New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-09-01


y and unparalleled Facilities for Intellectual SC
cial Moral and Religions culture and advancement
Has not so much. al least been demonstrated by
the example OF the Moravians. Shakers, Rappi,es
&c! Admit the radical faults or detects OF these
several organizations yet do they teach Us nothing
Can We derive no encouragement rom ihel. his'or
Tor our City's thousands born 70 u ant and early
trained TO Sin Thank Heaven they give Us
promise OF g good time coming when such cens
as our Five Points or Hook shall no where De found
and when destitute Women shsA nc longer LABOR
constantly Tor FIVE cents day and often wait long
FOR an opportunity 70 90 that.
Nor. leaving out OF the account altogether F our
iers theory OF Passional Attraction whereby II IS
affirmed that Man viii DO his part OF The work to be
done earth as freely and gladly as the Bee, the
Bird. the Bearer il be is but placed n ms tue and
just relation TO the Earth. the Elements and his
Race, We regard SIS at al visonar! or uniHi-
portant the idea OF making al Useful Labor Al
rEAcTIvE By investing it with every inviting attn
butte and rendering i, The chief avenue 10 ENJOY
nents and Honors which have hitherto been the
rewards mainly OF human slaughter and other 20
cations which dituse anguish and desoation instead
OF comfort and happiness. Although the sanguine
aaticipstions OF Fourier and his admirers may NOT
be wholly realized in this respect we areconvnced
by observation and reflection that the idea OF rem
dering Labor Attractive is one OF immense bench
cence, and needs bp; TO be patiently prosecuted
TO lead 10 vastly beugnant results. Thousands
have wasted their youth in Incidence and stupidity
and been given up by parents and friends as incu
rably good for nothing until at last the right voca
ton presented itself the electric shock given
and thenceorth their lives evinced genius. aspra
ton. and untiring industry. The early years OF
these would not have been wasted--as we appre-
bend the whole lives OF millions have been-in such
Social Organization as we deem most desirable
But saws the Courier. you will have Selfish
ness in Association as well out OF it. In one
sense this is true in a most important one il is
not If we can train up q generation 10 delight in
Useful Labor and TO find therein at once Alum
dance and the highest Honors why shall they
coveti Whereof shall they be selfish But we
only claim here that the individual will be placed
| in condition where he shall not be tempted to
trespass on the rights OF others 10 satisfy any egit
! innate wants oil his own being Admit thar the
essential evil OF Human Nature is appalling yet do
we not see it clearly modified by Civilization, by
| Education by the general influence of Christianity
apart from that exerted over souls in which it
has done its perfect work We VIII readily
agree with the Courier that no mere Social adjust
ment however perfect and advantageous viii ban
ish essential or even actual Eyilirom earth But
is it not abundantly demonstrated that the latter
may be greatly modified and diminished Human
! Nature is the same IN Vermont and New Holland,
IN Scotland and China IN Bleeckerst and Anthony,
! but how vastly diverse its manifestations. Even
the Courier asserts the great influence OF circum-
stances. for it says;
The closer together you bring men, the do
they become. The state OF morals in ces compared
with the country affords nj proof and illustration OF
| this Crime impurty, poverty and suffering increase
with the increase OF crowded population; and in
ratio ,han proporuonate TO the increase o. num-
/ bers.
So far as this means to assert that certain wees,
or all vices increase with the facilities for their
commission lother things being equal, we agree to
it most heartily. But that the actual morality OF
Cities is SO much worse than that OF the Country
we are not sure The walks of vice are different
perhaps more open and fragrant in City than in
Country. but each Is eminent in some vices and
some virtues That a cro,cded population is most
uniavorable to virtue we also agree TO; il IS one OF
the evils We hope to remove. VIII the Courier
deny that this crowded condition is the Inevitable
destiny Of the Laboring Multitudes in our present
Cities A decent dwelling in this city. Cor
| pie, costs from $500 TO 5000 per annum while not
half the men who live by Manual Labor here can
earn the smaller sum by the devotion OF their whole
time Ofcourse as other wants of their families
besides that of shelter must be provided for, family
| Il,
Gle OF sympathy. mutual regard common inter
est exposed to daily collisions while two or three
apartments must serve for kitchen. dining room
sittine.room sleeping-roon. &c for family OF SIX
or eigh, persons Who does not see that such
budding inevitably engenders discomfort, destroys
health stimulates the selfish and sroveling propen-
stiles. and obstructs intellectual and moralimprove-
ment And this state OF things grows evidently
worse as the city expands. Rents become higher,
while Wages tend downwsri, under the influence
OF the constant influx of competitive Laborers and
the steady march OF Machinery Where is the clue
which shall extricate from this appalling aby-
rnth
The Courier answers Religion-The Bible-Ia-
dicidual Reform Very good. The more of these
the better the Courier ought to assert or nsin
uat5 an atagOnlSm between ihC!NluuH4 anu Huit
expansive Reform. 1t seems to Us that our cotern-
porarys logic is like that OF the Caliph who burnt
the Alexandran Library II it contains any thing
contrary to the Koran, it ought to be burnt il
not it is superfuous, and may as well be burnt.
Wherever Religion goes, it does its work. says
the Courier Then We fear it has not gone SO far
as many have supposed.-But what work When
Religion goes to the man OF wealth. does it impel
him TO hold that wealth as the steward only OF his
Maker and devote freely. wholly, TO the extinc-
ton OF Evil. the relief OF Suffering F! Then God be
praised for such Religion, and may the world be
speedily filed with it When it goes to the gar.
ret OF the widow supporting cluster OF young
children BY needIe.work ct which her utmost exer
lions can earn but twenty cents day, 1t IS gori
Gus and blessed acquisition surely, but does
il preclude the necessity OF that Social Reform
call II external or mere arrangement or by
any contemptuous term you please-ior which we
are struggling Alas no and they do great wrong
to Humanity, wrong to Religion. who strive 10 ar