New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-05
DANGEROUS Doctrines .-Fourierism, Agrari-
anism, &c.

DANGEROUS Doctrines !-Fourierism, AErari-
anism, &c.
For the last year or two We have not been per,
-nit.ed in peace to utter single word IN FAVOR u
the Emancipation Of the Laboring Millions fr0In
the wretched lot of Want, Uncertainty Degfaoa
,;on De,n.;, srh;ch the vide world over Is more
~ less n,snfestly their habitual portion That
there are large exceptions is certain Dat 'he gen
eraIEy deplorable condition OF those who having
GO Land or other Property, hive b. mere Manual
Labor unaccompaned by special art or skill oil their
own must be obvious to every rejecting mind And
the ell is one OF that large class which do not tend
20 their own corectior-whcb rather tend TO grow
worse than better At this moment, the want OF
Employment. in our City is fearfuly general thou
sands Of able. willing are yainiy seeking Work
from dag 10 day, or drowning IN drunkenness the
agony of overwhelming despair We could hire
oar work done at half the prices we are paying Tor
It and make clear saving Of 5000 to $1,000 per
aunum Mechanics az well as mere Laborers VIII
ing to work Tor bare subsistence are abundant IN
our City; while with Women the case is still worse
The limited States Gazete-in close imitation OF
the French Princess's wonder that the people
did MT eat bread and vegetables rather than stare
recently wondered why our furnishing seamshess-
"a did not betake themselves TO Homework and
thus secure constant employment good wages and
good living; apparently unconscious that there are
hundreds daily advertising and thousands looking
Tor places az Household Servants without obtaining
them knowledge is daily diffusing itself among
these masses, where Misery so abounds how long
can they coexist7 Does not every day extend and
deepen the consciousness that the Radical evils
affecting Society demand and suggest Radical Re
forms
The recent brief remarks Of Mr. WEBSTER AT
Dinner given by the Wings of the Third District,
Philadelphia Co. have been copied into the Express
and Courier 8. Enquirer without renark-lynx
eyed as are those journals for the detection OF such
Fouriersm' in the columns OF The Tribune. We
republisb therefore, the material portion OF those
remarks and ask for them thoughtful attention
Mr. Webster said;
ave 60 for Labor. The destiny ofthe country is La
Dor Weare all aborng men--we live by labor-by
occupation There country under the light OF the
sun In which there few large estae4-end thank
God, in which there few who have estate
desire condition ofiHgs wheR eacd man shall fet
thar hehGs stake in e community he reSh his ia5oT
hen all shall hare employment and s6eta employment shall
It's proper eGtionior gil would then be hap
py Labor ioiM is entitled 10 'onhin8 than the
pal.rv pririlegs cork all ddy 10 lie dolea might
,leep on sydp and 10 rise IN The morning hungry is
entitled abundant food suitable clothing com Portable
home and 10 erey ample for the education Of The
offspring ~i piich God has farorfd him. With proper
administration OF our airs we can do all this My hope
and prayer to Heaven Is that these results may be go
improved that the great ends earnestly desired
DO accomplished
Not unwarantably do our banket-sheet cotem
poraries groan at the pervasiveness with which |
such Fourieritc views are insinuating them.
selves into the public mind This is but the begin.
ming.
The Journal of Commerce has very inte
gent correspondent in London who collates from
the columns o. The Tones snd comments there.
on as follows. The Times be it remarked is Ina.
bituslly proclaiming such RINK 'Asrarisnisnl as
Is cited below Says the correspondent Of the
Journal
The condition OF The Poor in the North OF Scotland
In far worse thsn the world has hitherto believed |
possible and a of money OF the Consolidation
Fund must be given TO them from positive stsrya
ton Already the thousands and tens Of thousands of
acres Of nonprod9cns land are looked upon with ea
lous eye and the Times OF the 2is Oct boldly deshes
out the truth when it slys Arr millions upon millions
Of Scotch paupers to be thrown upon the Consolidated
Fund Are the hereditary tenants oi the Duke OF Suth
erland 70 be maintained and hundred Ang Irish po.
tentstes to be supported by public works, and fed
on charity wages by the industrious and orderly popu
theme Ii is Unnecessary TO argue against SO absurd, SO
indecent proposal IL will not be done. II will not be
attempted The proposal is only taken an admission
that scIs Fundamental change IN The relations Of The
Scotch and Irish poor he land kieh ,ea aud heir
fathers born, and 10 the CHEFS TO ason sy and their
fathers haze paid tribute IS rspcrdt'res and Instantly
'euired" - The land must be made to produce
ali: can" Nearly half OF Scotland is subjected
TO law (entai) which condemns ;he soil TO barren
ness the TO poverty and the bulk OF the inhsb
tants to degrading destitntion. The whole popu'
now be regarded whole. n csraia constitutional!
seass be resreG BY the Stat. aud granted
ITS proprie:ors, r'rs eEtraaehScd ana conditioned
What an audaoiously, strocously Ambient
world this Of ours is becoming Men are actually
declaring, not here orly but IN aristocratc Britain
not IN obscure groggenes and poverty stricken
alleys, but in tue Editorial columns OF the sblest
and most powerful journal the world hiss ever
Suown-that this business OF LandholdiEs must be
revised-usy, more that the State mus, rs<BRe
and regrant the Soil on new conditions In short
that the title OF individuals vast estates is sub
ordinate and not paramount 10 the Social welbeing
efthe People and that the former must bend TO the
latter Has The Tribune ever transcribed The
Times in the above extracts Disregard all com
nents, and consider what The Tunes says
The Jour CONS correspondent comments
Ioese are the most important words tEst hSNe ap
pesred In ths powerful organ for wears. They have
erosssd an immense sensation among the large landed
prop.esers as well as With the great bulk OF the PEG
pie is Impossible to coolly look on and see millions
saved from starving by the funds taken sway from those
devoted TO the paying the expenses the Executive
while those unhappy persons oueh; and could De
and mast be- employed upon isRas occupied b. deer
Gaa srosSs and which, extent almost Incredible
10 in its primitive virgin condition
Impossible to cooily look is it 50 i, may
seem in Great Britain bat We have those here
who would not merely coolly look on that very
thing, but would readily and vehemently insis, for
sonsderasonl that this process OF fsttening wild
animals and starving human beings was one of
Gods sppoint,aent-a psr. OF the established or,
der of things which none may oppose without in
curing temporal snd spiritual snathemas There are
ut least in this City who viii s,outly maintain
the perfect mossl right OF any msa who has wealth
enough to purchase the most populoas County of
Great Britain eject every inhabitanr, and turn it
Sn into hunting forest or mammoth deerpsrk. II