THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY ?) ?) S Liairttttcs 1 . ^ 1 The person charging this material is re- sponsible for Its return to the library from n withdrawn on or before the Latest Date stamped below. Theft, mutilation, and underlining of books 1 rtirr"!?" actJon and may result m dismissal from the University. diversity of ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN 1 i oO 'APR 2 0 m T.lfil — O-inQfi 5 >>W~l b c? Q^I ^ y. M : - \^'Orve.-^\ CO^-VN. Va^'^V-V O -VA O 1 . \\try,^C. rniLADELrillA union OU ASSOCIATIONISTS, AUXILIARY TO THE AMERICAN UNION OF ASS O 0 I AT I O N I STS. HALL OF THE UNION, ATHEN/EUM BUILDING, SOUTH SIXTH STREET, OPPOSITE THE WASHINGTON SQUARE, SOUTH WEST ROOM, NO. 9, OF THE THIRD FLOOR. CONSTITUTION, As Amended and Adopted January 8, 1850. Art. I. The name of this Society shall be “ The Philadelphia ? Union of Associationists, auxiliary to the American Union ^ OF Associationists.” \ Art. II. The object it has in view is the esiablishment of an Order | of Society based upon a system of \ Joint Stock Property J / Co-opei-ative kakor; j Association of Families $ < Fqnitakle Distribution of Profits ; Mutiial Guarantees ; Honors according to Usefulness ; Integral Education ; UNITY OF INTERESTS. ' Art. hi. This Union shall co-operate wfth the American Union | of Associationists in collecting Funds, holding Meetings, publishing ] Documents, and in every other way endeavoring to diffuse the prin- ciples of Association and prepare for their practical application. Art. IV. Sec. I. Persons desirous of attaching themselves to the Union, may be proposed in writing by any member at a regular Meeting, which proposition shall be referred to the “ Group of Social Culture” for final action, provided that the vote thereon shall be taken by ballot, when, if the candidate receive a majority of all the ballots cast, he or she shall be declared elected to membership. Sec. 2nd. The further conditions of membership shall be, the sign- ing of the Constitution ; and also the contribution of a weekly sum of money, the minimum of which shall be prescribed by the By- Laws. The amount of this contribution, for the remainder of the ^ current fiscal year, shall be such as each person shall specify at the time of signing. At each annual meeting of the ^nion, a similar specification shall be made by 'ea()h member for the ensuing fiscal year. , Art, V. The Officers of this Union shall consist of a President, a Vice-President, a Corresponding Secretary, a Librarian, a Record- ing Secretary, and a Treasurer, who shall severally hold office for one year. Art. VI. The functions of this Union shall be embodied. First, In the Union, at its Meetings; and Second, In Three Groups, which shall be entitled as follows .—1st, The Group of Practical Affairs ; 2nd, The Group of Social Culture; and 3rd, The Group of Indoctri- nation. These Groups .shall always be subject to the Union, which may withdraw their powers and dissolve them at pleasure. Art. VII. The Annual Meeting of the Union shall be held on the second Tuesday in January, at which time the Officers shall be elected. Art. VIII. This Constitution may be altered or amended at any Regular Meeting of the Union, by a vote of two thirds of the members present, such amendment having been proposed at a previous meeting. Ofiicers fox* 1850. X* JOHN SARTAIN, President. HANNAH L. STICKNEY, Vice-President. ISAAC REIIN, Corresponding Secretary. HENRIETTE A. HADRY, Recording Secretary, yt SAMUEL SARTAIN, hibrariaru A. W. HARRISON, Treasurer. I. Sec. 1st. Tlie Regular Meetings of the Union shall be held on 5 Sec. 2nd. The Librarian may loan books or pamphlets to members Tuesday evening of each and every week, at eight o’clock from 1st S by the single volume or number, on the payment by them of a fee of April to 1st October, and at half-past seven o’clock from 1st October ^ three cents per week, and of a fine of five cents additional should to 1st April. Tlio principal object of these Meetings shall be Ele- wzmtar?/ Indoctrination into the Principles of Association; and, in- cidentally, Social Intercourse. Sec. 2nd. The Regular Meetings of the Groups shall be held on Friday evenings, as follows : The Group of Practical Afl'airs on the first, the Group of Indoctrination on the second and fourth, and the BY-LAWS, As Amended and Adopted January 8, 1850. said books or pamphlets be detained longer than a week without his consent ; and sliould any bo(>k or pamphlet loaned, be returned in a mutilated condition, or be lost or destroyed, he shall report the .same to the President, who thereupon shall require full restitution to be made. Sec. 3rd. The Librarian shall retain all payments made for loaiu«. Group of Social Culture on the third Friday of each and every j sales, fines, or as donations, for the benefit of the Library fund, and shall keep a register in which members may record the titles of such works as they desire to be added to the Library ; and at the termina- tion of each quarter, taking date from and after the evening of his month. II. The President, or by his requestor in his absence the Vice President, shall preside at all the meetings of the Union, enforce the . . , , ,, . . r .i . . r .u <• t ^ , „ . , , , /• 1 • > election, he shall present a report of the state of the fund, its asset* Constitution and By-Laws, see that the other Officers perform their ( . tt • . i ...1, ’ . , , , £ ( and liabilities, and any surplus may, by a vote Of the Union, lie ap- fin furniture and decorations ; and generally the supeiin- preceding. tendance of its practical affairs. VI. The Recording Secretary shall give the members due notice \ gecond. It shall consider and promote the wisest i f all the meetings of the Union, keep minutes of its proceedings, and > . nrincinles of the Social Science into effect ; method of carry- of all the meetings of the Union, keep minutes of its proceedings, and > principles of the Social Science into effect ; and shall from have the care of all its Records and Documents. ) time to time communicate to the Union all intelligence which may VII. Sec. 1st. The Librarian shall invite the contribution or loan^ be received of the progress of the Cause of Association, and of exist- of volumes from the members. He shall have charge of all books, pamphlets, tracts, pictures, statuary, and papers of whatever kind. ing or proposed attempts at Realization. Third. The provision, managemen t and disbursement of the funds belonging or loaned to, or held for sale by the Union. It shall be expenses of the Union and Groups; All other his dmy to preserve them in proper numerical order, and to^ keep a J ^ppj.^p^iations shall be reported to the next regular meeting of the Union, and if approved shall stand. XIII. The Functions of the Group of Social Culture shall be : To represent the Union in the Social Sphere ; to receive and act upon proposals for membership ; to devise and exercise its hospital correct catalogue of them. He shall make an entry of all consign ments received, and sales made, in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall distinguish in his catalogue, the books loaned to the Union, by the addition of the names of the members or other individuals to whom they belong. ■4 ^ — — ities ; to foster a spirit of courtesy, kindliness and grace in the inter- ( course of its members ; to provide appropriate music at its meetings ; and to have charge of all annual and occasional festivities. XIV. The Functions of the Group of Indoctrination shall be : \ First. To study and discuss the Doctrines of Association in the ( course of the systematic perusal of the works of Fourier and other < writers of the school : and \ Second. From the stores of knowledge thus aceumulated, to con- < tribute to the interest and profit of the Weekly Meetings of the 5 Union. ; XV. The Groups shall consist of such members of the Union as | may wish to join them ; They shall meet at regular intervals, adopt | rules for their government, and keep minutes of their proceedings. { Eaeh Group shall elect a Chief, Sub-chief, and Secretary, at the first meeting of the Groups after the Annual Meeting of the Union, who shall hold office for one year. This By-Law, preeeded, first, by Article VI. of the Constitution, and, seeond,by such one of the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth of these By-Laws as defines its F unctions, shall be inscribed on the first page of the Book of Minutes belonging to each Group, as the Instrument or Constitution from which it derives its powers. The Chiefs, respectively, shall make reports semi-annually of the proeeediugs of their Groups to the Union. XVI. The By-Laws may be altered or amended at a,ny Regular Meeting of the Union, by a vote of three-fourths of the members present, such alteration or amendment having been proposed at a previous meeting of the Union. MEETINGS OF THE PHILADELPHIA UNION AND ITS GROUPS. The Philadelphia Union of Associationists was framed, and its Constitution and By-Laws were adopted, at a Meeting of the Friends of Association in Philadelphia, held the 7ih day of April, 1847, the Anniversary of the Birth of Fourier- Per- sons of either sex, whether resident in Philadelphia or not, who are interested in and friendly to this cause, which is believed to be the highest, because comprehensive, of all causes, are invited to attend and participate in its proceedings. REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE UNION. The Regular Meetings of the Union are held at the Hall, weekly, throughout each year, ON TUESDAY EVENINGS, At 8 o’clock, from the 1st of April to the 1st of October, and at half-past 7 o’clock from the 1st of October to the 1st of April. REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE GROUPS. The Regular Meetings of the Groups are held weekly, throughout each year, ON FRIDAY EVENINGS, At the same hours. AMERICAN UNION OF ASSOCIATIONISTS. This Society, of which the Philadelphia Union is an auxiliary, was t tionists, whose objects and organization differ from those of Local formed on the 27th of May, 1816. Previous to this organization the efforts of Associationists had been altogether desultory. Though the cause ranked among its. supporters men of high attainments and Unions only so far as they fill a more universal sphere. This body assemble annually during Anniversary Week in the City of New York, whilst its Executive Committee meets as occa- varied talents, and though these were remarkable for the zeal which i sion may require. they displayed in the diffusion of Social Science and the patient en- durance they manifested amid the trials of premature efforts at realization, yet no system of operation characterized their labors. Acting in the belief that one successful movement practically de- The following is a List of its Officers, who together form the Executive Committee: , President. Horace Greeley, New York. Vice-Presidents. [The Presidents of all Affiliated Unions are monstrative of the truths of Association would be all sufficient to j ex-officio Vice-Presidents of the American Union, and Members of insure the general prevalence of the new or Combined Order of ; Executive Committee.] Society, the pioneers of the cause are not to be censured for a neglect ( of the systematic propagation of abstract truth. < It soon became evident, however, that the cause was growing \ Domestic Corresponding Secretary. W. H Channing, Boston. Foreign Corresponding Secretary. Chas. A. Dana, New York., Recording Secretary. John S. Dwight, Boston. Treasurer. Frederick S. Cabot, Boston. Directors. George Ripley, New York. languid from imperfect respiration. While its pioneers were strug- > gling for the establishment of Model Phalanxes, they were unavoid- ; / ably neglecting the true preliminary step of extensiveand systematie 5 R. H. Manning, Brooklyn, N. Y. propagaudism, or in other words the provision of a pure and bracing ( Alexander Harrison, Philadelphia, atmosphere of sympathy and co-operation. Reason and experience \ ^ John Sartain, “ now united in recommending the formation of a National organiza- } Joseph A. Barker, Providence, R. I tion, as a centre for all the associative effort of the country. This > John Orvis, Boston, resulted in the establishment of the American Union of Associa- ) James T. Fisher “ OllGAN OF ASSOCIATION. Tlie Organ of iho American Union of Associalionists is “ The | SrniiT OF THE Age,” edited by AVilh ^m II. Cii^ |Mxing. Domestic : Corresponding Secretary, and published by Fowlers & Wells, Clin- ; ton Hull, 129 and 131 NassiUi Street, New York. | SPIRIT OF THE AGE. j “The Spirit of the Age” is published every Saturday, priced Two Dollars per annum, invariably in advance. Address the Pub- 1 lishers, as above. The following is its Prospectus: / “ This AVeekly Paper seeks as its end the Peaceful Transforma- / tion of human societies frqm isolated to associated interests, from [ competitive to co-operative industry, from disunity to unity. Amidst ( Revolution and Reaction it advocates Reorganization. It desires to ; reconcile conflicting classes, and to harmonize man’s various ten- - dencies by an orderly arrangement of all relations, in the Family, ^ the Township, the Nation, the AVorld. Thus would it aid to intro- \ duce the Fra of Confederated Communities, which in spirit, truth and deed shall be the Kingdom of God and his Righteousness, a Heaven upon Earth. “ In promoting this end of peaceful transformation in human so- cieties, The Sfirit of the Age will aim to reflect the highest light on alt sides communicated in relation to Nature, Man, and the Divine Ileing — illustrating according to its power, the laws of Universal Unity. “ Dy summaries of News, domestic and foreign, — reports of Re- form Movements — sketches of Scientific discoveries and Mechanical inventions — notices of Rooks and AA’^orks of Art — and extracts from the periodical literature of Continental Europe, Great Britain and the United States, The Spirit of the Age will endeavor to present a faithful record of human progress.” Subscriptions to the Spirit of the Age will be received by A. AV. Harrison, Treasurer, at his office. No. 8^ South 7th St., Philad’a. !