New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-29
Farther Foreign Extracts.
vi. YIcfor Considernnt.
Prom the London Morring Chronicle. March -

Prom the London Morring ChroDies. March -
Two ~ three months ago there appeared in Lon
don French gentleman OF about 80 or 81 years Of
age Of grave dignihed manners, military oesung,
sud extremely prepossessng Appearance. lie was
rather above the middle height. bis features were
vel formed without beng strictly regular heWo's
sshort beard aud his dark hair was carefully part
Cd IN the 'front.', and bung IN masses below the ears
He had the air OF a man charged with hlgh mis-
sion snd rot doubling Of It's success. in develop
Ing his views he spoke with 40 harmonious How
OF well chosen words. a welltoned and welrmana-
eed voice and the most perfect mastery 0otn Of ms
.ubiect and himself No. p shade OF Impotence or
i-ritabblty ever crossed bis fine open brow when
his fsvorite doctrines were impugned, and be lis
tened az well az he talked. BE was constantly &C
compsnied by two young men, v1o received al
re said with sdmirug difference. Inif vas VIC
tor Consderaut formerly captain Of artillery in the
French service, nov the most popular exposltor Of
the doctrines OF Fourier, and the acknowledged
chief OF the " AssOcistlObists the sect who desire
o. reOrgsnize society On his principles These have
been lamentsbly mlsundeptOod snd perverted By
those members Of the Provisional Government who
have undertaken the settlement OF the labor ques-
tion although they profess 20 vcnerate him as their
master; end we ourselves may have been misled
by them into passing injustice 10 our afuslOns %
him But what IS popularity termed BCureirism Is
NOT Foureir.m; no candid ressoDer Who has stu
died the tNstem OF Fourier az eXpOunded by dsc-
oles ike COn,iderant. will hesitate 70 class MN
among the great thinkers Of the age aud while
We reject toe system. as whole, TOR lts present
impracficahii'v. We feel cure thft mankind VIII IN
the end benefit largely by the Incidental truths he
hes flung oil, like SPARKS from working engine, N
Celebrating 10. snort extract from one OF Consid
erauta appeals to the pubic viii show how unjust
We have been to these reas,ners il this country -
" W. attack no interest, no class. W. call TOR no
arrangement which msy reduce the advantages OF
propertv or of aay other acquired right. We &C
LIZ ttffl Ina me a
ali violence in horror II 10 freely spontaneously
nv exempiifying the advantages Of labor organ
ized asSocafirely that the happy traDiorm atom we
seek 10 compass must be effected They regard
The subdivision OF property Ia France as one OF the
most fruitful of the existing sources 81 eyI; and
they wish 70 enlighten and guide competition IN
stead of killing IL. They have repeatedly depre-
Gated the interference OF the Legislature. aud treat
ed with undsguised contempt the popular abstrac-
tions Of Equality and Fraternity as indicating no
thug practical. Their motto IL, Order Liberty
and Justice" The main feature OF the plan is thus
stated IN the preface 10 one of their tracts: FOu
rier end the Associative School, believe that there
would be an enormous saving and immense advan-
RACES la applying the principles OF ASSOCIATION 70
agriculture, to manufacture, TO commerce, &c. They
conts cd that the Inhabitants Of any community In
stead Of acting by fractions snd with all interests
a. war. would become much richer and much hap
pier If they associated their property, their labor,
and their capacity" The community they would
preer or the experiment should consist OF not less
than 400 families. or about 600 souls. md should
possess not less than square league OF ground IL
would he managed by committee OF direction
named by the majority of shareholders The mem
bers or 80 many Of them as chose, would live IN
one large building or mass OF buildings Ike col
lege or oaTack, each being lodged according to MS
rank Or his means. The collective members were
termed by Fourier a phslanX (ptdtdnge/ 10 anal0-
~ to the Macedonian phalanx, and PtdianStere'
p lrfrfr 10 III
Dhalaage. Just as mlOHGsf6re signifies manor des
,a0iAes Hitherto, almost the oaiy examples OF as-
ISOLATION on a grand scale have been associations
Of capitalists lise canal or railway companies
But there are two elements Of production beside
capitpI namely labor and talent and all three are
to b. included in the partnership. Fourier pro
uosed TO alot four wehs OF the profits to capital
fge.twelfths to Labor and threetweliths TO talent
Bot this is not rule; It is only proportion taken
a. al example any other basis Will be adopted
according - circumstances capita Tor exam
ME il 10 he remunerated according 10 the market
rate Of interest aud if the plan ia well conceived,
there is 10 why capitalists should not take
shares in the speculation az well as in another
Indeed everything depends upon the Plaza; and
the Fourieriss rely that OF their founder, as es
sen,aiy distinct from yhliherto submitted tothe
pub.ic; so that the failure OF such schemes ga No
Owens cannot fairly or logically be objected 70
them Give Us one fair trial they excain,
end there is An end to the whole question n
we fell" Great things, in the way OF saving,
sra expected from unitv Of establishment, ana
great things in the way Of improved management,
rom unry Of sction but the essential feature 70
new arrangement or organization OF labor by !
which IL i. hoped to render labor attractive IN
stesd Of reousive and means of Strengthening /
both mind ana body, instead Of blightlng crsmp'
iog and parslv zing them. lnsuiicisut remuners.
zion, dnhealthiness Of wOrsing-piaces, Isolation /.
monotony and long continuance, absence OF cneer' /
ful riyalry-these are the main causes oi the re-
pul.iveness OF lab0r. Tney may be greatly lessen /
cd If not removed by attending 10 tastes, talents
and spttuies by allowing the same person 10 IN
der.ake two or more analogous brstches, forming
the workpeo2s into groups and series ana exclt- /
ing between group aud group, or series and series
the same rivalry which may be seen occssl0nstyid .
FIJI exercise between the existing orders or Givi-
.ons of society. We propose m our next article I.
to show how far this system may be beuehclaIy
tried az once in France since the public IS pledged
10 a complete reorganization OF some sort; and We
NAV al,a pick out some hints for the guidance OF
Of the employers Of labor a great scale In TINS
country For the present, We simply beg leave to
cal attention to the fact that, startling as Fourers
or Cons derant's notions may be irom thelr novelty
these theorists never. 10 a single instance ran I
counter either ~ the recognized laws OF human /
pstare or 70 the established maxius OF political I
econnmv Instead OF deny Ing the weaknesses OF
mankind they propose 10 turn them To account /
instead of dsputog the rights OF property or capital
thew simply invite pr0pretors and capitalists q
iolp with them in What they believe viii turn our
a very Profitable speculation.