New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-03-15
Social Science.
From the Frienus OF Association
Emnor,ant social Movement.

gress, and to concoct measures for removing the
causes of the existing evils of Society. This Con-
ven,ion was organized by the appointment of A.
Brook Of Oakland, O., President, fifteen Vice Pre-
sden,s individuals dis,ing for their active in
terest in the cause of Humanity, and who have adj
vocated views of reform in different directions
John A. Collins, of Bostos, Mass, Corresponding
Secretary; Joseph Lickens of Marlborough, o, Re-
cordng Secretary; an Executive Committee OF FIVE
persons, and upward Of sixty Associate Cores
ponding Secretaries. After excited and deeply
interesting discussion of two days, Constitution
for the government of the Society (then formed,)
to be called "The Society for Universal Inquiry
and Reform, and a series of powerful resolutions,
setting forth the objects of the Society were
adopted.
Our limited space allows US only to give an ex-
tract from the Preamble to the Constitution and
Resolutions The Society adjourned to meet in
the City of New-york about the middle OF May
nex:.
Believing that all the Affections, miseries ard
sulerngs of the human family, are the necessary
consequences of the violation of uuchanging prin-
ciples, of the Invasion of human rights, and not
the will and good pleasure" of the benevolent
Creator, and that the existence and overturning of
nations and the downfall of empires, are but the
evidences of the transgression of his laws, and be-
lieving that do not fully discharge our duties to
him, Ror TO our fellow men, hen we merely bear
with present evils, without endeavorng to secure
their removal, snd believing that the evils can
never be removed but by removing the causes, and
believing those causes, as we nave stated before,
lie not in the arrangements of the Creator or the
laws of Nature but in the violation of the princi.
pies of his government, the invasion of human
rights or the infraction of the laws of our being,
and that war, slavery, intemperance, licentious-
ness, gluttony, pride, covetousness, poverty and
pauperiSm, disease, pain and pesiilence, are bot
the more papable manifestations. the legitimate
and inevitable results of the present organization OF
society; and believing that it is to natural laws
that must refer for explanation OF events, and
knowledge of natural laws alone will enable US 10
produce desirable events, aud believing that hu,
man rights are based upon and defined blythe laws
of our being, and that, without clear, distinct,
and perfect knowledge Of these, we cannot under
stand The causes OF the evils VIC wish to remove,
nor the eternal principles upon which transcend
ant order of things can be permanently established,
therefore, resolved, &c.
We have lately received the following letter
from the Corresponding Secretary, John A. Col
Inns, Esq, ~, o,,, 1910
A. BRISBANE Esq.:-Dear Friend---I have
just mailed newspaper to your address, which
contains the proceedings of Reform Conven-
,isn, recently held in Clinton Co., Ohio. You
should have been apprised of this sooner, but i'll
Ill, bo., no
lay. You will perceive that your name is added to
the list Of officers. You may not harmonic with
all the details of the Societys. proceedings. am
confident, however, that you will be deeply inter-
esled in the great object it has in view, namely:
the complete restoration of the whole family of
Man from its present fallen, degraded and brutal
condition. In every part of the globe Humanity
lies crushed and bleeding. The greatest portion Of
he Ell ht hundred millions, which, at this momen,
ichabit this great Storc-house of suffering, wrong
and outrage, called Earth, pennyless and desti-
tute, in state of partial or absolute slavery de-
graded almost to the condition of brutes, and are
the mere Instruments in the hands OF the great a+d
the ambitious, for the qualification of their selfish
propensit;es The one class is forced TO incessenr
Toll and drudgery to secure pittancc from those
nho have monopozed the earth and It's products
The other class is forced to devote their time III
deyising WAYS and means and maturing plans to
preserve their possessions, and to keep the Masses
in subsection Instead, therefore, of making them
selves acquainted with the nature OF Man, bis
wants and desires all the faculties of Man, and the
mighty energies which he possesses, have, iromthe
necessity of the case been exerted to resist on the
one hand, the entertainments of Wealth and row
or. and on the other, of inventng and exercising
new Instruments of Oppression. Every mans In
terest is antagonistica 10 his Reghbor and what Is
true of individuals is also true with respect to ma
tons.
Poverty and riches, scarcity and abundance, in
tellisence and ignorance, tyranny and sers'ilty,
every where destroy social harmony, while war,
murder, piracy, slavery robbery, fraud disease ana
premature death, and long catalogue OF evils
constantly mar the peace and harmony OF Society.
An organized Church and State, in some form or
o,bsr. have always existed, and been regarded as
remedial; but upon analysis, we find that they oPer
ate as causes TO perpetuate the very evils they ere
desirned TO remove. The STATE, instead OF har-
rnonizpe Society to the natural wants OF Man. mas
sought to suppress his passions by pains and penal
,ies and the Church, considering the state OF oo-
ciet, in which Man is placed, as the best that can
sxisr in this world, has written him down de-
praved being endeavcrs to reconcile him 10 nis pre-
sent condition, promise. him bissfu future, il he
will love his God, honor his King and yield implicit
obedience to all the requirements Of the Church.
Man is conscious that he was created Tor msre
exalted Destiny. The intuiiions of his own Nature