New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-13

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in New York today zrI could gain access to the dwell
nrs OF cur A.tor Lenox Whitney. etc. Tie would say
10 them in terrn. a. He has already done IN substance
Cessc arass.ng wealth for yourselves or your de-
seendsnt. Cease building sumPtuou' palace. from
which your brethren are expressly and splendid
churches whence they are virtually shut out -
Cease isolatns yourselves in heart aud Lie IRON
the masses who need to benefited By your superior
intelligence wisdom, morality refinement II such yoa
have Cease to make gain Of the wretched novels in
which Famine sLa Despair now fostering into Sin
and Crime Employ your vast wealth in drawing forth
from these dens OF darkness and misery their crowded
.hiverins nmAtes Snd placing them where they will
have pure air breathe ample space TO occupy bread
to eat unfalng and fairly remuners,ed work to do,
with all those refining influences OF eleysIed socisl Ia
,ercourse udicous Counsel ample Instruction an en-.
during Home and a horizon OF Hope which you can
= 50 well appreciate and Of which mos, OF them know
nothing This it very plan TO me is just what
Christianity would have done and which it is now ur
gently calling on the wise and the wealthy to combine
their efforts and their means to accomplish. To say
tina, the needed agency Is no: Association bu, Christian
ity s 20 me like saying that field does not need cu
ture to ensure harvest but sunshine. beg you to
consider in this connection passage recently quoted
u
q Of which viii here quote but the following The
Editor il treating of the Education OF the Poor and for
chilly asks
What then can he done by churches built the mos;
genuine models and srrRnged the most orthodox plan,
hy schools conducted the most scientific principles
lffis oris pulls re otttr raw Excessive penury preea
rous employment. the denial Of common charity IN ne
Cd and u-rrp-ored tabafons that precade sebs IF
aecency cod cleanliness ard system Of public relief whiod
whole compared with winch the Sunday service and The
national school are imp0tent and ridiculous.
go II IL impossible TO be decent IL he common language
Of the poor coopei up they are. and female, old
and Young married and srge innocent and iaeu Hdozen
in few yards OF ply steal Ard moral Infection II
is impossible 10 be decent and the result almost 100
uniformly shows Nv the assertion how ready the
commissioners are measuring with ne incest care ne
quantity Of 10 be assigned TO the human
in The school and the church when whole families are
sleeping Winter and Summer almost In contact and Win
in TWO three feet Of the saning roof
Can any one doubt what Christianity must dictate
with REGARD TO such novels these Can any fail to
see that to fill them with Bibles and Tracts while Bread
is scany wholesome Air a rarity and Decency impossi
bic must be unsvailing Christianity say youl Alas
many poor Christian mother within mile Us Is now
covering her little with rags the absence of fuel
and vainy enaeavorng make sleep induce Temporal
~ nternission Of the craving for that food which ne
will give her opportunity to earn And yet our
City full Of wealth and Of benevoence also Hundreds
give literally and would give more if they could be
secured against the abuse Of their bounty. There Is
beneyolence enough in City to relieve all the dest
tuition il contains were il but unimpeded and rightly
directed And yet thousands after thousands are sink
ing down through Despair premature Desth because
the Social Anarchy in which live dsrkens the vision
and the Of Philanthropy that twothrds
OF what is given by Charity is intercepted by Prodgsy
and hnavery and the residue applied as TO keep alive
the evils from which suffer rather than help to cure
them.
- A few paragraphs must suffice tor the bulk oty0er
uureasonaby. oppressively long article.
Your citation CHsRLEs LANE as " one OF those who
have hitherto been most Jealous ia support OF Assoeia
don /. grossly erroneous Mr.. Lane though Apostle
OF Social Reform until recently been hostile to
Association. lie was hero for years an apostle OF the
Isolated Family as the Diyinaly appointed form Of
Intrinsic relationship. and purchased farm in Massa
chuseits whereon 70 give practical exposition OF his
idea All that has been urged BY Others ia favor Of the
sacredness aud supremacy oil the Family Relation
have heard quite ms iorciby urged by hun he finally
gave I'D his farm and lived while with the Shakers
attracted mainly BY their devotion 70 Coibacy of which
he is an apostle but be soon repeled by some OF
their usages and lett them. From first 10 last never
heard of his uniting with tayoring any aiiemrtaI
Association I8 concessions therefore. are not from
ny ground but from y0nr.. and his late letter iafy
quoted strong testimony 10 the necessity and ad an
tagcs Of Association.
give you the full benefit OF your citations from MI
Bri.bsres book aud 81. your excuse Tor them livery
fsi- mind will Judge bow likely your quotations are 70
give an impartial idea OF your authors views and no"
material they TO the great question Al issue know
no two Associsuonisis who agree with bn'oane
or Fourier with regard to every matter Of specuia'
ton or detail yet these make no difficulty among Us
ard will make have doubt myself that inlanS
may with great advantage b. trained for part oil tue
time in nurseries combining every facility or
their care and nurture ana that this arrangement would
be greatly beneficial to ,hem well as rslef 10 tne''
mothers. So doubt not that substantially UNIFORM
system Of Education would in time be agreed upon IN
most If not all Associations, upon careful comparison
Of practices and results and believe the true way 10
make children moral and yrtuous il 10 commence al
very early age TO Undue them with love and practice oil
ndustry-to lead them to seek and improvement
and excellence in its various processes and to press on
eagerly from attainment in the useful arts TO anotner
Neither do doubt that children could and should oe
induced solic instruction in letters from de'ireio
avail themselves OF the practical advantages thence re-
sulring They may very often and very well be truly
told that those 70 wnOm they Apply nav NV "nV JN''
then TO instruct them though object OF the refusal
Is TO ncte them 10 eagerness in me pursuit OF knowi
edge But all that We AssociafOs SITS are al all commit
ted to in this matter 70 Prove all things Hold fast
that which il good II any suggestion OF Fourier or any
one else prove on sl perneious i VIII be
discarded And Mr. Brisbane In urging that
the proper instructors Of children in most things are
those but little their seniors has errngJ uanscended the
maxims Of Raikes and Lancaster, Experience VIII very
soon set night those who attempt TO obey bis dctam -
That there Is truth the bottom OF his sug gesuon
nearly all our Popular Education, Religious and other
wise con.pire. to attest Very few are the children
wholly or mainly educated By their parents or even
under their personal supervision.
As to the position of Woman your euarre Is not more
with Associaiions,s than with at least half the world
around Us and By no the less intelligent hall
From every side protests finding voice aga INST the
practes slavery of the Wife the Husband una er the
laws and usases which have thus far prevailed rest
step toward securing the pecuniury independence OF
Woman was taken in our own recent Constitut iona
Convention. though finally receded from by close ,
vote on grounds apart from is intrinsic righteousness
The, s,,- has sine been dectsivev taken ir Wisconsn