The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1865-09-21
Conservatism G4l3 Ra1icalis3tt Com
pared and Confr0Sfed.


the following admirable article which
we commend to the perusal Of our
readers
Constitutional liberty says Burke,
Stands on n nice equipoise, with steep
precipices and deep waters on all sides
Of it, IN Withdrawing 1t from danger on
one side, there is great risk OF oVerset
tirg ii on the other.
''Ona Of the prer0gatives OF genius is
the power Of condensing in a few words
the accumulated results Of experience
and the wisdom OF ages. The extract
above Is q splendid instance OF this pow
CT. y 8#o brief sentences 3he ma re u
ace institutions is unfoideti, and from
aAal nature is dedueed TIE necessity of
conservatism, as an indispensable oondi-
ton OF their existence.
''ffom the first dawn OF human soeie-
u, there have been but two methods Of
procedure, by which governments seek
To attain The ends for which they were
instituted amongst men. One OF these
methods is Conservatism, the other RAD
icalism. ~ all things are they the ep-
pooite5 OF each other Light and dark
ness do not diiiefmore widely. GonseF-
Vatism springs from the acknowledged
weakness and imperfection OF the moral
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