The Consolidator; or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the MoonDefoe, Daniel
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The Consolidator; or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon
Defoe, Daniel
Fantasy fiction; Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction; Moon -- Fiction; Political fiction; Satire
He told them he knew they were Strangers to the meaning of the thing,
and therefore if they would meet him the next Day he would come
prepar'd to explain himself; accordingly they meet, when instead of a
long Speech they expected from him what sort of Union he mean't, and
with who, he brings them a Thinking Press, or Cogitator, and setting
it down, goes away without speaking one Word.
This Hyerogliphical Admonition was too plain not to let them all into
his meaning; but still as they are an obstinate People, and not a
little valuing themselves upon their own Knowledge and Penetration,
they slighted the Engine and fell to off-hand-Surmises, Guesses and
Supposes.
1. Some concluded he mean't Unite with the Solunarian Church, and
they reflected upon his Understanding, that not being the Question in
Hand, and something remote from their Intention, or the High
Solunarians Desire.
2. Some mean't Unite to the moderate Party of the Solunarians, and
this they said they had done already.
At last some being very Cunning, found it out, that it must be his
meaning Unite one among another; and even there again they
misunderstood him too; and some imagin'd he mean't down right
Rebellion, Uniting Power, and Mobbing the whole Moon, but he soon
convinc'd them of that too.
At last they took the Hint, that his Advice directed them to Unite
their subdivided Parties into one general Interest, and to act in
Concert upon one bottom, to lay aside the Selfish, Narrow, Suspicious
Spirit; three Qualifications the Crolians were but too justly charg'd
with, and begin to act with Courage, Unanimity and Largeness of Soul,
to open their Eyes to their own Interest, maintain a regular and
constant Correspondence with one another in all parts of the Kingdom,
and to bring their civil Interest into a Form.
The Author of this Advice having thus brought them to understand, and
approve his Proposal, they demanded his assistance for making the
Essay, and 'tis a most wonderful thing to consider what a strange
effect the alteration of their Measures had upon the whole Solunarian
Nation.
As soon as ever they had settled the Methods they resolv'd to act in,
they form'd a general Council of the Heads of their Party, to be
always sitting, to reconcile Differences, to unite Parties, to
suppress Feuds in their beginning.
They appointed 3 general Meetings in 3 of the most remote Parts of
the Kingdom, to be half yearly, and one universal Meeting of Persons
deputed to concert matters among them in General.
By that time these Meetings had sat but once, and the Conduct of the
Council of 12 began to appear, 'twas a wonder to see the prodigious
alteration it made all over the Country.
Immediately a Crolian would never buy any thing but of a Crolian;
would hire no Servants, employ neither Porter nor Carman, but what
were Crolians.
The Crolians in the Country that wrought and manag'd the
Manufactures, would employ no body but Crolian Spinners, Crolian
Weavers, and the like.
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