New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-31

rather than - Q mere money-goktune, mAse~A '"'''
defining it q the Science which traces the laws
phenomena Of Society which arise out Of the desire OF
" mankind to maintain and improve their condition
And finally after broad survey Of history and OF the
facts in the worlds present condition, be procSamed
the harmony Interests TO be the res fundamental law
Of Society in ts present organization. and IN an
p0eble orgaaizstioas Fer, be declared. such +" the
law On which society depends and By which alone lives
1t may be violated BY unjust taxation. bad govern
nent, monopoly, fraud war. and - forth Orr avery
Low and rude social state like that Of savage horde
or q bsrbsric despotsn, il may be very impertectly
exhibited Still it 10 there. and we're it not, no social
relations could exist and above all no social improve
nent and in proportion rise out OF their PRINT
tive slavery to their own physical wants in proportion
as they escape from the original poverty and. % the
creation Of wealth render themselves free aud nde-
pendent Just in that proportion does this divine law
Of harmonious interests and more papaby appear
and obtain recognition The first condition OF social I'M
provsment industry directed the creation Of wealth.
or the means of subsistence clothing and shelter Next
invention and science in TO aid this progress ana
to endov man with more efficient servitors And WITH
each step in this long career the individuals Of the
community or nation become freer more equal not oy
dragging the higher down, but BY raising the inferior
up and more united not only because their interests
are felt TO be more sccordant but because their sent
ments are not suppressed checked BY the interior
ence ofpbysical necessities
On grounds like these Mr. Carey successfully disputed
The dormss Of toe economists in vogue. But hi' vie
Of the subject remained incomplete for some years,
until be finally the error Of Ricsrdos doctrine
with regard to man, relation to the soil In he Past,
Pr,ssn! and Future published in l-4S he set forth
simple yet important discovery, BY virtue OF which
Political Economy may last claim the attributes OF
science In that work the assumption that men begin
by cultivatpg the mos, fertile lands is exploded, aud
reason and history together brought up to demonstrate
that de costrary is the fact We are there taught
that IN the beginning of Society, men without skill,
without tools without capital Of any kind musi OF ne
ces.ity commence those soils which are easiest TO
clear and till and where safety from poisonous masmas
greatest that &c say with the light and thin and othe
hill. instead of the deep, fertile, heavily wooded,
msrshy and pesterous land Of the valleys This se say
Is matter of necessity and striking proof cha so
may be found the universal fact thai hitherto the In
bsbitsDs Of rugged moun'siu regions have been supe
ror to the dwelers in the richer and seemingly better
low lands but for rreflable demonsra ion We refer
the reader TO Mr. Csreys work. A. the cutvatOr &C.
cumulstes capital and power he descend, ,he hill aud
.ubiugates the deeper and heavier soils and SO no
doub, the time will come when the rich tropical regions
of the globe-richer and more productive than
all o,her.-wil bs subdued tn human occupancy
and to usefulness
A scientific principle. it is now perfectly
established that Society begins with cul waiting
poor land and az it acquires means, advances ~
cultivate better Thus, instead Of process OF de-
teriorat0n, we see in the true and natural course
oftbings and with industry and liberty that the growth of
Society is a process of continuous improvement. The
entire structure of the old political economy crumbles
away before this simple doctrine, and in its stead there
rises clear and beautiful sceace consistent with the
facts of experience with the suggestions OF reason aud
with the nobest aspirations Of the heart We see that
nature not nconsstel with bersef that Providence in
placing man here subdxe aud besuti the EARTH did
not appoint him to fate endless and painful than
that of Sisyphus but every conEenal With his
usncts and within his capacities and that industry the
growth of population science and association the
cornerstOnes Of his freedom, progress and happiness
And thus too the sublime idea Of harmony OF interests 10
verified as the fundamental law Of human adairs and
the only valid and efficient law under the imperfect
social institutions of present civilization though Of
course sdsts cd TO greater efficiency in the improved
institutions which We may be assured will come here
after
on this new system Of Political Economy Mr.
snIrHs work now before US, is the first attempt at
thorssgh exposition in the form Of manual for study
and We have for that reason examined it with the
greater interest Mr.. Carey's books bear the chsrac
ter Of occasional treaties rather than of simple scicn
tnc statement And though his Pest. Present asd F.
ts,s has been adopted o. . Textbook in seae Es-
ropean Universities and in the University Of Virginia
in this country it not written for that use and We
have long desired that some competent person would
undertake the preparation Of systematic, elementary
body of doctrine, containing hs discoveries, carrying
bis principles fully OUT and adding thereto whatever
might be necessary to a complete manual for colleges
and high schools. Our desire for such manuel has
not arisen solely from the wish to have whA, hold
to be the truth made accessible to the youth Of the
county but has been stimulated by frequent letters
from professor teachers OF Academies and studens
who bad become weary Of the superficial exposons of
Ricardo most in use, and earnestly besought Us to
recommend 10 them something better Their require
ments we're plain and simple. They needed a compre-
hensve yet concise treatise teaching the essential har.
mony and not the incursbe hostility Of mems interests
and establishing the fundamental principles and i'm
mediate conclusions Of the science by positive and
clear Demonstration all within such space that class
might properly 60 through with it in ordinary col!
lege term Hitherto We have been obliged to reply 10
such correspondents that We knew Of no book that
would meet their wishes Hereafter We shall be able