Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-08-04
Correspondence of the Telegra
WISCONSIN PHALANX.

been all advocate for the progress or i'm
pTovement OF man, and friendly to the cause.
Of industrial association it may not be a.
miss 10 inform yonr readers, (many of whom
were once our neighbors and friends or en-.
em.es) Of our success IL the important I'M
dCriaking which we have commences. -
We cfier hear reports which arc floating
nper the surface Of society Tint we are bro
ken up, scattered, dlsbandcd &c. or that we
are set of knaveS and scoundrels striving
to get rich by deyouring each others sub
stance, or that we are poor half starved
set Of fanatics ignorant of our own object;
these stories often afford us hearty laugh
at the expense OF those who believe them
for those who circulate them frequently
know better, for they often belong to one
Of the above descriptions, as any person
may easily know by enquiry. 1t is not my
object to iefute through the press such l.
die reports but only TO occasionally inform
our friends OF our real condition. Two
years ago now, we were about two months
in operations; we then had about 50 m ,m-
bers we now have about 200 and could have
1900 i! we had been ready TO receive them.
Only one family who were ever friends aud
advocates Of association have left us since
here and they left only TO engage in the or.
ganlzaton Of another association in which
they are now englged. We had then
bought SO acres Of land we now own over
100 acres, we had then about 10 acres
plowed, we now have 700 acres Of tillage,
we had then no fence we have now over 10
miles Of good fence, we had then no dwell
lings but lived in tents, VIC have now com
Portable apartments for 30 families, we hid
then no Buildings, we have now a saw mill,
n stone school house, stone black smith
shop with fires, and grist mill nearly fin
lshed, cook-room, dining rooms and many
other out houses built at much expense in
labor &c. These Improvements have been
made by The members and not by hired la
bour for we believe that the system of hired
labor is sysen Of slavery which needs a.
bolshng as we'll az the perpetual servitude
or slavery Of blacks in the southern states
yet necessity often compels us TO adopt to
limited extent tbs system which we own
and acknowledge TO be wrong and injurious
in lis operations if not wicked in principle,
which we know would be entirely unneccs-
sary under our proposed Organization of So
ciety when complete IN its adoption. !
believe the principle equally wrong and de-
grading to human nature whether we sell
ourselves OF are sold by those whom might
has given the right to sell US and whether
sold for month or year, or for 10 years
or during life; 10 be sure we have right 10
break the contract and so has the slave if
he can cvade the lar made to protect soci>
sy-pardon my DEPRESSION from my sub
Ject for my mind is full of The present and
prospective condition of humanity-the
hope Of bright inluIe ohen sheds CLEAN
of light on The dark present and my soul
leaps with JOY. To return. We had Il.
bout $4,000 capital then, we have about
$50, 1000 now entirely unencumbcred with
debts, we had srong bonds Of uuion and CO.
Grafton then,we have ten times stronger now,
we had no quarres then, we have had none
since, we had TO buy all our provis ons then,
we raise most Of them now, we had no
school then. we have two now, We had no
Post office or or plpers here then, we have
an office now yielding to The department
moro than 500, a year, and we receive
over 80 periodicals weekly, we were then
some Is miles from place TO vote and do
town business cur town is now organized 6
IN les square including with us few fami-
lies scattered over The large praries that
surround us What think you, have the
town officers to do in town composed Of
assocIanoniSs? Oar c,;zcns of Cercsco
have never ,ot been blessed with that high
manifestation OF civilization a CIVIL QUAR-
REL called lawsuit. Our Justices, have TO
acknowledge deeds o! ownership and con-
veyance to paris and parcels of Gods Elrh
S'rcn by hun tn man and stolen by govern
mcnt and sold TO A., tt the exclusion of b
and 10 administer 0alhs.a useless and absurd
ceremony attcaeI TO the duties of civil of.
trcis aud 10 the testimony Of witnesses and
Jurors IN cours of law, and 10 lcual.Ze the
mlniigc bonds, the most innocent and USE
tui pat of their dates, aud our cons,ables.
arc they not 20 be p;tied, their summonses
arc 10 IN, + daily avocat ons Of labor, their
m2as' nm 10 games orSport and meinment
AMI the Trials are Tor skill aad in las,rN or
exercise Ill music and dancing. Our
collector he h1s 10 collect I'll S year t4 the
tOwn tire enormous sum of $40 that Is all.
here we erred list year, we should
"sV ""uey us any 'uWnS, we raised SiOc,
most Of which is now in the treasury unused
aad like 10 be for ought can see. Oar
members are happy and conenied uniyer-
Sly acknowledging that they enjoy life
better than ever before and asking only to
be lot alone a few years to be able TO exhib-
IT the contrast between association and clyi. !
lz1ton,u then we exhibit better and more
comf'rlable manner Of living than the best
nj our citizens now enjoy and freed from all /
or grelt part of the wees and msorcs of
cy'izluon. let all who can live in the PET
feet law of liberty and in harmony with God /
IN harmony with man, in harmony with ma |
tu'e, embrace the system practically and
lend helping hand in the cause of human. |
NY and part cipate in the great peacefu, and !
and bloodleSs reiormat;on which is about 10 /
dawn upon tho family Of man; and then let
those who can live only by ''devouring wild. /
ows houses by feasting upon The stolen pro-
ducts Of the iaboring classes who have no /
time 10 think but only time 10 work for
means TO be Etched from them-who live |
only by ldlensss, extravngance and fraud, .
let such flee, not to the military lac for