The Constitution of Society; As Designed by God (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1835 Excerpt: ... supply oflabour to their divisions, and thus its price is kept up in them. 109. The operation of these understandings, associations, and other monopolies; the necessity of practice to fit men for particular callings; the untransportability of labour and produce; the necessity for some kinds of labour being local; the ignorance.of labourers as to the causes which operate on them; and legislative enactments influencing the transition of labour or produce by actual prohibition or levying duties, are the great causes which interfere with the equal supply oflabour. But for them, the exchangeable value of, much of or all the labour of those who are not masters, must, from the operation of supply and demand, be always nearly the same in all parts of tiie grand association of the world, while such parts interchange. 110. If what is here stated cannot be impugned, how extremely few and simple are the principles which influence the productive labours of men in all countries and ages, even when in a state of vicious association. Such causes being yet fewer and more simple, if labour is in imperfect association. And the fewest and most simple if labour is in perfect association. And what an incalculable amount of good or ill is educed as these principles are or are not properly understood and practised. 111. It is from their not being properly understood and practised, that men form such erroneous notions as to the effect of increase in population. By the design of heaven, we have seen that every man is capable of reciprocating happiness with everv other man. Can any suppose the angels complain that there are too many of their fellows? When the land of any nation has sufficient population, the surplus should migrate. As things are constituted with us, that which should...