New-York daily tribune., 1843-06-22
DIRK. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE a2, as43.
Doctrine of Association.
Relation of Association to Christianity.
[Communica,ed.l

Concluded.
Cd Is the system of Hired Labor, or Labor for
Wages-which is but modification OF, and a
few steps above >lavcry-in harmony with Chris
tianity Under this system. Man is forced 10 toll,
from fear of want and starvation The destitute
Multitude, without capital and the instruments
Of production, lland, workshops and machinery
must degradingly beg the privilege OF tolllng ioF
a Capitalist or an Employer, to whom good luck,
chance fraud may have given the means OF
hiring them. The mental lash of present want
and anxiety for the future is applied 10 the SOUL
instead of the lash of wood and leather to the
back-and it docs It's work more etfectualiy,
as the condition Of the Laboring Glasses OF
Europc-and but too large q portion OF those OF
this counry-proves
Under the Wages system, the Hired Laborcr,
or the Operative, is the dependent menial OF his
fellow man; he must obey his beck and nod;
give him the best portion OF the fruit Of his toll
for the right Of working on his land or in his
manufactures or workshops; he is ordered abou,
like being without WILL he must perform all
kinds OF drudgery, under circumstances the most
disagreeablc without regard to health or m
clination; he is, in large manufactures, forbid.
den often to speak to his fellow '.orkmen around
Huu anu lullg up III O. DN'''
an animal; and to add humiliation to subicctlon,
he must 90 on Saturday night and beg his pay,
Gecciving often goods, or some apology for money!
as if the scanty stipend he received was more than
a rcquital for the labor he had given.
Associate II will reform this system, by an en-
trcv new Organization Of Industry, Of which
we have given some idea IN past articles. Under
this new organization, there will be perfect liberty
bo ,rfc
partners, laying down rules for their own govern
menl, cecting the most skiliu as officers, and
dividing cquitably the product Of their labor,
each receiving share, according to the part
which he or she has taken III producing 1t.
Those who wish to see this mechanism ex
planned more in detail, can consult our pamphlet,
entitled "A Concise Exposition ot tic Doctrme
of AsSOciati0n."
Sd. Is the present system of domestic or tlol;se-
hold drudgcry perfectly Christian in spirit! Is II
right that VIC should have poor menlals working
for us in dirty Kitchens without education, refine
ment, elevation, agreeable social relations, or any
of those social privileges which render life dear
and vauablc.-whilc we, in our comfortable par
lors, enjoy those privileges and advantages 1t
strikes us not Association, IN simplifying house
hold labor and cconomzlng domestic occupation
ninc-tcnths: in fitting up the kitchens &c. with
elegance and convenience, and by applying groups
OF persons having taste for domestic occupations,
employed by turns and for short periods OF two or
three hours. to them, will render the present never
ending round of petty domestic drudgcry light and
easy and the army Of domestic slaves now en-
raged in it. liberated from their degrading unc
tons will be elevated to the true rank and dignity
of human beings.
4th. Is the present system of free, or as It
should be termed, false and hostile competition
Christian in its spirit and results No. 1t raises
every man s hand against his nclghbors; 1t en-
gcndcrs conflict and disorder, Il regular war III
trade and industry 1t produces the most callous
selfshncss causes antipathy, hatred, envy and
strife between men, and leads to the exercise of
duplicty, misrepresentation, and the preparation
of fraud and ovcrrcachng under thousand com
plicacd forms. This antl-hnman system OF STRIFE
and conflict will be done away with IN the Com
bined or Associative Order, and replaced by
system of universal combination and unity IN all
departments of trade, industry and temporal IN
terCStS.
5th. Is the present system OF commerce IN har-
mony with Christianity? Arc there not III lis
operations, taking all its branches, wholesale and
retail, together, vast amount OF monopoly, fore
staIling, cytorton, adutcration misrepresentation
and fraud 1t is system which lncltcs men to
take advantage of their fellow men; and how
many resist the temptation? reform Is most
urgently wanted in this branch of human affairs
and such reform Association viii effect By cs-
tablishing a general and equitable system oi
Wholesale Trade.
9th Is our system Of Politics. with It's m
trigues, cabals demagogulsln and mock patriot.
ism, party animositcs calumny, dctractlon, and
general fascncss and duplicity of action, Chris
tian If not, is not some reform necessary
We could continue this examination OF other
institutions and arrangements of the present SO.
cial Order which arc based upon unjust and
anti Christian principles; but what we have sad
is enough to show, trust that if the institutions
of Association, or the various parts OF It's mecllan-
isn are based upon order, liberty, truth, equality
Justice, and the commandment of love, that As
sociation is essentially and perfectly in harmony
with Christianity, and they who uphold the pre-
sent system of Society, with lis iniqulties, are
merely Christians in words, but in reality sacr-
icing the love of God and the love of our neigh
Dor to prejudice and worldly interests
IRELAND! IRELAND