The New York herald., 1851-09-12

jobbers who want to plunder the treasury, under
the plea Of public improvement.
SOcIALIsM--WHAT IL IL, AND WHAr ARE Irs
CoSsTlTU Within q few years past, the pub.
lie Of Europe and Of portion of the United States,
have had their attention directed to discovery,
which-lke some of the quack medicines of the day,
which are warranted to all the ills that hesh is
heir tot is said would act as a speci6, in eradi
eating all the evils that aict society, and convert
this mundane world of ours into a par adse, and
men and women into angels. This new paoent re-
medy is termed, by those who talk much Of its
beneficial and reforming propertes-this extract of
saTsaparia for thor ,ugbly cleansing the social and
political body-this gigantic bolus, or Brandreth's
pill, which is to purge beth Of all foul humors-is
called socialism but Of what Ingredients it is com.
posed what its consts aent elements, neither
the discoverer nor any Of his followers have ex-
planned to US, except in very vague, general, and
indefinite terms. IL is not unreasonable for pa,
tent to inquire of his physician the nature of the
medicine which is prescribed for him; and no res
pectable member of the faculty will refuse to an
ever, to inform the sick man not only what it il,
he prescribes, but the mode in which it will either
kill or cure. The socialist doctors, however, are
rot so accommodating, and. consequently, many Of
them are looked upon as quacks by those down
whose throats they would pour their medicine of
many virtues.
One of these political and social rcformers-one
of these neutrality-suspicious., however, revealed to
the world the knowledge for which it painting,
and in the best English at his command, probably,
has deigned to enligh to the com of
socialism We hasten TO place the valued and
much desired information before our readers, leav-
ing it to their discretion to swallow the medi-
cine or refuse it, as they may please. We find it in
the PoqUar Tribune, the organ of the Icarian Com
munity OF Socialists at Nauvoo, Illinois Here it
isl
We must by our acts, sentiments, thoughts, employ
our efforts TO arrive at the complete aud pesec
realization OF that law which requiring unity
body heart MAD
property family humsnty
unity Of administration
liberty fraternity equality
perHonsiity solidarity induity
Ter We must rot forget that placed of these
terms, we have in the nrst case but passyity respon
bli,y, and death In the second mpoency. and struy
gle and in the hrd anarchy, injustice, Inequality
Consequently, thst each. starting point OF every
society might have for limits In his activity sentiment
and idea, but the liberty right OF o5aers may
act OF rest. live alone, adhere ccticise
uucer his res Pc psibilty.
That the association limited by the respect due mi
oies and the freedom Of each consizsrs consents
ana sanctions ali that the adm Inistraii Will ozder
At last that, this one elected and revocabie, at any
time by the majority expose. every day society
the state of tie MINDS, sentiments, and
respoLtihe and prosecuted If IL goes out from the limits
usced 20 it.
1t is word, the sovereignty the law the state with
each In the association and en
protecting ana developing themselves mutually.
This, then, is socialism. To be i, Is not very
ineligible, but il cannot be expected of potica
doctors, any more than Of those who minister to
our physical and oorporea ailments, that they will
write their prescriptions so that every
derstand them. That would be decidedly unpro-
.essional and if any of the faculty ut Nauvoo
to be guilty o. such breach Of etiquette, the rcgu-
lars would, doubt, refuse to have anything to do
with them, and would very likely, consgn them
to the society Of quacks. We question if any Of
the quack medicines Of the day can boast of con-
tanning greater number of Ingredients than tkis
socialist recipe for converting the worldinto para
disc. We should like, however, further expana-
ton, for We confess that Opaque vision cannot
pepetrae the subject 1t is oil very 6ne to talk Of
humanity, liberty, equality, fraternity, personality,
solidarity, infnity, and all that; but will any one
tell us what it al mearsl This pres ,ription puts
us in mind Of a classical dish Of which the West
India negroes are very found, called gumbo. Ask
what it is made Of, and the answer will bo-a listle
of everything, with plenty of spice.
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