New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-15

= Leeture.-A Lecture a d he delivered This E.e-
ninc. Jun- Is, at the Lecture Hall OF thu forEi,R
ASSOCIATION al Broadway. SsbJect-sgperi'ny 81 nc
principle ~ Association the system ri isosIe hsns
holds or system which give, every iauy separate
hoDe.
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system OF Lnber. Or Organization Of In.
dastry.
No part oi the mechanism 81 Association - more
impor,an, Than it. sy.tem of Labor, md they who
wish to understand our Doctrine should have
I clear idea Of the Organization &c the Grou'' and
Scries,-ihc means by winch Labor will be rem
/ dered attractive We shall b., concise IN our
explanations, but We will endcavor 10 be clear.
Labor, or the exercise of Industry, IA s'uy To-
human health ard physical development: Man
can take exercise in hunting. fishing, riding, &c.
it is true. but they occupation. with which but
little thought and science are connected both Of
which he requires in addition to mere material
exercise in order to ENJOY real hed'H and tHH
pleasure. The pursuits OF Industry arr in them
selves pleasing and delightful; the communion
with all the beautiful scenes and creations of
Naturr,-wi,h her material beauties and hsr-
monies. strike chord. in the soul that thrill with
delight. In the occupations Of Industry, all the
Sciences Chemistry, Geology Mincralogy, &c,
are also necc,sarr and in addition, deep and active
thought; thus TIE body exercised. 'he senses arc
delighted. and the lind Is active. Man, 10 enjoy
happine.. and health, must devote himself TO In
du.rry--bu, to pur-ne it with pleasure, it must be
rendered ATTRACTIVE.
To render Industry Attractive is the great prac-
teal object ior which we ARE laboring, and the
.y-teu, of the Groups and Series il the mean. by
which We attain hat important end, we see hos
necessary II Is to understand it. We shall first
give til. Reader IN idea merely Of the practical
r"p.rr,ic,ion Of the Group. and Series 50 that he
NAV see exactly how Labor win be exercised. and
every person will he paid for his work. We will
afterwards explain their full properties.
But two systems OF Labor OF Industry have been
devised and established on the Earth. The first
t.. the Stare Sgsfcrp, which makes u,c of the lash
and other punshmcnis ~ force Man tn toll; the
other is the system of Hired LaJor, or Labor for
Wages. which makes of Want, Starvation and
Anxiety for the future To attain the same end.
Both systems are n disgrace to the political and
legislative genius Of Man, and both degrade and
cypress the Laborin: Mass, who compose the
majority of Mankind. One system fortunes the
nesh the other the mind and wrings the soul
with accumulated anxie'ies To impcl man 10 it.
How contemplate are political controversial.
about constitutional lriviali,ics, and how vain and
shallow is our Democracy, which in-view Of the
injustice and oppression that weigh down the
poor and dependent Mass, sees and compartments
no higher Liberty ,hnn the Right to vote, or
equality of Right before the Law. The Operative,
OF Europe are in a frghtfu condition, and the
Working Glasses with plunsing hcadlong
into the same state, as fast the increase Of
population can carry them.
Thank. to the Genius Of Fourier, a new System
Of Labor. or a new Organization of Industry, Is
discovered, which will dignity Labor and render
II honorable and attractive, and which in so doing
will free the Pariah. the Slave, the Sert and the
Hired Laborcr, and make OF them independent
and iniclligen, beings. In comparison with what
il will do for the real Liberty and Elevation Of
Man, all the works and r's'ing controversies of
Politicians sink into ins gni,cancc.
The mere construction or mechanism OF the
Groups and Series i extremely simple, ard II
would not seem that they could produce the ina
rortast results which we anticipate from them
but when We come to explain later their full
prorcrtics. it will be seen To what great results
they will lead. On looking At the numbers, |, ,,
3.l.5, I, 8, .. 0. who would suppose the pro-
E,undest calculations of mathematical science
could be derived from them, Great effects are
often produced by simple agents.
We wieh frat To show tina, the system OF GrouPs
and Series will give to every Per.on-l1. The
proii,. of hi. or her Labor I'd. The free choice of
occupations 81. Exemption from all obedience to
other individuals, -such as Employers. oycr-eerS
T..kma.tcr. &c. Practical minds will desire first
10 sec how these ends which are the foundation Of
real Liberty, can be attained
We explained in our last article the meaning Of
the term Group, and Series Of Groups. Group
!. a number Of pcrsons-seven, twelve, fifteen or
mor--united together for the purpose OF prose-
cutting any branch Of Agriculture, Manufactures
and Mechanics or Art and Science. forming an
independent body or corporation, subject to no
control or diciaton. making their own Resu
a,ions and By-La~.,-and electlng the most
.killful and active a. Officers. The members ct
Group are equal ard associated partners, who
combine for the purpose of applying their Labor
and Skill in ludicious manner. and so as 10 pro-
duce the most possible, and who divide the pro-
duct Of their Labor and Skill among themselye.
according to u.t and equitable lave, each re-
ceivins hi. part Of the general Produc, according
IN the time which he has worked. aud according
to the service which his Skill, Talent or ExPe-
riencc ha, rendered.