New-York daily tribune., 1845-01-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Courier cons.rues casual paragraph in
on, columns, intended to justify the Emigta-
lion Of the Poo. of Europe 10 this Country into
an invitation to the PGupers CT the Old World te
come over and Fill our ,almshorsea! This was
certainly very far from tho intent of the writer,
though it may seem to be justified, 10 q severely
critical eye, by the grammatical construction o.
the sentence. We trust, however, that the mass
-four readers understood us as We meant, merely
TO express cur anxiety that America should mol
cease to affjrd an asylum and welcome TO lhe
oppressed and famished Milloos of Europe be.
cause some of them do not readily find ndopportuni.
tes or have been bercft Of the capacity, to earns
subsistence. Ii any Foreign State is guilty Of
the mean se'fshness OF casting her crpp!es, cu-
prits and idiots upon our County, that state
does US gross wrong, for which we may right.
fully seek redress but should we stave or for
ture toe helpless objects o. such baseness? We
say, Never! Let Us neither fam;sh nor rep-oach
them. They have intended no wrong Still
less should we make their Ynistortunes source OF
reproach and unkind feeling towards The vastly
large number of emigrants who do earn Their o,o@
living, to say the least. Il is on this point that
we are most anxious TO be heard. There are
many thousands Of able aud wiling persons
among European paupera, simply because no
opportunity ia offered them of earring living
and who would not be Paupers here, especially II
we had some efficient Agency for finding work
for all who dssreit 1t tis rather hard to stgmatize
as Paupers men of strong arms who would easily
and gladly provide for Themselves and their farqi
lies ii they could only have chance 20 do it.
A word generally with the Courier. Tha over
ruling inclination of that paper 70 differ with The
Tribune on all possible occasions is one !or shlcf
it doubtless has reasons and all we ask OF ii is tht
simple Justice that it shall quote literally fran
our columns the propositions TO lohich IL sees fl
to take exceptions. We are continually held W
to its readers as avowiug doctrinesend approving
acts which we never dreamed oi saDctioning. LIE
It but quote what we say, and then if it can make
any thing out of an occasional sentence ingram
matical]y constructed or sentiment inaccuratel.
expressed, it is welcome.
The topic which that paper entities Fourier
ism,' however, is one which we prefer to discuss
with opponents who eau approach it with som'
degree of knowledge aud candor. One who car
descend TO lug it in on all occasions as means
of assailing and maligning us, to the extent o
gravely asking why some Fourier Association
does not now invite intoi.s bosom all the halt ant
manned, and diseased and debitated, of Europe
is not such as we prefer to accompany in the in
vestigetion ofso important a theme. Ofthe dozer
or fifteen imperfect, illprovided, hasty attempt:
hitherto made to form an Industrial Association
with some reference TO Fourers suggestions, not
one, so far as we have any knowledge, has ovel
enjoyed the means OF purchasing land and erect
ing buildings for the comfortable acconmoda
IA ton of its own members, and several have fallei
I through at the beginning for want OF the bage
n means of subsistence until thcy could produce
81 effectively for themselves. Other Undertaking.
s. of the sort, equally rash and ill.provided, have
no probable chance Of escaping similar fete
Is not he, then, generous and manly adversary
who taunts them with their inability to receive
upon their mor.gaged lands, in their halfbuil
and crowded tenements, all the destitute ant
helpless of q continent7