New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-12

Gov and wages rssn nxed &C ions a. Tat proportion
holds sood- But vheL that 3" limit "a ruacbed-vhss
iksa Tie surplus rssnberv Of the Association. The
1ri5zns wiz say mast then srzigrate. True bat how
does TIA: differ from ihe present nrerl II tie surplus
a5Onrs Of ths City that Z those who DO; needed 70
supply the sxisns dsmrad w0rH enlgrsfe the rensin
der would do vel eDOuyh- TIE stA.s cf thiDes In AZ
ISOLATION nus; Of necessity . ne sac.
Nov Tks Tribsss answers al this. % tsSunias ADD
Insisting that Association sorld overrue and set aside
these laws thss the market prcs OF labor ives oS
AssOcistion would pay rsors &c. I1is could only DO
done IL. clear, By lessHng TIE prcfSof capital The
products Of LaoF must Of necessity d sod al the mar
kei rates II then tie owners Psy their laborers crs
than their LezhboTs do their PROFITS must 5e less Cap-
tast viii do this in the hrsi plaza because they ke
governed mainly By sclfinieTess snd next oecsnss IA
the end such unequal competition would ruin them.
Tee owner Of The Trib,ss for example psys his labor
ers the market Prioe Tor taeir work sud eesrs asy
5000 PER snnuu. kty per cent on the capital IN
vested. II be Were to double or fn6drspk their wages
his own prots must fall and his neizhbors would CUT
sui2 him N the The owner Of Ihs TriE-s there
fore vii do this he will not make the laborers he
employs partners In the concern increase their
wages above the market price because for such STEP
something Is requisite than belief 10 the Aeory
CT Association the sseshfzg tendency. the principle
Of sefshness, must rst De rooted out before any
before even the owner Of Tie Trbzas will thus carry
into full sad thorough operation, these principles OF DIS
interested beBevolencs The iaSividad character must
hrs' be radically changed before Association can be-
come possible.
wehsve thus answered a, greater length than We In
tended Tls T5uRss plea In behalf ofAssoeisto1. far
Ii ssts at defiance established principles OF Political
Economy. But We do not intend 70 lose sight Of the
higher moral interests involved In the scheme not 10
overlook other and more important departments Of rs
operation.
In our Jas, article we proved coDclasvey that AssOei
ton claims 70 be Social system based upon distinc
i've universal and immufable laws and intended TO
brace not only the OF Labor but all depart
mens OF domestic social and civil life In lie last article
Tie Tribune ssserts that All the evils which ~ict hA
~ have their in that Isoso Of orts and antsgoz-
Z
bGscd. and Of which, domestic life the Isolated House
hold the type Association proposes 10 remedy these
evils BY destroying their supposed root Ito destroy
their ccsss % a5olisb parTerism, ignorance and the
resultin. vices 10 the language Of The fr6nHe by
getting ria Of this Is alton and substituting for a
CohEUSIrT. Of interests and of life. Men longer
70 labor tor themseyes and their families mainly
primarily we must now try the opposite principle.
says 7As TribHH> OF each fer sn and seek individual
0ay though universal good The fret step 10 be taken
IN carrying this theory into practice u. TO bring men
together under this new resonto have them live. not
in isolated households. but in & common dwelling to
labor upon a common farm and for common profit 10
conduct al their Affairs domestic socis educational IL
eus,rsl political and religious not as individuals nor az
separate families, but as CoMafUNrTT Nowto accom-
psh this result 20 bring 10 pass 90 momentous
change in r,sns habits Of thought snd of life this I'M
Ples. there must be an elaborate. weldenned SYSTEM
MEANs 11apred carefully ard ezsy % tS eHds 70 Be
dodinsd an ne obs1cs 10 81 sEyronrtcd We have
desvored through ths discussion obtain from The
Trfbhae distinct statement Of that System sud It's pro-
practical operation The Of The Trievzs is en-
brsced in the following passage;
WI regard 70 Labor to E6pontion 10 Rel on, &c he'd
sou r.ad gentrrsy y 81 ts Tifngs 81 Assoe1.l0-i,
you rosd Aore sssa kov your esncss are fuTmouated
Ws have found In the sources Indicated the inforrna
ton required Our objections had been fully sntcips
ed and every suppossbe emergency had been provided
for In the SYSTEM Of Association. our present pur
for,h on tie authority Of these Writings Of the ASCOT
aronlst" the undanSrtal pTisetpic nom which hey
grow. We nave objected 10 the practical operation OF
tao scheme that Parental Authority might Interfere with
the supreme authority Of the Assocsnon-we are told
10 reply la the Writings ~ the Assocaonsts that pa
rental authority will BE- skoltshsS We have urged that
the duty Of Fa Obedience may conflict with obedience
10 the Association we told 10 reply by the same
authorry that the duty Of Fisl Obedience will be
aued We have said that the essential character Of the
Conusal relation. the ~Hty Of Husband and Wife the
dependence Of the latter upon the former &c might
clash with the principles and purposes OF the CommuD
~ we learn from the Writnzs OF the Assocauoniss"
that the Husband and Wife 10 be no longer that
each Ia TO be entirely independent, Of the other In name
and In property and that each would have In Associa
lion, fEp LIsExrY 81 aeea and ArrEorioN In snort
all thoss obstacles 70 Ene success Of Association which
iphDsfTs=a the Family Spirit and from tho Family Re-
liz and destroying the essential character ofthe relation
itself This however Is only enc department OF social
life and We have accordingly suggested obstacles like
ly 70 arise from other quarters. Thus have urged
that some of the members OF Association 90. refuse
10 that others would not Ike the special service
gued TO ihemthat differences OF opinion would grow
into Of enmily that individual convictions pre-
udices passions and selfish aspirations would disturb
the harmony Of the new Society and that there
bond provided strong enough 70 control al these arrng
elements and preserve 70 the Association that HnRy Of
action OF purpose and OF feeling without which II
inevitably fall ia pieces The question then arises what
principle IL there 10 bind men thus ,ogeiAeri The fam
iy spirit binds the family together what similar bond
viii bind together the members OF an Association What
fndozeaoi LaS will control their choice Of occupadons
their relations each other and the subsection Of their
private wills to the general objects Of tho Community
The Writings OF the Associsuonlsts" cited by TAs Tr
bare furnish the We learn from them that the
law Of PAssIoSAL ATTRACTION will be the controlling
power Ia Association That isv, they maintain, was
created by God implanted BY him in human nature dis
covered by FovRIrE snd Intended 10 De universal in ib
opsrson upon the Arrangements Of Society, just the
Law OF ya7itson upon al the relations Of the material
universe.
Attraction says GopwiS, ais The genersllsw. Wit
tea 90 he heart Of all reysss psrpslnaly and unfairly
The wa Of Cod aet. at all ,tsss anx all plaesi Il
pels each being bic way Il Adcihs 10 him Az Des
hav. and il Temai0s forever neom pfessble-"
The law Is this That hs Passcns Jsctizgt free IN.
puLse Of Nan pofu hta As path "a cAiA he aaoud
aLk az Relations As shouid form rs absr NJ sAord do ne
flucicrs k< skod dseksrss and geHnalyre rho1 course
Of ne phi6k h olsh % Ywrse. That this "a the exact
meaang Of the Law and that Il ID also thu Fundamental
principle Of Association considered as Social system
may be made perfectly certain whenever il shall be dis
puied Nearly all the AssocAuonsts who have ever writ
upon the SUB either IN Europe or ia this country
that when this Law shall have been universally estsb
shed and this form Of Society shall have been per-
fected IN order that may have free and full effect al
xtng causes Of dssensOn and Of evil viii have been
removed perfect bond will have been provided 10
keep mankind IN harmony Isolation Of effort and OF
life will Be unknown; and We shall have n the wprds
Of Mr.. GOWN Social System In which order viii
be produced bV ne free acton Of s PasstOzs :; 60
es System devised by God and reserved for the dscov
cry Of Man" Then, to quote the same writer,
Reason and Passion VIII be IN perfect seeord duty
and pleasure will have The mesriag WITHOUT In
calculation. all foiIsp hi 5esf ;bsa
ng ONLY OF Attraction 1e viii act from necessity
and curb ktrnstf by resfrzsnts"
Thus we have reached the fundamental principle, The
supreme controlling law Of this new Social System |
We 10 not stop 70 insist upon the pspAble fact
hsf this principle Is IN the direct and urristsxea
BE hostility 70 the uniform nculcsons Of the Gospel
Ne Injunction Of the New Testament 10 more express
Dr. more constant than that Of ssderalj OF subjsctns
he passions the impulses Of he heart 10 The law Of con
science We may hereafter present this potn, more |
fully % public notice But fer the present we wish 10
ollow the necessary operation Of this fundamental law
spou SONS Of the details Of Industrial and domestic
ife How will IL guide and control the arrangements
1f labor the relations OF sexes. &c sc. The Asso-
.iaronists urge that the passions Of men viii npel or
,,rract hen % form ssscmbsgcs called groups
With their fellows Thus nan has an impulse, or
decided liking for ploving for gardening or for any
,ther branch Of Industry be vii enter into the group
se-uted to IL and In this way be vii become mem
,sr Of many groups - he Ess special and definite I'M
,uses Ia the way are formed ether groups. In
dsnarsnts and created By tho free operation OF