Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-31

/ Exceptions were taken to that portion of
the report which denies the rig ht Of an in.
divIdual to absolute ownership in the.pro-
ducts of his own labor. No one defend.
ed the right Of individual ownership in
the soil, if my memory serves me correct
/ lv. ........::-.
! The question Of private property occu-
pied the remainder OF the Convention. 1t
was argued, by those friendly to individ-
ual possession, that appropriation, or the
desire 10 appropriate objects, and to make
them, as It were, part Of The individual
self, was an attribute natural to mar 10
every stage Of society, and in every age
lot lfa-!hat private property is nothing
else than the application uf mans indiVId-
uafty to external things, or The realization
and manifestation of mans individuality to
the material worid-that mine and thine
were written upon the consciousness of
every one-that the unclught fish ia the
ocean, Or the fruit in the painless forest,
must be the property OF him by whom they
were first laken-thaG his title 10 them
was complete and absolute, his own, to
use and appropriate against the universe
that if the principle was adopted, that
each member Of the human family was
on equal and joint proprietor Of al the
products ofthe earth, it must be apparent.
: 10 all discerning minds, that every indus
: triouS Individual or community would, by
these principles, invite hordes of lazy,
a worthless, Starving bipeds, to Consume
every thing as fast as it was produred--
that there could be 10 protection to any
one, In the enjoyment Of either the nccrs-
sarles or comforts OF lie, against the ra-
pacity of the iudoitut millions that pri-
waite property was the only thing that
: would allow the qualification of individual
taste-thal The Individual would be swal-
!, lowed up in the COMMUNICATED last, out
not least, that q community Of possessions
aoould be Tie grace Of indicld~a! liberty.
1t was admitted, on all sides, that the pres
ent social structure Of society was Elise
that politics were unable TO secure per-
manent rellef-and that associating in
communities was the only correct and
philosophical ihstrumentality, TO bring
mankind Into more perfect stats of soci-
" ETY.. L. was considered, however, dan
: gerous TO strike at the right Of individual
property; bat that a community, recog-
MIXING individual possession and accumu.
. ation, and rewarding ta0or, talent and
Il capital in the following proportions,
would rendrr industry attractive, and
would enable the laborers, ultimately, to
; become capitalists .=........
: Labor should berewarded, 5-i2ths.
Taleut H.: Il" 4-l2.hs.
: Capital g o.. . 3.l2ths.
l. The property of the community should be
t divided into shares Of from Toto 100 dol.
! Jars. Small shares should draw greater
per centage than the large shares to pro
. tect the laborer. 1t amounts TO this
D The laborer draws about cents fJr eve
- ~ dollar he earns-the ovecseers, mer
= chants, clerks, teachers, g., draw abou
80 cents oct Of every dollar the lahore
$ produces sand the capitalist who doe
= nothing but consume the products Of lh
! working man, draws about 25 cents ou
I. Of every dollar he produces. This is
Id prominent featute of the system: of Chafle
c Fourier, al eminent French philosopher
Id This system has been advocated in thi
country with considerable success, for tn
I'd last three yeats, by Mr.. Albert Brisbane
Vi Of Newly ork. This was no doubt
great advance in the old countries, Wher
of the Iaborer receives but about one-lweill
Of the products of his own earnings, BIZ
le il occurs to NE that it will not satisfy th
of mass of inqair!ng, intelligent reformers c
re This couuIry. ..:.
n, Il was urged. on the other hand, that
e. was most evident, from the harmony an
K perfection Of the laws of the materla
OF word-from the beautiful structure of on
ed frames = from the wonderful adaptation {
$ means 10 ends everywhere exhibited-a1
OF from The adaptation Of the external Wort
n 10 meet the wants and desires Of our Sp,