New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-15
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We recently took occasion, IN reply 10 the Utica
Gazette. TO quote FROM Fonblanque paragraph IL
lasua,ing The relative efficacy OF the two Antagonist
plans OF Reform-viz: tina, which seeks 10 operate
by the reformation Of individuals separately, and
,ha. which would win them to good by sbolishing
or removing the influences which now allure or
impe them 10 evil To ;ais the Gazette sma-,ly re.
plies:
Thounes remedies 70. the evils which stec, hun ,ny,-
Different courses Of treatment will be expected from those
who see little difference between and brues. The
true courSe depends upon tie fact whether M-n u
nature"
We beg leave TO assure the Editor Of the Gazette
that we were never gully Of the Jack Of dscTimna-
lion he attributes to Us, though the logic We were
then plating and refutiog wss OF character
10 .endc. s1ch mistake excosabIe if not positively
natural. What we wished 10 show " as Ire con-
peralive inuiili,y OF continually exno'Hns nen ~
be good without endeavoring 10 remove from 'hei'
paths single auremept 10 EVIL. Lead us h'1 mo
,e,,o,a,ion does the Gazette contend that socn
praver is proper only FOR monkeys, no; men!-
our fundamental position implies that mere exhort'
a,;oo 10 refrain from drunkenness egdness theft
murder. &c will never abolish those evila; while
the occurring to each individual Of thorough mental,
moral and physical training from birth 10 maturity.
with unfaling opportunity 10 labor efficiently and
receive the fall reward Of such labor would go very
far 10 effect the desired transformation. To illus
trste we think the introduction Of the Croton Wa
ter into our City has done more TO promote cleenli'
ness and health among our people Than if we had
let the water rs in in the river and hired instead
l. a y,,,a
daily harangue on The advantages OF purity and ire
quen, ablution We don, object 10 the preaching
surely no,-but insist that the first effort should
be TO render spending practice morally as well
as physically possible. And while we see growing
up all around US thousands plainly predes,ined 10
Ignorance. Want, Evil Habits, Bad Examples, and
thence almos, inevitably to Vice and Crime, we do
feel inlenlly that the primary exer.ions OF the Phi
lan,hropist and the Christian should be directed to
the securing 10 all these Of circumstances more IA
vorablc to selfdevelopment and moral rcc,ude.
Bot the Buffalo Commercial has seen lit to copy
the passage from Fonblanque aud say it
copied into The Tribune TO illustrate some CT the
peculiar notions Of that paper Most readers we apprc-
hend will be ap, consider biting satire OIL the Four
eris and iranceudenta acraranism so earnestly aHVo-
Gated by Tho Tribune If Mr. BAissAsts notions OF par
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red out the humans, AFRAID, viii Initiate the
monkeys and found dipping into their neshbori pans
Placing the farther apart as Fonolanque suggests is
the more rational scheme OF REFORM.
My philanthropc friend do you happen not TO
know tina, great proportion Of the humans Of
Buffalo as well as Of New York and all other cities,
are slowed away grea; deal more compactly Than
Fourier or Brisbane ever recommended Have
you ever considered how many and what kind Of
apartments are the usual allowance OF Buffalo day
aborer with bis wife and TWO or three 10 six or
eight children Have you ever considered what
relation The wages Of com mon laborer in your
City bear TO such dwelling with ouch food and
clothing as you would consider comfortable for your
own family Perhaps if you were now dependent
on the four to six dollars per week which not many
years ago was our sole resource for livelihood,
and had family to supper, out Of that. you would
not consider Bfisbanes parallelogrsms and pha-
aoxes tho transcendentai agrarianisrn of allow
ing each man who needsi, to occupy small tract Of
the Public Land, so rery absurd after all.