The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-08
National Reform Convention MT Croton Hall.
srcorp D.v--May6

r. NJ, ana alter some desultory conversation among
the sages, Mr. RyclSnan, the representative of the
working men OF New England, submitted some
resolutions, expressing the concurrence of the Con-
ventlon IN the resolutions of the Lowell Convention
favor OF Industrial Congress; and declaring that
the way discovered, the hour almost arrived and
the imam living, who, the exponent of the sent-
ment of the American people, shall eradicate the
principles of monopoly force and fraud from all our
political Institutions and establish them upon the
eternal foundation of truth and justice and plcdg-
ing the allegiance Of the working to the proposed
Congress- provided the constitution, upon
which it shall be organized, be universal in its PHI
lanthropy christian in its morality, and democratic
in its policy. After some remarks from Mr.. Ryck-
man IN support of the resolutions the Convention adj
)ouned, to meet In the evening al half past O'Clock
The Convention met accordingly, and the resolu-
tons reported by Mr. Goodwin yesterday, after
some debate, were adopted
Mr. BovAr then offered resolution stating in effect
that as National Reformers they would the principal
agent Of the State the ballot box means of eectng
elevation and progress Mr. Bovay said that the National
Reform Association political In its character and in
order that this association cooperate with others
hi. mse e uao. oea Many here DO not under
action essential in all political reforms--that men must
rally round measure which they consider fundamental
they can only effect their object through the ballot box
and was in order to sec who entertained with them
originally possessed in common by all and con-
slider the monopoly of land which at present exists,
eyed. This state things can only be remsdied by tho
occupation Of the land intended by the great
and all that stains the annals Of the world, will be
the the, legend Of bygone day-in short, there
% in so pas:
of tho Association which commended it to all men;
and i all who desired reform would only assist in carry
procate but they would not then they could have no
further Fellowship with them.
Mr. RYcKMAr said that no considered political action
as tho highest and nobost earth to achieve
result and in New England they would it as wisely
they couldbut if the gentleman expects all to act
with his association exclusive of their own peculiar
views Of reform, he would be disappointed.
Mr. BovAY expressed himself dissatisfied with the gen-
temans remarks and he would ask the New Enganders
that if they considered the freedom of the public land
important principle they would carry to tho ballot
question Of this country.
Mr. RYcKMAs held the truth to be selfevident that no
intelligent man will refuse to vote and vote for this plan.
Mr. BRIsBANE, the apostle of Fouriersm, then in
troduccd by the President and spoke nearly follows
who claim a chance beneath Gods sun to assert
their inherent dignity. When movement is commenced
derstand fully the nature their
an intelligent mode Of reform What do the laboring
justice and nothing else. They desire happiness and in
elgence to emerge from their present degraded state
cupy what is the error we have to strike down False
politics and sided legislation thatt and that jack
AL the law the minister Of the error which crush
piety the mymidons of this evil call God to bless
sanctify-the pale faced Apprenticeship very
which they use to knead down the blood and bones
of their fellowmcn There in the United States two
thousand presses, controlled by commerce. politics. and
the law, which have but object and aim-to deceive
the millions and is no wonder that the working
are so blinded to their own good when they receive
gospel day after day the doctrines and assertions of
their bitterest enemies There is another thing which
the toing masses have to contend with It is the
mercial and industrial feudalism which is forming and
I'll soil he UOr chCps
and even the implements of industry. We this state
mechanic works from fourteen sixteen hours a day.
locked up IL room here the windows closed
that the light of day may not enter In Lowell it,
where six thousand girls the daughters of frcemen
sweating out their lives that few rch pious Boston
gentlemen may amass fortunes. We sec in all this
OF our day, and its acquisition the chief end of life All
are striving for and in the struggle society
and convulsedselsh, narrow and fendish feelings
gcnderedfor the motto of all is The devil take the
hndmost " and instead of heavenly harmony, making
misery into the hearts Of ALL Now, what is to be- done
We must organize to stop the progress of this feudasm
and that is the only true method Again, free COMPETE
tion or false and envous rivalry, another great OBJ
stacle of social and political advancement It separates
the aborng classes from each other trade against
trade and paves the way for the utter subverson Of
every kindly and benevolent feeling arrays the fam
shed artisan of land against the starving operative
anohcr prolongs the hours of labor- cuts down the
price of industrial products and will bring the working
man OF our own country to the level of the European
PRESTON is yet another impcdiment to progress 4
wars with the fearful energy of iron and BRASS with
the bones and sinews of laboring men, The present
false and outrageous system of is the blood
sucker Of industry Chccrs) The merchants arc moth
ing more or less than the vampires extracting from the
producing classes at least half of the products Of
their labor Commerce also adulteratcs the articles Of
neutrality-suspicious. them as they pass through her
ty scarcity in the land The scourges Of the world
in our day are not kings and priests the oden time
cipe with which have to contend is the divorce Of la,
Dor and capital they twin brothers and should be uni
labor and the labor Of the pas, and present should be-
brought into cooperation This unnatural divorce pro-
duces like other evil principles hatred and sorrow in
society but what does the capitalist long he
accumulates the almighty dollar He will lay deliberate
plans to murder his fellow beings with lingering orurcs
by building dungeons types Of the christians hell
where every foul disease for them to work
inwhere life is ground out Of humanity amidst the jar
and crash Of machinery And while the capitalist lives
in luxurious palace with every thing about him that
satisfy the most fastdious taste the poor operative
crawls to his unhealthy howell after hard days work
to rest for few hours his aching head with nothing to
console him or bid him take heart To him life weary
load and were it not for his pale sckly wife, and puny
half amshed progeny he would long to be where the
wicked cease from troubling and the weary at
But there is still another great principle which its
redcmpton-t is class legislation. Legislation in the
hands of a privileged few, the merchant, the poiti
almost every pres; in the United stae, The aw
yers,,quinbling, narrow minded lawyers, are all that
slaves of precedent they that they carry out hell
because the Constitution says We must take OF
ther hands the legislation OF the country and put into
the hands of productive industry (Cheers) The Bos-
ton Pharsces make their hands work Ia hours a day;
and after cxnctng this to church and bless God they
are not as other savage, in the American will
derncss, fcrocous as he appears, would not do it.
Chcers) When | was in Lowell, and saw the pale
sorrowful girl, hendng YEARLY over her task
thought would rather go the hell the christians tell
of, than work there All of what are called the great
Buren, &csupport these inquitous principles and the
multitude bow down to the might of their intellect
Now, what have we to oppose to these evil principcs'
n en- ioua rv alyv
cooperation and combination among the working
es. Without this, there is union-no brotherhood
among I he laboring many The next great principle
which must array against the progress Of error s
union of labor and capital and the possession of tho
soil and machinery by the working classes IL they are
not the of it, they must be its slaves II labor
and capital united, the industrial class can fix the
hours OF labor and demand for it remuneratinr price;
but if they not united, thcn the working men mus
be prepared to submit to tyranny which is more des