New-York tribune., 1842-03-23
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1ss,ciuio order 10 lay their Principle, Jefure the Pub
It's edHor'aip entirely distinct from tax II 2Iribuue
IL Eecfure.-A Lecture will be given This Ev.nn.
The Mechanic, institute - Chambers rr.e, Oh A,socia
tor CONSIDERED as the only practical means OF improving
the condition Of The People. The Lecture will con.menc
s at 9 o'clock
Practical Deieil.---Goyernnienr Of Also.
citation.
lie great majority ef persons entertain YER
erroneous ideas OF Association they first build "
q false fabric in their iHaginatons and then CON,
mence combating II with great yehcmeace and atte,
Ielnolishing this creation OF prejudice they fat;el
themselves that they have destroyed ASsociatio,
itself, while in fact they have merely been con
tending with an erroneous conception, II sham al
eiigv. winch bears no resemblance to the reality
Many persons suppose that tterc mus, be ii
Association strict Discipline and arbitrary Regu
iaons, that one Individual must direct the whole
and that consequently Constr;.i., and Tyranny mus,
exist. Other persons imagine that few Capital
lists will become proprietors Of all the Stock and
govern Tn. Association Is they wish. Others
again, that they who have charge of the Money
| Department will cheat and cmbczzc the Funds Of
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managed Institutions, and that it is mposs iblc
10 establish any system of Society based upon
| principles Of honesty and integrity.
Let us show the fulscncss OF a. many Of these
erroneous suppositions the length Of the present
article will permit; In the first place there will
be no Tyranny in Association, and so far from one
individual governing the whole, single individuals
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tails: all government will he carried on BY Coun-
ellis, elected by the inhabitants of the Association.
Association will be perfect system Of De-
mocracy--the most perfect that can be conceived
1t will extend Liberty and Equality, now re-
-iriclod to the narrow field of Politics, to every
department, Of Society and human life, and render
them Social and Fnirerso}; it will extend them
10 Labor, in which al present all is Tyranny, In
Justice aud Dominion of Man over his fellow Man;
j, will.sxtcnd them to Education by giving every
Child equal chances OF Instruction, equal adj
yantag.s al the outset of It's career; and will cx
tend them TO Woman by cevn,ing her to her true
position and by giving her equal Rights.
The management Of the affairs Of an Association
will, as said be under tho control of Councils.
Tlic first in rank will be the Council of Industry.
1t will lie composed of persons who possess the
most knowledge, Skill and Experience in the
,ariaus branches of Industry, and in Tie Arts and
Sciences. Women will hold seuts ii, it, for as in
Association their Talents will be fully developed,
and as various branches of Industry will be under
their care, they must take part in tho direction
aud management of them. This Council will
have under its supervision he Industrial Interests
nr the Association. Those Members who have
the most knowledge Of Agriculture and Horticul-
urc will examine carefully the Domnin of the
Association advise the different uses which j,
should be applied; where grain should be grown,
fruit-orcl,ards and vineyards planted where the
vegetable and owcr-eardens the meadows and
the woodland should be located and how managed;
wha, alterations of crops should take place the
best SYSTEM and seasons for ploushng and plant
ing; and various other details relating The
Agricultural Department of the Association
Olhcr Members, skilled in Manufacture. and Me-
chanics, and Others vcrscd In the Arts and
Sciences wculd aid with their advice and the re-
suits Of their experience and study the prosecution
of those various departments of human Activity
The Council would ascertain the value and i'm
portance OF all new inventions and discoveries
in Mechanics and tie Arts, in Machinery and I'm
elements new discoveries in Agriculture and I'M
provemen,s of every kind, and introduce them
cordingly into the Association. 1t would also take
measures to procure the best races OF animals. the
fines, varieties d, fruits. grains and vegetables,
flowers silrnbbery and ornamental trees
Besides the honor OF belonging the Council
and the privileges attached 10 The station, the
Members OF i, would be personally interested IN
irving advice and communicating information
Being Stockholders. the moro the Association
produced. The greater the dividend which they
weud receive upon their Stock: Ii would re CON
seouenliy their interest To aid in directing the
whole. with the greatest Wisdom, Economy and
Efficiency.
The different Groups engaged in the various
branches Of Industry would receive with pleasure
aud Difference the advice OF the Council, bat ii q
| Group differed in opinion some points, would
not be obliged to follow the directions of the
Council each Group will decide freely "a 10 its
own lndl,S rial interests As the interests al the
Groups and the Council are identical, and Sci
cnce and true Principles will govern the whole. a
knowledge Of them being universal, it Is TO be
presumed that they woald rarely differ in opinion.
aat! n.yer 10 the sacrifice Of important interests.
We will illustrate tins by an example, as TIE
greatest clcarrcss is necessary such SUBJECT.
! Suppose a Group of twenty persons are engaged
| in growing Wheat: the Council may declare from
observations made. that such or such a time would
be tn. bes, Tor sowing or reaping the grain but II
the Group devoted tothese occupations considered