New-York daily tribune., 1842-09-09
The Divine Social system.

The Divine Social system.
We believe that God, before creating Man and
giving him Passions and Attractions adapted
them to some Society, pre-existing in his divine
Intelligence, which, if discovered and established
on the EARTH would employ them usefuliy, and pro-
| duce unity, order and virtue. The Passions in
such Social Order would act according to their
true nature-,hn is, beautifully and harrnoniously;
for every thing that God creates teads-if ne: per-
verted-to Good and to Happiness.
| The noblest task which human Genius could
achieve was to discover the Divine Social Order,
which would haze been done long since, had Phi
losophers studied the Passions with respect and
| imPartiaty for they tend to it invariably. But
Philosophers and Politicians have been engaged
in building up Social Institutions of their own de-
visng, and have neglected searching for the ougi-
nal and natural system, predestined for Man By
the Creator. The glory OF Fourier to have
discovered, after years of patient labor and in
vestigation, this System. He has not given as
any scheme or plan of his OWE; he declares
throughout his works taet he has merely dscev-
cred the System of Society, to which God adapted
Man and the Passions before creating them.
Il
aot forget to assign it some code system of gov
ernment. God must have done as much for the
Human Race upon the Globe, for it is but col
ony, of which he is the founder. If he had not
lone so, he would have left the Human Race
prey to social anarchy, for how could they ever
regulate and harnonize their passions, if God had
not created them with inherent capability of
order and harmony.
We shall publish few articles upon this SUBJ
rc, and Upon the Law of Attraction; we shall
translate them from Fourier, and we consider
them of the highest Importance. after that we
-lia take up Christianity.
The idea of pre-established Destiny, of So
cial Code adapted to the Passions, and pre-exist
ing in the mind of the Divinity before the creation
Of man, is ridiculcd or disbeeved by the Scien-
ii6c Of the day.
Nevertheless, howis it possible TO conceive that
Being infinitely wise, could have created our
Passions without having first determined upon
their employment! Could the Divinity, occupied
fpr an eternity past in creating and organizing
worlds, have overlooked providing e code for the
regulation of their Passions and social relations
eve will repeat that by Passions understand
The springs of action in man, the impelling pow
crs such as love, friendship, ambition, emulation
&c
Under the direction of our pretended sages, the
Passions engender scourges, which would make
US doubt whether lhey we're the work Of an evil
spirit or of the Divinity. Try suCcessivey the
laws of men most revered of Solon Draco,
Of Lycurgus or Minos, and you will find that
they constantly reproduce these ,courges and avis
which result from false developement of the
Passions. Must not God have foreseen this shame
full result of human legislation He could have
seen its effect in millions of globes created prior
10 ours; he must have known, before creating and
giving US Passions, that human reason woHld have
been incapable of harm monizng them, and that the
human race would require a Legislator wiser than
itself
AS a consequence God, unless we believe his
providence Inefficient circumscribcd and lndliier-
ent as to our happiness, must have composed Tor
us Social Code, system for the regulation OF
our social and domestic relations, applicable TO ali
mankind, who every where have the same Pas
sions.
There must consequently exist for as pre-es-
tablshed Destiny, or system for the regulation
of our social and industrial relations, fixed by God
before creating and giving US passions. The task
Of genius was to search for it BY an impartial and
nethedical study Of the Passions and their ten
dencies.
Another proof: how can we suppose God more
imprudent than the merest novice IN mechanics!
When man collects materials for building, does
he fail to make plan for their employ ment? =
What would We think Of q person who, purchas-
ing cut stone frame work, and materials of every
kind for the construction of ediice, did not
know what kind of bnildng he intended 10
erect, and acknowledged that he had collected all
these materials without having thought OF the use
TO which he should apply them' Such man
would be pronounced insane.
u IL ~E fNra frhS
which our men of science attribute to the Diyin-
ity, in sapposing that he could have created the
passions attractions characters instincts and other
material of the Social Edifce, WITHOUT HAVING
FIyEn UPON ANY PLAN FOR THEIR EMPLOYMENT Il
1t may be thought perhaps that God neglected
TO compose for us system of Society, and tina.
he has left the task of regulating the social and
industrial mechanism of societies TO the wisdom
of Scion or Justinian? 1t is an outrage upon
common sense to suspect the Divinity OF such
want of foresight; we consequently must believe,
in spite of scientific preudices, that there exists
for naa pre- established system for the regaia-
ton of his social relations, based upon divine
theory, existing prior TO the creation OF our globe
"a mechanism of Social and Industrial Unity, the
laws of which human reason should have endeay-
ored TO discover instead of Presunlns, lltsn-nke,
TO exercise the highest function of God, which IL
the direction of the Social or fasslonai MOVE
ment.
OF all impiety the greatest is that impertinent
prejudice, which suspects the divinity OF having
created men, the passions and the materials OF M
dustry, without having fixed upon any plan TOR
their organization. To suppose it, is to attribute
TO the Creator want of reason, tor which men
would blush; it is falling into irreligion worse
than Atheism; fer the Atheist does nor dishonor
God in denying his existence; he only dishonors
himself by entertaining an opinion bordering upon
madness. But our Legislators strip the Supreme
Being of his highest prerogative: they pretend
;rnScitlv tkat God has not destined US &c Social