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Itls Of courss easy for you assert that O. na Oi
the right to monopoze the Soil in unlimited quantity
10 equivalent to denial Of any right to Properly ana
would be lust az easy TO cay that be VINO denies lne
right of one man TO have thousand wives and 70 DIS
pose Of them a. bis interest caprice should de'ee
denies the night 10 have any wife at AL Suen points
are not settled By assertion lido indeed hoid INST
sman has natural right to produce and acquire pro
Marty and therefore condemn the system OF Land MO
/ nopoy which robs the producer OF onenai 70 seven
.shths the fruits Of bis toll and often dooms him 10
sb.oIpt starvation on the soil which he has faithfully
and effectively cultivated. The night Of owning proper
IT, or Of owning land, s one thing the nsni 70 own
thousands and even millions Of OF land is snothef
The public is learning TO distinguish the one from ine
I other.
A.to working by music &c. which you pronounce
90 absurd and that to urge 1t asa means OF tnaAhs
hard labor attractive IL nonsense, VIII oarey q'o'e
passage from not very obscure nor Agrasn sutnory'
Tho historian Robertson. In bis account OF the Adolf
zine. of Peru. who were among the mos, innocent re-
ened and happy Of the nations whom (nominay) Chris
an svarce lust and butchery have eterminsted or
duced 10 abect wrechedness says that they held their
lands as the common property Of all, making frequent
aotments and reallotments thereof somewhat resem.
bling the lsndsYstem OF the Isrsees under the Mosaic
economy. He proceeds
"All those lands cultivated by the joint industry
Of the community The people, summoned By proper
officer repaired in body 10 the fields, aud performed
their common task while songs aud musical instruments
cheered them 10 their labor By this singular distbu-
tion well by the mode of culvatng IL the idea Of
common interest and of mutual subserviency was con-
tinualy incucsted Each individual felt his connection
with those around him and knew that he depended on
their friendly aid for what increase he reap.
state thus constituted may be considered great
family in which the union Of the members was 90 com
r,la and chaprp NJ
stronger attachment and TO bind men in closer
intercourse than subssed under any form OF society
established 10 America
Whether History land could quote columns like
this should presume weigh against your dctum tha,
all such notions nonsense too absurd for argu
ment" our readers will determine.
Midnight draws upon me, and the last words per
mitted me in this discussion are now 10 be penned.
Let me barely restate in order the positions which
have endesvored to maintain during It's progress and
Will calmly await the judgment TO be pronounced upon
the whole matter. l know well that nineteen TWEEN
te,hs of those whose and mould Pub
/ lie Opinion had preJudsed the case before reading
page with regard itthat they had promptly decided
that Social Reconstruction necessary desirable
since they do not pe,ceve that any is likely promote
the ends for which they live and strive OF these very
few will have read our aricles-they felt need Of
Z
class even in this modern Bsbel OF sehshness and
yious striving still more in our broad land who
earnestly seeking inquirins for the means whereby
Error and Evil may be diminished the realm Of Justice
and Of Happiness extended These will have generally
followed with les, interest throughout their
collective Judgment will award the palm Of manly deal
ing and Of benefcent endeayor the other. For
their consideration, reerste the positions have en-.
dssvored maintain in this discussion and cheerfuly
abide their verdict that have sustained you have
| overthrow them. have endeavored 10 show. then,
l. Ths, Man has a natural God. given Right to Labor
for his subsistence and the good of Others and TO
needful portion Of the Earth from which his physical
sustenance 10 to be drawn II this be anatura essential
Right 1t cannot be Justly suspended to any upon
the interest caprice OF others and that Society in
which part Of mankind permitted forbidden to
labor according to the need felt fancsd by others
for their labor is unusy constituted and ought TO be
reformed.
o That in Social State, the Right Of every ndi
yidual such Labor he is able TO perform, and 10
the fair and equal Recompense OF his Labor will be
guaranteed and provided for and the thorough Educa
ton of each child, Physical Moral and Intellectual, be
regarded the dictate of universal Interest and Pers
| tive Duty
g. That such Education for All. such Opportunity 10
sbor security each of just and fair Recon-
pense manifesty practicable only through the Asso
citation of two or three hundred families on the
basis Of United Interests and Edors (aiter the simli
tude Of Bank, Railroad or Whsleshp, though with
far perfect arrangements for securing to each
what is justly his inhsbtng common Edihce though
l with distinct and exclusive well a. common apart
ments cultivating one common Domain and pursuing
thereon various branches OF Mechanical and Msnuiac
turing well Agricultural Industry. and uniting in
the support of Education, in defrsying the cost of
Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus Of frequent Lee
/ lures, &c. &C.
l. That among the advantages Of this Organization
| would be immense Economies in Land Food Cooking
Fuel Buildings, Teams Implements, Merchandise Lii.
CATION Account Keeping. &c. &c. while, the other
hand, syaotly increased Efficiency would be given to
the Labor OF each by concentration of effort and the de-
voton Productive Industry ofthe great numbers now
employed in unproductive avocsuOn,, or who are
deemed too young unskilled too inefficient to be
set st work under present Industrial mechanism.
s. That thus associated and blended in interests. In
daily intercourse in early impressions in cares joys and
aspirations the Rich and Poor would become the breth
and mutual helpers for which their Creator designed
them-that Labor would be rendered Attractive by well
planned, lighted. warmed and ventilated work shop.
by frequent alterations from the field the shop AZ ur
gency convenience WEAKNESS weather should suggest
and that all being all sharers in the same cares
and reorestons, doomed TO endure existence in
cellar howell the snisgonsm and envious discomfort
prevalent would be bSnished and general Content
Good VIII and Happiness prevail. while Famine.
Homeessness, unwilling ldeness the horrors Of Bank.
ruptey, etc. would be unknown.
These, hastily and imperfectly condensed, are my
positions my convictions believe that Christianity.
Social Justice Intellectual and Moral Progress Universal
WeLbeing imperatvey require the adoption of such
Reform as is here roughly sketched do not expect
that 1t will be Immediately effected nor that the sp-
proaehes TO it will not be signszed by failures mis-
takes dissppoinmepts But the PRINCIPLE Of Assoca.
ton which bSs already done much for the improve
men OF the condition Of Race see II now active.
y making its way into general adoption through Odd.
Fellowship Protective Unions Mutual Fire Marine and
Life Insurance and other forms OF Gusraniyism Al
ready commodious Edifces for the Poor Of Cites
are planned BY Benevolence unsuspicious OF the
end TO which it points already the removal Of Paupers
from Localities where they srievous burthen to
those where they can substantially support themselves
the theme OF general discussion. In ali these and