The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-10

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The Tribune is the organ Of abstract ideas,
and without being party exponent in any just
sense, is pre- eminently representative paper.
| 1t is q law to all that class Of mind which has
the power of concentrating its energies upon q
single point in the great economy of thought,
to the neglect Of all others. By this process Of
abstraction it is easy to see that part is made
| better and more perfect than the whole. Be-
| tween the editor and the reader there Is entire
concord The great object of life with both, is
| to elevate the race and secure it's happiness by
| two or three mere local devices, whose utmost
success would scarcely produce ripple in the
currents Of population and destiny. 1t is a
vain attempt to localiDe the action Of general
laws-an iDfrmity of purpose which, in this
country of freedom, threatens to become a
source Of chronic disputes and agitations.
| The prominence which is given to abstract
ideas, and the labor and ingenuity whicn are
expended to enforce them upon public notice, are
sufficient proofs OF the truth Of this assertion.
In more advanced state of progress, and with
broader views Of the just relations Of life, these
impractical theories will be brought into har-
mony with general laws, and exercise their pro-
per influence in the economy Of government
1t will be the reduction of the abstract into
the relative and the practical. Strictly speak.
ing, in social and political communities there
are no abstract rights. Diversities of opinion
and the opposing possessions and interests Of
men are enough to prove this. We hold rela-
tive positions, and can exercise only core es-
ponding rights. Herein is the source Of all the
concessions, the compromises and the practical
charities which are sure attendants Of the most
orderly and best conducted social and political
systems.
The Tribune school Of thought is remarka-
BILE for it's utter abjuration of these conserva-
tive ideas, and its adoption of progeny Of ex-
pedients whose incorporation into our govern
ment would end in disruption and anarchy, if
not in q war of races and the determination of
the weaker caste.
Its frantic anti-slavery TRADES, its fierce and
ment and Of property, its advocacy of legsla-
tive Intervention in fixing standards Of moral
duties and action, its notification OF sta
tutes which interfere with its progeny of
reform recipes !; its Interpolation Of
the higher law, and the utter absence
of magnanimity and charity in maintaining
there shocking distractions, indicate the Tri-
b,.n Tosx hC,l ~nQa 80 80 l,olo -
empires and their true representative. 1t may
be asked how, in identifying the Tribune with
SO large q class of men, we can account for the
gradual decay Of its business, and the paucity
of its current receipts? This is an easy pro.
blem to solve. nliberality is consistent in all
the relations of lite. The man that has no
charity for his eighbor, has no money for him.
1t is the former that exercises large influence
over society, the latter over business. The
daily circulation Of the Tribune is about "a 900
copies-its advertising not much.
The Courier and Enquirer is also repre-
sentative press. 1t is the peculiar organ of the
monetary circles-a position Of no ordinary
.distinction-for its range sweeps both continents
of America, and the West Indies. Perhaps no
class in society enjoys wider reputation for
sagacity than the banking interest. This may
be attributed more to the influence of accumu-
lated capital, and its active employment
amongst men, than to the positive merits of
those who dispense its favors 1t is needless to
say that it is not political order. 1t has but
two rules for its eovernment-safety and inte-
rest. It is peace party, because war takes
away most Of its borrowers, and renders the
remainder Of questionable credit. It is a party
Of concessions, even at the expense Of the ma
tional honor and its interests, because capital
has never undertaken the work Of protecting
the one or the othsr. It holds intimate rela-
tions with the great mercantile community,
which it babitually Expresses in hard times,
and atters and sustains in seasons Of prosperity.
It has its great uses and abuses; and is signalsed
by singular selfsbness, which it is enabled
to maintain unquestioned through the dinusive
responsibilities of corporate forms. The Cou-
rier and Enquirer is its faithful representa-
tive. Those who have watched the pulse of
that press cannot have failed to see how readily
1t has found means to put our government in
the wrong in every dispute it has had with
foreign countries, and how able it is in the
justification of laws which give money an I'M
due advantage over labor The circulation of
the Courier and Enquirer was formerly 5000
per dsy; it is now hardly 5000.
The Journal Of Commerce is another of the
metropolitan press which has positive repre-
sentative character. 1t is the exponent of the
mercantile class, on which 1t is placed in entire
dependence. Its pages are little more than
commercial diary Of the doings Of its princi-
pals, and of their opinions upon leading ques-
lions of public policy which are likely to affect
their interests. Its range, however, like that
OF the Courier, is far broader than any other
commercial organ in this country. It has
kind of politico- mercantile character and is
kent from every species Of abstracLions. like