The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-08

letter In reply to Mr.. Marcy, which we published
exclusively and ahead of all our contemporaries
on Saturday last, it having been communicated
to us most correctly by telegraph from Washing
ton, We have heard great many enquiries re-
speeding that swell known fable (" alluded to by
the distinguished chietain, in almost every rank
of society. "What fable is 2" "Where is it p
''Where can II be found Z" Ishould like to see
the fable the General alludes to-" These are the
questions put on all sides respecting the well
known fable" and here it isl
THIS WELL KNOWN FABLE.
Oae hot sultry day, wolf and lamb happened to
the s.resln OF clear silver brook, that ran tumhng
down the side OF . rocky mountain. The wolf stood
upon the higher ground and the lamb at distance
from him down tae current However, the wolf having
Q mind TO p'ck qnerrel with him, asked him what he
meant by iii. urbias The water and making it muddy
thst he could drink and, at the time demand.
ed satisfaction The lsmo frightened at this threaten
ing sbsrse tod han, in tone Is mild as possible that
With humble rsn,ssiSn, he could not conceive how
down from the wolf to him. and therefore, could not be
disturbed up the stream. Be that as 1t will
you treated With i'll language behind my back about
halfs age Upon my werd says the lamb the time
yoa snon was before WAS Ssrn Ths wolf, nd ing
into esr passion snaring and fosming at the mouth
II he mad; and drawing to the lamb,
thsr and that is all one" so he seized tbs poor limo
oft
The OLD APPLICATION.
The thing which Is pointed at ia this fable is 80 OBJ
vious that it will be impertnent to multiply words
abuse inferior to himself, either in power or
courage though he has not given the least occasion
temper could not bear
live quietly in Its neighborhood. In short whenever III
people are In and integrity sure to
better oountenanoe they have for their vainous
to prastise honesty In bad times being liable
scribe it, it ten to one but he would be- mpesohsd Of
high crimes and misdemesnors; for to stand up for
justice in degenerate corrupt state taoty TO- up
braid the government, and seldom fails Of pulling down
vengeance upon the head of him that offers stir In it's
defence. Where cruelty and malice in combination
tsnoe to yrsnnss over and exercise all man
ner OF injustice.
The above Is the well.known fable" by
Esop, and the application, as written by his com
mentator, and handed down to us. We shall
however, modernize it so as to make it applica-
BILE to the year lS4S, as follows:-
The New APPLICATION.
One sultry day, wolf of president and a
lamb of a general happened to come at the same
time to quench their thirst in the stream of pub
lie opinion, that ran tumbling down the side of
rocky mountain. The president stood upon the
from him, down the current. However, the pre-
sdent having mind to pick quarrel with him,
asked him what he meant by disturbing the wa
ter ofpubllc opinion by writing letters, and ma
king it SO muddy that he could not drink, and at
the same time demanded satisfaction. The gene
raj, amazed at this threatening charge, told him
in tone as mild as possible, that, with humble
submission, he couldnot conceive how that could
be, since the water which he drank ran down
from the president to the general, and, there
fore, could not be disturbed so far up the stream.
Be that as it may, replies the president, you have
been publishing letters, and have been told that
you have treated me with i'll language behind
my back. Upon my word, says the general, l
have done no such thing. The president find
ing 1t to no purpose to argue any longer against
truth, fell into great passion, swearing and
foaming at the mouth as lfhe had been mad, and
drawing near to the general, "Sirrah," says he,
''if it was not you, it was General Gaines that
published the letter, and that is all one to me-"
So he seized the poor innocent general and tried
to tear him to pieces and make meal of him;
but while endeavoring to do so, discovered that
instead of lamb, the wolf got hold of bear,
which happened to have lambs skin over his
head, but will perhaps tear the wolf to pieces be-
fore the Ides of November-who knows?
We shall leave President Polk to draw the ap-
Pication to the well known fable of Esop."
FoURIKR1sM AND FouRIsRIrEs.-We publish in
another part of this day. paper a very interest
ing article on the subject Of Fourierism and
FouIieritcs, from the Observer, religious paper,
published by Sydney Morse & Co., in this CITY,
This article is extremely interesting, in refer
ence to the attempt made in this country, during
the last three OK four years, by individuals and
journals, to Introduce into the social system of
the people ofthe United States the doctrines and
plans of the celebrated Charles Fourier, French
philosopher OF the las; century, who died few
years ego In Paris, and left in that city the legacy
81 his papers and views, which are now in prac-
tice among several people and classes of society
in that metropolis.
The leading journal IN promoting these new
doctrines Ia this country, is the New York Iri-
bune, under the management of Messrs Greeley
and McElrath; who, with an afectation ofbene-
violence and morality, are the great promoters of
the strange views and striking doctrines of Fou-
rier Indeed, they attempt to conceal and cover
up the Interior objects of this new doctrine under
tCIHiS, oAu Wy III diSCtdtlOu OF great pn1-
lanthropy and benevolence for the poorer classes
ofsociety. The same journal, which is the great
organ Oft the Fourierite system and doctrine, is al
so the organ OF branch of the wings of New ork
and is patronized by both the existing COM
mittees Some the leaders, it is probable ARE not
acquainted with the character, pretensions, and
purposes of this new system of morals and phi
losophy; but before we have done, we will en-
deavor to enliehten them upon the subject
During our recent visit to Europe, we resided
in Paris nearly six months last winter. In that
time we had variety of opportunities OF making
ourselves acquainted with the history of Charles
Fourier, and his principal doctrines upon morals,
religion, society, &C., both from the special sects
that follow his views, and from the more en-
larged associations which have been organised
In PARIS Theae nrincinlaa q IN anxaaI;. -