New-York tribune., 1842-03-04
General Vislr ofthe Policyor ore shall pursue.

Ii, our preceding articles We endeavored 10 show
to Capitalists and the Religious ord that the Re
form we contemplate viii neither detract from their
welfare and ;ta avantagcS nor attack Religion. Such
low and croyeng plans of Reform have heretofore
been advocated, that tie nndiscernlng fupilc Will
impu,c 10 ~, arinciple, which they have been ac-
custoned TO see paraded before them his forces
US 70 make declaration like the above, Of which
yyc are ourselves ashamed, for, far from wishing
10 detract from tho Rich we have the plan of &
Social Order. in which they will possess ten, yes
a hundred fold, the happiness they enjoy, and
in which Religion will be nobly developed
The Rich imagine rha, because they have wealth
and physical happiness Is the happiness Of
the animal, that they have attained the highest
| point that Man is destined to reach. Thev wish
every thing remain 5 it tis,-the millions to re-
main miserabIe-for fear that they may be .ostied
from their pinnacle. This fear renders them selfish
and scnsual they indulge to excess in the iew ma
tcral PleaSurcs which they possess, md theyrcman
perfectly indifferent to the Cares and lliscrics Of
their fellow creatures. These TWO characteristics
are the disgrace of the Wealthy of our Societies
Instead Of attacking Religion, we wish to de-
velopc it nobly but SIC know that it can only be
done by cevatng the Social Condition of the Mass.
The Human Soul is the soil in which the Religious
Sentiment planted and if the soil be not properly
cultivated, how cas the Sentiment bloom in ii -
When Men are harassed by want and anxiety:
when they must drudge in ignorance day after day,
perhaps in filthy workshops and amids antipaihc,ic
beings; when they muStbeg from fellow man the
privilege OF oling, and submit to h control and
caprccs when in short their lives series OF
privations, suierngs and wrongs, how can the Re
Iigous Sentiment expand and be worthily cherished
1t cannot Ii is next to useless to talk to the Mass
in their present Impoverished and harasscd con-
dition; the only means by which they can be acted
upon is by fear, and Religion must hold up to them
It's terro.s rather than It's exalted views.
When Christ talked to the Multitude, he first
fed them; ii is useless to proclaim to Men, when
plunged in physical deslisution, great Spiritual
truths; they cannot heed nor feel them The
true policy of the Clergy,-and how noble and
charitable policy'-wouId be TO strive TO elevate
and improve the temporal condition OF the Mass.
They should cndcavor to discover the principles
of a Social Order which would give TO Man Edu-
cation, Intellectual Development, Abundance and
cnnobling pursuits and temptations and pit-ulls
out of his path so that he could move on through
life unassaed by the thousand temptations which
now plunge so many into vice and crime.
The cause Of Social Reform is the cause of
enlightened Religion. The temporal salvation of
the Human Race upon this earth, that is, the Sc
curius their social elevation and happiaess, is the
true preliminary condition ta be fulfilled
them their Salvation hereafter If Acts and Deeds
can obtain Salvation. will not Man be much more
certain of obtaining ii, il his higher intellectual
powers and sentiments cultivated, II his Mind
that internal Light which God has given him to di-
rect him rightlv-is educated and developed and
ifhc=lives in a Social Order based upon Truth and
Justice than if on the contrary, his sensual ten
denotes and lower order of Faculties on yarc called
out. if he is sunk in Poverty, forced into ice ana
Crime bv circumstances over which he has no con-
troll; and IT, in short, be is letlo wander IN isno-
rance or mental darkness in false Social Order,
which !. full of shoals and pitfalls! There=can
bc no doubt OF it, and heightened Religion pleads
strongly for u Social Reiorin.--tor tie temporal
salvation OF the lIuman Race, and their elevation
and happiness this earth.
We 1.a'''' h,,a. yl,,,;ness-
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