, 1865-02-23
AcoPPEKHEAD QUARTERLY.
TIE SOCIAL SCIENCE REVIEW. A Quarterly
journal OF polfticals Economy and STATISTICS,
mn. !. M. j. lauuarE. 1Si5. SeM York.

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only tHelf vanity leaos Ine" 70 tupPose are
incapable OF eelng clearly stated IN good
stout Gn1on. OF this class Is the following
extract relative TO Speucer's Essays.
-4a7n That e&sav ,,a shozva 1,ox- ,,,orroee ra-
sul's IN tae E'cater aoo e1eatet oAnelsnlla-
t1on OF 1unct1ons ana speclaliz0uon Of 0ptl~
1udes," which Is q new and obscure way Of
sayinr that slack at all trades Is rood at
,orc y or .brt a division of 1ahnr nro,notns
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dcd' II Is only suea oa5oaIoos moae o. e1-
pressing them lint Is ignored. iruly
great minds never clothe their thoughts in
such desp'cable 1angnaggc
So much for The style. In matter, the re-
view consists Of five articles entitled respec-
lively; "Goyeznment," ''Mr. Fessenden's
Report, Herbert Spencer" Mr. Abouts
Progress" The limits Of political eeono'
my" From the article onGove1nuent VIC
give few samples Of nexchsaole looseness
Of statement
-"The more closely We Study nature. the mora
thoroughly VIC analsze the wonderful natural laws
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doubt Of til. to enter tho mind, OF suggest a
-change for the better In anything. Al kno~leaee
leads to the conclusion that those th'nss when
appear inpsrIeef 10 Us are snose "nos1 paspoas as
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Tbr abovc text d,snnore. ftseI-for If all
created thinrs are neriect. then the human
mind ia 1,erfacf-tlen fts CONCLUSIONS are per.
fect-thcn its denia1 that all things IRE per-
feet Ito which the reviewer retrs as the re-
suit Of profound ignorance) is perfect and
true allegaii ior and nil things are not perfect;
which cont1sdicts the premise. IF as the
'1v1cwe1a aszsate ".n Anow'edgs a~-ds - tho
conclus1on mat tnose Things which appear
Imperfect to us'' TO ifm) sppear so only be-
cause OF our own {h1s) ignorance9 then IT fol-
lows that The reviewer wrong In attribut-
ing cur belief TINT soms things are imperfect
to our imperfect knowledge. and his belief
4hat our knowledge Ii imperfect arises, Us he
says, from nothing bat Ills oWn profound ig-
norance. Thus the reviewer hoists hinsslf
with his own Petaa. 10 SNOW In what ab-
6urd assumptionsA quarterly can indulge We
insert In bFackess IN me following extinct
The tnstance pro'ang ahe nosnrd1ty:
Nature seems 10 govern t1a hfnga," te- e.,
nations, Wild BEASTS 6c-.l oy the antaSon-
asm OF Opposing forces, whose effect Is the
maintenance Of constant and perfect harmo-
ny eycry"hcre," (e: g., between nations,
Wild beasts, &C., Again,
Political economists OF the most Advanced
school. a1ter long and careful analysis ol 1ne
natural LAWS or lmpulses 1naa con1ro' man IN
the soclal conolt1on. nave arrived a1 Inc con
ydctioD thnt mans sell interest, so long as ne
is left entirely free from governmental mtef-
ference, Will lead him TO 90 that winch 1or
the tin being is most benehclA 10 hnosen
and his fellow beings"
This proposition contains the following ao'
surdlties:
/. Man never hnvirg within the observation
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Nm governmental interference, they can
affirm nothing as to what he would do.
~. Ao posit'eai ccunoiAs as oeaneo oy Tue
reviewer relates only to Government, po-
litical economists. cannot as such consider
what man, not under . government, would OF
would not do.
"a Al mnn,s sc,e,n,cneat has o,uars ,aa
him N cstah,ish Governmental ,nterfsrcncc
+hot rnnst- according tn the revlrwer,s nrono.
s1t,on. have been the thing most beneficial.
and therefore the reviewers complaint against
Governments. which he says have caused all
.raz s,overv. class legislation and oppression.
is nj Far With his own premises as well Us
I'm common sense. Instead Of Governments
7,ay;,c cousod var and slavery-war il the
N1st mode of government, and slavery the
first fo,m of government, as exhibited in the
absolute ownership by ancient patriarchsau and
parents of their chneren and servants. The
whole argument against Government IN & Is
., *{ss1In of frivolous nonsense unworthy of n
.,,sNs sn,,a+;r,o c1nh Noo+lv cvarr sentence
coleG osoas .:a, - -. ~
con'a.Ae LIE mat'4 ~ ~.,n "tueu ~ 'pse' 4ts
neighDors. 1ahc tte 1ol'o"aE e4tlaet:
4'No trEiy beneficial action requires govern
mental protection or as.istance to insurc Its con-
tiuuupcc 1t t1s onls an Injurious usclcss action
TINT requires The :ndryention OF Government to
insure ite perpctuntor. Bat, thanks to the ALL
,yise Alj.powerf1l Creator, who has 80 perfectly
ordcrcd MI things. the cafccts Of Governments or
hrmap laws arc invariably overcome by tho uatu-
fa1 lawf. which alone control al thinst. Human
- srynrta}Iy end by being nunul!ed either bY
bc,us tlerrt:ETde0 aud siias lccum1ns dead let
1ef Or by heicg repealed because frlt 10 be inlu1
ops and unruGutablc.s"
Have human laws arainst crime been m.
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nulled OF become oeao Aeete1s onHut uol
a Social Science Reviewer to know that If the
Creator has ordered tall things ".hc must
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Fcssendens Kepof1 that peFaoo'eal oesoted
to such 'mp1acticao'e nonsense and 1oiAes aa
VIC hare alluded to, ahoulo empty every form
Of incohercnt abuse, not only upon It. bnt
upon every past ard present, and even every
possible financial policy Of the government.
except such as none bnt !unauc could
sanction. The l3ttn1 copgerneaaiem winch