The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-11-08

yourawdys ex1mine every part ofhim
al MS trapPings are taken of, that no par
may eicape your examination. How much nj
Ger ought your enquiry to be, when YOU are a
bout to feietf the companion of your life a be
ing' whom It is neceHary for you 20 know com
Pieat'y, hncc perfona beasty is 10 much vain
CO.. and hnce hidden defect, an ulcer, or de-
rormed limb may render her for ever hateful anc
contemptible. Divorces are never granted bu,
with the permifion of the prince. ADULTERY j,
punifhed with Ilavery.
Various Religious tetfs exin in Utopia: bu,
they all wor'tip one being, from whole incom.
preheniible eiience, every thing has proceeded
Nehg'ous liberation is granted to every one, ex.
sept TO thote who deny the Immortality of ri.
foul. Their prirfs are chofcn by the peopIe hv
oaiiot. They believe too in an exiRence of flu.
ture rewards and puniihment.
CR!TIoUE.
Such is the picture, which More has drawn Of ~
topa, or the happy republic" This picture contains
many admirable traits, which are we'll worthy ,b,
attention OF the philosopher Their fimp,icity Of life
the popular election OF their officers, the fall mum,
Der OF their laws, their in forming matrimonial
CONFESSIONS and their religious federation, feen, to
oe points, IN which they excel the uRitutions of
Europe.
But there are alto objections to this fyNem, which
a PhilotoPher might be difpoied to URGE TheGe OBJ
)ections may thus be arranged. Every man, who
Nuggets fYitem of affairs which he thinks moi uE
Picious to human happiness, fhoud in the ra place,
anxious to Introduce every cuttom aud initution
which from the nature of man is calculated to pro-
duce the greateit haPpineis and to omit every eul
tom and inttiution, which may produce mrery and
IN the End place, to point out tho.c nifrnp,ept.
wiiicn may lead to the contamination of his fyllem
~h'ch may introduce the good, and de,trcy the evil
on .he lai, point he has been completely Silent He
as NOT dciineated the mode, in which it is to be hop
ca, that men will be metamorphofed into Utopians
lie has neither enlarged on the power of the preC,
On the gradual dhuon of knowledge through iocie-
~ OH the power OF education, or on the power of
government enlightened by thee agents, to intro
ince this new form of focal order. So far then as
me POPULATIONS OF More extend, we nun regard his
Utopia as perhaps a brilliant but impraeicabe theo-
y' as developing ferries of affairs, aufpicious IN
Iced but deuiive; more fitted for the mighty DOW
RS and virtues of an angel, than the limited powers
u man. hilng us rather with uielefs regret, that
ms auipicious Rate is beyond our reach than point
ng out the mode, i'll which it is to be REALIZED.
On the hrtt point, he has been more fucrersfuI
Many pernicous cuftoms and innitu;ions which ex-
II IN other countries, to be found in Utopia
ueiPosm with its subordinate agents its military
diplomatic, and legal officers, fuperflition with i,s
egaied miniters, luxury with all its foftcniny arts.
ma iapour with its executive toll, have no exifence
'hiohg MS fayourite people. On the contrary, the
'Fhee Is choien by the people and may be depofed
~ them, at the fame time that his power is confined
~ the itructure of their iociety to very few obes
>ehgion Is ilnpe III its principles, tolerant in its
'raetices' and requires but few miniRers. Luxury
prevented by the iimpiicity OF their manufa ures
md the equal participation of thoe, which they pro-
'uce. Labour is eafy, fince no man is Obliged 70
"ork more than6 hours day, & every man isobiiged
o iaoour that time, or be otherwe uiefuy employed
sui hot"ithitanding the fuperiority in thefe ref:
'ects, which the Utopans may claim over other natl
MS, IL may well BIZ quetoned, whether their lituati-
ms Is that which is conducive the mott perfect hap
'ineis OF which human heings are fuiceptble They
lave many cultoms and inlitutions among them
which the phiIanthroPia will regard with jealous
ttehtion And they want many, which he will corr
ioer as neeeiidry to hapPineis Among the infitu-
ions which are reprehenible among them, are per-
iaps 1.-THE tavoure princple) the community of goods
me exitenee OF iavery, of government, and above
" eiie Importing OF all their intutons by and con-
ormng almott all their actions to, coercive reeu-
atoms
III. ne Preient inequality of property, which
prevails among us is doubt!efs much to be reverted
But the remedy ieems be the Introduction Of
community of goods. The true remedy coniils in
nightening every man to the true fyitem of mo-
aity, and in awakening his sympathetic affections:
o ,hat IRON the force OF habit, every man may be
ncined 20 deduce his own Happiness in a confdera
Die degree from comforting happnefs upon his neigh
'our. More's iyitem would on the contrary compel
very individual to throw his labout into common
took, and thus promote the happiness of his neigh
,our, without the higheh fympathy, or without
he ilighteft perception of his true inrereR,. Auo
her coniequence of this exercfe of force. IS. that
where the force does exit the labour wilnot be
performed. Moit individuals will confeauentlv at
emPt TO eiude the force in order to elude the labor
. third consequence of this community of goods. is
hat as every citizen is Imported, whether he abour,
Or not, each one may take from the common Gock
more than his ihare and thus reduce fome Of the
cit to famine and this effect is not to be rened.d
'y the fupPof.d uPer-a5undance of their goods and
~ the abienee of luxuries This fuper-abundance
;annot exit, unefs each individual exerts his abour
Or Kill and shis they will not do las has been al
,eady intimately but by the alfRance of punfhmen,s
which would diigTace the code ofN.ro or Don,itan.
And as TO the abience of Injuries next to the impo
ihihty oil defining their nature will be the impoTbE
y OF preventing their introduction. BeGdes, true
phloiophy has never yet hewn how far the exifence
d iuxuries may not be compatible, with the enioy
nent, OF the greatea quantity ofhappines 1t is oer-
1aps lmPoihble to calculate the Improvement, which
he Licences have received from thofe arts, which
;onduce to luxury and eonfequently the addition.
which they have made to human Happiness. TheCe
circumstances render the utility of community of
goods, at Leaf very doubtful problem.i
2dly. "A Fate of flavery is Gate of miCrry. There
tore 1t is certainly incompatible, with the MOT per-
r. e. .