The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-04-08

conflict with that dear one Inert, iHcnouSnt,
shere was dupcity-l asked myself, is there no
Eberty in society, and dreadful experience soon
forced il upon me that there was no liberty-no
liberty even for boy, great sensation) But yet
resolved to consecrate myself TO the great cause
ofhuman freedom, applause and "bravo from Brs-
bane) But when looked through the whole his
tory of the human race, saw that my own expert
ence was but type OF universal experience. Anu
never until met with the works OF Charles ouile,
did meet with any explanation OF this curious
mystery OF existence. And he expianeu ~ 'H ~
He showed me that society universally uiu eMe' ~
this state Of dupcity; that there was no iai d,u.
between man and man-no true haLnonio es;nn Of
opement OF the passions, and tha' .his on,id
liberty 80 glorious and beautiful IN llsen, couiu
only H. asserted in our present state Of society by
uniform self-sacrlfce. And he taught ms now
men could he brought into new relations ~i,n eacn
9th ,r and how with unity OF interest, would come
universal harmony and universal liberty, (cheers)
will not detan you longer than Is necessary mere
ly to refer to one personal illustration Oh ,ne pies
Horace Greeley and were engaged hip-and-thgh
ia a fierce battle at the Tabernacle the subject
OF a tnrf, Qaughter) But now here we are per-
fectly reconcied, Cheering and laughter.) Thus
m Association there Is perfect atone ent-no
4uarrellng, no fighting, no differences OF opinion
<cheers)
Then came the next toast:
The Hop. Of Uir.rsal Peace-Foretod in the oracles of
Prophets announced in the of angels illustrated in
the life Of Js,us-May !. he speedily and triumphsnly
realised IN the establishment Of the Combined Order
among the nations OF the earth
Air The Washing Day.
On this Mr. CLAIMING made some remarks, addu-
cling an instance Of msdirected and blind enthu-
siasm, the case of the Monk who planted dry
stick in the sand of Egypt and watered it every
morning with pail of water, in derision OF all hu
man labor; and related an anecdote OF an aged
Monk, of the order Of the TraPpsts, who was much
struck by the superior sanctty OF a young brother,
and strove to "catch the order OF his sancty;' ne
was in the habit of following HIM about every
where. One day he missed him, and on going 10
the burial place Of the order, found his name on
tombstone and made the discovery that the dead
his In "A
be such mlsdireced enthusasn-all would be
applied produce the grand harmonies of the COM
bined order. CHEERS
Mr. RrpLEY-the man who had thought
made some remarks on this toast AT present there
no sucf thing as "whole man"-there were
only hands Legs, hears all deU ,hsp
(Cheers) II you went to factory or workshop,
the question was not how many men have you got!
but how many hands? (Cheers)
CHANNING mans man for a. that
(Cheers)
RlpLKY.-Yes, before Cod If he retains his in
tegriy, (Chrerng)
The CHAIRMAN here announced that volunteer
toasts in order.
Mr.: MAkoNcELLI said he had proposed toast,
but Mr.. Ripley had said all he wanted to say, and
he therefore begged to be excused.
A Mr.. Cowrs was then introduced as the Peace
maker" Of the association. Mr.. G: was formerly
agent of the "Peace Society" He is a man OF
considerable talent and good speaker He said
saw not many days since painting OF Columbus
applying for aid to prosecute his discovery. He
was before his sovereign. and in the presence of
the assembled mobiles, was pleading for aid.
could almost hear him speak. l could almost
fancy that heard him say-"1 know far away in
the ocean there lies another country-give me
means to discover it, and enlarge the boundaries of
the earth!' But whilst he spoke some folded their
arms in perfect apathy-some smiled with scorn
But the soul OF Columbus was aiar OFT He saw
this great land-he saw the waves OF the ocean
beat upon its shores he saw mighty rivers tumble
over rocky barers-he saw its mountains tower
ing to the sky-he It's broad territories stretch
fr<,rvp n<,lo t,<,ln And Vu,fb hi
faith did the good citizen of the world regard the
future fortunes of his race. He saw that the hour
was on its way when all mankind weuld be knit
IN the bands of universal happiness and peace.
Cloud cheers.)
Mr.. GoDwIN remarked that it was curious CO.
incidence with the illustration of the last speaker,
that Fourier had IN his last work compared
himselfto Columbus Mr.. G. then went on to COM
pare the prospects OF association to the
of approaching land which cheered the dropping sp
rits Of the crew Of Columbus. The friends from
Brookfirm the birds, and those from other
places the flowers that oated on the waves (cheers)
Here BRIssANE, starting up as if from dream,
called OUT Three cheers tor the promised land"'
" Bravo I! bravoH shouted one wild looking man.
" Three cheers for the Canaan" roared out ano-
"Three cheers for the New Jerusalem - called
&c Take the time from me-" shouted Brisbane.
Hip hlp-hurra-a-a-hi MISUNDERSTANDING
-hurra-a-a."
Mr.. RlrLEy-Our friend has compared us to a
bird. Well, 1t Is true we have good deal Of sing
ing, though not great deal to eat, and we have
very small nests QaIghter) Our most appropriate
magnificent, but very useful and respectable barn
door fowl-tor zoe all haze to scratch for living
(roars OF laughter)
PARKE GopwTN-There are barn-door fowls that
crow a good deal (renewed laughter)
Here there was d short recess, breathing time,
but II was soon interrupted by
APOSTLE BRISBANE who started to his feet and
said-The spirit moves me (sensation.) will give
toast" The love of our race above all other
loves" (cheers) We have duties-iirst to God,
then to Christ then to Fourier. On this continent
also, noble soul who has worked molly in this
cause-l want to come to individuals-there
is man here amongst us-the son of a
rude pursuits OF industry. But he was en-
dowed by nature with great and noble mnd-a
mind of heavenly friendships mind that loved
heavenly truth. That man was first printers
devll-(great cheerlng)-bound to set up types-he
toiled IN the foul swamps under the cursed bonds
of clvIzation-(C heers) He came to New York,
he now stands at the head OF the American press
tremendous cheeilng)-that man who! Horace |
Greeleyf0-yes, Horace Greeley to be sure-we
all know hm-(Cheersl That man to whom the
American laborer looks for protection against pau
per labor, and against the crushing capital of Eu
rope-that man to whom the greatest polite clans |
look for support-'hat man admired for his consc;
entiousness and love of justice, by the United |
States, friend and foe-having known these great |
truths, came forth and advocated them boldly, fear
lessy and unconpromisingy .- tGreat applause)-
Opposed by his own friends more than by his enc
mles-seIf interest always counseng him other
wise-but no, he felt that welding this immense
publicity, he owed duty to God and man to pro-
claim these great truths; and my friends, he has
alone fought this great battle in the United
States, whilst democrats, and wings, and christians
have opposed Him. But not party-not se.nerest |
mot preludlee-not caumny-not rdiule-no |
thing could prevent him from spreading upon |
the world The great truths of association (tremen
dous appanse) And | do say that asace should |
tore God, and Jesus Christ and Fourier ,ce should
horace IHc \ He has
done tor US what we never could have done. He |
has created the cause on this continent. He has |
done the work OF century. Well, then, Twill give
1.-The love OF our race above all other loves and
now say, :" ONE CONTINENT AND ONE NAN ~