The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-20

SOC miles, with all plain sail set, and the pas
sage was one of twelve days only. In this way
she made trip equal in speed to that Of our
fastest steamers few years since, and within
two or three days of those of our most successful
aud expensive side wheel ships now. Against
the competition of these screw vessels many
persons imagine the side wheel system will have
to give way. For safety and comfort at sea,
they now compete successfully with their rivals.
SOCIALISM. IN THE UNITED STATEs-DEATH OF
NJ. CABET-From time to time during the last
half century, certain philosophers, Discontinued
with human nature in general and EuropeaS so
ciety in particular, have invented nice theories
for the entire reorganization Of the race, and,
despairing Of success in Europe, have come to
the United States, where they could have clear
field to set up their systems and get some little
money to oil the machine and set it in running
order. We have no time to enumerate the vari-
GUS systems of these reiormers and as they have
all failed, the labor would be of no value to our
readers. Suffice it that socialism, Fourierism,
Icarianism, communism and all the other isms,
have had their day. They all had a full and fair
trial in new country, where land was cheap,
water plenty, air pure, and no policeiOr despotc
government to interfere The philosophers had
full swing -perfect liberty. They might
90 where there was No society at
all, or they might have society Of any
color they liked-red, brown, black, white
or yellow. There was nothing to prevent
them from returning to an absolute state of ma
iure, and dressing themselves in the skins of wild
beasts-Or, indeed, ignoring dress and other old
fogy conventionalities altogether. This was Ger
tainly fine opening Here was the greatest
country in the world for experiments Singular
ly enough they all failed. There was the white
Dana, Ripley, Hawthorne, and other elegant
Fourierists. Where they spun theories, superan-
nuated paupers now pick oakum Then
there were the Boomers at Red Bank-they
bloomed for one summer, and then, too delicate
to stand the rough Jersey winds, withered like
sweet rosebuds, as they were. M. CADET, certain
ly an able man, set up his Icarian colony at Maui
VOC. He soon found that there must be head
to everything, and very naturally thought
he was the only proper person to be that
head. His subjects rebelled-his system
fell i'll the theory and its founder
died at the same moment Now we have two
attempts on foot to change the existing order Of
things: The Mormons wish to increase the popu-
lation and reorganize society by the system Of
polygamy; the Shakers, on the other hand, desire
to prevent all marriages and giving in marriage,
and to reorganize society by cutting off the po-
pulation, having no more procreation or repro
duction- making the human race stand still for a
while The Mormons have trouble in their camp;
the Shakers are very few in numbers.
The philosophy Of the whole matter is simple.
While the American people stretch out the hand
of welcome to the stranger from every land
while they give him protection, and an opportu-
nifty to earn his bread by well paid labor, they
also examine him carefully before they believe
him or trust him. The very freedom Of opinion
and of the press which he imagines lie to
insure the success of his theories is really the
cause of their failure. he is judged by
his merits alone. He must always come
to his proper level. This is equally
true Of philosophers, politicians, artists Or tera-
~ men. The case Of Kossuth is in point. He
was treated with the most splendid generosity,
carefully analysed, and soon brought down to
his proper level Mitchell also, the Hiberniau
Bobadil, came posting from Australia with an
entire new set of political theories, with which he
expected to upset the world. He was dined and
wined for couple of weeks-then brought to bis
own level and pendoned off with some fat negroes
Of the Governor Wise pattern and small planta-
ton in Tennesse, from whence he occasionally illu
inmates the world. The Bonapartes, too, have al
ways been brought down to their proper place.
And IL the present Emperor should ever return to
New York-which is not improbable after
the affairs Of the present French government are
wound up for want Of funds-we have no doubt
that be will be seen driving tandem at Harlem,
as in the good old times. Nothing like these
United States for taking the nonsense out Of
people. Vide Peabody.
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