New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-13

t15t are NOe IHcio'1, lpo'c Iu'1trd, and Thich
could cIa III the gov-rpm. Mt II opinion ii f,rt.ae
always favored The deserving Over Boston, sr
i,s,apce, the city o. UuItarmns .nd ph,Lsopasrs.
the Aliens of the New World, as the Aneri.an
proudl cal il ltu0uh .een that the right OF
,,otour Gins judgment should naturally belong 70
that Iiftle State OF Massachusetts,, IN wnica ths
love OF truth and Justice il tie least cuptsuin. cd
h, the mixture OF gross interests and yulgar pas-
,,ons. The reply to this is easy. Power do"s n''
alasys 90 with ligebct-perhaps never inJe-'l
-bu. bars, naturally to the side ~ iotce. Power
does 10, c.spise Intelligence, but it vulGas it ouy
uben ;, is e. c,ed with ulatcria interests VA CD
c,ye il body and direct and vhble object.
THIS i. the secret Of the triumph ofNeK York, And
c,.t ties it 20 b. called roe capita. OF III. Unou.
Only in hat city Can be T. urd the combustion
,f jntejliserce ond material il teress, which
.op,,lru,.s the force OF society. tn;elbg nee
In Nrw.Yofb is neither so refined, nor so
c,ea, "a in Massachusetts; hut it is superior
"a hat in the other States; and ls rh re g moia-d
vi posiiye aid pracrics! lutDrs's-intesests less
cr~s ib n IL the South aud Wcsr, and moro en-
i.tt. ned and humane 7 lie federal character of
the Ntw-YoIk press Dorever, grows our Of he
social position OF that city. S.wYntk IL - OF only
the or.pd comm, rc,i emporium OF the Ution,
the ctutcr of its aerial affairs, the great con-
n.ci,c ink bttt;,en AGeuca ard Europa, the
oepo, tor H.. cotton OF ,hc Sou'b rhe grain Of the
West Al I'll. gold Celiorhii it isaso tN 70 :ial
u.er OF N,rtb America t'c locus which uaites
IT, single ray ali the pol'ica! AID ethical ,in-
i,s OF the d. seitpt States Nv York III cos
-oponan metropolis half Am rIcau, hah En-
-opeap, is. BY It's position the only ciy in which
all opinions can have fair play, aud ~ the SAM tine
moderste sad correct each o'her. An abolitioust
;otrpsl cecld not be es.ab soed without perl in
! New o lcsDs; nor could d1ci'ed Pro-Sl.yery
! journal ex,s, in Bospn. In Now York, IN the
coutrnry, Wnigs and Democrats, Free.SJlers AID
Pro-Sl,yrry mtp, Ak'xatiensts and Anti
| Fl,csiers, can express their opci'ns with
| out fear Tbus in th,t grand ciraTanssrY,
! the opinions which elsewhere are dangerous, be-
cnuic they have exclusive In!e, temper each ot1er
and bee me accns'omed 20 mutual moderation.
! New York s the impartial city, empha'i;ay IL
! e.r.nr, and, if the expression may be alOEed,
the mos, constitutional city 10 the Union 1t ds's
nUt aIteup to interpret tte CoDrtltua'n in an ex
clc, i've sc Sc like Massachusetts dNirgnla, aud,
for this reason, the Nev.York press has the sole
b:nor of representing the itd, vi Interests of the
| e;est Rrpn5iic.
But C, ming dovr from his high theoretical
| Gi.h,s the yivacious rrencbman at last SouchssteS
70 ,nIi.httii us as 70 TIE actual t'a tres OF TIE
American press 20 through hi- in'allible spec
I tacles. The American journal, De Informs us, has
! truly demtcra:ic 1pect. l. Is "cac1p add
mast, " hind OF R.e:chandi'e. Paper gay, soft,
ea ly TORI proof rraoli OF the worst knd; types
bali ORR; even, hing shows cheap ar icle. fDe
tor e Of the iouru. is o'u 10 keeping wi'h ~ ap-
ptaraIc Ice. Insu,s, rudeness, per,Oual denuncia-
tois are abundont. The whole cha nacter bar the
stamp of vuIgarity. Ii is never g4y or iron.ca
! thol eh sometimes fdcttOus The subjects with
| wh ch it is occupied are OF low order. II ioses
sehi OF great ptii ciplts in the advocacy OF petty
p. rsoDnl i,tsr,.ts n" one can reed an Amercan
urDa and not be impressed with the superiority OF
! L Iopean civilization. The joufnals ot the U2,Td
States 90 lot reproduce the most cariOns FED
,ures OF Aner:an life They deal 0aDy with the
uo- u"rot"nots plruer's Of society They iga"re
! cultivated -snt. OD opening one o. theee iin-
III. n,c h,ets We re,d report OF fte proceedings
Of Copntss--,h" ioucyal has a Washington cor
respondtbt, aud this il very ~ell-bat oae yoIld
pIet,r That it bad several strDpgrspbers appointed
t, follow ,he "camp meetings" and to describe
those singular scenes. New aud hen indeed We
are treated to tho di' course of Unitarian minis
ter of Boston, or tie lecture nf q Concord Irans-
ceLdeLraIIst but ~ could wish 10 OstaiG glimpse
ot ibc mapl er and habits E" tnat iL." grouP, aud
10 hear The conversation x,icb are beld IA th 80
ccpclayes OF ettered mystics
1t aust be cobf ssed however, to the praise of
An erican journals, that if they do not ahouEd n
curicus oocuntn.s IT is 10 iant OF theIr Conduct
ors, uDO really u.ahc great efforts to SATISFY the
eacefnets cf their readers. They spare n';'orr
pains Tor expense Important peas i, f"r~art'dt t.
:bem sy telegraph and exp esSes, in advance u tae
l.Uai course OF tie mails. Lett-rc arc seBs 10
.btm rom the niDs, 0ist4lt teIr'0res and the
most s,vsCe distric y. II a nc~ col'Dy % hcp-
lfed I'm erauts Is cs abIiNh'd in hEnefOa they
snu"uace tie fict they know he nJmber oT b 'adol
coiile that are IL be f'Gi ou be irn- y! Oregon
Eut every ;.IlDe bears On amer can stamp Little
-rrs. IS tax, L N 'hc affairs OF another neal's-
Fte'e.
The position ~ 90 American j"uros'ist Is essen-
ti4lly diff, rat that of European j'nrn! Isl.
Ke posEfsse 'rJmidatc inf tnce. and wlelds 1ot
d .i.tle p"il; ca power This is o~Dg to cream
stance that sas rot ofcen bt-n hot ced. lie u
alno. ite orly person OF Influence in II" uoI''d
St:t's who i, bot subjected 10 the popular VOC aud