New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-26
WHOLE NO. 1856.

certain type Of order Sac .ssr Passisas sep5rsos al s
aufEs -slafiszl Of r. it follows wh rsvr0Ss srsrtS's
snd the forces Of he Sou hey hold TIE
cartirais II IAey he focus The socia liia II they
they himself then q % incoresbie that tker
nGfg requirements az rIi 70 crs fts pTuIcFa sgzs
re Necessary conditions Of tsssntisl erder'
These quotations from writers on Association Of ae
knowecged authority referred 70 by Tks Tfbu7e itself
and al asserting the thing ssiassA submit be-
yond doubt position tnas the law Of PAssfoNAL
ATTRACTION IL THE FUNDAMENTAL AND ESSENTIAL
PRINcIPLE or ASSOCIATION. The organization Of La
Dor Wnich 10 only one brGgcA OF the system "a b be al
tanned iroasA ihs principle Laborers are 70 Re guided
10 their work BY their psssioral attractions Groups
sre 10 be formed OF persons attracted or mpeled To
ward similar functions Esch mans place in the pbs
lanx is 10 be determined BY his special passion or i'm
pulse. The same principle IL 70 guide and govern al In
dustris domestic and social relations Il Is 10 give
shape the society. The entire social probrm g.
gsren brmdR passions % aad tJrm afdsSs tLsy fN
and fra dersioP~eHi And that i exactly the problem
which FoURTER claims 20 have solved and Of which A.
socia;ion Is the result
Now how does n, Tri5ans disprOve this Argument
Il says simply
have propoGnded 10 s1ch .heory; much less asserted
That such attraction Is 70 be university followed
This may be true for T.s Tri5lRs has propOundeG
nothing at all except unconscously Ia this discussion
is constant eaor hss been 20 rd3 everything 70
zeal the principles Of tie system Il challenged "a 70
discuss But Il has reerrtd for anger 10 our d.
rect inquiries concerning the details Of this system 10 Ae
Yritngs VI the AssOC6t0nists and In those writings
have found the theory Of PAssIoNAL ATTRACTION
and they all without exception make Il the fundamental
law OF the entire system. The Tribune may disclsm r.
but L does 60 Il abandons Association. Iae Tribune
may characterize cur compliance with Us directions
pary pretsxt but cannot deny that the preteNt WIS
furnished By itself But when u charges us with mis-
representing and PrrtiRs those Writings Of the Asso
cshOnsts 10 which II referred rs, Il makes 4 charge
which utterly without foundation and which Is thor
oughly reuied by tie very attempt which The Tribune
makes prove il true TIE Trt5nEe lnsnustes though
does not assert that the proofs we have drawn nom
a. III 4 "a. . AZ nFs
sOHdi Attraction Is ne Fundamental irc Of association
quoted from portion OF his book in which be simply
sets forth certain speculAoRs OF Fourier which the
Associative School do Roi ftcepn dstncuonGrom that
which sets forth the principles which they 10 accept
Now its sufficient reply to tSte that every word we
have quoted from Mr.. GOODWIN upon this point Is from
the krs part of bis bookttat tn which 10 lays down
those principles only which ART, 10 use his own words,
universally adopted asd aet.uded ~ re i0ls school Of
SoctctdTg Rgf0rRrs We established the principle there
fore upon authority which TAe Tribune itself admits to
be valid We then applied that principle 10 one depart
nent Of social life and demonstrated that the law OF
passiona Attraction would override and destroy the
Family relation the relation OF Marriage and require the
formation OF groups and series for the iull and Tree de-
veloPmen OF the passions in this' as In every other
department Of social life The strict c0gency OF mat 81
gument The IrsbHRs Itself does not deny. And 10 for
ty the argument, quoted from Mr, GOWN the ex-
pc, statement that Fourier took precisely The same view
of the case that he also insisted that the fundamental
law of Association would require such Arrangements
and tina, he did hesitate carry bis essential prin
ciples into full effect there In every other department
OF Associated life He declared expliciiedy that
The various relations Of he Sszss Kill rad IKE dHOtR
DassoHa relations Organization into groups and Sc
ris that some would stop In a corporation having
coRsdHcy for Its rule while oiAsrs are 50 peculiarly
formsd at hey gill join themselves 20 ofhT corporations
mere lsss may Be Agreeable 10 NtH NcsRdon
or tsnPvaments."
Now The Tri5Ras will please to observe that we quote
this not authority 10 show that such an arrangement
distinctly oined butss cooboratiye rtdenee OF the
law
AssOc alton which 10 the law OF Passonul Aurasuon-
We cite It to show ,hs, FouRiHR had the same view OF
the necessary operation of this law as that which We
have taken II the law be true il must operate here as
well as elsewhere. II the law be true Love as well AZ
Labor be rganized according 70 its requirements
And II the law not true then the whole fabric OF Asso
citation falls to the ground We leave The Ir'saHs TO
extricate It's system from this dilemma.
But The Tribune proceeds to quote Mr.. GopwINs dec
araons 10 show that the school Of Associatonsts do
desire the suppression OF all coercve means and the
0.U plan Of re passions before future generations
shall that may be done With safety And Ihs tn
baHs says for itself
know nothing Of groups and series organized or &c
be organized for the perpetraon OF crimes OF tue prHc
tce Of ricsa' a.,
So long as the Passions may bring forth disorder
says Mr.. GeDwIN. I'VE reprobate their improper maui
gence.'
Tor immortality, tmust be repressed
This may seem very plausible but h certainly very
shallow The fundamental principle Of Association 70
that the passions in themselves good ana can lead
only 10 good results when rightly developed. In the
present orn of society say these men, the passions pro
duce sr because External circumstances VIII not per
init their full and rec Development one 10 required
whch shall take its shape from that development one
which the natural operations Of the law OF pdsioRa az
traction shall create. Then these results. which seen
crimes now, will become rtTiHci. Thus says mr. COD
hing should De arranged ~ them IN The most agree
able manner. Thus IN our Pre,eni soo,sty roVsIL
says that Freedom IN matters OF Love would lead 10
frighLfu confusion But nsa li1d "a iosaiy ware
larger liberty IN Marriage and divorce would De Wa9s
danger. then It would not DO obnoxious 10 me pecula
COMBINATIONS with which II 10 necessarily visited
Here then is the whole case. The theory Of Assoc'a
ton we say implies and requires H(rsed0n IN matter
OF love. The Association school reply not y" IN inc
present form OF society would be dangerous but ina
form IL false we seek TO substitute Heo one founded
on community instead Of isolation then, when THIS ne
form has been established, when the fundamental ph
cples Of Association shall have wrought cut ls petIec
work these irregularities will cease 10 De rpnfs WI
cannot do everything at once; must begin Win la
Dor in the township; the reform commenced mus WI
spread over the whole nation and embrace all d. part
, nlants OF lie We cannot carry the law OF Passone
Attraction into 81 relations non we must leave H. iaere
fore 10 future generations but Th1Ss good IAN
eo7aing when the passion OF Love IKE al olher pas
sona attractions Of the human soul shal undergo a.
orgauizatOn By series 10 meet al the wants OF al VA
natures that God sends into existence Ibiss our cleaI
NECESSARY Inevitable deduction from The fundamental
principle Of Association. We are not alone IN so regard
FOURIER himself TOOK eNtctAy uiis VIC" u tA
effect Of his essential law. His disciples with very rar
exceptions have conceded the logical necessity. An
one OF the ablest well a. most enthusiastic anon
them whom quote not authority, Jut "a eOfroDor'
tive evidence thus applies the law to the very point az
der consideration.
81 an By 10 means resoncl.ed ~ socisy anc n1fias
I regard A. ore OF is most oGtgJ Institutions have
doubt that u tB be abOfief te The kH1Hn rare ihg ~
sade sonie further poeres f0rard Vs.cs and esoH ~
a. Dresenf men are gross and women too eowardy
seek nobler law hsa the law ofiron which rules sen-
The improvements n which seine generous spnn dream
cannot be realized 10 sueA IA age a. our lhose sp
forget that they hondred years n ADVANCE
heir contemporaries" -
Ia thus rehearsing and fortying our previous arg
meut upon this point trust We have aroused no y
dguation on the part of The Tr5Hns which may not
easily Suppressed If space would allow, v
should follow this demonstration with some reinArA
upou the direct and open hostility OF the system oil ASS
citation 10 the whole spirit and teachings OF CHRisriAs
~. This point, as well as others involved we mul
leave for future inquiry.
WHALE SHIP BURST.-The Journal OF Commerce
publishes the following extract OF letter dated
GUATEMALA. FEB. 6. 1877.
The only news have 10 communicate ia the DEAN
Mr Wallace which took place az q. Miguel on me !
Jan last and the oss by fire on the night Of the ~
Jan last OF the whsler Blackstone, OF ConneeueuL y.
w Brown master Out Of % persons on board WI
took 20 the boss only mariners have reached ne coe
md they were two days and three nights IN making
! land and are now al San Salvador. Their names O.
Mark s. Kelley John Norton. Chas- Thomas oeorl
Tubbs. Cornelius sharkey Thos. Crngle md JAM
Williamson; the others have not been heard OF. r.