Industrial Association An Address to the People of the United States by American Union of Associationists
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Title:Industrial association. An address to the people of the United States, by the American union of associationists.

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Print Source:Industrial association. An address to the people of the United States, by the American union of associationists.

American Union of Associationists.

23, [1] p. 23 1/2cm.

[Boston?

1850]

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14 .In terms relatik gradi! relati{ ‘Th. it, atti Th ,on The;(! Labor the m, is this Th catiorl ,more Ne’ed. man that b reason Agg’ sons-, labor, long h pany,: or inoi oblige: can oi’:The and: all_his ment could terest, most keep h respeci his rac of mar:; Earth,

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16 cet cfi deb~ an Distai to h r a t modes, perious1 can,see stane~! and-C to.i, L-~ob creafiv-. fell ness of God.,s is c

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18 brot:. ‘soft po&S: it;~ of a defo abur bree, thou. pati’c vian_, state manwe Ji for y how wom. t,o th: Ti peac. encebut{ the&se ter-t of?to rests, Capi, more menttheii eitbe, inqu! tuide’ Wort social self a side.

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20 a bond to unite those whom the necessities and temptations of the world drive into selfish. collision. By contrast with the law of love, announced from’ our pulpits-our actual di’visions into castes, separated by, a4,idental circumstancesour d aily cheatings, lyings,. ove hr-r eah, ings, abuses of power and opportunity-our competitions and riyaries, are admitted to be.‘intoleralle hyocrisws. itals, almsh prisons, -are loud comments upon the universal-selfishness. our exist, ing social, relations. Strange: obliquity! when we point to”the very.in* stitutions which are the horrible -evidences of our accustomed inhumanity in the week-day work of life, as monuments of t/e brotherly kindness preached about and prayed for on days of rest.‘ither’ let’us unblushingly assert that love is a visionary abstraction, sentimenta nonsense, fit for poets to dreaia of, but unworthythe thought of.-practical men, or else let us prove that in’fact it can govern every occupation, and our whole intercourse. So says’ the Cbhrian Heart of society to-day.* - ” ~

VITI.,,R,ELIGiQo.. The basis of our Reform, therefore, is Religious, although we wish to urge it only on the ground of Science. Our present aim is.to eone.i liate, to a certain extent, all Sects.and Parties,.both in Church and State, by a plan for introducing Truth and Eqtiity into our Industrial arrange-ments- which plan we can prove to be in consonance.,r:ee1tion, because it is Science. We -aceept the Boo. k of Scripture as a standard both of Faith and Morals; and the Book of Nature as a test and.s tandard of principles:of -Science, and by this double stan ard we require to be judged received, or rejected., T’he American Associationlists, t-he only name by. which we wish to be known, are nnot-, a,,ect, in Politics Qr.Relion; they.ask all sect -‘in Religion to try their principles for rendering Truth and EquityVpractical, by that universal standard which all Sects adopt the Bible; and they ask a,.parfle in the: State to ve e m voautio.nary.fie!d-of partystrife, and loo-k dispassionately at universal principles of Scientific and Social progress.

- -.. We long for unity among the material interests of,men as:.eessary groundwork and condition of higher spiritual unities..,We wish to see the Truth and. Love that are already in the wodd made pratieal, that..by the very practice of them we may ascend to still superior. degrees of Truth and Love. We thk that.te, tinme for exciting and bitter coontroversy h cease, and that the time,,.harm oa action. has comei. “We think that the human’. mind has already run into a sufficient number, of ultrais ms: w develop the infinite variety of -its facultie-s: and. cha s, nd that-the period has arri-d bor a general reconciliation. Matter and Spirit, Man and Nature, F.arth and Heaven, have heen too long at war; heneforth. let them e as One. - Associationists are notiindifferent to -Religiou inqui;. they has.e a profound fai int he religios -ori,n and destiny of the human soul; they believe-,in:the Scriptu r’ as t world of God; th ey tru st in the *e $Citt s, - t.s-, $ I Chaan, , - -.,- I,,:.l l i .. - 1 1. .;”;.,, -,.. I -, ,,.1. 1 7-… 11’ 1., i I 0

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21 universality of Providence; they hope to see.the kingdom of Heaven realized on Earth. But they cannot set up any distinct theological creed, nor can they rely upon mere religious’ enthusiasin in the propagation of reform. And the reasons for -their reuaining neutria in these matters are, that in the multiplicity and conflicts of-warring sects, they do not know which to adopt as exclusively in the possession dof the truth; that they have already recruiteA-dt;their ranks personso are individually connected with every existing Church, such:as the Rodman Ciatholic, Episcopalian, the Presbyterian, th Unitarian, he Umversait, the New Church, &eu; that they believe to be the most just and’ rtational policy to remain on the positive grounds of science which: they can understand, without adventuring into the uncertain fields of speculation or polemics; and that the true Christian spirit, at this age of the world, demands the toleration of all who conscientiously adhere to religious truth. We recognise the right of every individual to remain’c6nnected with any branch of the Universal Churth in which he may have been taught, or which he has conscientiously adopted; while we wish to hold up ti scienee-of Association as” a Ufmver’ Sol enc, at the service of every Church and Party. -::: We do protest, however, against the fanaticism which claims the religious character exclusively for those engaged ien do etrinl disputes or sectarian declamation, and #hich -a es that a scientific body must be necessarily material or irreligious in opinion if it does not directly aAdvocate some peculiar religious cre-ed. We wish to -promulgate the’ princples of Science and Order in Society; to neutralize the influence of a deadly selfishness and antagonism, both on the external condition of men, and on their religious and political speculations; we wish to feed and clothe the poor, and harmonize the worldly interests of all parties, that’reli ion may have universal and unceasing influence in reforming mo,ral feeling and’preparing souls for spiaita purity here and!hereafter; and if for this we are to be accused of want of Faith and Religion, we must consider the accuser as destitute of chaity,‘d a higot.

it is not true religion that opposes Science, nor can it’be true Science that opposes true Religion, since the, mutually ihstrate. and assist each -other in-the redemption-‘~ f’umarnity frrom ~i’gnortance’, fom’-
disease,’ fotm s:fferi, from wrong, and from spirital death. - But we take higher’than’is mete defensive ground; we have posi tire principles to teach; we are propagandists; and while we steadily refrain from mingling with the peculiar religious feelings of any sect or individual, we yet asserth.at *te rue’ 6o nization of every sect is only to be found in the principle of Assciation. ellgious’ “truth is the princple of unity and harmony, but it cannot be realized in practice universallty, ithout a correspondent unity of action in the” ere-of worldly interests.

Association is the true fori for the practial embo dliment of religious’

truth and love; a:‘d while Attractive Industry and Unitary Combination are notheselves Religious Unity, hey are the body or collective fornm min w ml aloni the ordinances of Cstiay, the spirit of Religion, the l’Cvere l’lureh ctn be i o0red, pr ti} ~yarl i-sly;.fonr -li. B he’,i.“u’aynnt be fully ,. I

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22 An important branch of the divine mission of our Saviour Jesus Christ, was to establish.the kingdom of Heaven upon earth.- He an nounced, incessantly, the practical reign of Divine Wisdom and, Love among all men and it was a chief aim of all his struggles and teach ings to prepare the minds of men for this glorious consummation. He proclaimed the universal brotherhood of mankind-he insisted upon. universal justice, and he predicted the triumphs of universal unity. “Thou shalt love,” he said,‘the Lord thy God withall thy mind and all thy heart, and all thy soul, and thy neighbor as thyself. On: these tAop:(omandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” Again:.e If ye love not one another, how can ye be my disciples” “I have loved you, that you also may love one another.” ” Ye are all one, as I and my father are one.” Again: he taught us to ask in daily prayer of our Heavenly Father, ” Thy Kingdom come, thy will be -done: on Earth as it is in Heaven.” Ay, it must be DONE, actually executed in all the details of life! And again, in the same spirit, his disciples said, “Little children, love-ne- nother.” ” If you lve not man, whom you have seen, hbw can you love God whom you have not seen? And in regard to the form which this love should take, the Apostle Paul says, “As the body is one, s also is Christ. For by one spirit we are all baptized in one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles,” &c. ” That there should be..:no schism (disunity) in the body, but that the member should have thea same care one for another; and f one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored all the members rejoice with it.”

“cc Ye are members one of another.” These divine truths must be translated into actual life. Our relations to each other as men-our business relations among others-must all be instituted according to this law of Highest Wisdom and Love, In Association alone anwe find the fufilment of this duty; and, terfore, we again insist that Association is the duty of every branch of the Univers4! thurch.,,:Let 5its,views of oits of doctrine be what they maY-l t it hold t’ any creed as to the nature of man-or the Attibutes of Goad ohe offices of Christ we say that it cannot fuily and practically imbody the Spirit’of Christianity out 6f an Orga tj like that which we have described. It may exhit, with more’ or less fidelity, some tenet 6f a creed orvy’:]seph virtue; bt it c.a possess only a type and shadow of that o niversa Unity which’ i$ the destin’y of the Church. But l,et the Church adopt true Associative Organization, and theblessiags so-log promised it will be fulfill. Fourier, among the last words that he wrote, describing the triumph of Universal Association, exclaims, “,Thse.,tr. he days, of Mercy pro  mised in, the Gw ode of the Retdeemer, 5.i’ are whichdo hu”nger and it ater rightousness,fortbeyshall be filed,”

,Itselinaron, in verilyAin carmny s Ciafive Unity, tfi (5od will mani’st to [‘th’e.pmensity of his Providence, and tha tte’Saviog will come, -‘ecordink,t6b his word, in:”:’ l:,el. gor ofhsh’ateii’it.is: the, I/g doinm of’:. ]-v”ein’ that’comes to us:r is”e ”’?st..’ w:orld;: is’ the rignI : of’ Cht’;:h, hi’ cQnaiered gviL’JA.:‘If. 4;:f ivr., _Then w;;fl Hi: g.’.a5fom!pi:snhd::its Uphold: of.dsint,y t’:6f ‘Consota(;o~n““dunng’

ie’rei’gn of S“‘m, and’that of: f i

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23 when human reason shall have accomplished the task imposed upon it by the-Creator.,-‘- Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness”-the harmony of the Passions in Associative Unity. Then will the Banner of the Cross display with glory its device, the augury of victory: in Hoc Signo Vinces; for, then it will have conquered evil, conquered the gates of hell, conquered false philosophy and national indigence, and spurious civilization; et porte inferi non prevalebunt.”

CONCLUSION. To the free and Christian people of the United States, then, we commend the principle of Association; we ask that it be fairly sifted; we do not shrink from the most thorough investigation. The peculiar history of this nation convinces us that it has been prepared by Providence for the working out of glorious issues. Its position, its people, its free institutions, all prepare it for the manifestation of a true Social Order. Its wealth of territory, its distance from the political influences of older and corrupter nations, and above all the general intelligence of its people, alike contribute to fit it for that noble Union of Freemen which we call ASSOCIATION. That peculiar Constitution of Government, which, for the first time in the world’s career, was established by our Fathers; that signal fact of our national motto E Pluribus Unumn, many individuals united ill one whole; that beautiful arrangement for combining the most perfect independence of the separate members with complete harmony and strength in the Federal heart-is a rude outline and type of the more scientific and more beautiful arrangement which it would introduce into all the relations of man to man.

We would give our theory of State Rights an application to individual Rights. We would bind trade to trade, neighborhood to neighborhood, man to man, by the ties of interest and affection which bind our larger aggregations called States; only we would make the ties holier and more indissoluble. There is nothing impossible in this; there is nothing impracticable! We, who are represented in this Convention, have pledged our sleepless energies to its accomiplishment. It may cost time-it may cost trouble-it may expose us to misconception, and even to abuse; but it must be done. We know that we stand on sure and positive grounds; we know thata better time must come; we know that the Hope and Heart of Humanity -is with us-that Justice, Truth, and Goodness, are with us; we feel that God is with us, and we do not fear the anger of man. The Future is ours-the Future is ours. Our practical plans may seem insignificant, but our moral aim is the grandest that ever elevated human thought. We want the Love and Wisdoni of the Highest to make their daily abode with us; we:Wish to see all mankind happy and good; we desire to emancipate the human body and the human soul; we long for Unity betw,een man and man in true Society-between man and nature by the cultivation of the earth, and between man and God, in Universal Joy and Religion. By order of the Executive Committee of.merican Union of dssoeiationists. I PORACE GREELEY, President.4. U.,/1 : 1.

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THE’.BOSTON UNION OF ASSOCIATIONISTS, AUXILIARY TO THE AMERICAN UNION OF

ASSOCIATIONISTS, WAS SINTlTUTED DECEMBER 7th, 1846. OBJECT. Its object is the establishment of an order of Society based on a sys. tern of JOINT-STOCK PROPERTY: Co-operative Labor; Association of Families; Equitable Distribution of Profits; Mutual Guarantees; Honors according to Usefulness; Integral Education: UNITY OF INTERESTS: Which system we believe to be in accordance with the Laws of Divine Providence, and the Destiny of Man. MEMBERSHIP. The conditions of Membership are the signing of the Constitution, and the payment of such a sum weekly as shall be specified at the time of signing.. REGULAR MEETINGS. Public Meetings of the Union are held at the Union Rooms, Hancock Hall, No. 339 Washington St., every Wednesday and Sunday evenings (excepting the first Sunday of each month) for the purpose of conversation and discussion on the science and philosophy of Association, and its relations to the various Co-opertive and Guarantee movements of the times. All interested in this most comprehensive Reform, are cordially invited to attend and participate in the discussions. Boston, November let, 1850. I I

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