New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-09-14
passionaI Attraction

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| rial Attraction-the laws Of which Newton dis
covered The planets move, as re see, with or
der and harmony in their spheres; no violence or
restraint is employed to maintain order among
them; nc chains er other arg used 10 bind
and keep them in their places. In human socie-
ties, however, violence and constraint are every
where resoreed to- the Passions are regulated and
order is maintained by those agents. 1t may be
thought that the comparison is not just; that 1t
does not follow because the material universe Is
governed by Attraction, that man also should be.
1t, however does, and if we understood the whole
scheme of God Providence, we would see it; there
/ is but one law for the government of the universe
| If we descend to creatures far below man--to the
beaver, the bee, the ant, we see that they work
from Attraction; there are no large bees or bea-
vers to force the smaller ones to labor; God gives
them isstiactiue or instinctu0l Attraction for the
work which they are to perform, and they do it
with delight. In oar present false societies, the
laboring Mass are forced to toll from violence and
constraint-from fear of the lash, where the slave
system prevails and from fear of want and starva-
ton, where the system of hired labor exists. God
has reserved for the Human Race system of In
dustry which when once discovered and estab-
lished, will render Labor Attractive, and man will
then perform all the varied works which he has to
execute upon the earth, from Attraction. This
system, man must discover, by the efforts Of his
genius, as he did the mariners compass, the laws
of chemistry, railroads, &c. This grand discov-
cry neglected by all philosophers and Legislators,
up to the present time, has been made by Fourier.
The material universe then or the planetary boz
dies are governed by material Attraction; the an
imals below man. by instinctiue or instinctual
Attraction, and as Unity of System is primary
Law of God, Man must be governed also by At
lect and Passion, he must be governed by intel
lectual and possional Attraction. CPassonal is
the adjective of Passion as Material is the ad ective
of Matter.)
By Attraction is to be understood the love-the
tastes-the inclinations. which the Creator gives
his creatures for the various works, functions and
duties which they are to perform. God has given
man Attractions nclinations and desires which in
true system of Society would direct him rightly,
but in our present false Social Order, they per-
verted and misdirected, they cannot act according
to their true nature and they must in consequence
be reprcssed, compressed and restrained. In
system of Society, suited TO human nature, they
would be true guides, thus could follow freely
the desires of his heart, and Attraction and duty
would 90 together, which are now generally OPP
posed TO each other.
With these observations, wo will quote from
Fourier some remarks upon Attraction:-
Attraction is, in the hands of God, magic
wand, which enables him to secure from love and
pleasure the Performance of work. which man can
alone obtain by constraint violence. 1t gives
charm to functions, which are in themselves the
most repusiye What is more disagreeabie than
the care of young infant with its dirt, cries and
helpessness? How does God transform into
pleasure so repugnant7 He gives the mo-
Their paSsional attraction for this disagreeable
duty; ne merely makes use of his magic preroga-
tive; that of IMPART1NG ATTRACTION. Before 1t
the best founded causes of disgust disappear, and
are changed into pleasures.
To appreciate the value of this faculty, which
belongs exclusively to God, let Us suppose it the
attribute of some ambitious Monarch. invested
with the power of DISTRIBUTING ATTRACTION, he
would require neither courts of justice ar
mics to secure the execution of his DEGREES, and
to subject to his sway the entire globe: he would
merely have 10 give to all nations ATTRACTION,
for such form eft government as he might desire.
If it were for civilization, for example, with its
spirit of extortion and war, all Nations to whom
ne had given Attraction for this happy system,
would hasten to bring him their treasures, and fur
nish men for his armies. He could besides give
to ali nonarchs far and near attraction to &C
kaomledge his supremacy; they would all send
Ambassadors to offer him their submission, and to
proclaim him Sovereign of the globe
As both Rulers and Nations would find their
happiness in carrying out those measures to which
this Sovereign had impaired the charm of Attrac-
ton. we must acknowledge that, exclusive pos
SCISSOR of this talisnan he would be q mailman to
resort to other means, such as constalnt, punish
men,s and wars TO force the execution OF his plans
irwoud be or his part gratutcus malignity and
gross deception: for besides causing the misery OF
his own and neighboring subjects,
plan of Universal dominion by the resistance OF
tyrannized nations; wherea. by making use of the
magic lever of Attraction, he would, at the end CT
few years, become the reaceable Possessor OF the
entire globe, and thut without having incurred
any expense, run any risks, or wronged single
individual.
saeh is the position of God with regard to his
creatures Exclusive possessor of the most pow
erful of levers-the talisman of Attraction-would
he no, be the prosecutor of his creatures ii neg
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