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supposition . Probably some of the sterner patriots kept a philosophical reservation in their tninde , and , being there only to observe , looked on to &ifciciz » , not enjoy ; but at all « vent » tbey felt enoagh ititrfrestiHthe-pageant to cjotnej " >! ' ^ ^ ' ^ ¦ Perhaps , m spite of democnratic saeptieisms . 'there is no aspect which any piiblib body cati / take ad potwlar as tbat of-a ; pageant ! . Atid' the rtsp « et for ft will be juat in proportion to < the skill with which
the pageant is set forth' and performed . ' There is an important truth at the bottom of these facts , which it behoves democrats to consider , and not to avoid with averted eyesi F « ct& may be very inconvenient to those" who areintferested m pYdtrtul ' gating abstract theories j ibnt by ignoring facts you ' do not abolish > them * any tnore than yoa reflftoVe the post which stands m ^ onrtway by ignoring it ;
Democrats cannot Keep from -pageantry ttierriselves . As soon as they haVfc the opportunity they ; too , acquire the taste for crilfturs , for processional order , for the tinkling ' cymbal and sounding brass . In the demonstration of Mtihdaiy weekcolriurs were at a premium ; wands of office' were p > ized ; nruch pride was displayed irr banners and flajgs ; in the evening , a seat at " the cornmittefe table wa $ Tiot despised ; and few things were more grirtifyhig than the general recbgimioti of good brder and
1 rnposmg array : / r , This is in the nature of things , Yi ^ our ^ and efficiency naturally fcend to sj * tntaetry pjf . pru ^ r a ' pd to outward ; cdttpleteness . Nations addicted , to manly and ' ' Bbldierly activity have always Inclined also to orderly displays , to picturesque costume , martial music , and poinp . You cannot have effective action or movement withoiyt order ., You c ' atinot witness the manual skill of the sword ^ man j or the orderly motion of soldiery , wiihout aaipnirib & the beauty of action and order for its own sake . The trappings of action fitted to the demands of
celerity and efficiency acquire the symmetry of a picturesque " uniform . ' * Conscious power becomes proud of its costume , and anticipates some of its triumphs by the very force of its victorious aspect . The most admired part of the iord Mayor ' s show—that of which the admiration was least reserved and qualified—was the body of Hussars , under whose comeliness lay the most of strength and of the trained power for destruction . That party in any state will possess the sovereign power , which can Command the largest amount of the vigour and spirit embodied in such men .
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A CHEAP DEFENCE . It is predicted that the Cossftck will water his horses in the Thames . We advise that all reports of the Board ol Health shall be suppressed forthwith , and , , suspended throughout 1852 ; for if the Cpjsack should conie , and should- seek to refresh his horses in the natural manner , we could not have a more deadly resource against the enemy than the waters of the Thames . But if the # oard of Jfjealth were to tell him , would he be so mad ? Cossacks le , a , rn to live on beans , but even a Cossack horse could not stomach Thames water . Thanks to a far-seeing Government which has preserved to us that true Anti-Cossack Elixir !
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S O C I A L R E F O B M . " NOTES OK A SOCIAL , ( KCONOMIHT . " THE COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS OF ENGLAND . IX . " What different lota our'staru accord ! This babe to be h » U'd , af > d vroo'd an a lord ! And that to be shmin'd * iko a leper . ! One to the world ' s wine , honey , and coin , Another , like Colchester native , 'born To Hb vinegar only , and pepper . "—T . Hood . In the course of a brief tour recently made through some of the manufacturing towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire , I discovered but one * bond fide Cooperative Association , and that one in debt to the amount of £ 12 or £ 14 , and without credit sufficient to obtain even tlie materials necessary for feeding the looms . I have aince heard that the pecuniary difficulties of this , tbo " Universal Family " ' Association in Salford , have been removed by the generous assistance of some gentlemen connected vrith the Christian Socialist , a journal containing much valuable and interesting information concerning the cooperative movement , The "Universal Family" Association is a cooperative society , composed of some fourteen weavers , whioh HupplieB a Store in connection with it with calicoes ,
shirtings , &c . At the time that I visited this association , there were but three hands employed ; "William Stork , the manager , James Hoyle , and a little girl ; the daughter of one of the Associates : I had 66 me difficulty in finding my way to the manufactory , situate in owe of the narrow streets of Salford ; and after mounting an external ladder or flight of stairs from a back yard , I entered a kind of loft , ' containing ten loonis / six of which were idle ; the necessary steam power was rented from the proprietor-of aneiigine on the ground floor . ;
I was informed by Mr . Stork , that the first meeting for the purpose of forming an association , was held on November i 2 , 1846 , at a Temperance coflfee ^ house in Salford , and that th ^ eir very small capital was raised by voluntary subscriptions , or rather by free gifts . The non-success of the little comrpiiriity appears to have ariseti from a deficienpy of capital at starting , and fropa the want of business habits , atid of that skill , knowledge , and experience which are indispensable to success in the conduct and management of every trading or manufacturing conberri i- ^ bf no means from any want of union or fgbod fellowship among the individual members of the society ; and I afterwards found that the members of other associations in
Manchester took' a lively' interest in "the proceeding * and welfare of the ^ Universal Family , " warmly sympathized in the efforts and struggles of these earnest experimental Communists . The following curious and interesting document is the Prospectus of the Universal Family Association : — " ' " ADDRESS . ' * A number of persons , inhabitants of Salford and the vicinity , having met and discoursed upon the wretched a . deplorable condition of the labouring portion of society , came to the unanimous opinion that something more was needed than mere parliamentary
reform ; that a moral and social change must be effected before the circumstances of the working man can be materially improved ; that notwithstanding our voluminous code of laws , with all other means and appliances to boot , men either will not or cannot do as they would be done by . Interests being so divided , and competition and individual aggrandizement carried out to such an extent , that all idea of right and wrong seems to be lost in that of lawful andl unlawful ; and each has become as it were a child of Ishmael , ' his hand against every man's hand , and every man ' s hand against his . ' Individual
interest and duty are seldom seen together , and wealth-seeking is become so much the business of men , that duty is well nigh lost sight of altogether . Why , they would ask , does it occur that there exists such an amount of physical suffering through hunger and want ? Is it because there is a scarcity of the meanB of subsistence ? Certainly not ; the Giver of all good gives not life without means for its support ; it would be doubting his goodness to suppose that lie created beings with wants which could not be gratified ; Life has been given for the purpose of happiness , and to live snd be happy is the right of all men . if
In-the time of Franklin it was computed that , every man and woman would labour at something useful , for four hours a day , sufficient would be produced tq procure all tho necessaries and comforts of life , want and misery would be banished from the world , and the rest of the twenty-fours would be leisure and pleasure . For whose benefit , then , have all the boasted improvements been made since his time ? What becomes of all the advantages derived from England ' s geographical position on the globe , her mines , her almost unlimited labouring force in steam and water power , her railways and canals , her ships , her machinery , and all other improvements in the instruments of production ? By whom are they enjoyed ? Certainly all the
not by that clans whose labour produces necessaries and luxuries of life . No ! The working man finds himself necessitated to toil continually for a bare existence , whilstothers enjoy luxury and amusement with little or no exertion , or nre but eminent in their expertness in snatching up the fruits of other men ' s labour . Theeo circumstances have a natural tendency to produce disaffection , envy , and bitterness of heart j he ( the working man ) leela that he is neither cared for nor respected by others , and he sinks lower and lower in the scale of morality in proportion to the decrease of his physical comforts . Thus it will be aeen that the moral depravity of tho poor man , in a great measure proceeds from his physical wants being ill supplied ; and tho great cause of this is the interest of the nation i » divided
into interests of elastics and individuals , and it must bo bo , so long as one man'H gain ia another man ' s Iobb . Who is there amongst uh when ho t » cea and contudert ) tho wretched and tiunken condition of the labouring man doea not say to liiniwolf Homcthing is wrong , a remedy it * needed , a remedy mubt he upplied . It is not for us to Bay where the present system , will lead to ; but ono thing iu certain , justice is not done , or thu producer of ull the wealth would have a better share .
" ' It therefore becomes the duty of all the well disposed to endeavour to bring about a change ; for he who does not perform & pan in advancing the benefit of the -whole , in proportion to his means and abilities , is riot only useless but mischievous , inasmuch as . he .-takes ^ hia share of the profits and leaves his share , of the burden to be borne by others , which is the cause of most of , the suffering which we have to complain of ; and as those whose duty it is to direct the energies of the nation and enforce equal justice , declare , by their actions as well as their words * , their inability id remedy the evil , it therefore resolves itself into this : —The working classes must do justice to themselves as far as their power will admit .
" It may be said by some that the power of that class is very limited ; they have little or no share in the making of the laws , and moreover they are poor and at the mercy of , their employers . These obstacles , great as they may appear to be , have little or no effect if the working classes would unite their energies and interests '; the only real difficulty is the want of moral principle amongst their own body . No one will deny the abundance of the raw material of
of wealth , and the existence of a power production sufficient to supply all our necessary wants ; all that seems to be required is a just system of production and distribution * and to effect this there needs but a union of the will and individual disposition of the industrious and well-dispGsedr based upon true moral principles , where all interest and benefits shall become as brie . " VVe shall then be as one harmonious family , rejdicing in each other ' s happiness rather than in individual accumulation of wealth , which is the
great cause of all the divisions amongst society , setting class against class , families against themselves , and individuals against all ; making the earth one vast Babel of confusion and misery , where all might be order , peace , and enjoyment . Entertaining these views , they therefore resolved themselves into a committee for the purpose of forming a Society based upon the following objects and principles : — " Objects . — 1 . To effect a union of all the
industrious and well-disposed upon the principle of universal brotherhood ; to spread as widely as possible the principles of universal charity and love , by the education of the mind and the removal as far as possible of all those causes which have a tendency to generate vice and immorality ; to encourage and promote the practice of virtue and good moral conduct ; and proclaim the glad tidings of ' Peace on earth and good will towards men , without money and without price . '
•• 2 . To raise a fund as early as possible for the purpose of procuring raw materials , tools , and working capital , for the employment of labour , upon the principle of combined interests to promote the general happiness and increase the physical comforts of a great portion of society , by more just arrangement in the production and distribution of wealth , so that all who are competent and willing to labour may have employment , and enjoy the fruits of the same in accordance with the principles of justice and equity .
" 3 . To place the means for the attainment of knowledge within the reach of all , so that each individual may have full , free , and equal opportunity for the exercise and development of his intellectual faculties , and so to instruct the mind that all who have natural capabilities may become useful and enlightened members of society . •« Principles . —1 . That all mankind have one
common . " 2 . That man is a being endowed with faculties and desires which render him capable of being happy . 44 3 . That the motive to all voluntary human action is the desire of happiness . 4 . That society is the truo natural state of tho human race . " 5 . That the earth was given to man for the common good of all the human race . " 0 . That the ordinary means of happiness may bo placed within the reach of all by a just arrangement of human institutions .
" 7 . That man a duty to man consists in his acting in strict accordance with that heavenly injunction laid down by the great Founder of Christianity , when he tmid . " * Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you , do ye even ho to them . ' * ' In pursuance of the foregoing , a society haa been established under the denomination of tho 4 Universal Family . ' which is now rapidly increasing in tho number of its' members . They hold friendly meetings every Sunday evening , to which the public have free admission ; discourses aro delivered by tho tl and
members and friends explanatory of »« objects principles of the association ; a mutual conversation is opened upon the mhuo and other question afFccting the general happiness of society , m which slrancerH aro allowed to take a pitrt ; and all who are < le « irou » and willing to assiBt in bringing about tho Hyattm of things in which tho wholo human family h ! i « J 1 dwell in peace , concord , and unity , aro invited to attend , and if wishful to become members . 44 ol > jei : t of tho ' Universal Family' being tho cood of the whole , tliey deem it necessary to ntatu that they wi « h to avoid a » much as possible all re-
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* " Chacun dea associ ^ B ajtporte a 1 * Socie " t £ son industrio et son travail , " —IUmano . Manuel dea Associations Ouvriircs .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 15, 1851, page 1089, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1909/page/13/
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