New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-04-12
The Democracy of Association.


fore Friday.
The Democracy of AssocIatIono
Connued.l
Ia our last article we said that re wolid explain
our views Of the Principle Of Democracy. We con
slider j, the antagonist Of Arisscracy under every
form.-lhc opponent of all unjust, oppressive o.
exclusive privleges,-of all ard every species oil
Tyranny or Usurpntion. 1t must not, IN or
opinion, be narrowed down 10 Rights OF po!:tlca!,
Civil and Religious character, but must cover the
whole broad field Of Inherent Human Rights
Overlapping at once the progress OF preparatory
steps which Man must go through before he can
establish n true System of soce,yupon the Earth,
let us look forward to the high degree OF lnteii-
gence and Improvement which he will then ENJOY,
and claim for Democracy all tho characteristics OF
that glorious contamination OF the design ot@the
Crcator:-Universa Education, Universal Liberty
Universal Justice, Universal Happiness
In Il word Democracy means with Us THE
GUARANTEE TO Man ~ SOCIETY or ALI MS
SAruRAL=ASD INHERENT Rights. THE POSSESS
loS AID ESJoYMEST=of Equal Social AD.
vAYTAGEs FROM BIRTH TO DEATH,A&D EQUALITY
Is ALL THR ESSENTIALS OF LlfE.
1t
speak of Equality that there shall no distinctions
among Men in the Social Order which we are labor
ing to establish; on the contrary, when Man shall
have attained his Destiny all the Honors and Dig
mites that Society can confer shall exist and be
open to him but they shall be the reward OF real
Services and real Merit; they shall flow from the
exercise of Talent, Skill aud high achievements in
Il IA.
is useful 10, reines and ccvatcs Human tx
is,cnce, and adds to the Splcndor, Happiness aad
Greatness of Man. The performance Of these
things will give Man in Association Honors and
Dignitics, and they will not be bestowed as they
now are for the most part. upon favored few
arbitrary aid unjust regulations, By tho right of
birth, the mere possession Of Wealth, and By ali
the accidents, frauds, intrigues and circumstances
ao se n ea as %aien SHse
while Genius and Energy arc tra,npled in the dust.
Real Mcri, shall then be the standard OF pre-
eminence among Men. The Equality that we
mean, is tEat which arises from such constitu-
ton of Society as will secure to Man all iiS
natural inherent and nulicnable Rights, equal
Social chances, and prevent his being any longer
the creature Of circumstances.
The first Of his Rights,-and an essential OF his
life as n happy being,-is the RIGHT or EDucA-
TIox-cqual, unrestricted universal Education,
WHICH will dcvelopc every power of the body,
every latent Faculty of the Understanding and
every feeling of the Soul with which God haa en-
dowed him, so that nst may be lost to the III
dividual or to the World.
The next great primary Right, and an essential
one Of Mans happiness ia this ite,i the RIGHT TO
LABOR. This Right, which of all others is the
most important to Mans comfort and we'll being
has been almost entirely overlooked, Politicians
have never dreamed of securing th,S grand iif'''-
mental Right to Man, on which the suPerstrnctn!e
ne all his Institutions is based Leok abroad upon
the face of the c,rth. and what DO we behold =
Wretchedncss and Want, Disease and Dcath-al!
in their most revolving forms, because Man, the
OyERsEER of the Earth cannot procure labor
has not even the poor privilege of earning his bread
even bv Il miserable, degrading and ll.requitcd
system of Labor, because some of his fellow men,
more favored in consequence of the false Organ
i3a,ion of Society do not need his services
Can this condition be the Destiny of Man? Can
il he the will and dcsig of wise and benrticent
Creator. tina, Man should cternay be scourcrdby
such terrible affections now prey upon inin and
render his whole existence d.cary round ct wants
uusatishcd hopes blasted, and feelings crushed! and
violated? No!-Nor must the People ot=,hls
Country Na,ter themselves that their exemption
from many Of the Mi$crcs which are so Intense IN
the Old World is the result merely OF their free
Political Institutions, and mpute them solely to
the action Of bad government in other countries
II is not so. The disease, which produces Tie
monstrous and complicated Evils which cypress
the Human Race. is Social ana not Political,
and tile tendency even here, where ice $oiT is fer
tie aud the populotiox Tim, which is the true
reason OF their partial exemption from them. Is
strong towards the same Misery and Degradation
Of the I.aboring Classes, which now exist so tear
fullv in Europe and other older countries.
But even in this Country are there not thousands
OF persons now of employment, anxious and vii
ling to labor fora scantv subsistence. who cannot
even Obtain this poor boon, because rs they are
told bv their Political Leaders this or that Party
has not the ascendcncy, or because the Country
has not National Bank Sub-lreasury
Out upon the miserable charlatanry OF the Age,
the narrow minded scltshness and gross ignorance
Of Parties that blind the eyes of men 10 the true
cause of this calamitous state OF the World, and
stand in ;hs way of 4 Reformation
Man was placed upon the Earth TO be its incl
gent Ovcrseer,-,o be an independent and noble
being. and no: the miserable Slave a:d degraded
Tool of his fellow man Who shall stand between
Man and his Maker Who shall sav thatt!ere shall
be poor. degraded ana oppressed Classes and if
there to be, who shall say what men shall
compose them Let these scho assert ttiS nor