest,
ard bow these free institutions rose suddenly under
the hancs OF people who were even yet protesting On
enduring loyalty TO the Throne and Parliament of
Grsa. Britain. 1t was 70, 80, however, with the
master spi,its--Adams Otis aud Jffron. Nor was
il 20 IN the cese of the Puritans with Milton.
derry ali born free Seins the image AID
mb Of God hIassn and By pnvisso shove q.
iDs and nothing else but wh, only de ,sdy
he coed Of them al. q sh0m The yet funds
sS II s. tsh'A '' them with 1'
How, then, has 1t happened that civil consequences
so vast have followed the merely religious action OF
the Puli,apsl The apparent mystery Is easily ex.
planned Civil Lbsrty is an object of universal and
intense desire. The cause Of the Purtaus identified
itself with Il of Civil Liberty In England aud
ultimately Though On their part Inconsistency became
heleadiIg ellen elt Of that cause both 10 Europe and
America. Thus identified ard eminent the Purtsn
cause Effected the establishment of Republic wich
endured through short but glorious perioo 10 England
Though be Brsh nation relspeed, and mon srcby
was restored yet the Puritan primo PIE nevertheless
modified the constitution, and gave to it the popular
fGm which it now bears. throne yet towers
above that edfi6e, but IL is no longer the throne
Of The Suss or Of the Tudor, or even of the Plan.
tsgeIes. IL is simply ornamental. The Lords Spid,-
usl and Temporal s,ll constitute distinct Estates, ard
retain their sncent lightly. But their real political
power and influence have passed awsy and the Con-
Mons longer coteelipe inch BY icch for theie con
futoDal Isbts, virtually the rulers of the British
Empire France o. cilstes 60 unelsiy and tire
lcufly between the republic and piliisry despoism
that one who hopeful Of progress doubts where
the ieedle WHY settle at last. Ii become proverb
that Europe mnst soon be either Republican or DeS.
potc. When the compromise system Of limited mon
sTcy shall have retired ard only the two systems Of
Republicanism end Despotism are left to confront
each OIL er that conr emit In age OF still acreas
iIg intellectual moral energies the triumph OF the
former, though uncertain In the points Of time and
maIIer, ana field Of contest, will nevertheless be
suIed TIE Puritan principle lie sbspipg slree9y fu-
ture Republics the islands aud continents OF
Pacific Ocean, and on the heretofore elected coasts
Of africa, while tie American Contnen; is every.
where crowned with fee Institutions, due to lis still
more dh ect and potential influence. From Plymouth
Rock TO Labrador, to Magellan aud around by bay,
gulf and beadland % Nootks Sound, the Republican
system, more OF less developed, and more or less
firmly established, pervades this hemis. here. Such
are the already Iipe1ing and pened irus of the wig
Gus plants Of Puntanisn gathered equally and prons-
cuousy fom tie parent stock of gland, and from
the exotic carefully Isnsplaniei on tnis rugged
coss', and tedu ouss wstered, watched, cherished
ano iesred by tie Pilgrim Fathers.
Behold loW tie unfolding, justly ard naturally, as
trust, of theme primarily local, sectional ana even
tectsrsn, las brought to the ISOLATION Of the great
problem Of tie progress Of mankind toward social hap
pirefs and bentfcent government Thst higher stage
Of social happiness, that pu form Of republican gov
errmeDt to which we are tenoiDg are but family shad
owed forth in the disturbed transon scenes through
which We ere passing, and even In the most pere,
ttuiioIs whish have vet bssn fIamed from the