Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-03-19

'.o"t eouiu oe secured 10 all, ana thus the
fundamental and most importan; Right of
| Man,whlch as yet has never been possess
ed, nor even recognized in theory by poll
liclans and statesmen, the RIGHT OF
LABOR or of constant Employment, will
be guaranteed to every person without ex-
cep lon-and the possession of this right,
together with just division Of profits, will
secure to every individual the first of wants
abundance and pecuniary Independence
The division of profits among different:
branches of Industry and individuals will
be governed by rules OF strict justice, and
based upon mathematical laws Of equity,
which Fourier has discovered and explain
ed.
The different branches Of Industry will,
with some few exceptions, be prosecuted
By Groups or companies OF persons, com.
posed OF individuals having a taste Tor the
particular occupation in which they engage,
and not by isolated or single Individuals
Lonesome ield-work, and monotonous sol-
tary occupations in manufactures ard
workshops will no longer be pursued; eve
rywhere Industry will be prosecuted by
groups of persons, animated by emulation
and the cheeriulness Of friendly relations,
and united in works Of common and mutual
interest. Labor will be varied by chang
ing from occupation to occupation, and
from physical 10 intellectual employment.
These changes of occupation and company
should take place at least three or four
times day, so as to exercise all parts Of
the body, and all the faculties Of the mind
The Association will provide the best
schools which will be open 10 all the child
rem without exception, so that equal oppor
tunnies Of education, or Of moral and phys
ical Development and Of cultivation and
improvement, will be extended TO all; the
education which children would receive 10
these schools would be thorough and COM
plete and fit them for the practical and sci
entifc pursuits Of life and varied social in
tercourse. Unity in manners, in habits,
in language, &c and general refinement
would be among the important results Of
the educational system Of Association, and
would be the means Of promoting free
and friendly intercourse between all the
members, and of removing the difference
| that now exists between castles and classes.
The education which children now re-
ceive, does not deserve the name of educa-
ticn. Those Of the poor grow up in igno-
renee. TO become the drudges Of labor, the
hirelings Of the favored few who possess
fortune, or business talent or tact; while
the children Of the rich, without any COM
ple,e moral and intellectual development,
without love and knowledge of the pur-
of hrto nd Sniopco ,ko h,rb
aims Of life, frequently give themselves up
to gambling, drinking and other perncious
or trivial occupations to satisfy that intel
lectual activity which is inherent in every
human mind, and which must be gratifed
in some way or other. A majority Of
them turn out mere blanks, and many gam
blers, drunkards, outcasts and criminals
blighling the hopes and antlcpations of
those who gave them birth, and curse to
themselves and TO society around them.
If then the advantages which we have
here briefly enumerated, will be gained by
living in Association, would il not be more
natural for three hundred families 10 unite
their means and form an Association, than
to live separately and isolaedly as they
now do? Would it no; be better for them
to cultivate one large and beautiful Domain,
with its perfect distribution and tasteful
and economical arrangements, than three
hundred irregular little farms? Would i,
not be better to have the ad antage of la
bor-saving machinery upon a large scale
which could be introduced into an Associ-
alton, than TO be reduced to the mere labor
Of the hands, with limited and imperfect
implements of Industry! Would it not be
better to have great variety and choice
of pursuits in Industry and Art and Sci
ence, prosecuted with friends and agreeable
companions, than to labor constantly and
alone at one occupation, or with compan-
ions with whom there are no sympalhies
of affection nor ties Of interest? Would it
not be better 10 possess the vast economies
of \ ssoclatloR-economles secured in eve
rv department Of Iife-than TO be subjected
10 the constant waste and useless expendi.
ture Of single households! Would it not
be better to live in an elegant, commodi
Gus and healthy + lifce, reple;c with eve
ry-thing convenient, useful and agreeable,
among friends Of congenial tastes and feel
ingS, and with the free choice and enjoy
nent of varied social relations, than 10 live
isclatedIy in separate houses, in which for
the most part there are neither healthy nor
comfortable arrangements, and often soil
tude, ideness ard discord! Would II moi
be better to be surrounded with The works
Of Art and Science, with every opportunity
for cultivation and refinement, than 10 be
confined 10 the dull monotony. and TO the
imperfect means of education of the iSola-
ted household! Would not this association,
this union Of interests and pursuits, this
concert OF action and Efforts for mutual vel
fare and happiness, entered into by three
hundred families, be more wise and Judi
cious, more natural and neighborly, more
christian and social, than the present dis
association and separation of interests, the
conflict OF action and efforts and the oppo-
sltion and anfagonism, which new SO uni
versally exist, and which are so ruinous to
human happiness and welfare? We think
so; and il people can associate for the pur-
pose of building railroads or canals, estab-
fishing banks and other joint-stoch comPa-
MES, can they not apply the principle Of