New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-04-23


q mass in the third place to speak OF the
sons of that which is the sequel of trade.
II is in consequence of the revolution IN the
state of society wrought by trade, that Govern
ment in our times is beginning TO wear so clumsy
and cumbrous an appearance. we have afeaoy
seen our way to shorter methods. The time is
full of good signs. Some Of them Shall rlPen 10
fruit. All this benefcent socialism 10 lrlenoiY
omen and the swelling cry of voices Tor the edn-
cation of the people, indicates that government
has other Offices than those OF banker and ex-
ecutionsr. Witness the new movements IN the
civilized world, the Communism OF France, Ter
manv. and Switzerland; the Trades Unions; the
English League against the Corn Laws and
The whole Industrial Statistics, so called. In
Paris. the blouse the badge of the operative, has
begun to make its appearance IN the saloons
Witness too the spectacle of three Communities
which have within very short time sprung up
within this Commonwealth, beside several DINERS
undertaken by citizens Of Massachusetts witn'n
the territory OF other States. these Proceeoeu
from variety of motives, from an lmpatlehce o'
many usages in common lie, from WISH lot
greater freedom than the manners and opinions OF
society permitted but in great part from ieenng
that the true Offices OF the State, the olate hau
let fall to the ground; that IN the scramble o,
parties for the public purse, the man dutses ol
government were omitted,-the duty 10 inStruc,
the ignorant 10 supply the poor with Work anu
with good guidance These communists prefer
rod the agricultural life as the most favorable colt
dition for human culture; but they thought thai
the farm, as we manage it, did not satisfy the
ripht ambition of man. The farmer, alter sacri-
fcipg pleasure, taste, freedom, thought love, 10
his work, turns out often a bankrupt, like the
merchant. This result might well seem astound-
ing. All this drudgery, from cockcroWlng 10
starlight for all these years. to end IN mortgages
and the auctioneer's flag, and removing from oad
to worse 1t is time TO have the thing looked lnto'
fool. 1t seemed a great deal worse because the
farmer is living in the same town with men WHO
nretcnd to know exactly what he wants on
one side, is agricultural chemistry, coolly expos
;no the nonsense of our spendthr,it agriculture
and ruinous expense of manures, and Offering, py
means of 4 tcaspooniul Of artificial guano, TO
turn sandbsnk into corn and, on the other, the
farmer, not only eager for the information, but
with bad crops and in debt and bankruptcy, l"r
want of it, Here arc Eizlers and countless me-
chanical projectors, who, with the fourlerisis,
undoubtinrlv affirm That the smallest union would
make every man rich and, on the other side, is
this multitude of poor men and women seeking
work, and who cannot find enough to pay their
board The science is confident, and surely the
poverty is real. If any means could be found 10
bring these two together.
This was one design of the projectors OF the
Associations which arc now making their hrst
feeble experiments. They were founded IN love-
and in labor. They proposed, as you know,
that ali men should take Il part IN the manual
toll and proposed to amend the condition oil men
BY substituting harmonious, for hostile industry.
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favorable idea OF his SYSTEM 10 distinguish IN his
Phaapx n class as the Sacred Band, by whom
whatever duties were disagreeable, and likely TO
be omitted, were 10 be assumed.
At least an economical success seemed certain
for the enterprise and that agricultural associa-
ton must sooner or later, fix the price ot bread
and drive single farmers into association, IN SELL
defence as the great commercial and manuiac
turing companies had already done. The Com
munity is only the continuation oil the same
movement which made the loint-stock companies
for manufactures, mining, insurance, banking
and 80 forth. 1t has turned out cheaper to make
calico by companies; and it is proposed to plant
corn, and to bake bread by companies, and know
ing men affirm it will be tried until 1t Is done.
Undoubtedly, abundant mistakes will be made
by these first Adventures, which will draw rldl-
cule on their schemes. l think for example,
that they exaggeratc the Importance of a iavorite
project of theirs, that of paying talent and labor
at one rate, paying all sorts of service at one rate
say ten cents the hour. They have paid 1t so !;
but not an instant would dime remain dime
In ono hand 1t became eagle as 1t Tell, and
in another hand copper cent. For, obviously,
the whole value of the dime is IN knowing what
to do with it. One man buys with 1t land
title of an Indian, and makes his postcrlty prin-
fnnd no mr.
pen, ink, and paper. or painters brush, by which
he can communicate himself to the human race
as if he were FIRE; and the other buys plums
and gooseberries. Money is of no value 1t can
not spend itself All depends on the skill of the
spender.
Whether, too, the objection almost universally
felt by such women in the community as were
mothers, to an associate life, to common table,
and common nursery Sc, setting higher
value on the private family with poverty, than on
an association with wealth, will not prove IN
superable remains to be determined.
But the Communities aimed at a much greater
success in securing to all their members an equal,
and very thorough education And the great
aims of The movement will not be relln9ulshed,
even if these attempts fail, but will be prosecuted
by hke.minded men in all society, until they
succeed.
This is the value OF the Communities; not
what they have done, but the revolution which
they indicate as on the way. Yes, Government
must educate the poor man. Look across the
country from any hillside around US, and the
landscape seems to crave Government. The
actual differences Of men must be acknowledged,
and met with love and wisdom. These rising
grounds which command the campaign below
seem to ask for lords, true lords, landlords, who
understand the land and its uses, and the apPn,
liabilities OF men, and whose government wou'o
be what it should, namely, mediation between
want and supply. How gladly would each citi'
zen pay commission for the support and con-
tinuation of such good guidance. Goethe SAID,
"no man should be rich but those who understand
=" and certainly the poor are prone 10 think
that very few of the rich understand how TO use