New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-04-27
Human Nisery---Necessity OF n socinI Re-
form.

litlcal controversies, IdTty Intrlsues ana olhrt
minor plans Of Reform, which occupy public at-
sn'ion, can do nothing to remedy the Poverty,
Misery and harassing Cares which Cypress the
Poor, and the various and complicated Social
! Evils which are the lot Of the Rich When
| Measures and Reforms have been proved by eX-
pericnce hundred times over TO be useless, and
abortive Of practical results should not Common
Sense,-should not the simplest order Of Reason
| ing. lead men 10 seek for new Measures or new
plans of Reform We think so and We trust that
the plan Of Social Reform which we adyocaie,-
based az it is upon entirely and original pr.n-
cipes that have never been tried will attract the
attention aud candid examination Of conscientious
and thinking minds.
We AK in all COMMUNICATIONS a Democratic
| mnstratiou or a Wing Administration, SG'e-
Gle Currency or Paper Currency, high Tariff or
no Tariff, or any other partial, Piece-meal Reform.
which occupies the attention OF an unthinking Pub
lie reach the Privations Suerngs and other deeply
rooted Social Evils which blight the existesce OF SO
many Of our fellow creatures Can they give food
to the Hungry l-shcltcr to the -cloihes
TO the Unclsd Can they give employment to the
Laborcr who is out of work l-Education to the
Child that is growing up in Ignorance! Can they
relieve the toilin. Mass of the Drudgcry and the
Cares and Anxieties which are wearing them out
Can they correct the Abuses of the present ialsc
repugnant and miscrably-rcquited system OF Labor
and Of anarchica and cnvous Competition Can
tnoy do away with the tyranny Of Capital and the
pccunary dependence and oppression OF the Dc'-
titute Mutitudel Can they correct the + raudS'
ESfortons Monopolics and Authorizations ct Com
nerce, and the Tricks and Injustice of the Law
Can they do away with Vice, Crime, Drunkenness
and the causes of Despair which plunge men INTO
Them Can they dry up ono tear Of moral Woe =
a..uare one sigh of vexcd and disappointed eel
inr7--or remove the thousand petty wrongs, ycNa'
lions and trouble. which wear out by inches human
Lief Can they do any thing of all this any
thing for the real and practical Happiness Of Man
kind No. they cannot; they arc perfectly value
less, deceptive and abortive,-ft clap-trap' tor the
selfish Intriguer, the loud-mouihcd Brawler TO
operate with, and to deude an ignorant Multitude,
that have no power Of analysis or thought, and who
are caught by triiing, shallow measures, which their
weak Intelligence can grasp.
They who uphold and live by the schemes and
measures of the day, will accuse our idea OF So
cia Reform and our plan of Association OF beng
impraciicable and visionary. We throw back their
accusation and can show them that their plans
although they may be practicable,-are abortive
and contemplate. We appeal to the Intelligent
among ;ae Working Glasses, who suffer so much
from the present false system of things,-we ap-
peal to men Of talent and energy, who are kept
down by unjust circumstances,-we appeal to all
those who suffer BY, and are the victims OF, our
false Societies, to examine our plan Of Social
Reform and our Social Principles Be not, we say,
the champions Of a Social Order which loads YOU
with Evils be not the dupes of those who live by
deluding YOU with sham measures of amehor1tlon
Examine for yourselves; examine our Doctrine
# it be false reject it, but examine it first. Ii you
DO not, who will! Certainly not those who obtain
rank and fortune by means OF the present false Or
ganization of Society and whose prosperity grows
out Of an Order of things which causes the misery
and degradation of the great number.
The measures which shall propose for i'm
nroying and elevatng the Condition Of Man are not
vague and indctcrminate; they do not act merely
ON the surface of Society, like Political changes,
but will 60 to its foundation.
We can do away with Poverty and the train of
Evils which it engendcrs, by means of ATTRACTIVE
I>pusrRY and ASSOCIATION. With the aid OF At
,ractivc Industry, we can increase Production or
real Wealth at least six fold, (Moncy is the mere
representative of the Products ot Labor, and
valuable only because it cav be exchanged for
,hem,) and, with the aid of the vast economies OF
Association, we can make what il prodsccd 60 sM
times "a far as it docs at present society, as a
consequence. would be poNttcc'y six times, aud
rclofirely thirty-six times as rich "a it now L.
We can do away with Ignorance and the De
m,ions in Politics and Sectalanism to which 1t
leads by means of the practical and scientific kdu-
cation which in Association can be given to all
Children without exception.
We can do away with the Dradsery and Degra-
daiion Of Labor, by Identifying Industry and rem
dering il Attractive.
We can do away with the tyranny and abuse Of
Capital by making those who perform the work
Owners Of the Capital with which they operate
that il, of the Soil, Manufactures, Workshops,
Machinery. &c; or in other words, by uniting
Labor and Capital in the same hands.
We can correct the frauds and extortious OF [ ON
mcrcc, by establishing system Of guarantees and
rendering Trade wholesale. The Associations will
deal with each other on fair terms and whole
sale scale
We can avoid the immense number OF liugations
and lawsuits which now take place, by means Of
Property as We have. in former articles, fully
explained.
We can do away with vice, crime drunkenness
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