The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-06-29

an obstruction to the plundering system,
warning and caution against corruption,
whose abatement was necessary, in order to
nsr(ect the desired Union of the purse and
the sword.
Ely MOORE AND ROBERT DALE OWEN.
When, in 1929, 80 and 30, we witnessed
the outrageous proceedings Of these indivi-
duas in the city Of New York, in behalf Of
infdelity, agrarianism, trades unions, and the
subyersion and destruction Of many of the
most cherished institutions Of the land includ-
ing Christianity ITSELF we could not, for mo-
ment, have entertained the supposition, that
they would ever rise to the favor and patron
age Of an American National Administration.
We should have secuted such prediction,
and, no doubt, nine-tenths Of the then existing
Jackson-Van Buren, party would have done
the same. They were excuses which, we
heard Mr.. Van Buren, himself say, would, as
he thought, necessarily cure themselves"
They we're denounced by the Globe, the
Evening Post, the Albany Argus, and the
democratic Republican" General Com
mittee of Albany, formally, as not only
dangerous to the party into which they were
creeping, but also destructive of the establish
ed forms Of our government and institutions.
Many Of our readers will recollect the extracts
we published in 1887 from the report of the
committee of fifty, written, it is not denied, by
Robert Dale Owen, and printed by Alexander
Ming, the present Custom House officer, the
outrageous deformites Of which justified the
seyerest Reproduction Of the moralist and the
patriot. They will also remember the debates
which took PLACE in New York between
Origen Bachelor in favor, and Ely Moore
against the religion Of the Bible. They will
recollect that Ely Moore belonged to that
band who annually celebrate the birth day Of
Tom Paine, in grateful remembrance OF his
services in behalf Of in6delty. They hold
their inhdel orgies in Tamm,ny Hall, where
Sundays were devoted to public lectures
against God and Christ. We have ourself
seen miserable wretch stand upon that inf
del rostrum. barring his puny reptile arm to
heaven, in open defiance of the power Of the
Christians Almighty Father! We blush TO
confess that we were once, heaven forgive
US, witness Of the blasphemous exercises of
the Owen and Moore factions Of New York.
1t is true, that Mr.. Owen, since he has lived
in Indiana, has confessed to us that he had
never fully subscribed to the doctrines of
Tom Skidmore, and that he had abandoned
many of the extreme notions he once enter
tanned We have seen, however, no aban-
donment Of his establishment Of New Har-
mony, which we have always regarded as an
establishment at war with the very founda-
lions VI civilized society; nor have we any
evidence that his principles are now less
worthy the denunciation of the Globe, the
Argus and the Post. than they were formerly.
rs to Moore, we believe, we can almost say,
we know, that his present conduct and cha
iac'er illustrate the pernicious principles he
mas heretofore had the audacity to proclaim.
1t IS unnecessary, as it would be also incon-
sstent with our usual course in reference to
the domestic habits of individuals, TO tell all
We know, in justification Of this remark. We
will not say he is debauchee of the grossest
character-nor that he is accustomed to the
grog-shop and the brothel, nor that he is inca
pablo Of approaching a moral obligation, nor
mat he has lived by that kind Of :. theft" which
Klcheleu and the world call debt" This
not necessary to be said, nor would il be in
good taste. But il is sufficient to declare our
opinion, that man who acknowledges no
'od' no religion, and who lives in manner
consistent, with his protested incapacity to ap-
Prec'a'e a moral or religious obligation, is not
man for public example, nor for public Of.
fee.
Bit is not because, as the Globe intmates,
we or the opposition have any fear OF the
intellectual power or moral influence Of either
u 'hese men, by themselves, upon the cha
fac'er Of the Legislature, Of the laws, or of
puoc opinion, that we are disposed to hold
'"em to public view; but it is because, we
ueprecaie the fact that the administration, is,
u 'ne persons Of these individuals, giving