New-York daily tribune., 1844-09-28
He TRIBU n E.
The Advantage. OF Great Bs:sai'. and
America. 40 i
tcommrnca,cd .or The Tdbuns.l

The Advantage. OF Great Bs;'Hi', am
America. 40 i
lCommunica,ed ot The Tfbuns.l
The Empires of Great Britain ard ain@fica
are, compared with other nations, IN an advanceo
position, to commence gradually, and without
any disorder to the old interests OF socle'y, the
greatest change that has ye: occurred for tie p2r
mancn. benefit of the human race.
Il is unccrtain whether the United States OF
Great Britain will first commence his change, OF
whether the population of bo.h Empires vii.
agree to begin and progress together.
The change is no less than from an 'rallo1a'
rvs;em of al human aji'uf=, base3 0.i iae !..asi
papable notions Of error, to the rational system.
for coduclng the whole business Of life, biseo
or demonsirabe laws ol nature. Ine system o.
error produces and reprodnces continuity eyu
and misery uuGer every change tina, has get hccu
tried the second, or rational syster, VIII make
man ncw or regenerated beng, and ere .ie allo
rether another state oF soc!cly in which Igno
rance, division, wee and missry viii, 2tter two
oy three generations, gradually ceaseand become
in practice unknown.
Bot to efTsc, this Icgolution IN the condition
Of humanity, in peace, w!.h order, without the
conflict ot individuals, cHs.es. sects, parties.
countriss colofs. vii! appear, at fret, iGPossl
bic. TGis apparent mplssl lhiGjy has niJen hco
urged when any gtcat, beneficial change Of mi-
nor Importance has been proposed 10 he into
duccd therefore. the obi. cnon Is not of Inuc'
weight, and can have hole OF no influence wIti
those who have acquired i knowledge 0' Tn
erroneous lrlag i1ary notions on w1ch old soclet,
mas been constructed and of the principles of na
ture on whjci, s.!one rational system Of societ
can be erected. it IS nec.s ssaIy, be!o1e this sua
iect can DC understood, thai the UIa eingry
neous .netions whence the ola system has efltna-
ted, and The laws of nature winch the rdtIOEg
sYstem is 10 be raised should be mace plan T.
every capacity, IN order tnat these errcrs ar
truths may be always present 10 our minds 70
direct Our judgments npoc ali occurrences as the ,
arise. The importance Of beng thorough:
vcrsed and always familiar with these fundainen.
tai errors of the old world and the divine laws ot
ruth on which to found the new or regenerate {
world, cannot be too strongly expressed or TOO
strongly urged upon ali Of every age aud degroe.
Because all that is now essentially necessary g..
effect this ali-to-be desired cneDgc, is that the
population Of the world should abandon the tnft {
fundamental erroneous imseina;iOns Of our eur
iy ancestors, and the necessary practices thence
ensuing, and adopt the three opposite laws %
nature, and Introduce practical arrangements u
accordance with those iaas.
The three errors aris!ng from the crude i.na.
nations nf our early ancestors are,
ist. The suppos,tion tina, we form ours.ly =
individually and IN consequence that we arc
sponsiblc fox The individual qualities of humani;j
which VIC possess.
I'd. That we are 50 formed as to be competenI
to believe or dsbclieve we please, and Ie-
sponsbe for our belicl; and that there is me L.
and dement, in having some peculiar bei;ef AID
opinions.
Sd. That we can love. be indifferent or hate
who and what VIC like, that we are responsible ~
these ieelinga and that we ought to love and haze
accordinG 10 the opinions oi others. While tic
three great fundamental laws of nature arc,
let ,j,tct no individual could form any Of = 8
natural qualities and cannot therefore bo nad
responsible for them.
ID Thrt no individual can believe or dieha
lieve otherwise than according to the convictio,
made on his mind, and these convictions dope
upon evidence which TO one can create or rejer'.
Sd. Chat no individual can love or hate at
pleasure but must love that which is agrecl '1
and dislike that which is disagreeablc 10 hi'",
and there can be no merit or dcme,it IN these nalu
raj and unavoidable instincts.
That which The population Of the world canno.
yet comprehend is, how these three hitherto t.
suspected errors can be the sole cause Of the 81
aud misery Of TIE world, and the three now t.
pareni,y simple truths, when they stall be inup
duccd into practice, should produce new sta
of society IN which there shall be no sin an
misery, but IN which all shall gradually become,
by comparison with tho present, excellent q
happy.
The explanation Of these more than ancit'
miracles or modern discoveries and lrvcnto'.s
shall be explained in The rcxt paper.
ROBERT OWEN
Victoria. Cap. Norsan Sep. 6. 1874