New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-02

undergone, and the indigntie. and contempt to
which they have been exposed. In antiquity and
the middle ages, they were the property-ihe i'm.
plements Of the nan Of war or the soldier and
the Product Of their labor was wre.tod from them
by brute force. In our present Societies they are
the tool. and machines of a small Miuoritf who
are favored with capital and credit and other ad-
vaatages which they 10 Lot possess and who man
age no les. eiisctuaiiy TO 81 from them By IL
tricate and indirect means the fruit Of their toll
in which they take part. If the Laborng
Glasses feel any Indignation at the Injustice which
is hcaped upon them-any pride for the dignity
and elevation OF the Class to which they belong -
any desire for the welfare of their children and
the generations that are 10 follow them, they will
condemn present false ard outrageous systems
Of Society, and advocate with u. a Social Re-
form. We have plan which is complete in all
its parts to offer them, and those Of them whose
Ssgs-Hre not benumbed, deadened and filled with
apathy and indifference by their poverty, cares
and mosotonous drudgery, will give it their can
did and attentive examination.
We address or present article to the Richer or
more favored Classe. in Society. We do not
blame thom, because the LaboriDg Glasses are poor
oppressed and condemned. 1t il the result alone
of the false organization of Society, and they can
not help it. If they were to sacrifice their wealth
and divide itequally with the poor, they would all
be miserable together, and there would be ed
ucatod or intelligent men in Society to serve
leader, to the Human Race and 10 search for and
discover n true Social Order
| We know from statistical fact. that if the en-
tire animal product of France were equally diyi-
ded among all, each person would have Just ele-
ven cents per day An equal division of property
in Frnnce-and what il true of France is true of
other counries-would make the nation a mass
of poor and ignorant Drudrcs-wthout men Of
learning and wisdom among them to devote them
selvc, to discovering the means of Social Progress
and Improvement, and the World would remain
stationary in it. Misery, ignorance and Degrade
ticn. II is stupid 10 irish equality in a state Of
things where pocerty and debasemcnt, as a gen
erai Lar, preraU: flo, can only be after all
an EqaalHy Of Poccrty and debosemcns. The
world docs not want an equal division of the pre-
sent scanty amount Of wealth, which exist. in So
tion or wealth, and then an equal division Of the
same, according as each has aided in creating it.
The Rich cannot help the Foor by giving them
their wealth; they can only aid them by discov-
erng and organizing true system of Society,
which will increase Production immensely, and
give an abundance to All. This is what A-socia-
ton and Attractive Industry will do.
Il, I a.. .,lI
their miseries. we will ask you-ltichcr Glasses
who possess all that our present Societies give,
whether you are happy No,-you are not hap
py. Your material wants satisfied, il Is true,
and you enjoy physical comforts, but that is the
lowest order Of happiness 1T is the happiness OF
the animal. You do not possess that high intel
ectual Happiness and it Is the only Happiness
that satisfies the whole nature OF Man,-"mch
arise. from the satisfaction of the higher Sentl-
ment. and A.r rations Of the Heart, andfrom the
cultivation ami employment of the powers of the
Mind.
Man, 10 be happy must enjoy the harmencs of
Arl,-his mind must be cultivated to enable
him to comprehend and delight in the great
Truths of Science, and he must be engaged in
agreeable practical occupations, and he must pos
.ess varied and congcnia Social Relations ;-ind
these advantages must not be enjoyed .Paringly.
bs; constantly and freely.
Ia our present false Societies, all is Siaeness.
Monotony, intellectual Torpor and lnsction. The
Arts and Sciences are very little cultivated and
enter scarcely at all INFO our daily existence
Among the Rich, there il no. one out OF hun
dre1-wc might say one out OF thousand who
secs fine paintings, architecture, and other works
of Art.-who hears fine Music, and understands
the Sciences, such Astronomy, Chemistry, Gc-
ology, &c. &c In their daily and practical at
tairs-it they are engages IN CONNIE &c ar poll
tcs-they are hara..cd by anxicties. exposed to de-
ccptons and rcverses. and are disappointed IN
their hopes and ambitions. they must eiion, like
the meanest of their Race, resort to chcatery and
intrigue to succeed, and pass their lime in sell
fish, sesrtless combat with their fellow creatures.
Our Societies are, If NAV the COMPARE
son, morally and intellectually dcsert-, where the
mind is without enthusiasm and harmony. and
those noble activities. which its nature and asrra-
,ons imperiously demand. Al-spirltually-
IL barren dead.
Yes-Rich aud Great--you arc miserable in our
false Societies and YOU would be most unwise To
,ppose, from spirit OF blind conservatism, So
cial Reform How much apathy indifference.
spleen, melancholy and hypocondria, do we not
find among you, and what efforts do you not make.
when Won are not engaged in the cares Of bust
ne's,-,o Gil up the dull. tedious and mono,onous
| round oiyour days Its among YOU that we must
seek Tor thar Intellectual vacuiiy and naniiy that .
waste er feelings unemployed" that leailes'
desert of the mind" which j. living death for the .
| Soul, aud which render. life a blank. and exist
ence often burthen. Entrenchcd in your isoa.
ted households, the slaves OF prejudice, fashion.
false pride and thousand artificial and unnatu-
raj customs,-without those extended. varied and .
,vmpaihciic social relations. which the Heart re- +