New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-10-04

Principle of Association.


| The principle OF Association is not new in the
world, but it has heretofore been applied only IN
| partial and tlagmental manner, not IN complete
and integral manner. The principle Is as old as
society ITSELF it s coeval with the existence of the
Human Race; it was first applied when man
united with his fellow man for mutual aid, or for
| protection and safety. Society as 1t now exists
is sustained only by the principle of Association ;
ii is the vital principle which binds its members
| together, preserves its existence and gives
It power but the principle is 50 imperfecty and
partially applied, that society at present is but an
| aggregation of individuals, between whom there
| exist strife, conflict and antagonistc interests
and not regularly organized system OF Assoc1d- :
lion, with perfect Concert Of action and Unity OF
interests. All the advantages that Civilized So
ciety possesses, however, over the Savage or
Nornadic state, are derived from the application
of the principle of Association.
We find the first germs of Association in the
Savage state, though in the rudest and simplest
form: the horde or tribe is an Association formed
for the purpose of hunting and fishing IN concert
and for defence against the excursions ofnclshbor
| Ing SdVdgPS. ndIl hOdNdSS SthlSJ "iiIOot
| union or association with his fellow man for pur-
poses of industry, education &c, is poor, weak
helpless, ignorant and degraded, and it is only as
he applies the principle Of Association and unltes
with his fellow man, that he gains power security,
! intelligence and refinement.
As society progresses from the savage to the
civilized state, the great principle OF Association
receives. a constantly increasing Development
Men first unite for protection against aggression
from without subsequently they organize to
maintain order and to prevent depreciation and
! lawless plumber within. They combine at later
periods, as society grows and becomes more de-
! yelopcd, to make public Improvements, to prose-
| cute industrial operations and commercial enter
| prses. to build common roads and bridges, erect
| churches, school houses, &c. People unite
their means and their labor to effect these objects,
and so far as they have common end IN view
when they undertake them, there is Association;
and without this Association and combination OF
effort no improvements Of the kind could be made
Without Association we should be like the sava-
oes having neither roads nor bridges, nor school,
houses, nor churches nor any of the pubic lm
movements which now exist. All our Charitable
! Institutions, such as hospitals, asy!ums tor the
blind the deaf and the dumb, and the insane, are
! established by means Of Association and combl-
| nation; if they are founded by the State, the
! community is taxed so that the means OF the dill
| ferent individuals who compose 1t, shall be uni
ted if they arc founded by philanthropic lndlvld
| uals their voluntary subscriptions must be united
but without this combined action and Association
of means, these institutions could not be estab-
Ished and maintained.
All other institutions in society are partial As
sociations, as indeed many Of them are SO called.
The State or Government itself is but an Assocla
ton of the whole body of the pcoplc-a great 20
litical Association union or compact among
men for protection against aggression, and The
| nreservaton of law and order. But all these
forms of Association extremely imperfect and
defective, as the principle of Association is but
partially and fragmentally applied. As society
derives all the benefits it enjoys from the apPllca
ton of the principle, the evils 1t suffers are the
results of imperfect and incomplete Association,
and of isolation and separation. The principle
must be applied scientifically and unrersally, so
as to embrace all interests under perfect organ
isatioa; it is by this means only that perfect
equilibrium can be maintained, and exact justice
done. By this means, that IS, by means OF
complete and integral system of Association, uni
versa in its application and embracing all inter-
ests all that man desires for his happiness can be
secured TO him fully. a. b.
II We would inform the friends of Associa-
ton that the first number of TIE PHALANx, or
.JorrRyAL OF Social SCIENCE, devoted to the cause
Of Association, or Social and Industrial Reform,
Will appear on the 9Th October. 1t will contain
statement of views and principles, and the
course which THE PnALANx will pursue in relation
10 Politics. the Industrial Interests of Society,
and Religion. 1t will contain also the first of a
series of transatons of the highest interest from
FouRIER's works. Fhe present translation CON-
prises the opening chapters Of his first work, and
contains an explanation Of the indications and
circumstances which put him on the track OF his
great discoveries 1t will be found extreme y IN
tercsting as well as important. list OF the As
sociations now organized, and an account OF some
Of the principal ones, will be given. Articles upon
various topics by different advocates of Assocla-
ton will also appear. The price will be " a
year 4 cents for single copies. The Agency oil
the paper TO be at the Office of the New ork Sun,
corner of Fulton and Nassau streets.
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