New-York daily tribune., 1846-12-28
Association Discussed No. 10.

pleasant In our last two articles Of this discussion.
starting from the explicit declarations OF The IT'e oil
Dee that the Properly Of 6ssoc1tioa XII b cts;f
IN h1ss RHO shall c0niri5se Tie Capitol 10 Est1ta' 4 and
tha, Labor would b. rewarded by share Of is products
proyed from ihese premises that the drect encsncy
Of Association would 5e. 10 render the resc oi LASD-
LORD and tenant perpetual and universal IN reply.
Tis Tribune szys shat in Association those who iurn!.h
The original capital NoT me rs of ali tne and and
property as you sg2ose This is the exact 7tgars Of
The Trbr.rfs former statement ard ss that mas been
fully examined and as moreover We have no room 10
waste in reconciling Tie Trbnes contradictions or III
demoshng all the novel positions II may choose 10
take we shall pass TO the PRACTICAL WORKING Of As
sociaton with reference to its individual Members and
our aim Til be show that Phslanx would contain
within itself the elements OF dscord without any ade-
dGate countaractDg or haTmoplzlng forcei ind taLi
these would inevitably effect its destruction. In doing
this shall be obliged 10 trace somewhat IN detail the.
course OF daily life in one OF these establishments
The theory Of Association requires that ia prncpie
should be carried into and should shape and 9oTern az
the details Of social life That principle OF community
Of effort is 10 enter into all the enployncnts, and si
the enoyuents the necessities and pleasures Of oal
lie It ia TO be carried into their eating working ana
lvingnto the education Of their children the direchon
of their labor the distribution OF profits and IN snort no
all their relations To begin with. the cooking Tor all oI
them is 10 be done By select number called 'S'Y
and ell est al table. NOW the hTst Iash VIII
be 10 select the cocks Pr whom will il be done ana
suppose some who desire 70 5c cooks arc excluded from
that group VIII they not naturally haze preladlce
against cooking Of their successful HYais ana sup
pose. through their influence or other"lse portion OF
the dIsga the dishes set uciJre taeHl Ilusl
they he forced submit n1sy they set up an opposl
ton party and seek the overthrow oi the obnoxious
cooks IF the latter have an internecne quarrel 81
once II the former we have n tyranny oi INC ex.
trnnest and the most odious character This may seem
a frivolous cause trouble but viii II not be real =
And precisely the same difcue7 will be encountered
in every branch Of domestic life in Association
Look again al the arrangements Tor Labor group
il 10 be ernploTed In gardening: another in piOwIrg
third in wood cutting &c. These oi course, are al
to be distinct Zach man has his proper place in his
.l.a T,rFf ,f hte Fr1NfEg
Now who shall assert ard arrange them And suppose
a number are dissatisfied with the place assigned to
them by whom is the nsttcr 10 he inay decided and
how are the dsa.icctcd to be compelled TO acquesce
What will prevent them from grumbins-rom exciting
dislike In others-frorn persuadng them to grnmole-
and so iermcnting discord and Matching reoeion BE-
side there will be many kinds oflabor less pleasant and
more rcpulsve than others. For instance. bootb6ck-
ing dtch.diggng scavenger work &c are all oonoX'
ious and disgusting labors yet they must be per.
formed None probably will volunteer IN their behalf
for none will regard that their special and proper
sphere But group must be detailed for their perform
ance by whom shall this be done, And suppose the
persons designated avow their preference tor garden
ing rather than cleaning sinks and in the end refuse to
do ,ha, duty Where is the remedy, and by whom.
and in what way, it be enforced Are any
c1aDsiled 10 do soi hnd suppose SOME do oteT,
for high pay TO discharge thesc filthy functions OF
society will not others lock upon them as little
below their level as consen,ns TO do Tor pay whai
nothing would induce hua 70 dot And will they not
gradually though compelled 10 meet with them IN so
cisl intercourse constantly come 10 look down upon
them Gscounenance their familiarity and SO to repu
dse their acquaintance md in the end regard and treat
them ms servilc and degraded VIII not this he the
tura tendency Of hfngs' And does Association provide
any adequate couneracting influence
And now, advance step farther IN this inquisiiion
il an essential feature oil Association that each mans
labor is TO be appraised and set 10 his credit Now,
when all work together by whom and how Is this 10 be
done, And when it is done, how are the awards to be
entorcedi Here may be dozen men in ono group-all
apparently healthy and industrious but among them
must Of course be great disparity in the amount OF
work which they accomplish. This disparity, while
all work al common task s not perceiveo YET II per
iecty clear that il exists. Now, shall be estimated or
not And will it not be accounted hard that one man
should receive less than another, no more industrious
but n little more efficient And il all are rewarded
alike will he who actually earns the most think IT
hard that others should share equally and deprive
him OF his just reward And will he not feel inclined
to relax his eXerons since he makes nothing from their
exccss Now when is considered that all the business
of fe-s the countless diverstes OF daily labor are 10
be brought under this arrangement is II not clear that
the system will become Infinitely complicated and that
the OF discord and collision Will be nuInoeressi
And now let us follow this inquiry still farther. ibt
Tribune tells that the Education OF every child
will be of the most important ends OF Associa
ton and that il will DO the "specs! charge OF Coun-
cillors elected by all the adult members The plan for
educating children proposed by Association Is certainly
worthy of examination. and should be thoroughly un
derstood, before Judgment Of the system is formed
We regret that Tie Tribune is sudiousy vaguc upon
this point well othersbut it says enough 10 ind
cate the general character OF the system proposed The
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child" is TO be under the special charge OF Council
lore chosen by the adult members. To begin Yith,
suppose the edui members are rot unanimous are the
minority submit implicitly 10 the choice oi the ma
orty Ii SO they must Of course surrender their chi!
dren 10 the special charge OF the Councillors, and
thus they may be educated not only in disregard o the
wishes OF their parcnts but IN direct hostility 10 prnc
rlcs which they deem essential II not So may the mi
norty establish another schoolselcct another council
have other teachers and Up opposition schooi
And may they seek 10 convert others to their way o
...i- ,ft,o. AND nNaTl
act thus And will the Association thus be split up
into factions upon this subjectf Nothing of al this
certainly could be allowed as would speedily reestao
sh III. existing Social System upon the ruins OF the
Phslsns The Educational Council must have charge
OF the matter ard must be supreme in H. The children
are all be given into their hands Tor all the purposes
of Education. They te decide who shall be their
teachers and Whist they shall be taught; and their do
rninion will embrace The Tribune says, the tho
rough Education. Physical, Moral and intellectual OF
every child" Now. suppose the adult members
choose Council Of In6des and give them this charge
of the whole matter. The case is supposabe and must
be met There may be parents who would have
scrupes agsust committing the NORA training OF the!r
children TO such Council What are they 10 do are
they TO set up an opposition School! Or must they
teach their children themselves In either case they
abandon the principle OF Association and revert to the
present Social State. 1t Is clear that they must sub
init TO the Council until they overthrow II and then
the opposite party must go through the same process
OF despo,ism struggle for relief and final victory And
here would be the seeds OF thorough snd fatal revolt
sgninst the whole fabric OF Association.
And now to carry this scrutiny into the sphere OF
liScn How will religious worship be arranged in As
socis,;oni Z VIII some mode OF worship be es;ab
nshed by the adult members 10 which all must con
form Clearly such step would Involve the very ox
rernity of State tyranny conscience and would
produce an explosion al once Must, then al be al per
feet liberty conduc: their worship upon such prnc;
pies and in such they See MT. Then, OF
course place OF worship must be provided FOR each
sect that rsy grow up Viii this be done by the Asso
c;a.ou itself WIN the Presbyterian build or sid in
building Catholic chapel W,ll the Methodist assist
in providing place for Mormon worship :-AIEd sup.
pose each does this fer itself clearly then the prin
cipe Of Association ia abandoned and they go back
the present Soci State and that too under isienense
disadvantages For it must De remembered they al
within limited space: they inha5 one house their
places OF worship must be close together probably
der the roof Suppose then the Methodist choose
10 conduct their religious services with loud shoutnss
&c SIS they TO now will not the Untsrians o. the
universal;sis who worship in the next room, be dis
,urbed and feel annoyed and SO in the end become
cry with their neshborsi And beside al this viii moi
he conscientious parents become dstrus;i OF the eject
which modes of worship directly at war with tisir
principles Will have upon ;heir children And viii
they not soon see that when all closely crowded
,,cs,hsr they cannot ESCAPE that influence.