New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-05-19


TIE SAVAGE.
The organization of the Savage Horde can
scarcely be called a society TO the horde, the
fields. the forests and the streams are common
Hunting and fishing form the two sources from
which il draws its subsistence, and each OF lis
members takes as a right the spontaneous produc
tons of Nature, wherever he finds them.
AS man in this state docs not icrtlllze the earth
by his toll individual Property in the soil docs not
exist as Industry docs not yield Its varied pro-
ducts, no exchanges but that Of barter can take
place. and Commerce and It's attendant branches
of Industry remain undcvcloped AS the horde
acts in concert and is constantly together, very
few acts of injustice are committed by individuals
against each other. AS the labor OF the mass IS
not directed to the production of riches, the Chcis
or Rulers find no induccment, as they DO IN the
civilized and barbarian Periods, TO resort to Vo-
lcncc either by The sword or taxation, 10 possess
themselves of the product of their toll. Revenge
and vanity arc the chief incentives to warfare
amongst savage hordes.
1t is easy TO conceive that with such extreme
simplicity in social clements, the criminal codes
the courts of justice and the jalls OF civilization
so necessary TO the maintenance OF order at present
arc useless among SavagcS.
The Indian ENJOYS personal and corporal liberty,
or the right OF dspcSing OF his time and person to
the fullest extent he takes Il part proportional to
his strength and skill in all the undertakings OF
the horde, and has q voice i'll ali liz councils
Some authors have admired this state as the hap
pics of social conditions. This society. however,
can only exist with a tim populations 1t Is DIS
pcrSed by increase. Man must therefore move
onward. even ii it be through political and indus
trial Servitude. and the rcpugnan labor Of false
system OF Industry which exists in the Barbarian
and Civilized Societies
In truth, however, this simplicity OF the social
organization, with us glimmerngs of personal
liberty, is not to be admired Man without Indus
try is a degraded being bis energies arc undo
vcloped his mind is stupidity incident; all his
higher powers of activity Slumber; he compre-
hcnds nothing OF the great Universe of which he
forms Il link. ard knowledge of which Is neceS-
sarv 10 elevate him IN the scale of intellectual en-
;stcnce Man must work and must study TO be
great: the advantage OF the Savage CONSISTS IN
being freed from the false System OF Labor OF
Civilized Society. The continual and petty war-
fare OF rival hordeS Their ieroclty and trcacneFous
revenge, the degraded condition OF women ana
the abandonment OF the weak and lntiFll. are
moreover characters Of . false Social Order winch
is far from beng the Social Destiny OF man
THE rNrRIARcnAL SOCIETY
This forn OF society, circumscrlbed 10 very
few countries, is without Importance or influence
amongst the nations of the earth. The first step.
however, in social progress, takes place III tins
period: Industry begins to be developed; focis
are reared i few branches OF manufactures are
undertaken. and some other OF the elements OF
society are called INTO existence. Man becomes
attached 10 the soil. and commences rs culliVa-
ton he looks to his own Industry Tor subsistence
and does no, trust 10 the prccarous mode OF sra ge
life alone: hunting and fishing. The first pro-
grcss of mankind must be practical or natural; II
consist in developing and per'ectlng Industry
which is the foundation ofhis later progress, winch
is spiritual or intellectual. The industrial man
commences by developing his body; the Col!ec-
/ tive man or the Human man by developing Indus
/ iry,-hls sources of collective physical existence
and growth.
Some authors have pr,,ise: Pa,riarchal Life ior
It's simplicity and virtue. With less ierocity than
the savage state, but with more RIGHTEOUSNESS and
petty tyranny, 1t IS on small scale as oppressive
and as false society as any other.