New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-05-22

ab,y, is TO be found the greatest amount q "enn-
ployed taborers.'
We think there is better moral than our au-
thor sees to be evolved from this-naineiy' u'a'
If the landlords wish their estates to be highiy
productive without depressing the tenants las Vi
course they do they mast put forth every .,,o''
and not grudee some of their means, TO o''luSc
the blessings of education. intelligence, soonc'y
and improved modes Of industry among '''el' 'e''-
an,ry, and thus enhance the value oi "'ei' pro-
perty by clcvating the moral standard OF us oc-
cupiers.
The following paragraph likewise asserts much
truth Of which the better half is moi pcrceycd' or
at least not stated, viz:
oNo direct legislation can affect the social ccndi-
,;oo Of Ireland bcfor, YOU hope to benefit the
country you must establish traaqui'iity, and M
s,,ire he pcasanti ,ciM due respect for the lac
and inst regard for the rights Of pirate property
The question s-by what means are these things
to be accomplished? You may give land at lower
price than it now brings, but YOU will not thereby
cause any perceptble change in the habits OF the
people. They nlay be weather. but they WILL not
be clcanlier. TIER rents may be better pad, but
the peasant will still live on the potato. The filthy
cabin will exist and the and the pig Will iced
nj the same board and occupy the same apartment
rs the owner, until You elevate the moral and soeihi
feelings of the man. and teach him 20 require as
necessary what he now looks on as superil'ious
luxury"
Obviously, It seems 10 Us, the first thing to be
done is to make the lao Just and equat, as be-
tween the powerful and the humble, their nights,
creeds. and necessities. Let the poor man feel
that the law is indeed his friend, Or at least his
impartial Judge, and that Property, though not
his own is general blessing and not an obstacle
to his wel-being, and he can hardly fail to act
accordingly We are not forgetting his igno-
rance, his prejudices, his vices-we are not Tor
oettinp the wiles or the depravity Of demagogues
who trade upon his imperlections-but we insist
that the power Of trusting, steadiast fhght must
ultimately prevail over all these
"A single extract more, and we must close
1t relates TO one Of the great moral as well as
economical cancers of Ireland-the Absentccism
of proprictors
How can we be surprised At Irish absenteeisinl
Can we expect that any man who can aNold II, VIII
willingly expose the lives OF himself and his family,
by taking up his residence among the "Thugs
OF Tipperarv If an absentee comes TO reside per
sonalv TO superintend the improvement OF his prop
er,v, and takes part Of his own estate TO make de-
mesne and build mansion, he must dispossess some
one-and lie Lord N0rbury he rs shot. Should
he escape his fate, his motives are misrepresented,
and his anxious cndeavOrS 10 give occupation ana
employment TO the people, are converted into the
worst crimes because they can only he carried INTO
effect by changing the condition of men from pauprr
and idle tenants TO that OF REGULAR y-worked and
well-paid laborers.
What dreadful picture is here and it is for
titled with fearful citations of cases in which pro-
prietors have been massacred for attempting to
improve their estates What sort of a landlord
is he who dare not sit by the hearth of his fathers
who must bury himself in distant London, or
Paris, or Rome, TO spend the ample means yielded
him by the estate he dare not inhabit What lab
yrinths of wrong, and crime, oppression and bale
full revenge, are here laid open Yet the writer,
an dhis party, sec but faint and sickly glimmer
of tho light after all they have no idea Of any
dclvcrance from this complication of horrors-no
notion of Union of Interests between the owner
is tragedy the present civil war; the future,
blank darkness. Let us rejoice, however, that
they have at least entered fairly upon the consid-
Grafton of Social evils, and trust 10 Time and
more mature Investigation 10 discover the remedy.
The Postage Reform.
Mcssrs. Grinncll of Mass. Dana of n. Y and
Jerks of Pa of the Post Office Committee of the
House, have made a Minority Report in opposi-
ton to the views of Mr.. Hopkins's Majority Re-
port, in which they propose the following Rates
of Postage ON Single Letters, viz
For any distance less than 300 miles. cts.
Over 800 and less than 660.......10 "
Over bbO. ........................l3 .
These are fair rates, though cents for short
distances would produce more than 5. II is a
shame that Postage Reform and the facts by
which ii is sustained are better understood and
appreciated every where else than in the House.
Annexation Gossip.