The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-14

cents shillings will be collected as you leave the
room, for the building of our new Italian Church.
May God enable us to free the Christian Church
from this great beast Of Rome, and from the great
apostacy, and may God bless you, America. Great
applauseo
It was announced that gentleman had offered to
give thousand dollars towards the building of the
church. And after the doxology, the meeting
separated
Anniversary OF the Birthday OF Robert o wen.
The eighty-third anniversary of the birthday of
Robert Owen, known for the peculiar principles
which he has promulgated, and which is professed
by class of people made up from all kinds of ISM
ties, was held at GOO Broadway last Friday evening.
When our reporter entered the room, where he ex-
pected to see the company assembled at supper, he
found them engaged in tripping it "the light fan
tastic toe" to the music of harp, VIOLIN and fe W
other instruments. Among the persons present was
Mrs. Rose, one Of the great admirers of Owen; Lucy
Stone, and strange mixture Of abolitionists, Fou
riertes, communists, spiritual knockers, and nfdels
numbering altogether about sixty persons. The
dancing over, this motley assemblage sat down to
supper which was despatched with the most aston
ishng rapidity. Then came the toasts, the sent
ments and the speeches, Mrs. Rose the Presidentess
leading of with the following address, or euogism
the man in whose honor the anniversary was cele
brated -
Ny friends With unspeakable pleasure do rise to
welcome the natal day Of the worlds greatest and purest
philanthropist, Robert Oven. II is pleasing duty
TO honor the day that gave birth to great and noble
being, for every good man is blessing society. But
he grathcaton this evening must be greatly enhanced
to a by the pleasing consciousness that our venera
bic and beloved friend whose leigh third birth day we
meet TO celebrate is yet among u.s. and though the wide
separates him from midst yet his benign inu
ence his gentle and benevolent spirit WILL sure be
felt among this interesting OCCASION On the Ian
n iOua Oh lin
social and moral horizon whose eugeHt rays penetrated
into the deep and dark of social existence
anc disclosed to mental vision the cliffs ard shoals
and aucksands Of ignorance sefshness and vice. against
Which the dearest hopes and the best interests Of
Kind have been wrecked and unless they uprootsd
from their very foundation, and the streams of life
eansed and purified would ever impede the "
upon the history Of this remarkable mans life The me-
ces.ar brief space Of time allotted to any speaker on
Iii, life the useful and interesting that ever fell
to the Let Of man Alta very early he struck out for
Smsef course Of life which he pursued with an
the history of man. At the age of ten he left his
native place in Wales for the great commercial EN-.
porium, London, with less than ten dollars in his
pocket to commence the world with While yet q mere
boy he entered the of commerce. and contended
dus,ry and application One or two points Of his esriy
Life will give you some idea of his youthful character
nasn Ii e@ with e
he added the commencement of cotton spinning by the
newly invented machinery. At twenty, hearing q Mr..
"
Manchester employing five hundred hands, advertise for
s smapase. =, ar; Owen presented himself You are
objection to me four five years ago. his reply
II am man no and have some experience in this bust
making three hundred pounds year." " How many
times week do you get druDkf This too much for
the young Philosopher he c'loIed up to his very tenn
pies, and replied very Indignantly g" never drunk
In n y life" - What salary do you sskf" "Three hun
bred pounds Three hundredg' said Mr.. D. with
topshment "Why, here have been dozen this
ing of tho double your age and they don k half
that sum- Very we'll said Mr.. Oven ~ am making
three hundred year in my own business, and cannot
went Mr.. DriDkwater examined it in silence.n t'Wel"
said ne % TO me to ss Nv you sn, nave wh,
Tor his manager Stay with me three years., said he,
viii give you four hundred next year. five hundred
il suit you At the end Of four years Mr. owen entered
into more extensive partnership and built the original
entire control Thus, commencing life with such genius,
foresight selfresnce industry aud perseverance, his
successful in fe He anasseda prncely fortune and OF
fered at the shrine OF humanity His great object in life
has been 10 benefit mankind-in his own words, to
pesceably revolutionise the mind and practice Of thu
race" For this purpose, he set to work, by precept
and example, to difuse knowledge, based on the in
scrutable laws Of human nature TO infuse the benign
spirit charity and kiudoess into every heart TO teach
mankind that the law of kindness is the most effective
law In the well training Of man that if want to have
man rational consistent virtuous and happy, must
the and influences that have tendency
to make him irrational inconsistent vicious, and con-
seouenty miserable for IL is seternal truth, that
long the allowed to remain, the effects
must remain also His whole life demonstrates that ne
had no private end TO gain no private ambition TO gra
tify that HE object he had it at his command.
In 1875 the Mexican government offered Robert Owen
district hundred and fifty miles bread extending
the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean along the
line that separates Mexico from North America incl I'd
ng what called the golden regions Of California
he under his entire jurisdiction. The OF
England and the United States Of America greatly favored
the project Mr. Owen accepted the offer under the condi
ton that the should grant perfect religious
freedom every sect ard every individual This condition
generously acccded TO by the government and the
peoIIe but the monks the active and
OF religious liberty strenuously opposed the
that 1t finally defeated; ard Robert Owen true
to himself and to the OF freedom declined the Offer
Eor has his life long labor OF love been in van-for
though the fun carrying out OF his principles and plans
for the emancipation Of the from dsunion, and
suffering IL yet among the things 10 come, yet
former probably lived who has much Of his
principles snd views adopted Robert Owen The great
truth that the combined powers Of organization and the
influences Of education and position operating upon the
organization from birth through life form the character
Of just what IL liz st any given period Of its exist
ence has had its salutary effects upon society All the
moral reforms are based this truth The old
cea OF the deprayty OF human nature Is daily giving
way to philosophical inquiries into the nature OF the
and influences that produce deprayity vice and
misery and just in proportion this truth perceived
and the correspondi remedies applied 40 Is moral re-
form successful His lofty conceptions expanded mind
and great heart, embraced all refoIm-bs platform vas
broad enough for the whole human family On the Attn
Of May 1884 he formed society 10 which | had the
pleasure 10 belong) called the Association OF Classes
of all Nations without distinction Of sect party ser
country or color" His wealth. energy and life, had
reaped the rich reward Of bis holy DEVOTION for every
good act brings its own reward so has he lved life OF
happiness OF perpetual sunshine that has sheda
bright lustre his old age and makes his declining days
90 down like that bright uninary in his full glory after
cloudless summers day. And II the promulgatcn Of
truth without mystery mixture Of error or the fear OF
manif the diffusion Of correct knowedye based ON the
inevitable laws Of pature-n charity