New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-04
THE TRIBUNE.
Association ENplOhed.'

THO cogr,cr announces for the second time that
h. Ohio Phalanx has broken dO~n-ho" uUly
49, know not aud its heart is rciolccd by assurance
so., the Pittsburgh Gazette that the Trumbuii
Comfy Phaianx another attempt to realize Indus
MA. Association in Ohio is so burthened with debt
,..,ol, incurred for it, land lhat II will soon be
,oso4ilcd to break up. All TINS may be true, though
49, doub, IT, WhcrcupOn the Courier proceeds 10
,s,.ind is readers that the Sylvana,' Pa and
.Oeano Mon ex perncnis have failed, and thence
.cc,lize-. Ia Courier, ON the absurdiiy and impos
a H;,, Of Association. This sort of 0rgumeHt was
.,r,,,t. a little over two centuries back, with res
asct 10 The Colonization of what now the United
safes; and forty years ago with regard TO The
.ea,oboat |, did not daunl the Pilgrim Fathers
=, siife the genius of Fulton; we hear not lis
vpimph now.
As the Courier never hears OF any attempt al As
sraton unless il is reported TO be in trouble we
nav be allowed to inform il that there at this mo
zen, at least thirty such attempts in progress, il
sjse different States from Massachusetts to Wiscon
a. and there are doubtless others OF which we have
Acknowledge Not one of them is or ever has teen
commenced under circumstances which have in
Saced or could induce scientific Associationist to
predici it, success. except as a bare possibility
Every one within our knowledge has commenced
without 1.-THE of the means necessary to ensure
success, wanting almost every thing, and weighed
down with a heavy mortgage on the land IT occu-
pies. We believe there has been no single instance
ofhlurc which would not have been avericd ifthc
enterprise could have been commenced on decent
piece Of land, paid for. Yet it has all along been
unclaimed by the advocates of the system that a
capital Of 100000 is indispensable TO ensure sue
cess and that commandments with little or nothing
can only succeed through combination OF energy,
capacty. fitness, endurance and good fortune, which
can very rarely be realized and must not be counted
on. Every beginning has been made in the face OF
such declarations, hundred times repeated.
The Courier winds up as follows:
ave trust the failures which have already occurred
viii prove sufficient open the eyes OF all TO the uity
of scheme. That the leaders of the project. who
have invested whatever OF capital reputation charac
they possessed in ii. should give II over is scarcely
Is yet 10 be expected. They VIII doubtless charge the
unouosoncd failures that have occurred 70 accident or
defective arrangements but the number OF their dupcs
must daily decrease with each successive explosion; and
men viii gradually but surely become convinced That
mon industry honesty and economy ana not upon any
new mechanical arrangements must they depend Tor
success in life.
The French Princess, who, in time of famine,
wondered why people rould siarvc, declaring that
she would eat plain beef or even bread, rather than
siaryc, was not up To this touch OF the Courier.
Why right here in this City OF New-York to-day,
there are many thousands oihuman beings, anxious,
eager for work on any terms which will yield them n
bare subsistence, and unable to find it, Many thou
sands more are hard at work from morning TO mid
night, for wages which barely keep the breath OF
life in them and their helpless childroa. There are
scymany families of six TO eish pcrsos of whom all
thai are able work faithfully whenever they can get
work. whose entire weekly income IS less than three
dollars on the average, out of which they must pay
Ciy and City prices for their food clothing and
medicine. Man. if YOU have no heart, have AT least
sufficient respect for others feelings not to heap in
insult on human misery by your cant about industry
and economy Give the poor real Education
work TO do and fair wages for doing ii-SecHre these
10 all who need theni-and you will have done just
whailhe Associaiionsls arduously struggling for
under the fire OF your deadly cnmty and incessani
miscpp sensations. Ifyou know or can devise any
better way than theirs OF securing the great end they
aim a,--opportuniiy and just rccompcase TO all
Just go 10 work and promote ii in your own way
hey viii not oppose malign You ior differing
from them, but bid you God speed. But if you will
DO nothing to remove the mass OF Human misery
which Want Of Employment and OF just Reward
occasion YOU ought at least not TO hinder those who
aFc trying to do something, in the best WAY they
know nor should you insult the misior,unes OF the
destitute by commencing TO them that industry
Which they have no opportunity to practice.