New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-07-27
WHAT SHALL BE DONE FOR THE LABoRERl

The led 20 reflect upon H. the greater our
that the Want OF Employment, Tor those able and
willing 10 work mas not emphatcay and hxedly al;
,raced the regard OF Legislators Political Economists and
all who strive 10 better the condition OF the Poor The
public loss ard private suffering from this source
vast Is but i. the long catalogue Of evils which
have here their origin. How many d.ink drown sorrOw
al The thought their families starving because they
find nothing to do How many ingenious youth driven
to dishonesty how may women revolving depreciation
from the Want of Employment By which 10 earn sn honest
livelihood. How boundess the abyss Of Poverty Suffering
Humiliation. Despair and Crime, to which this is daily hur
rving its thousands And vet Statesmen ard Phan
,hrsps sleep unmoved, unthnkias; our Piou' d.
vines ard shrewd Economists preach the blessings OF we'll
ordered Industry and the evil. OF Idleness every human
being had only rsk and suitable Employment, and Wages
would come at their bidding
Is not this uockns analzns the sufernss OF Society
miserable s,ep.chdrenl Why tell them tha. God hos aP
pointed Labor tie condition OF their independent useful
happy existence. and Vet give hc, nothing 20 do
The apathy or ignorance Of the unfortunate themselves
the suhcc, hardly less surprising larnenabe JUST
think OF newspapers retung and Labores laughing the
joke that poor man employed carry brick the
street and back again ali day Tor dollar How aay
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sorry les, here i, masked Of the deepes, tragedies of
Human Le-,hat the joke 6ines' enough as regards its
devser Is whitening in m satire the Civilization the
Nineteenth Century
We insist That the Community acting throughits Political
organization a. the most efficient and universal In existence
should a, once take measures to furnish honorable and sua
bic Employment every waiting, wanting and daughter
of Adam within its limits 1t should DO this act of
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cal Philanthropy Let it be settled that City, for in
stance will employ every individual within her limits who
cannot find employment c,ewhete and give good food and
clothing in return reasonable and moderate Labor and
heavy burthen would be lifted from the staggering
frame OF depressed Humanity Let ii be understood that
each individual came without repronch ana free de-
part without hnance stgmnthat oil who needed Labor
might 60 to the Public Halls Of Industry and hire whousoeyer
chose accep, their termsand thus great and most
vencnt Exchange of Labor would be established. Every
man wunng help would know just where find the largest
field of selection and every needing Employment could
put himself without in the way OF procuring it, support
ing himself honest industry meantime 1t would be
easy to prevent ibis cheap Labor coming competition with
and depressing the wages of other Labor any than
Labor in Poor-Hsuse depresses it. There would be
crippled inants-who would
mcn, the whole number would do and probably relieve
the City of half the heavy to which she is now subjected
for the support Of paupers Our might then be kept
clear of yagraats and besgars filthy alleys might be
cleared of half their vcness and misery the vicious and
theving deprived of their plea Of want, might be justly
punished with rigor that were deemed advisable In
short the whsle aspect and atmosphere of City would
be vastly improved
H.. -,,,l,
FLORIDA suffering severely from the ravages of Fever.
The last Tallahassee Sentinel the deaths of Rev.
Plo F. Phelps, Pastor OF the Presbyterian Church; Mr.
Benjamin Chase Dean from Massachusetts,, aged 26 Miss
Mary Serena Harris formerly of Philadelphia, aged o5 Mr.
Dennis Shea, % and Mr.. Joseph L. Kerwin.
DEATH BY Observation-Disclosures and Josiah Norris, Of
Wayne Me-, on the 10Th int going from the field
the barn with load of hay, when thunder storm
up One Of them upon tho load, the other driving
the oxen and each had steel ptchfo in his hand When
near the barn fash of lightning struck both and killed them
Instantly The hay FIRE but the grandfather of
the Young men, who walking behind and the
,ninured The ages Of the deceased II and IA
SAD OccugRExcE.-As DR.. Campbell Of Westmoreland
H. was riding homeward on the night of the 10TH his
horse stumbled and threw him with such force from his g
upon the grou.d as break in his skull and kill him in
stan,lv He was not found until morning when his horse
was discovered almost dead in the harness
side Of the road, and his lieles, the other
~ This steamboat De WIKI Clinton on her downward
passage on Saturday while Poughkeepse into
sloop which wa. sunk almost Immediately.
" Mr. Isaiah Smith, while digging clans a,New-H Haven,
stepped into deep hole and drowned. He hose
painter 81 years of age
C' They are working a Gold Mine in Fulton and 10
Davies Counties Illinois.
&c The Toronto Patriot does think that England will
ever allow Mcleod be tried without appeal
- The New Orleans papers say thai their city is still re-
markabIy healthy