New-York daily tribune., 1842-08-30

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Aftractso7s PreporsieEal to Dentinics.
| We stated article before the last, that ma.
put upon the earth to ravage and devastate il
and to Eli his social career with Injustice Oppression
Crime and Carnage, but that he was placed upon
it to be it. intelligent Overscer and Supervisor
| TO live in bonds of union and harmony with bis
fellow man, and to establish societie, of Justice
Truth and Peace upon it.
It is true, Man is now discordant note in the
Universe, for while harmony is It's Law, discord
has marked his Career. But let US not suppose
that the evil is in man individually, in his pas
sions or nature; for they created by ,he
same Power whose wisdom regulates the most in
finite as well as the most minute harmonies.-
The evil is in tie talse coVectire action Of The
Human Race, in their ignorance of their Destiny
and the defective social Institutions which they
! have established.
4 great error has been committed in viewing
Mankind merely as so many individuals, separate
from one another, and each with distinct ard
isolated interest, which is the source of dIscerds.
conflicts of interest, waste of efforts, and univer-
sal nntagoni,m. The Human Race should have
viewed themselves as one great amily, associated
in Strength and Intelligence fulfil the important
trust of Oversecr, and to extend to each individual
! member the advantages in Industry Art and Sci
ence, OF their united Power and Wisdom.
Ia the distribution of the links or harmonies,
which compose the great Series of the Universe
men, planets, suns, planetary systems, &c.-each
has its place assigned it, its functions to perform,
like wheels in piece of machinery; and al
though they are separate creations, still they ex.
"a, oh
other, and are regulated by the same. law of Har-
mony. The human race composed OF all the In
dividuals on the planet. form one Of these links,
and are carried on in the movement of the great
Series while executing their part in the concert of
Universal harmony.
This chain is no where interrupted; the Destiny
of tho individual is closely connected with that of
his race the destiny of the race with that OF tho
planct, and the daeeiry OF the planet with that OF
the solar system.
Our solar system forms Series complete within
itself; arrived at this hight, we find that it Is
merely link in another and higher Series, and
that it reyoves with other systems around some
great central sun. A knowledge Of the laws
which regulate these stupendous harmonies is not
shut out from US, for as but one system governs
the :-hole, IF we discover the laws which regulate
the harmcnies within our own sphere, such as the
pussional or spiritual, mathematical, planetary,
&c. we have the key to the Movement of the Uni
verse.
If we view the function of our planet in con-
nectisn with that of the race upon it, we may say
that it is q sideral being, as we are planetary
beings, that it has its function to perform III its
high sphere, as we havo ours TO perform on its
surface 1t is link, as we observed, in the uni
yersal Series, whose llious of luminaries per-
forming their mighty TX, are the highest man
ifesta.ion of the Diyin +, in his material harno-
MEG. aH
In concluding thsse distract observations, we
u-iIl obsorye that-tkoi-Gr Creator requiriH5 the
performance of funcH n from a being connects
hi. happiness with its @ ercisa, and gives him an
attraction or love for it. AS Industry is the
means by which man a compishes his trust ot
Qyerseer, the Creator must consequently have
adapted his passions an attractions to Its occupa-
tions, and intended th in a true system OF So
cicty and with proPit organization, 1t should
become ATTRACTIVE.
The principle of the adaptation of attractions
to functions, is based Upon the universal law OF
attractions proportional 10 Desttnscs, Know.
lodge of which is most important In Tie stady OF
Nature will devote few lines to its cxpl-
cation.
Gan tastes, desires and inclinations in mar MAY
be called Attractions. A taste for music or paint.
ing, love for fine scenery are, for example, At
fractions, because they attract us,-cxcite ss to
action. Love of friends, of children, OF God,
arc alse Attractions, and Of o more elevated err
der. The Attractions of all Creatures-man as
well a. tie lower order of creatons-are In per-
feet harmony or keeping with their Destiny, their
true and natural mode of life, and the work or
function which they are to perform. Man is u
universal Being. As Overseer of the globe ne
has vast function to perform: ne must regulate
and supervise material nature and the creations
below him, and 20 do so he has been gifted with
Attractions for this varied work He IS besides
Social Being, and Being endowed with I'M
mortality, and as such he possesses social and re-
ligious attractions. 1t is this uniyersality,
completeness, which constitutes his greatness.)
The Creator distributes Attractions to all his
creature. in ezact proportion TO their Destiny !;
he aaapts their instincts and feelings to the place
they are to Fill in the scale of creation and to the
life they are TO lead he connects their happiness
with the functions they are to exercise, aud Sc
cures tho performance of them without resort TO
constrain.. The brilliant result of his wisdom, is
manifest wherever beings are found, wis live IN
accordance with the laws of their nature
The Justice of the Greater consists in preserv-
ing strict equilibrium between the instructive ana
intellectual organization Of his creatures and their
Destiny; he gives them no useless passions
none which they may or cannot satisfy, or which
ara false guides fit were otherwise, they would
be in perpetual war with themselyes,-with their
Destiny; and the confusion would be such, that
he would have TO annihilste hi. whole creation, or
resort TO violence and constraiut TO maintain or
der, as legislators have done in the social world.
But ceustraint enters nowise In his plans; ne
rules the Universe by the only pleasing power
that of Attraction. and while he secures Order and
Harmony by the employment of this means, hs
secures a. the same time the happiness of all ita
| members-Hence this universal law