New-York tribune., 1842-04-01
vol. 4.
AS OCIATIO
Or, Principles Of True Organization Of Society.
p ! RACI I'VE ]NDI ) | RI.
Mn Is not n0turaliV Hle.

1t L generally believed that Id!cneSS i a fact
inhcrcne in the nature Of most@rnen Among the
huge mass OF rrejudicos which false cducaion and
habit have piled up in mems minds, the belief in
Man natural ldencss is of the deercSt.rootcd.
and the most insulting 20 Human Nature Aswc
are the pioneers Of a Social Reform which pre-
suPposcs that ever: can be induced to work.
it beIloovea Us TO contend against such t. prejudice
and, By explaining tho facts that gave it birth and
favored il growth, to make lis fplseAood manifest
and cansc it To sink before Truth.
The Universe is in constnnt motion. Ab,oInt.
rcposc does not exist. Motion is so essential 10
the existence Of all created things, tha, it NAV be
said to be synonymous with Llfe. Man deprived
Of Motion, sinks into death Wc arc then logically
led 10 assert that Motion is the essential condition
Of the preservation of Mans life
Ills fact being conceded, ryc say that to cvery
created being is assigned "a sphere in which to
move. The stars mcvc within their respective
orbits; the bird wings It's way through the air !;
the fish ia;ions the boundless deep; the gaelic
skins over the verdant plain; the beast of prey
move BY the power and attractions of their ma
ture and their diversified acton constitutes the
living Harrnsny of Creation.
Man also laoves, ur-since Motion is SYNONYMOUS
with Lltc-ivcs in manner peculiar TO bis nature.
according to fixed, immuablc and predetermined
Laws. Hi, life is not simple life, like that Of
the plant or the animal his instincts urc of a
higher nature,-ot a nature=wlch he alone. Of ali
the creatures on this globe, possesses and which
constitutes his Gnity or IDENTITY with the Creator
If man, or any o,ller being possessed Of At
fractions ard Sentiments, moucS az Hres Ia lar
mony eeith ihc Lars Of his inaiuidual n0tare, Ii"
enioys-hc is happy. Happiness is the great and
nfable criterion by which tojudge whether beings
live according tc the conditions Of their nature
Mans happiness is like Mans nature,-a complies
fact. Man, to be happy, must exercise his moral
intellectual and physical powers, according to the
laws which constitute the individuality of his being
Now ii we look deep ia,o Mans being. we find ha,
he never acts without having in view some end or
some object, the attainment of which will be the
practical realization of The Idea or Sentiment which
pre-existed in his soul; or, in other words Man
does not exercise his intellectual and physical
powers, and acquire real and poSitire happiness
by their exercise, without producing Effects which
characterize their exercise and bear the impress of
the powers that produced them.
The mental and intellectual Energy in MIN i.
immense, und it is constantly striving to act and
develope itself This Energy cun act i'll tbs field of
Industry, Art, Scicncc, und in Social Itriutions.
By means of Industry, Man operates upon Material
Nature, and moulds, cmbellishes and pcriects it,
until it becomes the external emblem, the material
manifestation of the thoughts sentiments and lnlei-
lectuul harmonics Of his Mind If the Organ
izution of Industry is adapted to tho intellectual
requirements of Human Nature, it becomes at
tractive But if Industry be organized that
its exercise violates and ourages all the desires
and feelings of the ul,-it it be monotonoHs and
dishonorablc, if it smother the higher tacnllies,
and rob Man OF his personal freedom, it becomes
repugnunt and hateful. This is new the case, and
in our false Societies, Hunger and the WHIP are
the main incentives which compel Man 10 un-
dcrgo its bur,hen.
The repusnant and degrading character Of our
present system Of Industry or Labor has produccd
throughout the world the great division of Men into
Producers and Non Proanccrs. This division
genders the thousand sentiments of hatred and OPP
preston with which the world is filled. Tyranny
and Slavery are under thousand forms, the hinges
on which cur Social Mechanism swings, and so long
ns we cannot connect such incentives, charms and
Inducements with Productive Industry as to induce
all classes even the richest, to take part voluntarily
in it, the distinction between Producers and Nom
Producers will Sc kept up, and that to the deni-
mcnt of the formcr. who become, directly or lndl-
rectly the dependents OF slaves OF tee latter VINO
compose a favored minority in Society.
And here we would ,sk--Whcther tits notnaiural
for those who have the means OF making Others
work for them to avail themselves OF those means!
Is it natural that they should give up the advantages
of their position and undergo the burtcn OF our re-
pucnan, system of Labor Industry or Labor should
be for Man source Of positive enjoyment, but 1t
for him source OF bondage and degradation. La
Dor should cxalt Man, bu, it reduces him 10 a level
with beasts Of burthcn. Labor should tortit! Man
but it deadcns his intelligence aud often wears out
his frame. Labor should devclope all the capacl-
ties of his nature, but stteS his moral Sentiments
and puralyzcs his mental Energies
To be convinced of this. NC have but to examine
how Man abors in our present Social Order. lie
labors with disgust and ir-m compulsion. The
Tailor is seated with crossed legs on MS board
from morning till nj sht, and his existence, with all
his faculties and energies which long TO act re-
duced 10 the taking of stitch hs Shoemaker
crouches over his miserable stool, ard from the
frs, dawn of morning until the hour of darkness.
he buses himself in preparing covering for the feet
Of shallow worldlings who cannot dowihout
him and who. nevertheless, dcspse him for the ser
vice, he renders them, The Smith, the hve-lons
dav, swing his pondsrous hammer and bends over
the dusw forge The Weaver hangs upon his beam
and sends the shuttle monotonou>y TO and fro like
a machine that is without sentiment or desires In
the bous,ed manufactures of Civilization, we see
man standing sentinel sixteen hours out OF twenty
four over revolving spool. and the child forced 10