New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-22
49,, .nd ,o,i,, ia oar own defence. For example,

al the beginning OoD c'ea-eo 'ne Hc1'eN '"-
Ths Earth the air the wsiers the sunshine. Win
their nstur.l products were diviney intended ana ~
pointed for the and su.tenanee Of Man zen -
bno, for part only bat for the whole Human aIny.
pv slaw Of Nature every person born IN the St4'e
Of New York had unless forfeited By crime
gbt 10 BE- here and MS eqCsl share OF tne oO tn
woods the waters and all the natural proc ncts
p, Of Society al but the pOssessors OF uteoeeos
exist here only By the purchased permission ., VIC
owning class ana were ntrucsrs on the soh Of De n
tTity without that permissicn- ~ lsN me -.
h.v. no inherent righi 10 stand 90 single square ~.
- he s,s,e Of New York except in the highways
The past cannot Be recalled What has been rsot,
fully thsxever mistakenly done oJ the sutnor.e1
sg.nts Of the State Nation, can only Dc reuscru
r7oon urgent public necessity and upoH de sditgae-
non % al lose PIRATE rig' are taeog taredsa bus
those Who have been cvested OF an inPor.11 10,
natural right are also entitled 10 conpehs-NOu'
Rrasr 10 LABOR secured 10 them in the cres1on q
The earth taken away in the granting Of me soA .
minor portion Of them, must be restored LsVoi g.
.en,,. 10 all IL the memorable cononon OF lne noee,t
independent subsistence OF tne ZOE 80 "a, h. cas-
,t.rve nor be forced to beg, while able and Wns
10 work
The Courier thus responded in its first article
% Tb. can only mean that the land Of EerYork s oy
l.u Of Nature and righifuly, owned 10 seua snares
v 81, The per,ons born within the State and mat tnos
sr,nsv own none Of IL are wronged and robbed OF
What Il Justly theirs. Now this position We inslsI u
equivalent TO denial Of The Right q Prop7fy II La
II denies the right Of any one man 70 NOD eersn 80
Of and for himself and bis and 70 exeluoe from
y a ,a-s,.Sie infsrenee flsnd ia not
ounable nothing ls. n the right Of property 10 Lang
be denied the right Of properly in everything else - &C.
NED sl,o r. a. The Tribune maintains, every person
in Eew.York has perfect night 10 MS equsi snare o.
the soil OF NewYork then, most certainly ne nas 40
equally perfect night 20 his equal share OF Whatever tns
soil directly or indirectly. may produce
This misrepresentation and fslsihed quotation
I nj - II
81 do not see how any man could, with my opening
article before him have sststed its posnons az you
have done That IN state Of Nature al men hSd az
eonsl light TO The Soil and that each bad right 10 s
nrouriae 20 bis any portion OF Il requisite ior
the supply Of bis wants and not already thus a
proprised By another Is truth OF the most papAole
character That Civilized Society has suosututeo GU
ferent law for that Of Nature on this equay
manifest But what then Does follow INST me
change rnust nsessary have originated IN injustice -
That surely. Is not my position. Civilized society &C
cordng 70 my understanding OF olsests zoe "a
of many important natural rights aud may jlsty 90 80
upon proof that the SeH60i good - thereby pronoo
and that The individual receives lair compensation of
that of which he i deprived hoid tnereiole' MA
there may be legitimate and just sppropranon OF
lands and succession thereto and. though cannot
doubt that large grants of land to any Individual were
/ originally wrong. aud that no more such snoud De
/ made have never advocated the reVochuoh Oh any
uhich have been lawfully and honestly procured. Go
not hold ihst newly discovered or longtOTgouieh
ruth ipvslidstes the acts Of the legitimate authority
which done in good lain IN OpposuOh 70 inc W.
ates of thu, truth do not hold that all lands can be
EQUALLY divided b>ween this or any future generaon
nor that they ought 10 be. What Propounded and
still maintain ls SIMPLY this Cfr,"'td ooe'ey; Aar'as
d{rssttd LarRe pOr0H Of mankind o. any r'gh 70 ne
Soil tlsir atiuai resource for employment and sHsieaHce
is bound TO guarantee them an OPPORTUNITY TO LABOR
and to secure them s just Reeopea's q ssea Labor
| That is my fundamental proposition. Refrain from
beating the air and admit or dispute IL
! The Courier, in following this, neither corrected
/ 49, ,o.;cad ;.s roisoDotation hut said
1--WE coined that proposition in The TriBuass opa ian.
eass: and proved that II could not be true, because II
led inevitably and By logical necessity 70 the absolute
denial of the Right Of individual property in Land or IN
ANYTHING else The Tribune in reply charges US With
having msstded ts positions The charge il so absurd
tibet il becomes simply ludcrous We copied "a rtry
language Of The Tribune fst We gave 10 precisely
the meaning which common sense required. We ore"
from it simply the deductions which were unavoidable
None of these things does The Tribune dispute How
then can it charge with having mssiaed us posi-
b tons T."
We restated our actual position in our next and
rested the point but in the Couriers last, when
beyond the reach of farther correction we have
the following
Take. for example the principle as laid down By
The Tribune at the outset Of this discussionthst er
man born Vhia the Limits Of Fec- York HAS by IGE o.
Natlre perfect right 10 his equal share 81 rs soh lnis
position a. we have proved concusvey' denies tne
righ of owning Land and IN -udes denial Of the rsht
10 own anything II strikes At the root OF the rgnt OF
uroperty Now with The Tribune this principle IL not
msre Abstraction opinion entertained but not acted
upon That paper takes for granted, in all its discus
/ sions." &c. &c.
After this. we ought to be thankful that we are
only accused Of instigating and justiying Murder
in some roundabout, Hypothetical fashion. When
disputant assumes the right 10 make his antago
mist say whatever it is convenient to have him say
and sticks TO it in defiance Of all demonstrations or
renonstrances he can have little difficulty in infer
ring whatever he chooses
A single instance more Of the spirit OF candoI
and love of truth evinced on one side Of this con
troversy must close this too long article The
Courier in its No Y is arguing that Sexual License
must be the result Of the principle OF Passional AT
traction, and says
Fourier himself took exactly this view OF the enee
of hi. essential law His disciples almost universally
have conceded it. csl necessity And one Of he abesf
oeH most enthusiastic among then whosi We quote
not as authority but corroboratve evidence thus sp
plies the law 10 the very point under consideration
liam by no mesns recosciled to society and marriage
regard one Of the most odio' INSTITUTIONS pave DO
doubt that ~ ui B, Gboshed hsn the human gaa haus
fahcr progresg fordrd ustcs and rsaon bu
yrssent 100 gross and women too COWARD &c
nobler law thsn tie sw OF iron which rules mem
The Improvement Of which spirits dream
cannot be realized 10 fHch an age a. oars hose spl
incy years - VI
their colemPorsfies
When we read this, we were puzzled to know
who this able ard enthusiastic disciple Of Fou
rie could be- for we could remember nothing Of the
sort in any Of the writings of the school Wekep'
silent however, as we could not contradict the as
sertion bat on meeting our opponent some time
aiterward we asked him TO tell Us who this able
and enthusiastic disciple Of Fourier was, as m
could not imagine. II, declined 10 Gnsrer the CUES
ton. We soon after made the same inquiry o
another whom we presumed would know, anc
! were informed that the Couriers extract is from
t Jacques and that the 'abest and most enthusas
, tic disciple who wrote it is George Sand a decid
ed and uniform opponent Of Fourier and has Sys
ten
OF course, this wsy OF trumpins up evidence
against an obnoxious scheme will be deemed laud
able by many in view Of its purpose bat suppose
the suthor Of il bad not been member Of e strictly
Orthodox and highly fashionable church, engaged
in opposing Association would not the public have
Judged that there was a spice OF roguery in the
business