New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-23

,,erlv nnsble TO account for the t:ct inst af n, w.
Is,,no looked into our books, cou,d nsNe "Huo ~
by recurring TO another oil our plnclee'
"r';, rnd,,idnaty which embraces aud accounts
s,s, conceivable diversity In the understanding oil
language 1t 0,ha individual Ia entitled 70
arodacs of hi, own labor" cannot It IL true Dc ac
49, .,,hout limitation and modiicat on III nave
noved nv labor in hunting catching and nsoo'cuuo
Won and reducing you to submission, " can ns'uJ 20
assumed AZ an axiom OF Social Science tnet 9eToo
s,lsd 10 the ownership of you thereby. so, II EN-
.Ioy INV superior wit or skill or accumulauve tooi
bieh Is power In reducing you by more suoue means
A. eonoii0n of servitude, the axiom IN quesuon 0a
not be acduced In justihc Atom In order 70 enaL
% the products of my own labor, my labor must nse
ksep jastly besowe that Is II must have oeen sho.
al NV oryr cost that is again, must not throw 'ne
deusoue consequences Of my conduct on otners 80
~ ov,neIshlp But let that pass The question more
snmedlstely up now relates 70 the exchange OF
f,ouessedly belonging to the parties we AUNT ~ 10
the modification stated, that every nm. ma" cho.en bv
product of bis ewn labor. Even this basis cuos.n y
a., cc excludes natural wealth. including uncu'uIe9
or natural sk from any claim Tor s enJ
csyyies him beadong In our direction, as ne WIZ hnu
when he has leisure 70 follow out us PiiH"'P0 INV ~
logical consequences. ,....-..
A, 10 the second count that we repudiafe properly
and the right of accumulstng and exchanging az will
we simply deny. We only repudiate the rgnt occ.'
.ruotinH Other peoples properly ana IS LOT eHcn@hs''
they are the burden OF our whole doctrine
IA 10 the third de attempt to establish compulsory
zno 10 regulate price This you regard as gross Nloa
don Of ne sovereignty Of the kind uSdouS
sdlv EQUITABLE Commerce would be failure Hh
smpy for the reason that do nothing oil the sort
tbat II not failure and Is not fayns lne Judgment
~ Th Tfbnns Hike be. 1t precisely for the reason
sbst we bold the doctrine Of the sovereignty OF the In
diydus that forever prohibited from establish
Ans not only this, but any oIher compulsory ap But
.bs does NOT apprehend, prohibit US from discover
ipg accepting, announcing and acting upon principles
n + precisely this difference between a compulsory ap
and principle which critic has failed to apprehend
and which the world sadly needs TO appreciate. IL
this misapprehenson whi n lies at the bottom Of tn
TASTY decision he has rendered upon the system OF pro
clples brought 10 his attention, which being rectfed
re derson itseh goes 10 the ground destitute OF any
support validity. As this 10 the hinge Of the Who'll
mater al issue, therefore, let US endeavor 10 make
Etle clear.
We do not deny your right TO the product and the
fall product of your labor We allow you to retain the
possession OF il long you choose. Nay, further,
you determine 70 dispose Off, do not require nor in
s In any manner upon your Opposing OF otherwise
than upon sny terms that you choose, II you can find
purchaser We do not oppose feathers weight to your
entire freedom. We commit no encroachmeDt upon the
fullest exercise Of your individual! sovereignty. We
cannot do so consistently with ourselves. We admit
your full title 10 the freedom FIRST Of not selling at all,
and then of selling for any price, no matter how great
Che hardship 10 the purchaser In other words you are
entitled 10 the freedom Of doing right wrong for the
better the worse With what is clearly your own.
Thb leaves the question: however of what Is GIT or
on by other principles TO bs settled still solely by
and for yourself with no foreign Interference whstso
ever Is t not possible that being thus entirely freed
from compusiop, and thrown entirely upon yourself for
adecision you may wish 20 know for yOnrSJ what Is
he right aud which the wrong principle upon
which TO carry on your exchanges-Thlch Will
place you in harmonious equitable, and the most
nuly advantageous relations with your tello~'men;
which will bring you into antagonism with all the world
eonfusiou, general insecurity OF condition, and pruva-
lent wretchedness. VIII the man who shall communi-
cte that knowledge 10 you thereby commit any breach
Of your individual sovereignty provided he ada pts the
nppy to the demandT' If you are DESTROYS OF know.
ipg the laws of health, and make you aware of the
phncple OF ysology which demands the ventilation
houses Is that "a gross violation of the sovereignty
ofthe ipdviduslf' II undertook TO compel you to
Construct your babitsten upon a given plan, for
yulr benefit admit III It would be- but, is simply
communicating the knowledge to such AS want it, any
ecroechmeptl II dozen individuals, operated upon
b such knowledge, voluntarily, in separate
benlarge their widows Otherwise modify their
knces TO insure this desirable end Is there any sur
raider their part, OF their individual sovereignty
IL 20 assert this would be precisely equivalent to the
tsit found with our circle of principles, BY The Tribune
does not follow because have the right, and every
oer has the right 20 the products OF his LABOR and
tothe liberty OF retaining them for ever In his own
hsds that ii IL therefore either right or best that all
No should retain all their own products, and that
ftae should be commerce whatsoever Neither does
hillow because any has the right 10 the freedom
t ell his products In any that he pleases, that
Therefore either right or best that he should sell
tan upon the very worst principle that can be con-
eeed o.. 1t cannot be rightly said that any man
h& right 70 do wrong; but every man has ne
7iet 20 he freedom 20 40 aTohQ. In other woros ne
has he yh not be interfered with in the exercise
ofbs own judgment of right although 1t may lead him
10 d what all the world pronounce wrong, proTlded
ONLY that he acts his cost that s, that he do not
shrcg the burdepsome consequences Of bis acts on
obas
Es'iss thus completely disposed ofthe charge that
me "Cost Principle Is per Sc sn inractl1n OF the otner
prinoplt-" The Soveigpty OF the Individual, the
question returns what s the rgt principle TO regulate
lhe exchange OF products between man and mant
ask this question not Tor the purpose OF enforcing tnat
principle coppalsorily upon YOU, but tor the purposeo
satisfying the Intellectual and moral attributes OF my
nStme. You ash IT, II at all In the same manner lOr
yOurie la reply we have placed before us two duier
ep principles one that off the exchange OF equvaent
values benefits the other that of the exchange OF
equivalent costs burdens One Is the DGtHe Prince
yL the other il the Cost Principle The one now pre-
calls In the world, the other we contend for-no De
u remembered, TO enforce II upon ANYBODY, out
as the true or right thing have found no less tnau
ga pages absolutely requisite TO set forth In the most
copdsns ed manner, the parallel between tue two.
cannot repeat Gin newspaper ar'ice) whst nave tnus
sb. Icsnno, conceive how, having read the oook'
you could sipy repeat the old theory the wrong the
OUTRAGE the civilized cannbsism of which are too pa
Zen, to be- either disguised paia,ed. II is equally
hcobceivahla how having read the book, you coulo
rejec, the smplcity the obvious truth and the hign
harmonic results of the Cost Principle. we may per-
laps seek f,r the solution In the radical mtsconcepton
into which you had been BETRAYED by haste, aud ~nien
have endesvored TO recufy. Not having time or space
here, then TO expound or defend the Cost rrl9cPe'
permit me 10 conclude d0grnaucSly ana Propueuoa,Ji
by Affirming some @hat In relation thereto. IL s nohhg
less than the grand reformstory idea in Commerce,
corresponding 10 the Protestant idea In the religious
world, and 70 the idea OF tne
AND inssrnuch "a Commerce Is King, permanently 50
In this sac i, Is the grand idea OF the age IL l now
iiu infancy May man who will east h,' eye over
sAs dseussou win hardly know what tne woro. iieAu
r.. Il pvtr will Dg
,erns Nevershel,ss IN those words Is contained the
mos, fundamental the most potent and the most revo
funcpsr, IDEA OF the nineteenth century s~aien~ou
Of Fs6,rm which cones not humby, saying, By yooF
aesyr hui with power saying 20 the capitals" " gu
must By means Of H. the rendering oil lusnce 70 Ia
Dor nc iou gel to be mater of grace, but OF nscess
Il an ilea 100 which is % permests me peoc nlu
githoc, ms, without agitation Already the orgsni-
Estoh of Equity Villages Is going on win quotneSs
which leavs tben to bs sought for by those wao n.e
demand Tor trver relations among men, ana win roal