New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-02

i1s power 10 lnpreSnats ctner minis, and be, by
then IDEAS inipregrsteS. PrVaohoa nav be lk,rc.i
10 mental Absrtine. exceedingly loqaa~icas AID
/ selRcgyc. though ais ansor0Cs embraces are 10.
fruitful 70 the ninGS OF others and shoysi,e N hs
own Handsome men are sometimes impCtent
TIE SANE may be sveTsd Of mental confines and
besary. Spirtaal nature 10 DO, more respoSS.be
,.r Is sterIhty. tasn physical These who speA
"a. Proudhons barrenacss, are not perhaps nscgS
irulti- though inoompsrsby less endowed With ths
seductive powers q mental beauty. powerful
$ constituted a.rd may. Ike a beatty BODY, %
ui-a.,.u. or tune without beng absolutely iupo
teri AID 5arrea. Prouahon may ye; bring 18th
IDEAS OF living ard groWing usrurc thoagh his
past ncGeEataoos have eeeu more Or less alortivc.
+ SO 40 cutc.se With envy. bat with trUihial
humility ar due good VII. shsa DC gla3 81 ny
. remarks cause PrOgdhon 90 rebuff them. by u.,,,
I've creation OF the man4 wwkirg system o.
PoAucN and sOc.al equity, denocratc ccn.ttu.
uon ~ ne rights aod Liberties OF properly 10 toe
.4uits 90 ltCr democratic Constitution OF admin
is,-sl'e uEly | WI s., hun tie example II
Iaveuiion snd urge him 70 improve upon IL Mean.
whl.e venture 10 assure him. that tie neville nd
the us.de cases cave a night q critclse his
f.css plans oi 1aGrcAIsm ana credit while hoy
. G.mire ns eler-y IN combating the despotisia OF
I fsst a.t ccr7-Hns-4f An archiSn. as he prcpcunds
20. oot 'abssststs sor ruinoas inaif..strsison
+ 90 e't aat exchange as he proposes them. are not
sghsu;use ng REM and me monopoly 81 lad aud
water, ar al asht as "a! property
/ Mad BE- uo; Condemned The pTiociple o. State
I9ssesslOa ID lie land. mighi have thoaeat
! ts walked ony 10 a. opportunity 20 bang It
ifu 90 developed olmgs bat siucc so
az - and ucgauvcy deuOgnces 2 IS en- absurd
idsa 10 becomes niy duty q relate hs errurs aud
discuss als eectT'Ics. shat 10 the same lor ether
E1N".liaonisis Whenever % seems necessary. Pro-
leLsions O. lnia.lhilty are out M date-pc.ss and
hao'1 nave noi ny sympathies /" Be We not called
/ haoo'' nei'her be ye called masters iOr one = your
Master, even CHRIST, and all We ara brethren"
Aan worship sa by ,gone sapers.iton We ara
! a.. disciples 81 each cttcr disciples Of humanity
/ SCI up 40 Prctsnson TOR myself IN cruols.l.s
Others.
Proujhou ioccives himself hy his favorite ,aethc,i
O. contradiction. He believes a. al every negative
\ niea implies positive coUntegype. Ia that he Is
I rstt enough but replication Is Dot eriGeacr. many
/ ttln-s imp.,cd relu.rc development sad eNplana.
\ l'n. "lih1St a.ch The! are a. unknown quaint
I ,i.s Snd forms ~ Algebra, requiring lonr and care.
I ll ,acu.sauls 20 ,.acIatc them Ito uiii.ms that
| rs bag4ae 81 fcape contains the c0usutatim II
true slcici Is the htte acoru contains that u the
/ huge YAK Inat may DC true enough As hc coE-
0....5 a oli DC say H - absari 30 tsik 81 grgt
1 Nhich might deyour tho acorn. Hs despiaes piss
AMI al the uneiean animals IL IL hot the lcas True
ever. TIA; the 10Y Al privilege ol rent or proper
! y IA land, creates a herd Ui SWINE which must be
nar1s ot.O-e the acorn can be sowu with safety.
| bal iut tue mighty gevm deep IA the social sod
would not protect iiom the Jaws OF tha NurseiOus
bog endowed with sure instinct and a snort Tor
foufHg ~ the sol ia search Il nuts and aoOns
/ The " ud Boa OF Land Monopoly seems "a trishtcn
tfuiil1n. he vii NOT lace lt lie runs with ths
hero 90 Land Mouopoists and grunts against "a
'fN AMI nidemuIiy IS c0HEsclti0H. That . "a
/ olnd side, aud tae cause 81 his steulty There -
/ a numerous and a powerful herd oi svin8in ftG.ce
bat Do NJ inposslbl2 to tatieu them other sorts
/ o.! irnt than that on watch taeyieed at present
These anaogies must not be viewed IS passion
.sHa
/ our nature the best Of us require regeu. ration
/ Perhaps lat.er when say lido So nisb, We
/ irt. Dol tofus fear not htle avarlcilus nd
t+ .o's search OF persona. ease and plcatcou
lor., of privilege. Anaogies. Ia the pictorial at
/ language are but convenient means Of iliastra
! ton. Thoy serve "a vary lights and shades. tooos
and col0rs m the poriraiture ~ truth but thcy se
nor tho i.leamenta Of truth itself in special demon
STATIONS Had PronGhon not put forth the acorn as
picture OF ms plan should rot have chosen strtHs
/ 70 match ~. All comparisons are odious when
tnrtluHdF applied / do not thus appy them ~
object IS uot civil wsr but universal progress
I and regeneration
/ Not % weary You with the discussion Of details.
/ ! Will at once admit that there IL something good
/ Boo Al. the plans and doctrines q reform. bur "a -
/ %. them are rIuffHg ~ deficient Ia the erieTHGf
/ clements Of practical reality, BY which | mean,
/ tho nature 90 the Social aud Political Inst "a
lions that surround them and in the midst
decline and perish The Socialists have generally
organized their systems without due REGARD ~ pre-.
! y0us or ~ least onncomitant, arrangement AMI 10
/ form IN the surrounding clements u he. They
I have made hsh without water, birds and quadru.
| pods without a vegetable kingdom aud an atna0s
l phero. They have created Social organizations OF
me most delicate Constitutions, without regarl %
Social climate. Many OF their plans are good IN
themselves and would work we'll IN a lig stat of
"a" and common right not IN a surrounding state
0i ignorance, monopoly AID privilege As ! said IN
my les. letter Locomotives " 10 not run on common
roads nor Social Innovations work In old soc, 49,
The laws OF property and labor must beroyolasouis
"a before society can DO reformed.
IN treating ~ reform aud revolutionary proersss.
therefore, We shall have - study simultaneously
the nature II the climate and the functions OF tho
animal the state II general laws and moralg, " ~
The nature OF the Institutions organised tbercin--
Where Oranges arc cultivated, temperate climate
$ indlsp ensabe. Tropical fruits canlo. thg.yo IA
Polar regions Social Institutions and AssOciatiors
Of higher order, cannot prosper IN tho atnOs here
y nlylcge and land monopoly. Common right
t44 common justice are the necessary elements q
moral strength and social industry. Labor canrot
thrive % society OF legal privilege which rOOs IL
~ one half and more OF !ts production
There u a method also in tbs progress Of
relyra Before God made tho animal. he made
the vegetable kingdom tho waters and the
sni we're made before the vegetable world
appe AIRED. General laws must DO reformed be-.
fore new Institutions can be organized II
would be useless here 10 dwell on thsse details
The political error Of Proudhon consists Ia the ides
that hs Bank n Hs Pe0Die might reyolutioaizo So
c.ety and pat down rrnt, without the Intervention
%! toe Government, as railway ocon,otOn put down
s1ge coach travelling, By the fact u its superiority.
The trlta - that railways wero not organized with
out tLe Intervention Of the State. They were L.
gQly alth0nzsd and Government b some extent
asssied ia their first establishment Special avs
were made ior their Development
Fourier based HI, plan Of operations on the sans
cOnf !on Of nOn. Intervention. He asked iDf tOiera
ton only Ia the first Instance; being convinced
that iul success would crown the first experiment
and carry al before H. He wished To- reyoiuiioBizo
The world without disturbing either Church OF State
au Or doctrine He hoped the PICS would Il, the
acorns now, b. showing them uperior crops "a the
horizon Of the future, where the trees had grown
sud reproduced Their seed. he might have knoYn
that pigs hungry and yOracious animals. regard
ess OF the igtsIe and Unsuitable Of immediate Vos
Session.
These illusions are % longer possible The non.
Intervention Of privilege with liberty "a sn sbssrdi.
~ i il not question Of nOHinterysnti01 but
one Of mid ald measured intervention Plogllion
himself nov asks or legislative intervention u con.
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