New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-22

.to;u C.o.er,r;en, has been fully awakened to the
oolicy and necessity Of establishing refuge for
.bs ae.titnte in which they shall be enabled to
earn their livelihood under the supervision OF lily
Officers and ,hr ough the means OF weiiPanneo,
welLd;rec,ed, comprehensive system OF Industry,
w. trust that the early and earnest friends OF such
an establishment will take care that the design IS
carried gu. in the liberal spirit in which 1t orlgna
rod. The term Work House itself poorly ex-
nyesses the bencfcen. idea-what is needed Is a
great Industrial Establishment, in which many
and various branches OF both indoor aRd out-ooor
labor shall be carried on, Is the capacities, tastes
and health of the inmates shall require. w hi!e
every person seeking its shelter should be required
to work, say ten houjs per day every means should
he ssed to render this labor grateful aud attractive
10 the inmates SO that they shall never require to
.s driven to it. or dread any other punishment than
dismissal from the establishment and stern depla'
or all charitable aid until they shall be willing to
labor for their subsistence. hat service which Is
cheerfulIy accorded and which involves no sacii.
flee of selfrespect, is ever far more vigorous ard
effective than TIA which is impeed by power and
fear.
Spcb an establishment as our City needs
shou)d include an immense Garden, adequate t.
the supply of all our penal and charitable institutes
with its products. Gardening is not only health
fnl and easy employment, but it is one which many
in the downhill of life and in the winter of their
for,uncs we'll understand and take delight in. Be
side. the products of the Garden usually cost the
consumer twice what they net to the Producer o"
ing to the small quantities in which they are usu
ally wanted, and the difficulty OF transporting and
preserving them. These facts should not be over
looked.
We observed with regret the phrase Free
Trade and Free Competition" used in connection
with this subiec, in or two reports OF the pro-
ceednes of the Board of Aldermen, in a way which
indicated want of knowledge or want OF retiec-
tion. We presume that SO far as The supply OF i'-
own wants is regarded, the Corporation should
apply tie labor Of these who enter Its House OF
Industry with single regard to its own advantage
But should it follow eut the Free rade rule to
the cx,ent--ior example. by applying al! the lnbo'
% ths men to Hat-rnaking, anu OF the women to
plain sewing-thereby depressing the wngee ana
taking away the employment of those who no~
live independently by those employments, 1t would
probably create as much misery as It relieved. we
inter timely protest against the organization ano
direction of the labor of the destitute on the Free
Trade policy of Every one for himself
The fact is very clear TIC our view that this labor
may be so employed as to diminish the reward and
disturb the regularity Of other labor the histor.
of our State Prisons would prove this if no olhe,
evidence we're at hand. All the Poor of our city
might be employed in producing grain, silk, and
such staples of universal necessity without dimn-
shing their market prices even here, so much as
one per cent; and again they may be SO employed
as TO throw whole classes of business and bread
These facts cannot be overlooked by the practical
legislator.
Again: We hear of locating the new Work
House at some distant and less accessible point in
order tina, fewer persons shall apply for Its shelter
This is unwse. When man, woman OF child has
no employment and no means of subsistence, the
very best thing for the community as we'll as for
that person 10 an immediate removal to the Work
House. Many thief and burglar has been made
by the want of just such refuge. We insist,
therefore, that The umest liberty Of ngress be az
forded-lhat it shall not be matter of reproach
or even Of humiliation, but the contrary, that
man who can find no other employment shall &C,
cept that of the city. If hundred destitute imni-
grants arrive here to-day, far better for all that they
are at work for the public than left to beg or steal
10 the streets.
Of course, such Work. House establishment as
the city needs must be very spacious, and canno'
be perfected at once. What we must first care for
the principles which it is founded, the spir,
in which it is undertaken. Let these be right and
it may be created in good part by the labor OF thos
who shall apply for its benefits.
U The Richmond Inquirer says that tic "De
mscracy Of Virginia never eau repeal the Inspec
,ion law without disgrace. until the Jury law has
been re.cinded, and the principle assumed by thu
Wing Governor of New-York repudie,ed by her
Executive The Inquirer may rest assured that
both these things shall be done as per order
Any thing to appease the Democracy of Virgin
Ia No sacrifice is too great, no toll. too ardu-
Gus, no disgrace too black and deep to be boldly,