New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-15
Associated Lab or.

To the Editors Of The Tribune:
Since your paper is devoted to the popular
cause, | send you this communication trusting
that you will for the love of that cause give it
place III your columns.
Although l am an old and, may say, a tried
advocate of Democracy and have brought my
children here that they may be educated IN Re
publican principles and enjoy the advantages OF
Republican institutions, | am nevertheless con-
yinced that Political Reformation, wanted even
hore-taken IN its general sense-can be but
comparatively little use to the people; that even
here, under any political system Of Government
possible, they may be as eHectually crushed and
endangered as in the old Aristocracies nay, more
so for the ALMIGHTY DOLLAR is more IMPLYING
than the Cornet and the power Of Wealth more
reckless as to the results or the means OF its ag
grandzement, and owns less responsibilities than
Hereditary Rank.
Must we workers, therefore, submit to the baser
tyrant because we have escaped from the op-
preston of the other? Certainly not: we can,
thank God, protect ourselves by social regenera-
ton, and we will do so-we cannot avoid doing
so if we would This social regeneration is to
be brought about, only by the ORGANIZATIONS OF
LABOR; the formations of Associations OF W ork
men, is now acknowledged by many of the more
beginning that organization, consequently many
Associations are formed and many more will be
formed; the inevitable consequence OF this $50
lated formation of Associations by which eac'
is for ITSELF will be to produce monopoly
more detrimental to the masses than that OF the
Capitalists, | DO not deny that it may benefit
those concerned even as the Capitalists are now
benefited by the present system. But trust
that we workers have arrived at that phase OF
knowledge,-ay and OF power, II need should
be,--that we can defy Monopoly in all its FORMS
and so organize our Associations as to aim at the
important result Of entirely airanchislng Labor
from Capital, from hazard, from all uncertainty
either OF employment or OF profit, and even from
the want resulting from inability to work that we
can moreover protect our families from the lear
of restitution at our death; but to obtain these
advantages we must take the right course even
from now or we shall have to retrace our steps,
through much difficulty, and much loss OF time, OF
property, and what is worse, OF good leelih9
Let us therefore fully understand the objects
we wish to attain, the principles which should
guide us for their attainment, and the manner In
which we must proceed to carry out our views
Our objects should be to alranchise Labor from
the domination of Capital, to insure to all work
ers all the profits of their labor and mutually to
protect each other from all the contingencies
which our human nature renders unavoidable;
these are all the objects which we can safely en-
OcaNOT 10 accomplish az pitoCiit anu
for the day is the Labor thereof.
The principles which should guide US In our en-,
beavers to attain these objects are--that Gapltal
cannot deserve more than its interest that eacn
worker shall be paid according to his work and
that the remaining profit shall be equally divided
among the associates part being lett to increase
the CAPITAL and the General Fund that no Asso
citation can compete with another in the same
trade and place that no Association can be re-
garded as complete until all the workers IN that
trade belong to it that all Associations shall deal
mutually with each other that they shall sup,
port each other by ALL POSSIBLE means that All
Institutions which can be in common to the Asso'
Citations shall be so and that they shall de direct,
ed in all that relates TO general affairs by board
consisting of Delegates from each Association, the
which Board shall not occupy Itself with eXtrahe-
GUS business. | am convinced that we cannot at
present act principles more advanced thah
these, and this is the conviction OF one VINO has
been q Communist % years, and still IS So
The method of proceeding to establish the AS
sociations must be defined on scientific data,
adapted to local circumstances OF these last
cannot be supposed to have much knowledge, as
my residence here does not yet date from TWO
months all that | may possess OF the former is
at the service of my fellow workers In fact it is
only because | think that New York is the place
where can best serve in the practice OF Assocla-
ton, that have decided on residing here rather
than in other towns which might have otherwise
preferred
have some copies OF the Tracts on Christian
Socialism published by the Promoters of the
Workingmen's Associations in London. They
contain the theoretical development OF the idea
that Christianity cannot be perfect in competl-
tive state Of society; some account OF the Asso.
Citations in London and Paris the Constitution OF
the Society of Associations and model set of
Laws for an Association. These Tracts are at
the service of those who desire earnestly to work
in this cause.
My last letter from London informs me that the
Society has established general Store, and that
they have began to publish their weekly organ, to
be called the Z" Christian Socialist" 1t will be
sent to u.s. Your obedienG servant
CHARLES SULLY, II Fihh-ayenue
We add to the above that Mr.. Sully comes to
this country highly recommended by some of the
gentlemen who have SO etfeotually promoted the
formation OF Workingmen's Associations in Lon
don. We trust he may ere long witness the sue
cess of similar organizations among the artisans
of this City. Ed. Trib
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