New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-07-18
N cans Of Performing RepuI.ive Brsnehss
OF Work. From Fourier
LIE sAcRED LEGION.

Paternity oi love % cA-lrtn-f ilthu-Hlp - '"'
predominant one. Neither love nor the ties OF
conssnsuin.,y colntcract it. sway; il consequently
+. 10 them that vc must look for friendship in all
il, purity To this passion must be given It's most
noble Development, hat Of uaitary soclalChar'ty;
il will prevent the aba,cmeut Of any Class in So
ciciy, and maintain, by the assumption Of all de-
grading functions, general friendship between the
Rich and those in more moderate circumstances.
If there existed ia Association a single tunc-
,icn which was despiscd, which was deemed
iguoblc and degrading for the Cla,, that exer-
ciscd it, all inferior parts or duties in the different
branchc, of Industfy,-for example in he stables,
Kitchens. private rooms, manufactures, &c. would
soon be despised ihi, degradation would extend
gradually from branch to branch, contempt for
Labor would grow up again by degrees and the
result would be that those persons who produced
nothing. and were good for nothing would eonsti-
iute, as at present. the Pot, Classes. They would
10 the end cease to take part in the Groups and
Series, and avoid all socia relations with the
Glasses engaged in Industry.
Ir Is YoR CHILDHooD TO PRESERVE THE 90
GAL noDY PROM THIS CoSIAUfNATIoS, by taking
upon itself, from a c0rporatirs spirit, the per
iprmauce of all unclean'y and de,pi-ed functions,
which It will exercise for tic Mass and not for the
hdridaaL owe must except, however attend
ancc upon the sck. the care Of whom can only be
conided TO a corporation Of adults still here the
Sacred Lcgi0n will intervene for the Performance
of usclcanv lunctIor-.) II :, o'.l, f.;'' 'hi- ara
that we can expect the performance, by indirect
attraction, Of all branches Of repugnant works
AMI what means viii be employed To induce the
Sacred Legien to perform these prodgics OF PM
lanthropyl \ few honors the first rank at pa
rades salute Of supremacy, the privilege OF com
mencu. important undertakings, and of Occupying
difficult posts -Thi, will be recompersing one
labor by another Such viii be the policy OF the
Association. which is alone adapted to the instincts
of the human heart. In our present Societies the
most nustere order, receive often from their nom
bers the greatest devotion. What viii 1t be with
the Sacred Legi0n. with whose devotion nothing
materially painful or disagreeablc will be coa-
ncctcd. thanks to thu inclination which we find at
this age to make sport of filthy aud dirty occu-
patons.
For long time. says Fourier, | committed
the fault Of blaming this inclination IN children
and sought to countcract it by opposing influences
it was the labor Of Titan who wished to change
the work Of God obtained no success until
commenced sp.culaiiag in accordance run H.
hcactios, aud endcavorcd to make use OF these
nclination> in childhood Nature created t1em.
rhi. study led me to discover lie Corporation
WHICH We have here described, and winch Il one
Of the four main supports OF the Combined SOCIAL
Order and one Df tire cardinal levers M sustaining
a true and harmonious development OF the Passions.
Each of the four Affective or Social Passions Is
particularly predominant in of thr four Phases
of life Friendship governs infancy or lie hrst
phasi. and at no age j. this Passion more frank
and strong than in childhood. How are children
To produce and maintain general FueHd'hiP
among all Glasses and all Manhind-~hich gene
raj Friendship forms one OF the cardinal piyots OF
Social Unity' Thi, problem j. solved by the Sa-
cred Leciou they will exercise the only branch
Of charity which will remain to be performed IN
Association There will be no more Poor 10 sue
cor no more Captivos to deliver no more Slaves
to free; the performance Of filthy and degrading
functions consequently will alone remain, and they
will be assumed by Children. This i charity
Of a hisA order rs it will preserve from social
INEQUALITY and Abasament the poorer. and a
consequence. the Middle Classes OF Society. 1t
will establish that fraterni'y-fhat free inter-
course between all Classes, which has 50 long
been the dream Of Politicians and Philosophers
Ii in Association the people be polite, uPrsh'
and rNemp, from want. there can exist no dis'rn''
or contempt between different Glasses. A friendly
enthusiasm will consequently animate all the In
dus,ria Groups, in which the old and the young
the richer and tie poorer. will necessarily miuge'
Thus the dream of making all mankind family OF
brothers viii be realized.
Thi. precious Social USIIY would ce.se, IRON
the moment that there existed in Association a
single degrading and despised function
Tie Sacred Lerion will rank a. the Servants OF
God il the service II INDUSTRIAL and Social UNITY
Prescrvcrs of social honor they will crush the head
OF the serpent. both in physical aud moral sense
ct the same time that they purge the fields OF rep
tiles, they viii purge Society of "A venom worse
than that OF tie viper: they win smother by the
assumption Of all filthy occo Pation'. that p'ide
which. in undertaking any OF the Industrial OF
Working Glasses. would tend to establish anew
distinction. OF rank. ond destroy general friend
snip. For tho happiness of Society they will Prac-
ticc the se,f-deniaI recommended By Christianity
and the contempt Of Riches. recommended BY
Philosophy They will, in short, be the centre Of
MI social virtues. beth in a religion. and civic
sense; and ,heir Corporation vii furnish enc Of
the four support, upon which Association rests:
Industrial Attraction.
Equilibrium in the division OF Proat'
F,ieslg inf,rcourss 5etreea al Glasses.