New-York tribune., 1842-03-11
VOL. r.
ASSOCIATION


/ OR, PRINCIPLES OF A TRUE ORGANIZATION. OF
SOCIETY
II tbs Column la: bee, purchased By The ddroca,es o.
N order TO ay tier Principles 5tors tie Public
It's dorstip entrety distinct from TIA. 81 Tie Tribune
GJ7 The Memoir o: CHARLES FOURIER is IN
avoidab!v crowded out ,o-dav We shall resume
itto-rnorrov, and probably conclude it on Monday.
Condition Of Wan and the Earth.
Mr. ENrRsoS in his last Lecture at the Society
library. observed that the Transcendentalis or The
ID cal Philosopher. would not labor for small objects,
snoy, n Abolition temperance, Political Reforms,
sc-that h, repaired great object tn arouse him,
and would wait until such an ohiec, called out hi.
energies. We .vould ask Mr.. EMERSON whether;
Inc Poverty Ignorance and Misery Of the Human
| Roc. and h. devastated and neglected condition
Of the Globe are Oh jects great enough
the Philosopher Of the Transccndcnta School 10
action. There millions upon millions OF our
| fellow creatures who suffering intense
want and privation. and sinking under the load
of their mseries; there are hearts that are worn
out by anxiety, bodies that are exhausted by
! starvation ; there are hundreds of thousands. OF
beings who, at this present moment, are laboring
in dark and gloomy mines far from tho light OF
d;y. toiIing and sweating in the bowels OF the
Garth, with no other objects to cheer existence
than tue pale lamp the pickaXe and the wheel
barrow there ether hundreds Of thousands
immurcd in the walls of Dungeons cxpiating BY.
suffering and ignomny crimes into which they
We're cntrapped or plunged By circumstances over
which they had no control; there are beings who,
a, the moment we write and the reader peruscs
are ending their existence on the scaiold, -mnrc
the victims of a false Social Order than their own
dcpravy; majority of the Human Race is com
posed of half.lamishcd Laborcrs and Slaves who
are toiling from want and tear OF starvation, or
from fear IF the lash; there mothers whose
hearts arc wrung BY the suiicrings of their poor
chldrcn but which they cannot alleviate; in
short, there are hopes blasted. unforeseen ruin,
disappointment, despair, insanity and moral woes
affecting those who escape the mseries OF Poverty
and Crime. \ moan of universal suffering gocsnP
from tortured Humanity, which calls in tones Of
loud or stilcda gcnyupon thc Thinkers and Leaders
of Mankind for Reform and Relief. Should not this
horrid spectacle Of human wrctchedness arouse the
Philosopher TO action Isnot the idea or hope of
remcdying it an object high srcalnnd holy enough
to excite him to act, 1t is aud must be, and we
believe that he will confess he was idle only be-
cause the full extent Of human suffering did not
come up before his mind.
To the spectacle of Human Mise,y,=lel us add
the neglected, ravagcd and devastated condition
of the earth Man is the OVERSEER of the
Globe which is q noble Domain conided to his
care he should cultivate, embcllish and bcnutlty
it; dcvclopc its material Riches and Harmonles;
pcrlcc, the creations upon it, and make OF 1t
magnificent terrestrial abode, worthy of his own
Genius and Of God who created it. The Creator
has given Man high order of Intelligence to en-
able him to perform lis trust OF OrERsfEn, and as
| Mind should pcrfect and harmonic Matter, Man
should improve and embcllish material Nature,
until he brings ii up, so TO sav,=te level with
his own lntclligencc.
The Earth is nov in a rghiful condition.; vast
Deserts are scattered over its surface, which
present, immense surfaces of heated sand TO Tue
RAYS of a tropical sun. The intense and unnatural
degree OF heat which is thus produced derangcs
| the climate and atmospheric system OF three
charters of The globe Besides the simooms and
other pcsrilcntial winds, and the sitting alnos-
pherc which the Deserts eNhalc, they are one OF
the principal causes OF the storms, hurricanes,
,vnhoons. and the excessive fluctuations oil tenn
pcraturc which take place. The latter bring with
them diseases of various kinds, such as colds, con-
symptoms. rheumatism, &c.
Besides the Desert. IN the Eartl.s surface, which
may be compared ulcers on human body,
there are vas, Swamps and Marshes. which send
| forth NIiasnas, and sconrse Mankind with other
diseases. like Cholera, Plague and yellow Fever
Thus We. sc. that The Human Race are collectively
interested in !. proper cultivation OF the Globe :;
the mos, distun nations are exposed 'e l'e per
niciouS effects Oh the Deserts and Marshes
Vast regions of the Earth have been devastated
by FIRE, and sword, and are now barren; more eN-
teusiye regions Slil are untouched and neglected,
so that we may safely estimate that nineteen
,wenticths OF It's surface are lying waste
Tn, LoborS and Treasures wasted i'll wars could
crrccl all ,his.-could reclaim am! ieriihze the
| Globe. Association and Attractive Industry ana
y ,n,c Universal Policy would direct the Energies
and Genius of Mankind to such great objects.
Now we ask Mr.. EMLRsoS whether the Elevation
| Of the Human Race and the Establishment oil tho
Earth arc not Anus high and noble enough 10 NIL
~, sonl Of the rransccndenral Philosopher Can
he find n higher object and Is there any need OF
waiting with patience for centuries las Mr.. h. saio
tbe Philosopher will) for an Undertaking worthy
Of arousing his thoughts and energies
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