New-York daily tribune., 1842-07-22

dryeopemcui IN A-sociaioi
Abolition and Original Cause of slavery.
The question ei Abolition, which j. rising po.-
,entousy on our political horizon, and which
threatens far deeper commotions than any sues
toa which IN. arisen since the foundation of ou-
Government. cannot be met and solved by the
Political wisdom Of the day,-hy the genius ct
OUT Statesmep. II requires q deeper science Of
the Law. of Society than they possess, and On
ircly new measures.
The Abolitionis,s, as far as we understand their
plans cannot solve the question Of Slavery TO the
satisfaction Of all parties concerned, ard unless
,hi, car he done, dreadful evils may rise from the
undertaking. /, may be laid down as law. that
ali onc-sided and partial philanthropy leads to
connections and prodsce% bu, httlc permanent
good This is the defect Of Abelitionism; 1t
merely aims al frecn. the Slave, without pro-
,idinc for hi. later elevation, Gas the highest po-
stion which it seeks to give the Slaves is that of
free laborers working for wage-,) and it secures
10 indemnity to the owner. To render n really
important service to Humanity, it should take a
universal character and its advocates should labor
- discover the means OF ahoiishng Slavery and Ser
,tudc under all their varied and multiple forms.
They should first analyze and classify the various
Kind. OF Slavery to be abolished: they should thon
search for the org gna and fundamental cause Of all
Slavery. and direct their efforts TO rsmoriag me
causc, instead Of ottackine the cfeei, and leaving
the cause untouched, to reproduce the effect under
-omc other form. We will explain the original
md fundamental cause, and show how it can be
-ra1icatcd The age, we nre told, tcnd.to Uni
y-rsasm in all things: the AbOlitionists should
catch its spirit, and aim at abslishHg universal
Slavery.
The only measures which have heretofore been
employed against Slavery arc-lst. Liborations by
yiolcncc 2d. Simple libcratioas without recon-
pen.c to owners; Sd. Purchase, cf individuals.
These measures are very partial, and lead - no
creat results In aboshing Slavery, three reqVi-
site. should be fulfilled list. Elevate the Slave
when freed, and not leave him to the mercy OF
labor, which will soon reduce him to
A worse condition than that of the white Opera
tive ID Secure his continuance at labor; Sd. In
demniy the owner
We will first give a list of the leading kinds oi
Slavery which exist the Earth; We will then
examine the primary Cause of all Slavery and
will afterwards show how the Cause can BE re-
moved and Slavery or the Effect abolished without
comnlotion and injustice 10 any party. we takc
the following lit from Fourier, who has looked
with deeper glance than Man had done before into
the gloomy labyrinth Of human wrongs, mIseries
and oppression:
sERyITUDES TO Be ABOLISHED.
l,t. Native Slavery, or persons born oi slave
parents.
2d. Slavery of Prisoners taken in War; Gus
tom still prevalent some parts OF the Olobe,
and which vas general in Antiquity
Sd. Save Trade asd expectation OF Slaves.
4th. Sale and ,eclusion of Women in Scragios.
9TH Scrv,udc of the Soil, or ieudal bondage
Clh. Military ConscTiP'iors
7th. Perpetual monastic Vows.
3th. POVERTY, OR PASSIVE AND lHDiRLor
SLAVERY.
(This last Scryitudc o the most Universal, and
IS the source of 4 ercut many minor >erNitud"s -
among others. that OF the white Laborns Glasses,
who. from want and desututIon. cut down their
WAGES and prolong their days work, until they re-
ducc themselves to a bondage a' bad AS that oil
real Slayes)
The World wants some grand and comprehensive
,l,n of Fnfranchisement which will sweep all these
SrTN1tieS at once from Va NV 80"
Of noble Ambition should feel rePugnancc TO waste
their lives in little, fragmental Reforms Which
after a few years, vanish they prove abornye,
and enshrold in their nothiDsuess those who de-
voted themselves TO them. The Ambition OF the day,
however. is per.onaI-indvdual It's philanthropy
contracted. Human Intelligence cannot yet elevate
t.eft to the idea OF Fundamental and universal he
n.-ihatis a Social Reform. The leading men
Of all countries are engaged in picce-meal ana su-
pcrfcial Reforms in England, j; is the Corn Laws;
I'm Ireland a National Parliament; IN 7 rance, an
extension of the rs sht of Suffrage; in this Country
,he Currency and 80 absorbed arc they with lit-
tie changes on the surface OF Society, that they de-
clare that a Reform in the Social System it'eIi-
the fall Sc organization OF which the primary source
If all our evils-is impracticable and visionary.
The original and primary Cause OF Slavery Is to
be found ia the repugnant and degrading systems
of Labor. which have existed spon the tarth. 80
long a. abor is repulsive and ill-rcquied 50 long
as il is the accurscd drudgery which II now Is, Man
wi not undergo IT, unless he Is forced to do so by
violence. TO compel the Mass TO toll, two great
and distinct systems of Labor have been devised
and established. The first j. the institution Vi
Slavery. which took It's rise IN the commencement
of human Societies it makes use oi me iaSn 10
force Man to toll. The second Is the system Ol
Hired Labor. OF Labor for Wages. winch mas
taken its rise in our later Societies, since the en-
framchisement sf the Seris; ii makes use OF W ant
ana Starvation in the place Of the Whip 10 force
the Multitude To undergo the drudgery Of fePug-
nsnt toll. Feudal Bondage, or the seryiiade Of
the Soil. which existed generally during The Mid
die Ages, i. q transition between the two
Both the Slave system and the system OF Hired
Labor degrade the Human Race and produce IN
different ways the most odious and oppressive re-
suits. The barbarian and civilized Societies (the
two Societie. in which Man resorts TO Labor TO
live) are based upon these false, rcpugnan' and
tvrannical systems Of Industry, so that Injustice
and Oppression exist at tser foundation. II th's
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