New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-26
Association Discussed. ...N No. 30.
Fron n CggTilr & E7qlaa. Ia ilsi


sbe for the time the equally active exercise OF any
other TIE Tribune affords an illustration very
nearly in point. The Editors extraordinary effort
20 repress the Indignation he feels and 70 speak
with entire ealmness Of the argument embraced
in our last article, developing the principles aud
showing the tendencies ct Association. seems
greatly 10 have impaired his memory Of facts
While We yat-r IL IS said, We are d6lf and so
when The Tribune attempts 10 be good-nstured Il
becomes Obvious The Editor looks through our
argument 10 see what remedy We propose for
that master esl. the monopoly Of land rs ii hat,
and not Association. were the theme OF this discus
sion We do not believe the monopoly, that 5,
the ownership Of land 20 Be IN evil But whether be
or not Is not the legitimate topic Of this inquiry IT,
TEs asserts that existing evils can only be remeded
by substituting for the present social forms lis lew sys
TEN Of Association, founded upon distinctive principles
aiming A. certain results and proposing for their attain
ment specifc elaborate and well defined system CT
means We DENY the feasibility OF TIE system aud asseTi
that It involves essential principles Of war with morally,
Christianity and political economy IRE Iri0l1t cha.
Ieurcd "a 10 discussion Of its merits. upon which
accordingly entered ButHow IL Irbs ssseIts that
this thing Association. q ltT RI PrrTcs aiogaiT.
not theory not coctrne not IN % De discussed
but simply someth.ng ~ be pracuccd not srfe1c' 20
be e arned bat 1chias 10 be set agOins. Why then.
did The Tribune challenge Us 70 Us discussion AID
why has Il not sooner made us discovery which, u j,
be well founded should long since have ended this cen
troyersy Why DOES /. not ST is machine Of work,
instead Of extoling the principles which it is con
structed and ealing upon us TO show that Will not
succeed We trust The Trbrre when It's wrath shall
have subsidized will recover "a memory, and see clearly
az II did al hrst that Association involves Nsoy az
well &C practice and That he lars must be impOss
bic If the former be demOrsirbbly islse.
OF the political economy Of Association, We have but
little more to say Tbc tribune asserted that toe labor
inc classes Of England during the last five centuries
nave beeu de2ressed from co.s0yt 10 uyscsedasss by
he natural and necessary operation CT the laws OF ox
sting society. The lew words which TIE 7fi5RH'
rnsies on our treatmeni0i its array OF facts IN
tended 10 prove this statement require but ue notice
The ouest;onis purely enc Of (a, though very difficult
20 be answered and we have cited on our sac, those
persons who have given the most tnorougn lnlelsent
and lsborous attention 10 the sources oi evidence ~
which II must be settled. The Tribune answers that
these authorities are the re ma whom ils editor hGs
been battling these twenty years. they ere uuigrta
nate certainly, and we cNtr 10 then our sympainy ;
and yet we think posi'5e taat thsir concohs upon
this point arc quite reliable So The assertions quoted
By TIE Tribune from part'sn Article IN On Old
Democratic Review.
The Tribpue declare. with oracullr smphasis
"Iam SURE hey irony IN a7saris Inst he eondi-
ton Of The mass OF British labOrers n our day,i better
than visa ,hsi other oIeiaihers. FIVE centuries go
But even tAls, to our minds Is no perfectly eonClu'
sve the writer's in question do M, assume their point
a. The Tribune ssser,s but grove and Their conciu
sion seems to be ysry irlly ccuceceJ by me Ii'NW
itself when il conesses that there have been improve
ments in the dive llnss OF me l-0oIhs cIass la
athe materials Of their clothing cheaper now than
formerly - that the progress OF Invention has placed
convenences and Injuries within Feaeh OF tne com
mon people which we're formerly MOI enjoyed by me
richest 2 and that new ard cheaper kinds OF Io0o
have been Introduced How all 'hese things can be.
consis,enty with the assertion that the British aeorer
four centuries ago enjoyed degree Of comfort IN
known to his living descendents, TIE FtHRes Sophls'
tical ingenuity can alone determine
With regard 10 the reward Of labor ano US aepehashce
IN The rati0o supply -rsna 10 seems 70 Us nothing
more need be said We md !; impossible indeed TO re-
copcilc The Trbuass positions not only Win common
sense but with each other mus 'hs' paper says III one
Won DEW ia. The reward Of labor grows more and
more scaug and precarous a. Population of ne numbsl
tfihose who labor Hcita~ nu1 . W. uAu47'' ''A
And In the next paragraph we and thiasssertion
There have been rapidly succeeding atGneoiion5 o. ~
bor in Oregon and California, win no corresponding ia
crease OF The CAPITAL b Do not tor tsf ht IG1r a.
pressed htsls 10 faI % eoaisl ifn.,
borers increase the second asserts that it Raa not
Roth positions cannot be true yet The IrSare uses one
or the other the eSgeney Of its argument may seem
IN require That paper however still edneres IS neA
liz AZ we can understand its argument to the doctrine
MALrHUs that Population naturally ineFlssOty sl,u un
erssv increases fssfer than It's eaus OF tuossHhct
81 ,ls, the constant tendency Of things therefore
toward des,itution snd misery me ItD.N' assu,g,
he, ,bis tendency exists and proposes 70 cnecH
h Association tie Editor also makes toe following as
sSrion az To the means Of checking il pointed cut BY
others - g., go ,..,tu, ..lu -
cy or drown 80 in csreer 81 droaHeAs,y, ~ tt son
6 have me e 70 ande-s an
Now hi. imputston IA utterly unfounded MALTHrs
whose premises The TrjHs adopts, IS the only orr
writer on political economy Sno polns oul any suV'
r1urss' lie snys expressly hat s.
TFsny man choose 20 marry without he PROSPER Of ne
ing able 10 support family b. should have inc lo'l pot
feet liberty 10 do 20 Though 10 marry IN me care J
iesrv an immoral act yet il 10 which society shous
ne tpnnisbmep Of want AT parish assistance shoue b
"a a. and IA
Here. then II viii be that the writer upon who's
n-srnisss TI TyJnns builds ia social edncc, nn
self advocates the policy imputed by The Tribune TO hi
onnonents The s0uad political economists WhOm W
have quoted and whom Tie Tribune preiends to quote
deny and discard the premises OF MAtTHUs' WLleh -
5--j5y1g accents They co not denounce marriage ga
rrie on the part OF Tho poor but they assert thar as
matter of fact generally true though not Wiou' eNoep
lions men do not snd VIII not marry until tney can sui
mort their families and that hTgOre subsistence iu'
not only keep pace with Populsuon ou' lN~e 'i'' "'
Thus McCULIOCH says
Mao il not a slave Of instinct s cOnlle., = sas
ing generally j. Influenced by M
AMI vhsn We look 40 bodies u incl'ldla- "e tni9i
fnJ that tie pt5a and FREQUENCY Of @ar9gH a's re
~ ,rreaf, ere 4sruaoi 81 tf r6ne VJo5d AMI @'i -
mn h rfrer oafr1i By ne JoTms-.'
Mccrrroru however IL one Of the very mon
whom the Editor of The Tribnns mas Oeen Dstli.h
these twenty years upon the suDsct o FlcI -
and therefore his opinions upon al o'neI WP,os
hahlv he pronounced urs0und and ho-uiu' We W
Le,fore quote another writer upon the subject AGAIN.
whose authority perhsps The Tri5ac VIII &C. less en-
nhste WILLIAM ATKINSON. 10 his - FFHcF pes o fC'
tj-g T-oVonp published in 1873, with an nroducuo
he Uor,cr iiRFFLEY" deyotes chapter 10 me exam
nation of this Fundamental proposition OF MALIbV
(which the Tribune now IN the Ian adopis) lAai Tol
Ision increases in gsOmdroa ratio, while lts mean
ofsubsispnce increase on IN an df"u"t"' 'a'io' -
conclusion he reaches 10 TINS No.,
rS,s we are necessaied By The facts now colaied
80, he geofneric. and srilhmerce amos eta 70 .
80, hst he former j. more nearly hpplchDs ~ NC -n
Of he formation OF cspal, ari ne l.4lei 70 We
ths increase Of population. no" SUN . IA
I've n,oved how entirely Mr.. MALTHus has iaci y sul
s,entste eiiher predicts q his TWO greai pfop
and cannot AVOID expressing the ptnss,t ason,, y.
,s.e rsfo- OF increase which promulgated by hm
bsoTs Iod As1s bsai Trcsi.ed nh ASY PORTION Oh eA
/ user s,ftr- bg slG,esmsn and stafifsictans -,
And this excessive AsionisAinent on lue Pait u -
ATVrSsoH seems 70 have been shared by Ms America
EDITOR; for In his introduction TO the WORK NI uAE
LEY says ,,
uT s,not lave needed ne horrible deductions OF hi
runs ho declares ha hose who cennoi ma food ~ D.
ont me Ad OF the community, should re leh 10 tANr
Convince this generation Of the feaeai s"sy-I.-' y
ssr,iI.rs Srgs, iioi iuei Te10tHg coness'ors en-
Having thus disposed, I'VE hope Ansy) Of the eru1
ana sbsSrd posItions on which the Political Eecnony
Asscria,,on /. based we shall sgain turn our auenue
10 ia MoR.Ir7rIs 10 its fundamental principles and
/ cssssrv tendencies as SOCIAL system and We uu
! ia Tyi6ur/ will renew It's effort. and meet with mo-
than i,s usual success in REFRESHING the noisnslo
Lrh /, always feels or effects 70 feel WREN tns eepsi
nm, N the subi,., Il approached We have ful con
5snca mar in spite Of The Tribznss Efforts 70 pm
II. svss bv an osrichlikc burroviDg IN the SAND I