New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-01

Arkwr;gh, in the manufacture Of cotton. Til. Vas
ner Manchester bat subsequently, be .e.ilod 1t
New.Isrsrk. Sco,isad where be for ned partner.
ship with David Ds'e, and married tie daughter Of
lis associate.
A, this period. the b-neytleat genius Of Mr..
Owen began to show Itself He occupied himself
with rstructing and improving the many hundred,
of persons employed in the mills. Instead orsl-
Ioying them - remain IN ignorance AID scottish
p,s.. Be undertook their education, sni, what IS
more. realized plan Of sel-goyernment- by in'ti-
,utinv s-ries Of regulstious which appealed to
the nober feelings Of the employed; community
from which was bani.hed the curse Of drunken
,ss. ignorance snd crime-the stumbling blocks
r. the theories of pubGcst and the policy OF ''aies
uen-scon became famous. As Nr. owen wrote
enthusiastically ard voiuminOu'ly on the SUBJECT
there was no want Of publicity, By means oi 'rac'
and the pres-. as regards New-Lanark. feoPie
who had never heard OF New-Lanirk before now
quoted il. Philanthropist.. statesmen, princes
were aroused. IN England, where the approval Of
suy project by Erncely rsnk Is - Przed' the pfac'
tieal scheme Of Owen vss st once elevated INTO su-
nrsneme consideration BY the attention gwen II
BY the Duke Of Kent. There csn be no
! question that, with such roysl SANCTIONS
Mr.. Owens scheme would have coa,laust 10
receive attention in England: and il woad be
hazardous now to imagine limit 70 the e1ten' Of
II, ultimate operations snd influences, had they not
been arrested. But b. proessed no special resPecs
for tie religious system Of Christianity IS taught IN
tie churches. He had no faith IN "reveaed
RELIGION bu, adopted as bis motto that " man
| wss the creature Il circumstances acd was 70
ke improved independent of theological dosmas
| OF course. the aid Of the Enghsh Church ana OF
men high in council vas az Al snd 80 soon IS MI
| Owen was declared 10 be an atheist He hsd con
fererees With foreign potensates, but We do no'
learn ths, New-Lanark bore transportation to 8
distant soil. When his influence waned IN Ia
gland. be came 70 America, and established IN 10
in Indians. then the backS Gods, socAI,'ic
/ Community. Some persons of much intelligence
and .ocis consideration ook part IN this new EFFORT
II was much talked Of and written sbout 81 the
/. tte tine; sni tie reputation and wealth Of Mr.
Owen .syed j, from no little Of the rldicule which
usually attaches 70 ali schemes OF the Kind. Ladie'
who Joined tie Community worked with the srdor
/ Of converts in household duties, snd gentlemen
toiled for principle with az earnestness srcA as
+ thew had never exhibited before for themselves
Bu, for certain reasons, though New-Harmony
/ fcuri.Led IS village, il dd not bring about the
/ reisn Of the just made perfect, and II due time
! dissolved into utter Righteousness.
Some Jears after the institution Of sai' Con-
mu1ity. Mr. Owen souga, 10 obtain an inn ense
| grant Of lard from the Mexican Government moth
isz iess than Coahuila and Texas; ard declined 10
, accept territory profered him 90 the Pacific
Who's the Fsench Reyolutiss Of 1o4S broke out,
Paris bris,led with Sociilisti, projects. Mr.
! Owen esgeriy sought 10 have his own taken hold
| If by the Government but without, success. He
continued I'D 10 the ,s, to affirm the excellence OF
lis faith and proved bis sincerity BY e1pending his
fortune on wba, he deemed the best philan!lropic
mode. After having long snd without compromise
maintained a purely materiali.tic philosophy the
recent 4.caled Spiritual manifestations converted
him about the yesr 1854, if We are not mistaken,
- belief in God and in the immortality Of the
soul; and his later writings were animated BY thi:
new fstA.
Without any remarkable power either Of thought
or expression, without great originality or depth
even in the soci.l devices which be dgui6ed
with tho name Of a system, Mr.. Over
yet fills large place in the history
Of the noble snd cheering movemen. known
under the comprehensive appelation Of Social
ism. Th. distinction lie gained By the ear
nestness of his convictions, the exhsust.e.s kial
ness Of bic temper, snd the coDstaney Of bis sd-
hererce 10 Whist lie regarded - the most usefal
truths. He was preeminently good man; not
only honest, but OyerfowiDg with charity 70: all
creatures, and gladly deyotiBg himself 70 the vel
fare of bis Kind. Even when a profes.ed atheist,
there Was ever predominant. in hin that benignant,
unselfsh spirit Of good viii and good deeds 10 9th
ers which We are taught 10 regard s. the highes;
EVIDENCE Of religious character; and even those
who were wesred BY his perpetual assertion Of his
principles Of society, could never Withhold their
respect for the transparent sincerity aha active
beneyo.tnce oil the nan. There sre, no doubt,
msny men Of mIre profound though. ahd more
fertile genius, bu: few of more humsHe aspirations
or more genuine worth.
RecsUSa W. indicated our belief lhsl Kinsss