New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-18
The Observer on .Fourieri.m.,

we WOuiu ELdOIy oS excused lfOD IerLOeF expo
sures Of The spirit which enimsies the 'New-Yorl
Observer in its attacks on Fourierism and its Or
gan bu, Truth and Justice require TO persis,-
We shall reply as briefly as possible to the article
in this weeks Observer yet ell know that cal
jimmy may be asserted or insnusted in three
lines which could not be answered i; deserves tt
be In less than three columns. The writer who un
scrupuousy addresses himself TO the task OF assail
ing new system or sect which is little known ana
generally dsliked and who claims the rgnt 70 quo'e
from al the writings Of the friends OF tns' sys'e
or acc, whatever will subserve bis purpose c"ns
1t as universal End authoritative doctrine Oh Ips A'
..;ed csn never fail 10 make out bis case after q
fashion And in this instance If it better suited Inc
Observers purpose to charge that tnose II cehs
Fonrierists were the open advocates OF unresu1c'-
ad Rane and Murder, we have 10 doubt /! couio
copur, I'D evidence folly satisfactory to majority
If II. readers Jus, look now at the quotations with
which the Observer opens
The hareu IL the tomb of love This beautiful pas
sion can only exit where there Is beriyoerty OF tne
soul and the body."-Bri,bane A'soeaa'ion p 3oi.
"Itpsy slu1os, be said the isolated household IL me
tomb Of oye.r-Bri,bcnes E1poshion, ps
On this the Observer comments:
ton Why IL 1t there Simply 6eeause some Of these
Fouyives are 20 Unfortunate haoe been Legally mar
yied before they became Fon,t and It Will hardly 90
for denounce the household az quite, but only
almost no destitute of love the hsre The household
10 aimoat the tomb OF love" This beautiful passion
can only exst whsre there IL liberty Of The body Such
10 Rourierism."
Now, honest reader OF whatever faith or sect, we
ask you to peruse carefully eUery uord which is said
on he subject of Marriage in the passage Of Brs-
banes Exposition (psge 81 from which the OBJ
servers quotation is made. 1t is part OF the chap
ter on "IndividuaI Property-Marriage and Family
Ties-Religion y and having FIRST stated and shown
that Association will maintain Individual Pro-
perry" Mr. Brisbane proceeds:
I'D Associat,H ,oii maintain The Fdniy and McrTidSe
Ties for they exist 10 the moral Nature Of man, and
any system which would destroy them 5eTsJa an ut
ter Ignorance Of bis nature and true social principles
Those res now often outraged and broken oy Earring
dscords by ouarrelsome ignorance monotonv tyranny
duukenness and other vlces inherent in the present
system of Society bu, Association will correct these
evils and give the Family Unisn purity, elevation
and harmony, which II now rarely possesses
We condemn the system OF Isolated Households, out
not Marriage which institution separate and distinct
from present domestic arrangement People 'up-
pose that marriage tie could not be maintained In
Association md would be dissolved II were not CON
fned the Isolated bousehold-thnt Is II each family
did not live 10 a separate house by set This ha gu
peIncla error 90 we not eau Ii'o AZ
tents cosgos boarding houses or palaces without the
marriage tIe being dissolved why then can no. exist
10 Association
some Reformers have attacked Marriage, and astri-
buted Il from mistake :ho numerous evils eDgendereo
nv the system of isolated househc3s They have been
guilty OF great error and have been frustrated ey II In
all their efforts at reform So far from Msrrsge being
the cause of those evils II 10 itse degraded and con-
arnnated BY the system of Isolated househodr and 70
such that il may almost be said, the isoeo
household s tho tomb OF Love II will be reserved TOT
Association with It's riches It's complete moral anc In
,eectua development, Of beings the enjoyment OF the
arts and sciences and s freedom from monotony ADD
petty domestic and anxices TO refine ana elevate
Marriage. The isolated household produces disagree
ments euKerdS-s antpathes, and deadens all en-
thusiastn.
We arc well aware that great defects TO be found
u the family and marriage Ties. rs they now ex'st Inc
former leads general rule the most contracted and
repusive aud the latter 10 IN the most OF cases
mere worldly, sensual connection But tfen we 90
no: wish destroy but TO preserve and elevate lae1
for we feel absolutely certain that the parent VII. a.
WAY, oye the child aud tho child tho parent and that To-
teectua love will invariably lead to CHASTITY and hcel
ty"
There, reader; you have every word contained
in the article on Marriage" in Brisbane'e Expos
ton from which the Observer quotes and on which
1, comments as above. Read II carefully once more
and compare it with the Observers paragraph con-
corning ii, Then say, il you know what integrity
il, whether tina, journal has not been guilty OF the
most deliberate rascality. We wish to use none
other than mild language, but We cannot suppress
the truth when Its assertion is necessary to charac
terize q fraud 30 cruel SO wsnton deadly In its
consequ ences on Human Happiness and Social In
provement. Consider how often and how eagerly
poor clerk lie snapped up and sent TO the State
Prison for using check or signature for some pur-
pose not contemplated by the author, and say
whether any man ever deserved the penalties Of
forgery if this Observer man does not
The Observer proceeds to say that we are " re-
duced 10 the miserable necessity of impugning the
motives Of those who oppose" US. MotivesF No,
Sir We cow c,ed YOU in the outset OF distinct
naked palpable un,ruth in promising that you did
not accuse the Fourerites personally of lcentious
appetes and cravings, and in that very same arti-
cle-forgeting what you had said-preceeding TO
make that identical charge which You had 30 en-
phatcnlly disavowed and making it in the broadcast
and biueres, terms. Twice we have quoted your.
contradictory assertions and dared you TO reconcile
them or impesch the fairness of our quotations and
deductions. You have not ventured to do either.
You tacitly admit the truth OF our charge. Why
talk then of motives7' Let them be inferred from
your acts. But hear again:
1.-THE Tribune ISLANDERS its party when It attributes
the demonstrations OF Fouriersm To political hostility Is
rour.ersm Of the doctrines Of the Wing partyg And
II not, how he be charged with political designs who
denounces inndelity, righteousness and stupidity ?"
Now see what il was that we did charge on the
Observer, and how much 1t resembles wha, /, here
puts in stead of it. We quote the whole viz
One word now the real Of this attack from
Observer The Editor OF thai VINO writes thcss
articles well known Loco Foco, who Is intent on Grip
ping the influence OF The Tribune But in addition Il
this Observer has been plainly recreani 20 It's duty
on the subject Of War; Morsi Reform Slavery &c that IL
conductors evidently III 81 and feel rsouSed CON
science strcken Inundated They DO not venture &c
attack Evangelist Vermont Chronicle and other jour
nss their class which have done their duty In hs
premises knowing we'll that his would but deepen thel
condemnation bur they turn upon The Tribune on
:his understood subject of Fourieru. with some hope
OF grst flying their and Strengthening tneil
position with the Orthodox public This Is the s1pAna-
usn OF the fersy. Dsils Tribune. ia pTsi
Is here any thing implying that Fourierism il
lone of the doctrines Of the Whig party = Did
we no, expressly say that Gripping the influence
of TIE I'ribuas' is the object Of the Loco Foco
who edits the Observer. and this not because OF its
Politics Ia any general sense, bat because Of it,