New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-12
THE TRlBU n X
GA. Brownson's Address n nsiddle:own,
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Correspondence Of The Tribune.

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FRIEND GsssLxY-Ailow Inc 10 congratulate
-ou on your fortunate departure from this the
confer of tie land Of steady habits this morning.
Had you remained (as hoped you would throngh
,,e day and eYcning, l am rot sure that there
1vopld have been any Of you left TO have return
.a-ce.tairly if words could have annhated you
there would not have been. TO explain: o. A.
Rvow,soN, in his Address before the Mystical
Seven, at the Baptist Church this evening, came
ont violently sg inst Fourcrsm, Fonriefiles, and
I'll proposed plans for Social Organization, and
bat too. alter admitting all the evils of The pre-
gent Social Order, aa shown by Fourier. he SAID
that he did not mean to attempt, and could not
to his satisfaction answer the question: How
are the evlis existing in the present state of So
s,,r 10 be remediedl' l'-but to show the insult
clency Of the popular humbugs Of thc day to ac-
.,mnl,,h this end. so much to Be desired. In
order 10 do this there was not time, nor was it
,sesssarv to enter into lis details, as we had heard
i, explained the evening previous (referring TO
your Address,. The error ey IN the assumption
with which they started, that Man wac perfec,
beinq. or. TO use his own words, that Human Ma
turs Is essentially good the Fundamental prin-
ciple of Fouretism. Another error was tho idea
held out that Man ought to be rich and live III
Injury. THIS was great error |; the poor man
WAS better off than the rich one voluntary power
tv WAS better than great riches, because it Is said
'B, ssed arc the poor, but nowhere Blessed arc
the rich' He said it was claimed by Fourcrites
that Man ought to steal-that The disposition ,naS
good one.' tie said no plan that broke loose
from old institutions could be cDrrect--that IT was
unnatural. We are the children of the Past
that the Past YVES our mother, whom must
honor and obey-that it is one Of The errors OF the
csy 10 disregard apd to encourage the disregard
of parental authority. Ihe situation oi mankind,
lie said, was the result of the Providence OF God,
from which we must not break loose-that the
Fourieri,.s held that Man could RAISE himself
ArchiDides, too, he said. demonstrated that, give
him a point out from the world al he would
move the world--ihe point was wanting. So the
perfect n.'ure.
Foi h. he said, was dying cut ofthe world. The
gooo old DAYS when MANKIND believed i'll / aries,
Ho,gobns and Devils. were gone by. There
il want of Faith III Religion and III Priests.
The P.icst cannct IoT, as IN times past, make
the rich did Sinner, whose gains had been pluck
ed from the widow and the faIhercss, dsgorge
his i.gosren gains. He regretted that cxco,n-
inunlrsiian had lost It's terrurs. When this oow
or was in the Church many of the evils which we
now suffer were prevented. He wound up by
conluding that it was not best TO break loose
from existing irstltutlons-that We should reve-
renee them, &c.
believe the above does not misrepresent him.
All the pathetic parts of his discourse were spo-
ken 81 low that l coubt if the gentlemen vino
Sat directly under his nose heard him. | GER
tainly did not and may have misunderstood him.
He spoke without notes, and in a familiar man.
ner. confess myself a convert to the glorious
plan Of Fourier, believe the only one III this
place All know, however, of this system, is
what have cleaned from yeur paper; but it ap-
pears to me that either MIR. Brownson or myself
have got wrong idea of the proposed pan-if
understand it Alright 1t does not propose either to
make Man rich, or have him live IN luxury.
But to place him in a comfortable situation dc.
pendent upon his own e1eriions 1t is true, but
able by fewer hours work, and those few made
much lighter and pleasanter (but still labor) 10
maintain him in easy situation enjoying the
comforts of life, which, allow. compared with
the condition of the mass OF mankind, would be
luxury; TO afford him the means OF developing his
mental faculties and OF turning them to the best
account, furnishing to all the privileges of this
kind now enjoyed by bat very few. This, it
seems to me, is leveling up Mir. Brownsons
plan of all being poor is the reverse of this.
have nowhere seen it claimed by Fouricrites that
Man is perfect being, but only that every thing
OF God is good-that those passions inst now
produce so much discord, ii directed Alright and
as they were intended, would produce good. l
do not doubt but that they now and always have
produced indirect good. Nor is Fouriersm an
indication that Faith is dying out of the world,
nor Go believe it Is; but only bigotry and super.
sti;iun, which no one ought to regret Does the
fact that men are enqurlng how they shall love
God with all their hearts and their ncighbor as
themselves, Indicate that either Faith or Religion
is lessening in the world and vet this is the
foundation OF Fourierism. Mir. B. seems to re
gret the loss Of the pristine power Of the Church
oil Rome, end certainly hnted that we should
Jock to The Church for remedy Tor our social
ills. But l have already written more than
can expect you to read. In conclus!on. must
AJAX if II is not weak argument in favor of our
present organization of Society, that ii is as good
hs we can have. because it is old Might we
not say the same of the hook with which the
Romans plowed Mr.. 3. spoke without notes
10 large and attentive audience, and made,
6oubt not deep impression on the minds OF
menNunfavorsbe to the great and noble work OF
Social r, form. The idea that because q thing
is old 1t ,s good, is very popular in this vicinity
Many of our Farmers till their farms in parl;
cuar way. and vote for whatever is called the
Democratic ticket because their grandfa,hers
did, and they were certainly old enough 10 know
Respectfully yours, c. d. L.
A DARK Srov.-ino following Counties cor.
tieuous territory, and situated in the North East
ern part of North Carolina, show proportion o.
about FIVE Loco Foco voters TO one Whg W.
annex their votes Tor Governor at the recent cleo
ton. and the number Of white persons, male ant
female, over twenty years OF age who canno
read aud write, (according to the census of 1870.
The total white population Of these Counties Wal
in ls40, 29.237:
Whites over 20
WhJ cunno, reat
Loco. Whix. nnt write
Edsecombe .............i..,9 Is I.5.s
Wayne ................. SO 30 l.I35
rankin ................ IiJ S5l IsS
NarTeu. 40 la tU
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