New-York tribune., 1841-06-26
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G p, +. BeE.-Thas Labor IS not dis graceful
,-l.ic s quite as respectable a lawyer do
abos been preached, and raned and declarncd, and
ed quite ofte, enough. If such froh could feed and
~ them and their children, Mechanics and
Ioborcrs would be fortunate and happy class Cnuckiy
however this sort Of alment about usubtantia az
b,s come to be considered The Mechanic Justly asks why
if hi, trade is respectable the lawyer the elons are
80, to learn his in our State Prisons and the LAWYERS
NAY ore-he asks how long responsibility be main
nnc. if FIVE or six hundred elons be indicted INTO
annually and sent forth take their place beside hun At the
bench-,o associate with him in his daily labor and compete
with him for employment and bread But in pursuing this
sbiec we gladly avail ourselves of the favor OF an ine
gent and ardent friend of the right Who IN writing us to
commend public favor and able publication just com
ncnced al Hart RI Conn with the title OF the AMERICAS
PROTECTOR ,cidcntllly speaks as follows:
Il takes it, stand by the side of the Laborcr and while
it contends that his calling respectable 1t endeavorS to
keep BY guarding from the contamination oil coSctS'
who by mistaken economy the part OF the State are IN
,roiuced into that class ii TO spread Tie seeds
of crime ameng the handicratt-ncn while t are acquiring
knowedgo Of their business 1t better says the law,
that ten guilty should escape than that nn"ccnt man
should be punished and, with similar tenderness to crime
il sees 10 be willing risk the decentralization ot ten nno-
cent men for the doubtful chance Of reforming criminal
Heaven forbid that should bar the door to the reor
NATION a the vicious but let not lose sight OF what Is Que
10 those who innocent. On tins question take my
stand where have often stood before by the side oc Ne
ehanc He has the right with him. There no justice IN
turning all who branded with the name OF convict
into that class, making Labor in sense dsrepuabe;
all increasing the hazard of corruption and the
tendency among the mechanics We do not object
the employment of convic hard labor Let them
their living while in confinement but in country like ours
where the hadcraf still in their infancy 1t Is easy
find them employment in trades scarcely ractccd IN the
United States There fecung optical glass grinding
and various which the convicts might be confined
which would comcnt competition with Other occupations
the which would furnish full employment to the inmates OF
and Statc-prison.
essential that the Stacprsons should be profit
able Its proper that they should be managed with ccono
my but what economy be than that which, Tor
the sake of atterng balance between ccep and expcndl
lures would expose the young men OF the most numerous
and important class the concentrating influence OF the
criminal and thus spread and crime and all their
ezpenSre and nous consequences throughout the whole
Community? 1t subject of congrtuaton that the me
charles have taken the vncaon OF their order into their
own hands Let them put their shoulder 10 the wheel,
ana the, will find Hercules and all the other gods the
political wofd ready enough to help ther j. b