New-York tribune., 1841-07-13
,7--T - u.ILBg DONE FOR THE LABoRER

. WHAT SHALL De 49,
haze already glanced at the gradsal but mighty change
, condition. and character Of tie great mass OF mankind
mich has .ep lv step elevated the Day--aborer from
lvo and = cl,ntte TO be Freeman. Voter Juryman
ofl apirnt TO Fortune Honor and Powcr-not by some
such uckv accident transcendcst ability in
irv rfceJ OF hi- Of the nir-
bu tire honest paten,, bcnefccrt exeron Of the facul-
tie, God has gi;cu him. Th. change has yet reached
lis end. ", arc It'll in OF transition. The great
mass LaboFcr in day indeed better ted and
clad and housed ;nnn their ten centuries OF
even one century syo. Grudying tins admission uay
seem it Is YoFl rc truth many instances separately con-
s:dere, There are individuals there thousand-nay
there arc countries and the favored coun tres
-,.lo,. condition I, q Lad have been
Consider for example ,hc case the book
fcr- &c OF hi. aud other cic, in favored land
in fact, that OF the great mass Poor Females throughout
our Couav cNccp, those districts where the
ce..iu introduction Of Manufactures has raised the price c
Female Labor, and of improved the conditisn OF
those who lec by Throw these, and look earnestly
at the condition Of tie mass Of Poor Women. Are they
an, better uated than the class centuries
ago Or rather could the latter have been in worse cond
ton We have known the time when New-England
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FIVE cent, per wcc-ou of which all clothing be pro-
yded and every expense Pd excep, bare board And for
this miserable pance Young Women required la
Dor from their fifteenth year their marriage
or ea,h without 81 hour study menta Improvement
lodding through round OF mena and often disgusting
occupations day after day. with scarcely modification rarely
IF never remission Of their duties the Sabbath.
liza, day of rest for even the beast, the field With the
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Der in that section the privileges and consideration Of That
lass have gnay improved hur the circumstances We have
dove described az, those OF Oae Million Females legally
and noninal!y free in Country at This moment; and
wcc a. many more are liable be reduced any
by the death Of parents other relatives The condi-
on Of Young Men who inherit advantages better than
dis; % ,hcm may, by prudence wisdom, and proper
ispnsition comfortable reasonably independent
livelihood and sound sufficient, practical Education be-
tween the age. Of fifteen and wcnty-one But with them
marriage aficn change for the in worldly aspect
and tho ntirr of largo family of dependent children tolls
IN from daan dark. without tire for reflection i'm
proycmcn bary able provide food and shelter for those
whom Providence has coniidcd 10 his
We have stated these facts simply correct very
mon and pericous error which thai the evils which
aiirt The Poor are such as might b.. entirely removed by
xc.ncanns closely observing profoundly thinking
man and woman resist he conviction that they orghi do
something 10 aciorate Inc condition OF the INDECENT by be-
Icvng OF trying believe that the pyaons of the Poor
are enlircv the result of their folly their vices. This opn-
ion must be eraIcaed Undoubtedly if all vice, unlhriit
and encs could be expelled from the land dcstuton and
misery would soon follow Undoubtedly the annhia-
ton of lnoxca,in Liquors alone would sweep of onehalt
the priyaon and suffering which the Poor sub
ect And it may be very in instances, that if
persons did just they ought they would be amished
II degraded But is it any consolation the child now
furnishing to know her father had been drunk
ard she might now be living abundance Does it
Gle the mother the turning Of her children into the street
hat II the father had not been ?endIlr the rent might
have been paid Vice and Dissipation indeed be era
dcaed Wun, and Misery be- but easychair
Phian,ropjss begin the wrong end They leave the
child without bread proper Instruction. aud rownnsly tell
it no, 10 steal They the without cmploym mont,
resource or hope and bid him drink. Can they
effect thorough Reform by such means Never
There must be and better remedies for the Of HUI
man;y as 5hall cncayor hereafter to demonstrate.
DEATHS IN NEv-YoRK The City Inspector reports the
deaths of 81 Mcn Women Al Boys II Girls, during the
las, week: Tota l52 OF these, there 80 OF Conum
cn 10 Of Conyu>ons 10 of Scarlet Fever, 10 Of other Fe-
ver< Small Pcx, of Mornsrnu-. of Inflammation OF
the Brain 6 Of Inflammation Of the Bowels Of other In
lanmatonS Of DroPses, of Dsen,ery Drowned OF
/ of Sra,cs