New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-04-29
Association Discussed. No. %.

for April, ls47, page $50 in the article the In
tellectual Aspect Of the Age, you will find the fol-
lowing passage;
LET us now cast cursory glance at the work which
remains to be wrought In coming sges and In which we
trust that our own will begin to bear part
Fret the practical ski, which has almost exhausted
its resources In the material world must apply ise TO
tAs reorganization Of human s0oiey That the social sys-
tenn 10 out OF joint is only too obvious Here are the
vast masses OF superfuous and unproducuye wealth
there the crowded ranks Of the suffering the sarvns
the degraded the ensaved for whom no healing or re-
storing influence has gone forth. These are the
valeys 10 exalted those tbs mountains 10 De Drought
low War, sui the sconrge OF suly a1searsacs
put away and the principles OF peace ioioeaianSe'
equity and good faith brought down 70 tne oe'a VI ~
msstc and social life. and thence Qor can oe ony
thence infused into the machinery OF gov n ~
the counsels Of nations Groveng TOLL ootn among tue
soydid rch and the hunger driven poor must De made 70
relax it, demands and to equsze us 90 ts' 10
oil glasses OF society the MIND and nesrs sna e. 'ue
Yshts and have their dues-tner sunclebt space anu
means for culture and enjoyment
As the writer proceeds TO disparage and de-
pouncs Fourierism and a that, | think 1t will
readily be seen that speaking prose without
knowing it, is very common occurrence In our
day Again lie Semeur { The Sewer the Leading
Religious periodical publishedn Pans oil the GAVIN
istic School, ia its leading article OF Jan "a last on
the Social Discontents snd Food Riots OF our times
thus discourses:
.The last year IL our memory does not deceive US,
tho Minister OF the Interior jested pleasantly at the
idsas Of some innovstors The Organization Of La
Dor, asked he what does that mean Do you under
stand anything by the Organization OF Labor and ne
descended from tribune with the applause OF the
Centre This hppant tone is not in judgment the
proper one for subjects so serious
We have ons or two reflections 10 submit to the
friends Of the Gospel 20 the task they ought TO per
form Let as not be in haste to condemn without re-
the obvious weakening Of the spirit OF patience
and resignation IN the bosom OF the popular masses
quite a. little let us suppose that the only remedy for
10 yHseh ne Chrtstnn Fath The nrst fruit OF these
ideas would be injustice the second an error-snd,
ve must confess IT, error which has been 100 0ns
msiaisissi"
Whether this is prose or poetry, leave to the
judgment Of others 1t seems TO me TO be at any
rate very important and seasonabe truth
Whether il will be needed in our day by the Oh
servers. Recorders, Evapgelists, &c who have the
ear Of the class here Of which lie Semeuris the oracle
in France, cannot predict You will find in it,
doubtless, occasion for fresh sneer at the good
time coming
IL / were today blessed with an opportunity Of
speaking intimately and fully TO chief OF that
different but powerful class with whom your pa
per is an oracle, because it Aatten and justihes
their over.mastering impulses--if could sit down
beside some man who is tottering down TO the
grave beneath the burden OF iourscore years, yet
eagerly adding hundreds of thousands per annum
10 hoard Of wealth already counted by millions,
and hugging himself with the conceit Of his own
generosity, because he gives perhaps thousands
each year 10 relieve Distress dhase knowledge or com
mend religion and morality would wish TO plead win
him. after this fashion Brother OF mine' you ART
'nsdly throwing away the most golden opportunities
You are crminslly disregardins the most solemn
dues Talk not Of your contributions to this or that
charity this or that missionary phanthropic soc
ETY. all that may be very well but 1t falls immensely
shsrt OF your pAols duty You bold all your wealth
the steward OF the Great Bsnefsctor you are bound
by His commands, decsred' In Nature and in Reveal
ton TO devote all your means adequate sup.
port and provision for those specially dependent upon
you TO the relief Of misery the diffusion OF comfort the
increase OF human happiness. But not your money
nor your provisions only your best efforts, counsel
influence, department. familiar intercourse, de-
handed BY the law OF Love TO God and Man as free
win offerings the cause of Human Wel-being. Not
merely to mitigate the OF Want and Suffering by
aims but to dry Up the fountains OF human sorrow
10 seek and eradicate the Of wide spread
relation and miseryto replace the influences which
produce or aggravate evil by such shall tend steadily
and strongly to create good-these within the clear
bounds of your duty ask you therefore to Eaite IN
rseassiag Society thai il shall Be thoroughly adapted 10
tia performance Of these dzIiesso that it shall constitute
true mirror, In which the virtues we require Of mes
shall be readily and truly refeced-or rather, true
sismsnt in which they shall be readily and freely gen
trstsd and developed Let any man but Of, down
ssriousy and impsraly consider whether the Social
Organization in which we live is such one-whether
calculated to develop the good and Tepress the evil
Ia nsture-whether its natural influences the
side Of generosity industry irankness or of seshness
schsming and dupiciiy, and he come to but one
conclusion.
do maintain that II the Law of Love given through
Chst shall become in reality the guiding principle
Of mankind or OF any considerable section or commu
nifty. Social Reform will be the inevitable result To
call tAaf Christian State In which the few roll in wealth
and luxury while the many are pinched BY frost and
hunger-where the few all the Soil and the many
hire IL of them exorbitant prices cultivate
Il for them for wages which will barely hold soul and
body togsthcr-where these who command work
whenever they choose under obligation to do
any. and where those who work often
unable for weeks to obtain single days employment
WHARF, the palace OF the rich Chrstisn overshsdows
hundred novels enauted byignorsnce want and wretch
edpsss their inmates forming class distinct from his
In every Social usage aud chsrscterstc as the Psshs
from the Brahmins OF Hndostan-is grossly to libel
Christianity. cannot see how a man profoundly i'm.
pressed with the truth and importance of Christ, teach
ings - those Of dvinsy messenger and guide
fail 10 realize and sspire to Social poy radically diff
ferent from that which has hitherto prevailed. Unless
TO understand rhetoric Of the most ex-
sggerassd kind his How hardly shall they that have
riches enter into the Kingdom Of God. Mark K s3)
Sell that thou hast and give to the poor and thou shalt
have treasure in Heaven. Matt xix 2l) sc. &c do
not how possbls for any to suppose that He
contemplated or could fail to condemn aperpeaaton of
The social distinctions Of master and servant reh and
pooy landlord ard lsndless &C SC anything like the
szssns or In anything like the spirit which mani
lssssd eli around and in (lss that !, shoud be
20 y the HOUSEHOLDS Of many among the most exalted
and esteemed Of the protsssed followers Of Christ
But have not urged the justice and necessity Of
Social Reform mainly from the Religious point Of view,
because was aware Of the pronepess on your eide TO
make this question Of creeds and estschisms,o make
decision hinge dosmstc theology instead Of prsc
ri Christianity. protest against the Introduction OF
sctarisn shbboeths whereby try the merits OF this
onsroversy Our fathers worshiped 10 this mountain
We hsve Abraham To our Arr thou ereafer