Litchfield enquirer., 1844-01-11
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LETTERS %. INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION
AND SOCIAL. REFORM.

LETTEkS ON. INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION
AND SOCIAL REFORM.
" soEsMAR haDwn. -
NgwsYoRk. Jan 3, ISls
MRsADAxs NOshing shon q i hslisf thai there
are some auleag yo6S Esadssa, whose minds are
sufficiently elevated Gbots the present stais d aoc
e'y.se snabss them q. lock down With disgast and
sorrow upon ils snoRsOus evils. would lnduco me
either % Cccupy my own Tine, or The columnauF your
ioarnat IN treating she ect ANNOUNCED Il tie head
Of this letter. am welluppgised that large portion
ct The indisidaas who constitute the upper STRATA of
society; the sichhs vel paid. ts Icssanste, are Of
ten selhshly dispcsed % be ssabbonly ccns@vatise
in regard 70 existing institutions, because they COZ.
rive % turn them b their own account. Busnos.
withstanding The Disadvantages under which the
principles Of truth and justice are inculcased in such
circumstances deem il not altogether beyond hope
thatI may Be able 70 reach lew generous and no
bic minds atnongy pour Esaders provided you willal
low me part Of eoauna IN few consecutive
numbers of your paper. -.
Mis psrhaps not wholly unknown 20 your sub.
.>erbets, chat New Social Word, rolling verdans
ana besntital from he handsef the Creator 10 be.
ginning 10 reysal iise 70 tho mental vision Of ciyi.
sed man. in hls moral and iutellecsual fsmeneat.-
The dawn has broken In the Eas,, and The submits
Uf the distant mountains are already glded with the
splendoW Of the rising day. ClvisATioN, the highest
point Of social and political progress which The man
Of this earth has hitherto attained has wei nigh
completed i,s desinys and . about 70 merge itself
IN mora elevated condition Of human nasure--ip
like maansr e. itself spEang from BaIbarism, and
shat from 4ha sAvaas State. Nthere be any indiyid.
ual who distfasss either the power or the benevo-
isues Of God inselasion % tie advancement Of the
hSman rScs IA knowledge, virtue and happiness; or
whc believes that IN the encVancss crime ind mice.
W, under the buEthsn Of which, society now groans,
are nseparabls from mans temporal exisences 10
not u him hasths science Of Industrial Association
can bring either hope OF consolation. But, iortu.
nassly few 81 me sons ana daughters Of civilization
assof this chasae,er There ere thousands, even h
Cur own favored land, who, without radscal;sR, ore
snxious iov Improvement, moderation, -pscgess
They're not satisfied with form Of social crgnni.
ration In which shs principles Of eternal truth and
inasics ere almost wholly disFegarded. They are
not happy when they behold the toiling mdltsudes OF
mankind clothed 10 rags and led on garbage, il or.
dsrihss idieness may strut IN bucktam, and cunning
ios N eyubsEanee: They are pos willing that vast
pIlcsi,y 81 men, should receive only such limited
edsa,ibn that M learued, the ich and .be pow.
sstt axiresa them il The daa without resistance
and withoi,l ranroach.s ss s. ss
There are c66eit fesscns fas these fsslings. Nei.
hat Ne kc. ID educated 81 lie powerful; ean be
slsmsslyss lspps White slriE ssalsh. ahsir. khowt
sass ana ilssis .iss ls rssdncsn sfsnlsys
injus,ics and onprsssim. Coa has nsEsf srsc,cd !
supeFssFnctTs Of felicity On such afoundaton, either
an earth or in heaven. GENUINE happinersi d the Off
spring o. love,-tru.h, -chaFisy. Il can spring up
and esnberase only in social condition 10 which
nsp co.operase for each others good. But when
ash whether the actual condition Of society even in
England. one Of the finest spots fch'is,endom
10 81 this character, hess d no voice from her yes
dans valleys or her wooded hills 10 answer Eyes"
Nor does this state Of things exist, solely, or even
prineipally, heoause there 10 little or 10 benevoence
ameng the people. They have beseyoencs Of che
most exalted character, implanted BY The mercy Of
Heaven; bat that hsnevolence 10 almos, wholly, and,
10 the present social ordev almost necessarily, III d.
Fscisd AZ the blood in tho animal body could never
witty aid repair the system without the organism
Of the arteries and veins, neither can Individual
henevosnce make isssli ie IN the body polisic--she
system Of human society the organisation OF
that society such % 20 give il currency. Tha. ,his
10 not now the case, shall take d upon me to show
mos, eonclusively, in the sequel
The peculiar characteristics Of the three states Of
society which now exist upon the earth, the mere
pervsnsons Of the Institutions Of the primitive or
golden sge, insy be the subjects Of future rsmark-
Suffice d tor the present sosay that one Of their com