Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-09-06

some monopoilSl, or death bv starvation.
The climax of this diabolicaI system is,
that those who lay claim as individuals to
the whole of the soil of the inhabited DOR
lion of the country. through the operation
of the machinery which they call govern
ment, also exclude the houseless outcast
from the use of the soil of the uninhab bit
ed portion, without paying for his life
there, price which they have denied him
all opprtunity of accumnlating This
state of things is the unavoidable result,
the natural penalty. for the violation of
that law of our being which makes the in
teress of all mankind the same, forever
one and inseparable. II never has been
and never can De different, where men at
tempt to have selfish or individual inter-
ests. These consequences flow moi, from
the abuse of right, bat from the. opera
taOw of wrong system. Legislation can
not prevent it until human legislation ac-
quires the power to control Gods laws.
Religion does net attempt to do it; mean
that which is denominaled religion by con-
sent of society her votaries aim TO se-
cure mans salvation hereafter, whilst they
render this impracticable, by permitting
him to perish through lack of salvation
here. Centuries have witnessed the most
strenuous efforts without avail to change
man, and leave the circumstances which
surround him the same A time for more
wisely directed labor has arrived. Il is
now perceived that action and reaction
are equal, between men and the circum-
stances or institutions which surround
them = that while circumstances make
men what they are, men mag shape cir-
Ecumstances to become what they wish
them TO be. En- other words, that inslitu,
tons or associations may be formed, TO en-
table men to live nearly in accordance with
the natural laws. know this doctrine of
circumstances is secuted at as dangerous.
it is in6delity untnasked. Happily for
mankind the day has arrived when the
term " infdel, = is not SO very much more
term Of reproach than that of "priest "
or 8 sectarian )" so we will say and think
little about the names which may be called.
While on the subject however, | ould
{lust like to ask the best christian in New
Eng land, whoever such may be in his
own conceit, or our friend BalIou, of
Hopedale, who aims to be one practically,
| but believe has something of horror of
The idea that circumstances make men.
atIhey are, what he supposes he would
have been, had he been born (all other
things equal, in Turkey, instead of the
! United States of America
Many attempts are in progress al this
time to remodel our social institutions
and render them more in harmony with
5 mans nature and wants. The one anon 2
t those with which I am acquainted which
e approaches nearest to my ideas of what is
! needed, is in operation at Marlborough
$ Stark county, Ohio. There, all the prop
o erty, though contributed 10 diferen
= amounts by individuals, is held in com
/ mon. Perfect harmony offeeling and &C
$. tloE prevails, and all are sensible of Ii,
L practical benefits of the association, al
10 though it is new and Iabors under man,
4 serious disadvantages. Their numhes ar
70 too few to obviate the necessity of resort
O. ing TO the exchange system iii procuring
te the means Of subsistence, or their faith TO-
is weak in those who surround them, to as
n TOR whatbey need with the same freedom
they bestow of such things as they ca
C. spare, = and the amount of land submit
he ted totheir control is too small to admit {
he much increase. Perhaps their ideas
as physiological laws are settled. They b.
ay ileVe, too, that expediency is preferable
" principle, their own arrangements MOI
n efieaciousTthan the laws of Sod and s
RS, they have adopted one system OF int
CD. course with regard tolhemselves, and
IL different in relation TO those around - a,
RI. a rery liberal little sect, Without any r.
all ligious test of membership. With all tn
to attachments to.;heir opportunities for pros
his lress, however, their situation. is evident
,m in advance OF all others within my know
20. edge. But humanity demands somethin
ire better. She claims from the benevoler