New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-04-22

! Discourse at the Festival in honor OF FOURIER
We do 80 because it touches upon al important
problem-,hat Of the terrestrial Destiny Of Man.
What is the terrestrial DESTINY OF Mas Why
wa. be created and placed upon the Earth, and what
function i. assigned him by God in the scheme OF
Creation
Th. is n grea, and important question to be
solved, for if We do not know the Destiny OF Man,
". canno, discover aud organize a Social Order,
which will dircc, him in fulfilling it.
If we take the history Of the Past Il, a standard
BY which to Judge, We would suppose that Man
was placed upon the Globe 20 rayage and devas'
tate its surface, to war with and Cypress his fell
low man, to degrade his own nature and the
creations around him, and to spread suffering
Wherever suffering could be felt. The past his
tory of the Human Race. if studied specifically,
seem, 10 prove that such i. his Destiny; but still
it i. no: 50. Man has bees instructed by false
systems of Society and false external nfucsces
which he was not powerful enough to overcome :;
ne la, been impelled onward in wrong track,
and the only means of changing the frghuul d.
r-c,ion which b, has been and i, still following l.
to change the false Societies which have mis-
directed him. and organize true one which will
put him Ga right uock. The Savage Is the
same bcing-rnorally and physically-as The Man
of our Societies The Savage, owing to the iniiu'
cncc Of the Society in which he lives, passes his
time in nlarauding fighting and ,calping the Man
OF our present Societies is cngagcd-owing to our
system of free competition and our false systems
Of Commerce and Irdu'try-in scheming opera
tions, in a wrahging strife after money. In over
reaching trckcry and fraud. II false Societies
direct Nun in such different false routes, may not
a true Society direct him rightly Undoubtedly
And the primordial Pr.blem il to discover the
Destiny of Man, and Il Social Order which VIII
enable him to fulfil it. Let IA take up tho Great
problem, then, and ash;
WHAT Is TIE DESTINY or Man
Man is the OyERsrER Of the Globe which IA
noble Domain coniidcd 10 his care. He function
Is to oversee and the kingdoms of Nature upon II
with that hieh intelligence and wisdom which Hos
In. implancd in him. He is the Niccgerent OF the
DIVINITY upo. the Ear;h, endowed with a spark OF
his Intelligence and placed upon II IN order TO
continue God. Providence, and to supervise and
regulate the liule world around him, a. God regu-
latcs the vast system of Creation.
Man-the OvERsEsR-has a grand work to per
form. He must cultivate and cmbcilish his Globe
clear il il of its rude forests icrize IT. Wild pam"
and valleys, dixie and regulate NJ streams "''"
il. marshes. reclaim its deserts, de'eioPe 1ls
va,;cd material richie, and resources, enacc
D.cord, and establish lIsmonie' and improve
and ndorn it by every means which ms Genus can
suggest and his Labor execute. until he make. It
beautiful terrestrial residence. where he can live
and be happy in Socictic. based upon those laws
Of Truth. Order aud Harmony, which govern the
Universe.
Thi, supervision of the planet Is the terrestrial
Destiny of Man,-is the practical function assigned
him b, I'D in creating and placing him upon ii.
The T,r,h is now in a flis htful condition nine
cnhs Of it are uncIltiyatcd and neglected; entire
REGIONS have been devastated by fire aud sword
and are barren. and immense tracts are covered
with wild forests VAST deserts exist ON IT. sur-
face. which are 10 the Glnbc what uiscrs are 10
the huna. BODY they send forth their poisonous
anil cucr,a,ing winds, Ike the deadly S!moon;
and owing to the excessive heat which they gene
rate hy exposing To the says of tropical sun vast
cNpan,es of heated sands unrireshcd by forests
and streams. they dcransc the whole climate Of tie
Earth and are one of the causes of the terrible
storms. hurricanes and typhoons which sweep over
it, Vast marshes also exist on the surface. which
eNhalc presidential masmas, and encendcr the
Cholera. Plague T,?hns and yellow Fevcr', and
other in-hitul Epidemcs
The Human Race can perform thcir tuI-t Of
OvERsrrR well or they can neglect it. Ii ihcy
neglect it, they bring upon themselves Poverty,
Disease and train OF oiher Evils; IT they per-
form 1t well, they alc rewarded by Abundance and
Happiness.
In assigning TO the Human Race the function OF
overseeing the Globe, we do not conceive for them
ta>. beyond their power. Suppose the Labors,
Treasure, and Genius wasted IN the " ars OF Man
kind. from the sa,s OF Rome down to the present
tiln!,-in the oonqucsis of tina, Empire. IN the
Cru,slcs and other Religious Wars. in the battle,
Of Napoleon. and in the inlcrmiuablc co,acls Of
a! kinds.-lad been directed to cultvaiins, i'm
proving and adjoining the Globe could it not have
been made garden. paradisc' Ii could.
Let the Human Race discover their Destny -
lct them establish Social Order, which will d.
rect thcir Genius. Efforts and Energy in fulfilling
1: le, them unite and associate. and they could
axe TIN, Globc,-uow - neglected and dcvss-
,a,cd. with It's burning Deserts, r' pestilen'ia
Marshes it, rude Forests. it, unculuva'ed Plans,
T.. bleak and barren ranges of Mountains and
IL. tarbid Strc.ms.-and with the Laeor' and
Treasure. which are now squandercd in Carnage
Destruction. Idleness and Fraud. they could cult
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