New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-21
TIE PExsIOLOGY OF NORs.

II /. extremely necessary, in times Like these,
for thinking men-And such unquestionnbly Of
whatever class or cran compose the dominat-
ins massc, IN tn. c.iy-to BE- able to draw the
line distinctly between popular uPrsing' which
have broad bottom OF good sense aud which
ar, the initial steps toward righteous re'ou'
ton, and those passionate demonstrations when
Indicate only an irrational discoDi'ni, tempo
rary anger, an nnwhol.some appetite for power,
or a di.c.elitable faith in The art, low but
subtle. of the demagogue. Oar form o. govern
mrut ia Democracy limited by Law; ana
under inis, all are presumed 70 owe ioyni'y To
that H. winch all have consented. Behind thi-
simplest philosophical form, there - nothing
bus CHAOS and anarchy; for II men VIII not
obey ruler. of their own selection, they
discard obedience altogether, and with II
all recognition of social relations. After
this pOin; has been reached, there IL IA end
Of discussion. ior there Ia nothing leis to dis
cuss. We then fall back upon sheer personal
isolation. the rule of might. and individual
lrrrsponsiblliiy. OF coursc. an auiocrac! iol-
lows. by logical sequence. because the VIII
of the majority Is 70 determine all publr
u,licy. II does not follow that such Will is DO,
10 be nsrertained BY fixed and wc.l.rccoguizcd
forms; and hence, after the least diSpu;ablr
revolutions, the first business Of society Is to
rcorganizc new government; because during
the widest popular excuses, The Necessity
Of some government is presupposcd, BY
tn admission always implied that II LIE
power which has been oycrthrown had CON
fined it.eli to its legitimate functions, II
would have remained undsturb'd. Ihis Is the
Radical Conservatism upon which thc Govern
ments of the United States and OF the State
and City OF New-York are ba'cd-this Is the
Democracy both of Alexander Hamilton and
of Andrew jackson, men who In political iun-
damentals we're nearer alike than ia popularly
.uuuo,ed-this is that medium al common
sense without which Prrsideut can no more
govern q Republic than Pcdugosue can gov
ern Common School.
These, then, if the reader plcases to follow
II. in thes, discussions, are the broad dstinc-
lions between a Revolution aud Mob: that
while The first proposes 10 pass from one con-
dltion of things 10 another, which shall be
equally fixed, and never attempts to shake of
the control of central principle. Mob, not
merely from the impossbty OF elaboration,
and the absolute hopelcs.ncss OF conclusion, but
from lis natural desire To have pubhc nlalrs
unsettled has 40 pusslbIe lmt except its own
exhaustion or extinction. In the moments OF
IFS most intense cXertlon, it Is rs pnrpoSrlrSs
os a child AT play OF course, all ITS designs
are sheeriy momcntary and continually shit
ing. IL merely osciilates between murder aud
plunder. between the mobility of destruction
and the inertia of drunkenness.
OF these political truths, our citizens during
the Iast week have had painful bu, salutary
illustrations. The unprIncipled villains who
bounded on the dogs OF rapine and cruelty
were villains simply because they were nnPrIn-
ciplcd. They wrIc for murder as murder,
for pillage as pIi.age for house-burning a-
hou.e.burnipg They knew that their atrocl-
tle. met with conclusion in their own per-
pclration and could have no ultimate aud de-
terminel result. They calculated upon no
general uprising Of the loyal States against she
Copscrption, but. they did calculate upon
week OF riot aud maniac mlsrulc. vi private
greed glutted aud of personal re,enges sd.
tiated. They knew that the Washington
Government had but to stretch forth lis
brawny arm, and their saturnalia would be
terminated al once. But their appetite Tor