New-York tribune., 1841-10-20

~ The Loeo-Foco Assembly Ticket for TINS
Civ is completed Ne ask our readers 10 'o0N
=, !, md see whether these men O@gAt to repre-
sent the grea, Producing and Bushes. interests OF
the Commercial Emporium. Iney are
Io5nL O.sn1iran. lawyer, Papt Grout,
Ed,-qra Sanford, lawyer, C. S1rackhameT'
Itjii;am McWurroy, lawyer, George We",
u;v,am B. Nqciqy lawy.r, Solomon Io1'HSeHd,
Dapid H. Fiej1 lawyer. Augpsfe u Ave=ac,
Dqrid Il. F jones, LAWYER. Daniel C. Pent-,
George q. Gla-ier?
This ticket +, not such as any lige white man in
me Civ woud have selected 4: it had been left TO
b,m to form one. 1, was maaiisstiy made up by
log-rohos, and TO gra'ify petty cliques aud inter
e.,.. Mr.. Peu,z /. pa, on 80 catch the Catholics
he having voted for heir School Fund claimin the
Common Council But MIR Maclay and several
Other. are point blank opponent. Of that claim,
while not one citizen OF Irish birth is the ticket.
Mons. D'Ayezac, if we are not grossly misinform.
ed. j. a Bonapartst. au arden, admiret OF the I'm
perial form Of Government, and no; Republican.
VIVA; qualities him to represent the City Of New
York
Our readers well know that we are among the
Last 10 draw invidious distinctions on account OF
employment or circumstances. a lawyer may be
a good legislator as well any other man. though
we think TOO many lawyers should not be sent 70
legislative body us it necessarily deprives other
classes of Il fair representation. But this year
there are special reasons why many should not
be sen, to Albany. In the frat place, the Me-
ohancs earnestly demand relief from the pressare
of the State Prison Monopoly, and measures must
be devised to effect it, which will require tho
rough, practical acquaintance with the SUBJECT
These legal young gentlemen mean TO do the best
possible, and ye; may give their sanction to law
which will do more harm than good, simply for
want of practical knowledge. We appeal 10 every
intelligent, unprecedented Mechanic to say whether
the experience Of the past does not sustain this
position.
But there is another reason why this row OF bud
ding Blacksiones should not be sent to Albany
The Legislature of 1889 greatly reduced the fees
and costs of lawyers under statutes, and great
dissatisfaction is felt by the younger members at
the bar ut the operation OF that act. We hear IT
proclaimed tina, at least of these young gentle
men is put on the ticket expressly TO procure re-
peal of that law. Now We ure anxious as any one
that any injustice done by that Iaw shall be rene
died but this Is not the kind Of men to effect it.
The Legislature will be composed three-ourths OF
Farmers and Mcchancs-men who will not be
likely TO give great weigh, 10 the representation,
of six or seven young lawyers from this City, plead
rag their cause and the only effect OF sending
them on this errand will be to weaken the voice OF
our City on questions wherein she earnestly de-
sires TO be heard ans needed. VIII it be wise,
then, 10 send these TO Albany!
DF Mr. Michael Walsh ard his Spartans have
been kicked out of Tammany without ceremony.
1t strikes US that after putting on the ticket some
names we find there, this squeamshncss was rar
ell out Of place.
Q-P We tru., no reader will overlook the cora
,nuuicntien OF osr able bat wrong headed cores
ponden, l.. Y y. upon the State Prison qucs
non, which will be found on our first page. After
exhausing much space and ingenuity in a laborcd
attempt to prove that the Mechanics desire 10 have
all feons supported in idlcness at the expense of
honest industry. he is forced a, last TO the adj
mission that the present system Of Prison Labor is
wrong. and must be amended. That is the con
cusion to which every disinteresed person who
carefully examines the subject must ultimately
come and so long Us they end there,
ten, TO let them take the road that pleases them
best.
Ten lines must suffice for all We say in reply to
our unknown friends abored argument: The
Mechanics affirm, l. That telons ought not to be
taught valuable trades in the Prisons and thus
thrown necessarily into the society and fellowship
of homes, artisans who have not deserved such asse
citation; and , Tha, the fair and equal recompense
of honest labor ought to be depressed and de-
stroyed by the sale oelon labor, at low prices, a. it
inevitably will be under the contract system. They
do not complain that felons labor but that honest
workmen are injured by the direction given TO that
labor Ii the State should employ them in growing
or manufacturing articles not now produced or
rivaied in this country, the cause OF complaint
wosd cease. But our friend is resolved that they
shall ask something unreasonable, and so he
works away, with lawyer.like skill and ingenuity,
10 show that demand tina, they shall no, be in
strue,ed and employed in ordinary mechanical
trades is equivalent to a demand that they shall
not be employed al all
In all tina, he says about kindness to telons, the
spirit in which they should be treated and much
else of his essay, we heartily concur. We only ask
hist sny favor shown them shall be accorded fairly
Al the expense Of the whole people Of the Sntc. il