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

w IL A'1-If VIZ [hCooSlh lC4N.
1t is quite amusing to notice the articles
upon this subject, which from time to time
appear in the newspapers, and one who
tries to learn by these articles, what FOUR
erismis, will be SADLY puzzled. One says,
1t aims 10 overthrow civil government
another says, sit aims to break down our
religious institutions;' another seems TO
think 1t may intend to leave some frag-
mcLts of these institutions for n time, but
as il destroys all family relations, scouts
the idea OF parental responsibility, and
dIssolves the marriage tie it must uti-
mattel work their entire distractions;
another wonders why the friends of asso-
citation need be so anxious 10 have the
whole human family live on bran bread;'
and another ridicucs the Fourie,ites for
supposing that association will bring in the
Millennium And nearly al cry, humbug
Now Fouricrism proposes no ch1nge what
ever in government nor in the institutions
of religion, it proposes no change in
marriage and family relations, except that
of enabling men TO afford more ample sup
port to their families, and better, because
more thorough education to their children,
| AS to .bran-bread and the millennium, 1T
neither STIMULATES for the first nor does i
promise to produce the last. What then
is Fouriersm? and what does it propose?
Fourierism is plan to improve the con-
dition and elevate the character Of the
Iabouring parI Of mankind, 1t proposes to
to diminish the amount OF necessary labor
by improved methods Of doing i, to d.
mlnish the amount of wretchedness,
pauperism and crime, by educating every
child and enabling every person TO earn
an adequate support by an honest and
honorable employment. TO unite the in
terests of capital, skill and labor, and in
such manner that while the irst shall be
safe and yield 10 its owners a far proper
tonate income, the efforts of the two las,
shall not be lost for want OF means to EN-.
ploy them advantageously; to ensure the
thorough and proper education Of all child
rem.
All these objects are well worth attain
ing. and any one may with proprietv doubt
whether they can be attained by Associa.
lon, but those who have examined the
subjec; believe that all such doubts NAV
now be met by fair and unanswerable ar.
gument, and most of them by pointing L
successful experiments. The whole argu.
men, rests upon the following propositions,
Union gives strength'-Men can be i'm
proved by education educated men
are capable of seli-government'
To men of small means, Association of
tcrs very great inducements in pecuniary
view. To mon without any capital except
the ability to labor, il offers comfortable
home, good society, and as remuneration
for his labor, exactly what i, is worth
when skllIuIly directed and employed in
the most advantageous manner. Let such
men consider how much more they coulc
earn than they now do, il they had land
stock. tools and money enough TO work
with, and the benefits of an Association
that will place all the advantages within
the reach Of every laboring MAJ, will be
apparent. Those who doubt the feasibil
: ~ of the pan, would do well TO conside,
the principle on which mutual Insurance
Companies do business, or the principles
upon which all Independent Churches ad
minister their government. The friend:
= OF temperance and of benevolent enter.
, prise IN general, have taken leaf from
, Fourier's book, for they recognize the
economy and increased strength Of union
And all who live under our government
(which is neither more nor less than an
'Association9 ought not TO find fault with
Fourierism. As an association our govern
ment is imperfect, because i, was formed
for purposes of government only. but it is
founded upon andrecognizes those princi.