, 1877-08-27

In the centre, Near these frame in,isGS, In the
r'at. ftnnd MD md tterArr,l log r1ta. rcmTn'fnl
nf pioneer tlnys. From. the his!liWry a n,rsuw
lane !ca.la To tits little riIlnrc; .n!, were YOU
10 60 M this lane al tllc hour OF mra1tt,hc, you
would see gather At the lnrge building peculiar
pcuple,-men with Wlttehcd locks, bent dow n
with aye. from whose eyc* gcan tho spirit of a
manhood before which crowns hnve fallen mud
sccetres bern brolscn; yon would sec tl,o STAN .
Of inlcll'Ecnsc anil culture IN ever. iurc, hut
sadly s;y inarte1 by tl,o traces of a1scrsity. A.
shoes, you would ho rcrnin,Ie,i Of m ancient
people over the sen. Thcsc arc
THE IcARtANs,-
th1g inc tlfcAm-land fur Which they left Nauvoo
I1cre they have lived aud laburetI for twenty
years. Iher rules OF government have been
those Of C1hct, but paccd In wisc hands. Thcy
began ln the lowest degree ol poverty. They
Tscs Ioea o to Rrass al 1n
e. II ING uoyxnn,cnt IL democracy. Tho
President Is elected Tor one year, and IL only /
Iegai head of the Commune. which is IN ncur*
porated body; A general meeting Is held every
saturday night, when the plans for tho follow
ing week arc laid anli officers elected to execute
them. Tho President has no oower to do any
act, except BY vote OF tbs Co1nn1une- Only men
vote. though tho woman are allowed to speak
tracted. All luxury is denied. Every person
Is required TO labor but the work Is done
with great moderattou,-tte motto lelng
to mako haste slowly. EvnrythtnQ 10 held Ia
Commune Ia indeed
sixaL1 FAMILY,
except II Is not unkarY home. Each family
has aeparats dwelling, or loda!ng-plaec. sery-
Alarrtaae Is commanded. but II must be within
the Commune. Neutrality-suspicious. are strictly
observed, aud the famly held n the high
est honor. Vice and immortality are denounced.
and not tolerated; hence the morals Of this
Commune are OF thu highest type. The women
are Intelligent aud attractive fn lemcanor, and
eyIdcutly good housckccpcrs. The children.
81 whom there are twenty in the s1cren is,p,:
;, sol robust: fhs ,4y!1sS eon.!sts t,. q q
day served ID thc ar.t story of tho d!niug g-hali,
Or large building, eexeo feet, standing IN tho
tho same time. The second story Of tho lall ts
fitted up as q library, 10 whicl. Is to be found
French literature Of tho highest order: Sunday
- day. oi recreation aud sport, and ts wholly
or in the dclds; while tile evening is passed 10
the hall, in dances thestricals, or other amu1c-
ments. Thus they 1tve. Little world within
1 nErunIro WITHIN TUE nxrup1tc.
They own 1000 acres, nearly 400 Of which are
uudcr cultivation. They have large number
q horses cattle, hogs and sheep from y, Whst IG,
IN which all they renuIrc IN tho COMMUNE d
made, aud surplus Tor the outside world.
Thefr property Is worth not far from 100000,
all of rhict, they have tnnde since they lott
Nauyoo, beside paying tho debt Of 100000
they left with the deserted city, ny slow aud
slcndY progress they have come from poverty
and darkness to the beginning Of the realization
Of their hopes; and, whatcver may be their fu-
ture, mankind cannot but admire their heroic
fortitudc, their noble devotion. to principle,
their determination to present the world with
the highest form OF self-goyernmcnt,-
MANY FOR ONH, AND ONE FOR ALL.
TLeIr next decade 6dll b watched with inter-
est. A new generation must soon take the
place Of the old, and It remains yet to be seen
whether the Commune has within It the ele-
ments Of successful successtop.
Another body Of Socialists successful In Iowa
l. reserved tor another letter. uAwKKYE.