Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-02-27

Many minds are stirred up at the prcscn'
time TO the necessity of attempting some re-
fern of the manifold evils which arc attend
ant on human existence. That nature has.
in herself, the clements of better condition
for man, is generally believed; the trouble
appears TO be, to establish man in his every
day relations, in the correct position toward
his fellow man, and at the same time, toward
nature. The most popular mode appears to
be by associations withdrawn fiom the main
body of society, governed and influenced by
different motives and rules of action than
heretofore pursued. Is this the true and
proper course? What are the evils more
PARTICULAR y complained of. The first and
perhaps most important evil, as giving rise
TO many others, is that labor does not meet
with lis adequate reward. The wo. Ids
goods arc not properly distributed; for while
labor starvcs in a cellar or garrett, dlcness
is rolling in gilded pomp. Now does not
this condition of things arise from bad laws
as much as any thing else; and if such is the
case, would not these individuals accomplish
more good by laboring with the mass for a
change of these laws. rather than by with
drawing and isolating themselves from their
influence. The system of the FOUR. critics
promises the accomplishment of much good
bat we honestly believe, that whilst that
good must for great while be very partial
in its character, the repeal of some laws we
have would accomplish results equally great
and affect all society; and first and foremost
We look upon the repeal of all laws for the
| collection of debts, as embodyng TO the
greatest extent these results. Why does
not labor produce lis adequate reward? sim
ply because that which properly belongs to
it is forced liom lis natural direction 10 sup
port an army of non producers. If one hall
the world labors and the other does not. the
result is plain--onc half the product of the
laborer must 60 support the non-produccr
If we can then, by any means, bring about
condition of things which will force the
non producer into the field of production,
we reduce one half the bur,hens of those al
ready there, contributing thereby 10 their ell
ovation and increasing comfort and happi-
ness.
A writer in the \. Y. Tribune says, that
the time will shortly arrive in that state.
when the monopoly of lawyers will be done
away with, when every man will be allowed
to collect every other mans debts, without
the Intervention of third party who ma nj
/ festly has no business to interfere in the pre-
misses, and calculates thereby The annual sa-
wing of a million of dollars. Will not
the same remark apply TO the law itself
Does it not stand in the relation of a third
party who should have no right whatever TO
interfere in the contracts between ind.yidu-
ais; and if the saving is SO enormous in the
former case, what would be in the latter
Does the Fourier or any other system pro-
mise greater economy and saving than this
would secure.
Such is one view fit. We will look al
in another point when we get more leisure
But we will repeat the question; may MOI
these individuals who desire TO accomplish
so much for themselves and society, labor &c
more advantage in the sphere we have point
ed out.