New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-04-26
Human Mi.ery-Necessity of n social ke-
form.

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den. i. a voice raised in Society The Political
Pres. dares not take it UP this subject It, dis
cu.sion would show the emptiness OF IT. plans
Of reform. and the impy,ency Of IT. measures to
cHec, any practical amehoration in the condition
Of the Mss The Press i not the advocate oil
the Interests Of Mankind it : the advocate OF
the interests Of Party
We do not blame the individuals who manage
the Pres. for their neglect OF the question OF hu-
man misery and the tue interests OF manhihd--
They are themselves dependent and must to
live, keep within the circle Of public PreJOd ces'
I, !, unfortunate that il is so, but so it Is, and
how can it be helped The work OF the lie
former i. a rough work. and few have the ;!mc
patience and other mean. necessary to undertake
it. They who would help a suffering and l9n0id'"
World out of It's miserable condition, must expect
10 NEE, with the same recomPebse as person
who would help all Infatuated animal out OF some
fehtfu position that IS TO be the hrst 'icti'n'
S,rca,m and abuse follow those who propose any
great reforms, or any new measures OF um'ersu
good and how many dare face them
1t is much more comfortable no doubt to iolIo"
in the track of public opinion; to propose some
| little measure ike paper currency OF d Ti'''
currency. which the lowest order Of thought 'an
comprehcis and then reap the applause oil the
world and the honors and cmOuments when pop
ularitv confcrs. 1t is much better 10 do 'o-and
1yoeJ,roy uisdou.-common sense, III the opinion
nC the Mass counscls it. g. On the world say
the nne.tenths of persons. t,ake care OF it'eh'
or if YOU meddle with its affairs do ii Tor your
ovn individual end" This il the creed OF our
Socicti,s.-of Societies filled with conflicts as
cords and the blacklist seiiishness'
lii. f,iehtful TO reflect upon the selislness ana
Indifference of the Influential, the narrow ainO'-
tion of political Leaders, and the bad iath' lsho-
rance and subservency of the Press. When we
view the intense and widespread misery when
exists and the pressing urgency there Is Tor non
o., and conscientious examination OF the causes O'
Social Evils and the means OF remcdylng theiA inc
heart sbudder. to think that 50 great subject Is
entirely neglected
five look around W., we see restitution, dis
ease anxiety, despair and train OF evils "hich
they cngendcr-vicc, crime, drunkenness-on w
cry side. There are in the City OF New-lofk a'
,bo presont time thousands of persons who are out
of employmcn;,-pre.sed by want, harassed by
anxiety and all kinds Of troubles, and exposed 10
disease from poor and insufficient food, bad dwell
lings and clothing: there are little children grow
;g mn in ignorance and desiitutiOn, their natures
dcerndc.l. their minds perverted, and intlated
earlyin,o vice and crime by the debas'ng clrcu'NN
coz which surround them: there are young glri'
who are forced to resort to prostitution to escape
absolute want: there are mothers who see the
helpless creatures, to whom their hearts chhg' cA
posed to suierings and privations, which sweep
one half of them into the grave. Nietchedne''
under all these forms surrounds Us, wasting away
the frames and tortprns the souls OF thousands oil
o.r G.llow creatures. Something should be done,
and done quickly.-rcmedies should be sought
and sought cagerly,-and yet nothing Is DONE
Dead silence prevails, and not an effort Il inade
or scarce thought given to this most melancholy
of realities.
If we leave aside the misery which we see III
detail around US. and take II general view OF tiie
condition of Nations and their policy, we shall be
doublv convinced of the necessity OF Social ne
form, or some great changes IN Society
Here we see fertile regions exhausted underline
cultivation of noxious plant, winch Is grown To
furnish idlcne.s and intellectual vacuity with the
means of momentary occupation and excitement
There districts are planted with gran-not to suS-
tain lifo but to extract from ii poisonous llqud'
which shall afford to degraded Masses the means
Of a brutal exhilaration, which brings with 1t mad
ness. follv disease and death. In one Country,
We sec black Slaves, laboring from fear OF the
lash to produce the raw material when keeps at
work tLc white Slaves Of another Country, VINO
labor from fear of want and starvation. Here the
vessel, of one Nation are engaged IN stealing the
children Of Africa from thcir native land 'ner'
the vessels of another are cheating the simple
victims of unciyili1cd Region. ou Of their produc-
tons. and initiating them into the vices oil sNih-
zarion I'm some countries We see desu'ste pop
ulations toiling their lives through III wretched'
ness to supply titled aristocracy with the means
Of wa,lcfu extravaganza; in others, we see them
laboring to create products for capital and co'-
mcrce to speculate upon in oraer to sustain III a.
fuonce a moned aristocracy.
This state Of things does not excite the Philan-
,hropv or commiseralon Of the Great, the hich
and the influential. There is a seih'hncss' an IN
difference on their part, which Is a rcprehen''bie
as il, i. disgusting. Supplied with luxurious album
dance, they give not thought to human misery
they never reflect how horrible 1t Is TO wear out
lie in a continual combat with poverty and anNi-
ety. Little do they think tha, with every thread
Of the gay habiimcnts which they wear u inter
woven the sigh OF human soul; and that on the
docacics and comforts which surround them, are
spent the lies energies and the vitality of eN-