Litchfield enquirer., 1844-02-29
LETTERS ON INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION
 r AND SOCIAL REFORM. ' l-
SAS ~40EN O0OW0
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LETTER w. H 7tt t' MR. ADAMs-Dear Sir.-In my last letter spoke briefly Of the frst -four cardinals uoranties of the com bined social order of the other six it is my design to treat at this time. The true social system which is now being reduced practical experiment in sev. of the states of ths union secures to persons of every age, sex and cOnditiOn he best moral religious GRd iHteEec tu0 cWlsHre. That civilization has never done this in any district township village of either Od or New England, will be freely admitted by the most zeaIous conservative of the G1c,cne Rsgimc.- While Jew have enjoyed educational advantages,
 hs "suistuds have been left in ignorance and it's ne cessary degradation. Or if mental culture has been sometimes successfully achieved, it has been in a majority ofns,ances at the expense ofphysical de- velopement and the religious sentiment, and there fore at the sacrifice of health and happiness.
 It were but mockery to ask, what are the advan tages for intellectual cultivation among the three millions ot people, who, represented in republican Congress as an integral portion of the population of the United States, have not the first privilege of c
 zenship-the election franchise! It would be equal mockery to enquire for the educational advantages oi the manufacturing population of England, whose only struggle now is for another ounce of bread and another half hour per day for necessary sleep to refresh exhausted nature. It is not necessary that call to your recollection the condition of populous
 Ireland in his behalG nor do my fellow citizens need to be informed that, among the white population of these United States, as well in the far wilderness as in the popuOus cities, thousands and tens of thou sands of immortal beings grow up utterly un,u,ored in literature, science, morals and religion like the savages of the prairies and the wild beasts of the desert.
 But what will every regularly organized socia, Phalanx do for its members in this respect It wl, guaranty to every child of every age, sex and com. pexon, of all ranks and conditions in life any degree of culture which the individual capacity and lncliua tion of each shalt demand.
 It is not merely true that the combined social or. der can do this with perfect convenience but the common wisdom of the phalanx will dictate it, and the common good require it: and, in limited as- sociation like that cf phalanx, occupying a small domain, and single ed6ce, this collective interest will be seen, felt and cherished. ....
 The cultivaor pure morals and rational religion will also feel :he sautary influence the most ausp cious social arrangements in a true Industrial asso citation. It will be possible to make morality not only hab~al but popular. From the nursery and the infant school, ss we'll from the higher academies and industrial groups in agriculture and tho a:ts, the exclusion ot the fragrant mmoraltes of civi lization. can unquessonaby be effected, by the uni ted power fthe wisdom and virtue which will bear rule in the associate order. phalanx ~ill profess the ability of establishing the best of schools; Ice. tures in science literature and art; an excellent Li- brary; small museum of curiosilies in nature and art gallery of painting and sta'uary Lyceum of debate well regulated assemblies and social parties musical concerts, and dramatic exhibitions; and other means ofimprovement and innocent recreation which neither town nor county at present afford;-- Both the young and the old will enjoy means of mental, moral and religious development utterly unknown to any previous organization of human so- ciety.
 Let us compare these advantages with those of ono of tho most prosperous families in the actual condition the present society Perhaps one ofthe sons is bred to learned profe ssion but it would be easy to show that this is done, in majority of ;nstances on principles false to nature, that the objects of lbe ral education are mostly or wholly countervncd. The boy is transferred abruptly from ,he isrm the workshop to the academy college ; and, whereas formerly his whole time had been con stunned in unintermi,ted io. now the mind alone is exercised. while the physical frame is either abu- sed by psmpered indulgence, or wholly destroy ed by !apsing into desuetude of its functional ganic powers. In this way both the mind and the body rendered forever useless to the duties of ] mortal life. The other sons of the family are con- fined to the farm or the workshop, on the principle that the student before named will possess sufficient knowledge for the whole :-or, peradventure, one of them will become disgusted with monotoDous and lonely toi refuee to labor and become loafer and vagabond. Ofthe daughters one is sen. to a board ing school to leam the fashions and ways the world in order that she act as the heroine of the family
 She there orgets to love and respect industry, and comes home 10 set an example of dleness and ex- travagance to her ignorant and admiring sisters There ought to be surprise fl her father, being an honest and industrious farmer, should call one of his horses dusity and the other muslin, when he drives them to market with load of grain, the finest of his wheat, to pay for her useless fnsry! The whole of this family thus become the victims and the fools of system of education which neither reasCn religion nor common sense can approve. ..- .. , Sixihly -The New Social Order will secure to every man the most perfect religious liberty. Not only is this liberty in matters of religion secured to all, by constitutional compact but the prcprety and necessity of toeratng individual faith and priva con science, will be clearly seen and roughly felt by body of christians who have united their general for tunes for the common good. with the express pro vision that every one shall enioy and exercise his own faith in his way. provided he does not dis tuFb the public peace nor violate the public morality