New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-22


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IL The Tribune can bubble out Of this, II Proesby
will not not It take Whatever course II tninA'
best
OF course we could ask no more, and the next
day lsth) briefly reioined as ioilows ana 'ns's'
upon commenced the Discussion;
The courier 4 Enquirer Offers to assent uuressrved,
ly 10 the terms or which originally pioIssseo, ~
have ell soug been willing. 70 discuss WIN We 80
Of Association Very good Relying on Toe GOO ia,su
of the Couriers assurance ve ahal commence w We 80
cr..on A. our frst available hource-tany before zoe
week cose, re only ask kos The condHs9Hs D. ee'918
remembered"
Will those who have read or may read the DIS
cussion respect the above request
Every discerning reader Of the controversy WIN
perceive that our opponent has designedly KEEP
beck such quotations from Fourier &c as ne
thought could be used with most effect in exciting
prejudice against ASCOT alton for his last article
IN order that they nigh; 60 forth without reply OF
explanation from as Especially Is this true OF nls
chief citation from Fonriers earliest WORK, winch
was long ago condemned and its republication ior'
hidden by himself, as being fail a extrsvagsnHss
and errors TINS extract has hitherto been psraoeo
not less than half dozen times in the COURIER
Editoriss-in almost every serious coiision Win
ks.ociatiopists Yet now it is kept oacE ior Ine
foe,hh and last article on his side OF discussion
in which be had harped on Fouriers errors Win
roz.,a N sexnsl relations almost throughout. Can
,bsre he two opinions as 70 Eky this was done
So Of the 'sylvsnia prospectus when siO
makes its first appearance in the Couriers last ar
ticle. although that programme appeared on the
cover Of Mr. Brisbsne's pamphlet and this passage
has been thoroughly discussed in our late contro
versv with the Observer. Tie material facts are
az follows In the winter Of 1928 little COM
pany of the poorer class Of mechanics and aoorer'
in our City was formed, seeking to escape from the
invitations and anxetes Of their City life by an at
,s,on, st Industrial Association. We knew nothing
n The ENTERPRISE until it had been fairly started
,ben we were solicited to aid it and TO act as its
Treasurer and did so. They made their attempt ;
located most unfortunately bad very little means
were not well calculated for pioneers in such an en-
terprise. aud failed. bad been generally antici'
pated. Their programme, drawn up we know not
BY whom. and probably read before printing by
three or four OF their number. says as quoted by
the Courier
. The Syl.nDians ysjecf NOTHING Of Fourier teachiTS
but that sfter organizing labor ana carrying INTO nec,
other preliminary reforms they intended 20 POCeea
10 The siudv of he more metaphysical and seeHitir. pas
M FolrfeTs docrius and 10 ths application u thee 70
tt,r o,en up5uLdn1 IN The rays Of Trah Hisa0'' ana
Lore"
AT the time this appeared neither the sylvanians
nor we had ever heard that any Objectionable or
peculiar doctrines with regard to Marriage &C hao
even been attributed to Fourier Of whom they had
only heard through Mr.. Brisbane's and perhaps one
stated before and vet the readers Of the Discus
sion are told in the article to which there can be
no reply, that the Syysnia Association was formed
"under the special supervision of the Editor OF the
Tribune" and in reference to the above passage ,
I'VE find here no rejection Of any part of Fouriers
doctrines distinctive statement that at the proper
time, they would be applied to dsly NE ana ms Pros
pecus bears the of II Greeley ss the Treasurer
of the Association
VIII any 1ne maintain, after this, that we we're
too rigd or too suspicious in settling preiminarles
Has not our precaution been more than justified
Can there can be one fair mind which needs that
another word be said in refutaion Of the Courier
gross calumnies respecting Marriage, Passonal AT
traction &c That not one word of all it urges on
these points applies TO Association as ace urder'
stand and have presented It, has already been
shown. Butts il true thatthe mass ofAssociaton-
i,ts have held a different lsnguage1 We answer
No. No. emphatcally No! Individuals among
them-with ten times many who are not Associa
tioni.ts-personally hold that Legal Restraints and
Penalties are not needed TO preserve the sanctity
of a true Marriage and are useless, despotic anC
pernicious when employed TO hold together couple
when God has not united them in spirit Others
as strenuously maintain that individual inclination
must be held subject to the demands OF genera
well being, to which the indissoubility OF the con
iugal relation is essential But the Associatonlst
as a BODY or school have with this question nothinl
to DO any more than with REORGANIZATION or Phre
nology If Fourier has any peculiar notions on th'
subject, individuals may have adopted or previousl,
held them; the Associationist body have not, q
they have stated once and again. Their one oh
eot, one faith as school is the organization Of tn
Township or Commune in such manner as tina
there shall be secured therein unfaiing and &C
ceptable Work for eli, Homes for all, Food for al
Education for all He that intelsently and earnest
~ hopes and abors for these is with as or soon mus
be. ia spite of the utmost efforts Of malevolenc
and detraction.
lis of course nothing 10 as il Fourier Rad pro
pounded the doctrine Of Passional Attraction e
set forth BY the Courier and we steadily refusedt
be drawn sside TO & discussion Of the merits OF HI
theories during the progress Of the controversy
Yet no one who has not hidden sdieu to his reaso
will believe that Fourier or any one ever though
that
The impulses and desires OF every man ndicst
precisely the position be should fill the actions b
should perform. the character he saoud msintsn, I
so:ietyH-(Courtu)
All are aware that the impulses and desires
Of some men lead them 10 Stealing Gambling
Fighting, Arson and Murder, and that the tolerate'
qualification of these tends to the utter destruction
NOT only of Society but Of the Human Race. Wha
Passional Attraction really teaches is, that thes
are the manifestations Of perverted, distorted mis-
developed springs Of action, which might an
should have been so directed to produce good in
stead Of evil-and that the great end Of Social e.
fort is to produce framework wherein inclination
shall coincide with Duty. individual with geners
good, to the greatest practicable extent. The 70
lowing passage quoted by the Courier from Nj
Goodwin embodies the true idea Of Psssonal Al
traction
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