Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-12-30
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SPREAD OF THE fDEA or 4 &c
.GIAL REfDR NATION.

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ciat Reform, 10 learn that II IL -Pfhhdip
very generally through the State Of NEV
Yotk. have visited lafely The renlfa
ntd Western patls Of The Suite, and bay
been surprised 10 stfe that the principles q
that Reform, basod upon Association an
united of interests, have found thetr wa
into Utmost every part of the country, an,
| lhat The Fttrmers ate beginning to see th
ttttf, and greatness Of a System of digni
fled and Attractive Industry, and the nd
| yantuees of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT rs its II
cofloHly, its superior means Of EtiieatWn
Tie guarantee if offers against The lhdfree
legalised spoliatlon Of those intermediate
classes who now live upon their labor.
The. conviction ihtt Association Wi
realize Christianity practically upon earih
which never can DO done in the presen
System of Society, will, lis justice. frauds
diatrast. and the conflict and opposition
Of all interests, IL tak.n hold Of many
minds and ATTACHING them strongly to IT,
There IL a very earnest desire on the par
ofa great number Of sincere minds 10 see
that dnplicity which now exists between
theory and practice in the ~isligiens world
done way with; and where this desire il
accompanied with intelligence, Assecia
ton ia plainly seen TO be the means. III.
beginning to be perceived that a great So.
clai Order estalt,shed, before Ctftstianity
can deccnd upon Eatt with its love, il
pence, liz brotherhood and charity
The noble doctrlD discovered by FoUH'
rrn IL gaining valuable disciples among
This clnss Of persons.
| iectufed ut Utica, Syracuse Seneca
Falls and Rochester. and althoug the
weather was very unfavofable. the audi.
ences were large. AT Roshester, | attend.
ed a Convention of the friends Of Associa.
ton, Interested in the establishment Of the
Ontario Phalanx. Men OF Intelligence,
energy and strong convictions, are OF the
head Of this enterprise, andlt will proba'
bly, soon be carried into operation. A
very fine location, containing 400 acres
with some houses and n mill upon it, car
be- obtained on Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario
for ss15 per acre. There is fine harbor
and the CONNIE &C Of all the Lakes IL opef
TO it.
A very heavy subscription TO Stool
can be obtained in Rochester and thevhi1
ity, in productive farms and city real 80
tate, for the purpose Of organizing Thu
Association but, owing to the great scar
city of money, it is difficult TO obtain th'
cash capital requisite TO opera
lions. From the perseverance and deter
mination of the men mt the head Of the in
dertaking, il is presumed, however, that thi
difficulty will be overcome. Those per
SONS in the Western part Of the State o
New York, who wish to enter Al Associa
ton cannot be too stoorgly recommends
toe unite with the Ontario Phalanx.
II il very advisable that the friends 0
| the cause should not start small Associa
tons. If they are commenced with mad
eat1ate means, and without men who know
how To organize them, they may result il
failures. which will cast reproach upoi
the principles. The American people ar
so impe.Ied to realize in the practice an,
idea which strikes them is true and adyan
tageols, that it will Of course be useless t
preach moderation in organizing Assola
ton still | would urgently recommends
individuals, for their own interest, to ayoi
small and fragmentai undertakings, an
unite with the largest one in their sectio
Of the country.
-Four gentlemen from Rochest r and il
vicinity will be engaged this winter III prt
pagating the pr,cipIes of Association b
lectures, &c. in Western New York. A
Rochester, they have commenced the put
l~lcatlon of Tracts upon Association, whie
we trust will be extensively circulate'
That city is becoming an lmportan; Gel
ire Of propagation, and will, We believ
exercise a very great Influence, as it is u
nated in a fourishing region Of %conntF
inhabited by n very intelligent popnlatio
1t must be deeply gratifying 10 Il
friends Of Association to zee the unexaf
pied rapidity with which our PrinclPI
are spreading throughout ibis vast cou
try. World it no, seem that this We
general response to. and acceptation {
an entirely new and radically reforHu
doctrin by intelligent and practical me
proye that there must be something in
which harmonizes perfectly with the fde
oftrnth Justice, economy, and order, a
with hose higher sentiments implanted
man-wIuch, although so s'notnered
present, arc awaken when iii. correspo
, hdences in docifln or practice ate present
to. them clearly and updersiandingly.
The name Of FOURIER is nov hea
from the atlantic TO the Mississippi fft
? the retnotest parts of Wisconsin and L.
f isiana responsive echoes reach Us, bera
ing the spread Of the great principles
Universal Association and this import;
work has been accomplished in a "
: short period of time, mainly within +
Y wears. since the Editor of the Tribune
y Ioweda fair exposition of the subject
e the columns of his widely circulated JIG
e nal. What will the next ten years br
= forth?
i We are well aware that the convict
{ of the majority is not scientific, n IS
u as profound as it should be, for they h
!, not had the works and means OF instI
of ton necessary to gain it The praci
part of the system only has been 'aag
but now th4 works of the Master y
er be translated, and through The PHALa
D. the Organ Of doctrin, the discoveries wi
thav contain will be laid before the Go
.ogt try in ali their depth and grandnre.
lid The conviction Of the majority OF ad
in ents is mainly of the Truth oil tbe g
he Christian md Uniting) principle Of A
"a ,4on of that Of unity of interest
ich 49, of he noble idea of