New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-27

hostility TO Social Reform. IL appears, however,
that having condemned, the Chronicle has had the
fairness somewh,. 20 examine tbs scheme Of Asso-
cation and the result is the following sensible srti
Gle. which we commend to the rsbid organs Of pub
lie opinion il tbi. country Though we are far
enough from coincdng with the fears Of the Chr0Es-
eie az 10 tina future Of France with its opinions
in some other respects, We do not reproduce Us al
hssion to the great idea Of Association without
pleasure. 1t 10 significant thing even in these
times
Our readers viii see that the Chreniels slludes
TO former article Of similar kind For that arti-
Gle we shall make room in a day or 80, as well as
for some other ,uthentics on the same side. Mean
while it will be no loss 10 ponder the following
SWIFT killed PARTRIDGE the almanac maker, by
perseveringy asserting that he was not alive, and
that the person who pretended TO be PARTRIDGE
was an impostor. The poor man actually died OF
broken heart, because he could not prove that hs
was himself The English public have hitherto
treated NJ. COSsIDERAST and his sect after the
same fashion 1t is utterly useless for them 70
complain or protest, TO put forth profession aiter
profession % sppea 20 the canoor OF editors and the
Intelligence Of resdsrs or 10 call gods and men 10
witsess that they have an independent existence
Of their own They are 81 Simonians, OEenltes'
Communists, Socialists, anything or everything
bat themselves in this country. IL Is therefore,
lucky for them that they can bold their ground IN
France: and if We are not very much misiD'ormed,
thew are doing m0re-they are rapidly gaining
ground there and will soon be In condition % vim
dictate their claim far hearing throughout the
world. Their organ, La Democratic Pocitq1s H.
next 10 In Presse. the tssG Vritea paper m P0ris
and us circulation e1cesds p 900. CONsiDEkANI IL
qoits sure Of his election and It 10 calculated that
f<,.r. ttrfy n forty
obtain seats in the Assembly. We heartily hope
they may for a. The present crisis they are al D10s
he Oniy putty ioh0 botA able and vHtnR 10
psaiHtaHH the great prsRclples 81 " Orfsr, " Li1er-
IL" and Justice (t1eir MOTTO or vho hdve ne
sltsLten chance Of advocating tehat may fairy be
called CoHserUatiUe opinions ptth svcce".
The dedication Of CoSsIDERAsT's great work,
called Destinee SOcsle," runs thus
"To The KIso.
As being IN Quality Of chief Of the Government and
first proprietor Frsucs the most interested In ORDER 10
yusc snd private property In The happiness Of Ievsa
as and nsions.
This Work contains chapter headed Anertes Ctrl
istes lCiglised Asserei). Every one n bis taste
but for ourselves. We had rather Lot be named init
He thus pleasantly rlsDces AZ the sbsurdtiss that
have been imputed 10 the Fourisrists;
The Rerp, de Paris to r, readers, will axe
from tho Ftears which has taken II from the Pert fe
which has t.tsn II from know where and the Ne
hnal will repeat after them. ths, FoUrIEKs system e0E
ISIS promising men tai! brtfNs Zee! long teDiiHaar9
"a fgs! This l. very exc Issss pssssrtry IN the
Yet Vsf and figaro but IN sossr truth, the great Jouf-
Las 10 devoted tber country, devoted 10 humanity
~ devO the progress the liberty, 20 TIE welfare OF
the people 10 ideas 10 tho PROPAGATION Of shgh'so-
eut devoted "a the republic devoted n the monarchy
devoted the Kse devoted 10 the QUgIs devoted 10 the
people .svoied right and e and bel re and Dshnd &C.
,osd In their ssdug Hrtcs. in their sEAots and even
In har Advertisements there great journals meDopoi-
OF puseity ought they not 10 have ssssains batter
10 svcn sui sct than jokes stoifs fron Vert v
81 ATksor aI1 grg ~ OF lV
the f-ii thirfy.tfo fed long!
Tser PAalanIfersfA house league square TO lodge
eve thousand persons AZ time.
TO lodge We hundred thousand, tel you h2ro "
On the bssi authority. II IL the community OF goods
women and chi dien.
a sr,tem for tsrnu, water into sparkling lemon
afe.
'.The whales and shark are TO be tanned
I'VE shsu be o0ge1 to eat twenty five pounds Of sofia
food per day. ,.,,-...-.
yle can here guarantee thoss who are 50 piAby WHY
oa the tail Thirty to ret long that fsuRuE ha< ST. about
rrophos,t1g similar changes fer in- human body ne
would certainly have commenced sy announcing 10 Nsm
the elsngsiion Of their ears
To the best Of our recollection. ths Bishop O.
ExITEK and Hr. SEwELL have also fairly earned
place in the tourierist DuGciad. But tine hardest
thing OF all is to be coniounded with MIR OWES
for after drawing picture, far from nstterns, OF
cue OF that gentlemon's establishments, CONSIDER
Ant sIclsms There you have communism,
equality and consequently confusion the most com
plete injustice the mOst decided, aud aDsurdlty tho
most papsble that can be imagined! That re-
peat "a cOmmunfsnq-cOmmunltyO OF goods, cOmTuu-
nifty Of works II i said that community Is 10
be pushed farther stlll-snd this is logical and
necessary consequence OF the Owenist principles
Thon What 10 Fouusrisml Simply as we
planned IL IN first article, he principles Of GsSO
cation geaeraii-ed and cTteHded. and. whatever
may DO the case with England or whstever may
be the applies bity OF the entire system to manu-
AZ nh tall
the only hope Of Improving agriculture IN France;
where the subdivision Of property IS pushed TO ex-
tromes; and, from the mania OF propretorship, 1t is
often found difficult to get either farmers or farm
laborers. French gentleman informs us that,
happening TO possess an estate Of about two hund-
red acres, he could only procure atensntby making
large sacrifice, aud advancing tho required
amount of capital for stock.
We need hardly say that in the present state Of
things there 10 not the remotest chance OF procur-
ing an alteration OF the law. Wha,erer IS dom,
must ee done BIZ arrangement aud association. As
/ for the French peasantry, they must be worse of
/ in some departments than any peasantry in Eu-
rope If one hall of what NJ sur has stated of them
+ in a recent work (L'Enfanl TroEUee written to
/ make theirconditon known, be well founded. The
/ point then" SAYS NJ. CoNsIDERASr, lis to increase
the quantity aud quality OF products; in order that
he who hss only black bread TO eat. water to drink
ard rags 10 cover him, may have white bread beef
wine aud clothes aud that he who has clothes,
better wine, and better served dioner' The
produce Ia msny parts might be doubled or trebed
with facility and Il is obvious, therefore that the
prospects thGs held out cannot be disressried as
chimerIcal. NJ. CosSlDERANT may ovorestlDats
the probable results of his measures, as Mr. MAC
sKEGoR over estimated tho probable results Of his
but this in no respects affects the principle.
This reminds us TO clear up another misconcep.
ton Of Fourierism. IL ia supposed - he essenti
slly protective System and TO tie utterly irrec0u.
ciable with free trade. We DO not this. Let
tue habits If the commune be ever simple. they
would wish to have ths best possible rsturn for
their labor; and they might grow or manufacture
the prod auctions for which they were best fitted by
their sod or By circumstances. commune IN 8
wine country, for instance, would make more wine
than they could drink and they would get more OF
other commodities by making aud exchanging
wine, than by raising or manufacturing them. It's
expressly stated by CONslDLRANT. thstii the beau
,dsal which is only stated az bean IDEAL oforgsn-
zalion carried out all the nations OF the world
would be in constant communication with one
another.
Neither doe. II follow that habits Of luxury and
self indulgence are to be abandoned, though we
have no doub. they would be IN the end and, to
say the truth, we 40 not exactly sea how any mark
al Improvement can be effected in the condition Of
the lower class TIL they are changed. Political
economists do not require TO be putuPon their guard