New-York daily tribune., 1843-03-30
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be regarded as divided into three classes the afst
| comprising those who have wealth by which they
| may command the labor and services OF others
without having to obey or labor themselves:
the next, those, embracing the mass of Society
especially in our own country, who, though ENJOY
ing the productions Of their own labor, are yet
not dependent upon the will of any given en-
ployer, and who occupy position that enables
them to regulate their ewn heurs of toll and OF
rest according to their own Judgement and dlscrs-
tion: and the third, those who. relying solely on
their own labor for subsistence, are still further
dependent on the interest or caprice OF their en-
ployers for that labor itself.
The FIRST AID last classes have always existed
| from the earliest annals Of the human race ne
middle class is of comparatively modern origin
having sprung up during the period OF the transl-
ton of Society from the feudal system to more
attractive condition This would seem to be the
happiest of ALL But time has developed an alarm
ing feature in the most recent stages OF the FRO
| gress of Society. In Europe especially 1t mas
been made evident that this class is undergoing
seadv d,r,u,,on both in numbers and While
tie units are seen succeed by industry and enterprise IN
scaling the nights ard raying under the gorgeous
banner of the FIRST Glass; the tens and hunureos are
downwards the social scale till they are seen tncheh
the ranks gathered under the 2ttered stanoa'o OF 'he
r apy confidence is to placed in statistics France ano
England have exhibited This spectacle every day more ano
more since The peace of 1876 These two nations coming
down 10 rs n unbroken history from remote aniiqeiy u'
nsh the broadest field for the investigations OF
| who love to speculate Human Society
different from both these countries are tee oessps
and destiny OF own, which though sometimes checkeo
in its progress is ye in regard to us oca posuo' ne %
prosperous and happy the surface oil The giooe
In The manner in which it has been peopled bya race al
ready civilized unparalleled IN the variety and
its climate unsurpassed n the richness and lecund o H.
soil pneouaed in the extent territory in the rich ano
regular waving above and the untold treasures OF
mineral wealth sleeping beneath its surface having pop
ulation which there privileged classes education
being universal its inhabitants at oRce the guardians OIL 'he
own rights interpreters their wants. the pee
pe constituting the and that Government free
the American citizen who has part and property In all hs
NAV witness the calanes OF older nations win no o'he
emotion than that honorable sentiment OF our nature winch
prompts us TO synpahise with the suerngs OIL the entre
human race
s,l for maay reasons this country is not the one
from which the phosophc historian deduce the pures
lessons Of wisdom the subject OF Human eocley lie
nav percbance spread upon his book some few memo
randa and record few chapters from Its history and cnaF
acter STILL such country for the purposes OF philosophy
though strong and heal hy, yet green and TO elder
be look for what may be set down as esao
sed conclusions as undspued maxns in the analysis OF
Society.
There are in constant operation in both the countries
have mentioned and especially Great Britain influences
which sadly peple1 that class of philosophers called ro
esl Economists Various and contradictory have their
specuatops but both are agreed that there he any dan
ger 10 the Ship of State it must come from The broken
rocks and hidden shoals of Social SerYitude which nave
dritted or been directly in her course Even now
she seen TO be ranng every plank in her effort escapes
Nhcfino
fuses to shift her ballast take in SAIL the extent OF the
leeway she makes reveals the keeneyed pilot the fact
that hardly even new does she obey the rudder And will
she be shpwrecked-hat aant old bark that has breasted
the blows and braved the tempes Of thousand years
Time alone can determine the problem.
Amid all the of the masters of political
omy D0nlu the rioi bccon'inS rich
err and the poor more numerous IL IS remarkable thal
this class writers consider man, in his social relations and
society aggregate being ehera producing or con
s,.m;ue power that u.s. as an animal with whose existence
one or of these attributes nseparaby connected
not thought worth while to take the intellect into the
account and they entirely overlook their afecons their
moral and religious natures apd SO long as they separate
these qua es they discuss somewhat less than oneha the
subject Producer and Consumers Production and Con.
SYMPTOMS 1t astonishing how much statistical aoor now
much calculation what prodigous Intellectual effort has
been expended upon these four words. Yet not from all
that b'en written single page be extracted which
shall teach how the Increase oil Poverty may De ar
rested or society rescued from the horrors and destruction
with which the whole system of Social Seryude ishreat-
ened.
Whatever may the character Of their reasoning too
muc be attributed to The facts on which
they are founded the concusos TO which one othese
schools has arrived gives fearful idea OF what these
facts are This conclusion that in the absence OF war and
other modes Of wholesale the productions OF
earth would be issuct for its nhat'tGfs and there
fore urged of political wsGom 10 prevent
the increase of population, and thus diminish the number OF
the poor without mourning the crime of killing of those who
are actual existence. Volumes could moi give so clear
an idea of the danger with which the system
OF Social Servude threatened as the ac that the antho
this measure Clergyman and the doctrine has found
its popularity iI protesting the Christian religion
Deep and fostering my be the disease of the social body
which would authorize the proposal OF such remedy-a
remedy Processes 70 heal bn. only 10 prevent the
disease from spreading farther Alas or ihe condiion OF
Social Servtude and alas for Poor boot had
no, been written thau these productions OF fscal Econo
mi,ts ,un away from their cold pages and took bet
ter sorrce-the Book OF odthc Book also OF Man. and
especially Of the Poor. IA read The poor ye have
always with you, and you DO them good whenever
You will" Do Others would that others should
do unto You Feed The hungry cothe the naked; give
drRk thrsy and as often as ye do this to The least
OF these my brethren, 90 II unto ne Here The source
from which every meiioratiog OF SOCIAL ssrviiude has
howed and experience not false and useless will be
in vain TO expect ii iren any other.
Social Servude In form another, has existed from
the earliest forms Of Society," But is gross mistake TO
suppose that Society has always been what 1t at present
Ii borne Ia mind that new discoveries new laws
and new e1posons of rights ard duties have been brought
for day day; and al TIE present time So
ciey 10 ibis respect in perpetual change bEt ai what
period shall fad that Social servitude has
always been blended 9Th Tue very being and existence OF
Socs,y In The nature things engaged in an an
ayss of Society," would be found that could not be 9th
wise The Of Society, as II Still Is great ele
en, support, domestic The family existed oeoie The
nation was formed The head of the family gave proec.
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