New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-11
Meeting Of the AssociatiOnists.


Meeting Of the American Assooationst- sho Ike other
soc.ete. and Rcforusr. were in the habit Of coming
tooo'.er In MAY 20 exchange views and sympahies and
address the public upon the subjects m which they
we're especially interested There were many points
oi difference between the Assoc. atlOnsts and other
bodies that assembled 10 Anniversary Week. brt upon
some others they were agreed. We meet under ihc
name Of AssOciafi0ulsts. but y would BE- moro ap
proprate and perhaps we should be better under
stood. if should say SDriailas. This was word
which few years since was ia great disr"pui'--
nay held IN Oppr0brium 1t Wa the Dugbcar Of the
y,.Oectabie Conservative people and was even feared
and discimcd by AssOca'iOni-ts Bat this was ~ no
lDuger-as the said IN the play" We nave cnfn-
cd all that E." and now many very respectable people
the AssOcaiiOnsts Themselves feared not, were not
ashaned 10 avOw that they SOciallst-. FOR he
part he SAID If he 10 die today he would de-rc
no opiaph for posteriy 20 read than an inscrp
ton on hi- tombstone tina, " he was "a ~ociai-t VI
ls47-q and had been for several ycar- before
To he Socialist, hc considered. 10 Do Identified
with the fret and highest idea of the age md this
was beginning 10 be- felt and recognized in all quartcfr
People Of ell classes are beginning 10 ind out mat 20
csh.u IA indeed the great question Of the day. Tho
,o,f. Of this were Visible on all eidc4 Only today
he had read in Ihc TrbHuc article copied from pa
nor Of the highest standing in the religious would tic
Iad,peqdeqt-an orthodox md thoroughly rpn-rFaii''
ournal-in which fully acknowledged tine tact
fhat but question. md that was Socialism DIVIDED
Society and demanded solution al tin. time And
this question. in other words, was, whether IOcit
Ignorance Dcgrsda'ion Miscry and wee should Dee
fuffgd. WhoingrH iigurf ana Delff ffilupi Oh
Society ia which all these terrible hloiches and disorders
should hsye no existence should De obtained. The adj
tocae- Of the old order OF thngs-thc consery aV"s-
would hold back the movement which Womb reform
Society and destroy the hidcOus owls which now in
!, while the Socialists would 60 onWord-wOuld pro
gress 20 more perfect organization, and tins wa- he
true distinction between me Socialists and their oppo
nenis While the Socialists recognized and cherished
MI that good in Society, they maintained that alter
ali there bad been great iWiurc-that one had not
even Appropriated 10 ideal OF good state oil 0ocl-
eiy an the appliances Of an advanced ciPiilanon hhd
ROT ACCOMPLISHED Whit wa really desired and needed
Educational pol iica benevolent and religious nsifn
ncnfaes had OH been cIerted To better ~oreiY but
the great owls still untouched and a. vigorous
and mOnsirous as ever. Tine socialist say That the
reason thi- failure that rciorners do not go 10 The
root o. the tfr-that TeOrncrs only Top on the
buds and branches OF the tree OF evil while the roots
and trunk oii standing giving even additional Vlg1r
and mshgnty to The poisonous virus "r'u'uus ~ '"'
general body.
The cause of the disease Society is the dscordency
and opposition of material nicTests--sO Iona "a tli-
exists there must be- universal discord and confusion
attended wi.h an the ofils we deplo'e. radical or
thorough reorganization o the material the industrial
Interests Of society il required u which unity and 60
operation viii be- substituted for opposition "nd dls
cord The tendency OF society wac naturally O." ihl-
state and IL ever had been and % this we identity
Of interests far exists We indebted Tor all
We possess that IL valuable IN society. The difference
between the state and Tho highest refinement o
which civilization IN ii chief capitals can bon-t is Tine
result only of union and cooperation But the Social
let. say that this has been but partially and impefccy
effected, and that to attain the full bcucht o the pf
ciplc, Il must be applied ntcgraliy-thai the "ho,c
body Of society must be reorganizcd on the pnhclpic
q! cooperation Unity or identity OF interests ana
their order and harmony beauty and happiness
will take the place permanently of the disorder coiu
SION and misery which now aiilict the world
Mr. Goodwin closed aud introduced
Mr. CHARLES A. DANA, who said that the prescn; was
the proper occasion to review the events Of the year
and inquire what progress had been accomplished
lie believed that the year lsis had done more ior the
Social than any year before There had been evas
Gain IN TN. country The OF thought had under
zone great change in respect of Social Reform. The
Newspaper press afforded the indication OF this. The
Social ideas had penetrated into the leading Journals IA
all parts of the country Not that they had adopted the
name of any division Of Socialists. They cond'mnc"
and abused he name quito a. much a. ever but WINE
they did 60 adopted the principles For instance you
might see Fourcii-m abused in any OF the great con
sentative papers and IN the next column see soe pfh
chile or measure which formed a part Of What wa.
called by that name commended a. good and henchcd
lle could assert this from pretty thorough familiarity
with the papers of all parts OF the land and all social
iss must regard II evidence of progress most On
let the thing ON, u wac easy 10 TAKE
"A httc personal calumny and abuse and then from
a party who unwttingly building up the cause Tor
the sake of which he asssiled you
But in the nature Of the case the progress OF 'he
prncpcs of Association had been greater IN Europe
Than in this country There Society had attained "a
greater maturity and consequently prepared Tor
change ~ We IN the United States were not There,
too. the force of necessity urging on the move
ment That force was Irresistible. Nothing cOulh
Withstand the pressure working in the abofng classes
the pressure OF evils long endured that could be en-
durod no longer. The misery OF those classes hau
reached it, torn and everybody that know anything
about a. knew tina. there no means Of saving society
from utter chaos but by timely reform or reNolu
But when were the privileged classes ever Known
10 resign their prvlcges' siory had no instance "l
~. l. Ia, Init. gurn
ruary For time 10 promised we'll The privileged
classes were terrified aud promised reform al last
BIT by and by they grew strong and conhdont Az
and took back their word and tried TO put The letters
once upon their former servants Hence the IN
surrecton of june i'm which the Reaction gained lis
trst great victory and put down the workmcn
That insurrcction misfortune, an error ana me
speaker would not justify H. But he could no' e'io"
upon IL the extreme need of condemnation when had
generally been awarded in many quaricrs ia view %
the dead that peacefully and legally fall before the or
dnsry course OF society. hundreds OF thousands per
ishug by hunger. misery. vice. Tor which The soohI o.
gAn1sinn was responsible he could not loudly and
without pail alton condemn those who sought 10 over
turn that organization byt he same means that sustain
Ell A. namely by violence. Moreover II was uV easy
fer American Republican trained 10 the ldcA mat ic
si-iancc 20 oppression became a virtue when reform
We. arbitrarily denied 20 .ay that those faii'h "oiN
men were tends ami barbarias because th'S rose a.
they did
After tho defeat in Pari. followed defeat clscwhcrc
but the determination 10 have reform an the ICauoHs
Of labor not cNtinguishcd There was no despair
no dependency but the people said, Il we cannot gp
our purpose in ono way Will try another. inns
was the feeling everywhere in Germany as wei As IN
France.
In Germany there was Rm0rc friendly feeling among
the dhercut Glasses and more general aud frank a0s
sion of the necessity for emancipation OF labor nui
les precise ana definite thought France intcllcc
tualy ~ the head OF the movement OF modern times.
and Germany wss next England would try 20 expert
in,uis but wait ul questions settled elsewhere
AID sdopi the results but rance would experiment and
Try the value OF systems aud ideas All thus gain yslu
S0le knowledge Tor all the world.
Mr. Dana thcn spoke % Impractical measures adopt
"a BY the workmcn Of Pari. and described some OF
their associations which he had visited and gave cncour
aging statements i'm regard "a the success OF their opera
tons he also paid a tribute 70 the chafec'er oil th
lshornS classes Of Paris whom be- declared 10 '' VNc
hgcni honest !racrnsl and yrtuous. Hls ne -"'u a.
the conclusion hc had formed from much personal 90
servaton and acc uaintsncc among them
Finally be spoke OF plan now about 20 ~ ~
CGlod 20 combine the whole body IN one VAST "ss' "
Ton for commercial purposes. snd Tor se'ul.us
themselves the advantages 70 De- derived rom NV,
for eseh other There were l;9uo OF these "oi az. -
and the supply OF the wants Of themselves ana ai'''.'
would 10 great way toward providing Them wiz. ca
pigment when rightly combined ana mshaS'N a.. "
plan was also about 10 be put IN execution ioi ue-
large associated houses where they would be cne@Pu
lodged, With great comfort and convenience. '"@
hitherto ir their yrsirhed and unhealthy kennels