Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-06-04
OBJECTIONS TO ASSOCIATION.
CONCLUDING CHAPTER OF s.PopULAR Re-
VIEW OF THE DoCTRINEs OF CHARLES
FOURIER" BY PAEKE GOWN.
"a friendless warfare! lingering long,
Through weary day, and weary year,
A wild and many-Weanoned ,brono

wild and many -weaponed throng,
| Hang on thy front, and flank, and rear
| BRYANT.
We have now fulilled the task which
we imposed upon ourselves, we have pre-
scnted the conception of Fourier in its COM
ple,eness, we have spoken not only Of what
he proposes for the present, but Of what
he conJectures for the future, we have
touched upon. all qe ustions, fromthe reform
of the township 10 The modification which
time must make in manners, from the edu-
cation of the child to planetary influences,
and the creation Of worlds. We have, it
is true, sketcl.ed only in the vaguest out
line, QUE whsi we have done is sufficient
] te enable the reader to form an opinion of
the Theory of Universal Unity. Will anv
oLe now dispute the grandeur and compre-
henslvencss Of the genius to Which we are
Indebted for such mighty cancellations
Are his notions unworthy Of Man, or an.
worthy Of God? Was there ever loftiel
conceptions Of the dignity and glery Of hu
man destiny, or Of the infinite wisdom ane
| goodness of the Creative Power?
But, before we answer these questions,
We are reminded that our work is not yet
accomplished. The substance Of Fourier
discoveries as science, we have given;
We have un!o!dcd it 10 the extent in which
it is developed in his published writings
bu, deeper questions remain behind. What
relation does this science bear to the exist
| ing institutions of society; to the dictates
OF true Morality; and to the Doctrines OF
Religion and the constitution OF the Church!
We shall attempt a ISOLATION of the Difficult
ty Supposed TO exist on these points, in the
form of an answer to the following oblec-
! tlonS:-
l. That The ncu doctrine is dangerous
to public ordr.
BY this it is meant, that our plans are
revolutionary. They certainly are revo-
lut.onary, or, as the state of society now
| is, they would not be worth a moments
thought.
But the revolution they contemplate is
not violent, nor unjust, nor destructive
On the contrary, it can be demonstrated
that ours is the Only universal and peace
lul scheme of reform that is now agitated.
Society is at present divided into parties
whose designs and wishes appear utterly
| irreconciaole. SO that each Of them in or
der to triumph, must desire the compression
and ruin OF all other parties. In this fact
originates their deep and unrelen:ing mu-
,ual hostility.
Society is also composed Of class which
wishes to preserve all that it has, and of
an -ther class that wishes to get much which
it has not; the first thinks it can not yield
withou; losing-the second that it can not
gain without taking. For this reason,
there is perpetual and bitter hatred and
war between the two ranks who look upon
each other as natural enemies. The Con-
sentative and the Relormer. the Tory and
the Whig,the Democrat and the Aristocrat
have been al all times, and in every nation,
in state Of vigilant and exacerLated an
tagonsm.
The Phalans,erian School ALONE, has
nothing TO do with any Of these parties or
classes, but presents itself in the midst Of
all with words of Positive Affirmation and
Peace; it recognises the Legitimacy Of the
desires of all; infringes The rights OF none;
II carriers no torch TO the temples of any;
| 1t offers &c all at the same time, doctrine
which is capable of satifying all.
! 1t says 10 the higher classes that their
possessions and their advantages are all
theirs, and that it has no design of infring-
ing them in the slightest respecr. At the
same time, besides this Right, it places a
Right no. less sacred, the RICH; OF the la
borer 10 his labor and its fruits, the asser-
ton OF which now nienaces the existence
OF the rich and of social order, and will
continue to do SO, until it is recognised
and satisfied.
Ii says to the lower classes that they will
only suffer the more, by violently despoil.
ing the wealthy, and thus impoyerish others
without enriching themselves; so that when
all shall be miserably occupied in defending
themselves against hunger, the sciences,
the arts. all nigh and noble industry, will
be abandoned, and the human race retro
grade towards barbarism. AT the same
| time, il sustains them In The sentiment that
they are entitled 10 Labor, 10 Education,
10 Justice. and 10 Happiness.
II proves that greater part OF our evils
spring from The instruction OF human en-
ergy,in fruitless enterprises and pefnicious
wars.