The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-04-05

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duty IL the Interest OF the rich to see that the
comforts and eDjoyments Of the poor be enlarged. Let
grounds be beaut6ed with flowers and fountains and
the poor when his daily toll over have
where he and his family can have an hour relax
alton ana rational en- Joy his eye be gra
tilted by objects Of taste, and where strains oil inspiring
music may minister to his delight cloud chsers) What
walls? In Paris-in Bern-in Vienna, we see pubic
grounds filed with beautiful objects Of nature and Of sr
thrown open the Of to-shatl not freemen who
have acquired do much Tor rsemen as Kings DO
the Great cheering It true that IN those Euro
poorly compensatory Yet how much has done by
veregn power for the comfort and enjoyment Of the poor
And what the resulta The poor Of Paris Of Berlin. Of
Vienna substantially preserved by the constant expen
dturs the part OF the government Pupose o.
furnishing the laborng classes with rational
The gardens of the Tuleres, and the Champs
with their binds OF music open to ALL and there when
task OF the day il accomplished labor enjoys ise
and is led nsens6y to esteem the source which has sup
piled the ample means of recreation ! might present
similar examples in the other large cities Why cannot
that be done in city like thisl Cheers Are not the
aboreIs entitled to 1T Are not the rich able to furnish
| itl Gugnt they not to furnish it. Tremendous
cheersJ why, II could be easily demonstrated that
teress The consequences OF expenditure 10 this way,
wsuld be to make the city still moro attractive to travel
lers and strangers; the value of property would be in
creased the condition OF the POOR would 10 improved,
and The Of the aims house would be most mate
rally diminished loud cheers) In all civised and re-
fined nations this provision has been made for the
poor You recolect the story Of the gardens Of Julius
being offered by Marcus the price of the last remnant
Of Roman liberty and 90 dearly priced was me
closed Although you cannot and would not sell
brthrght feemen yet the poor and the laborer
those who rich, and also free. Cheers Much can
thus done and much ought to b. thus dene for the
o. as
tho results of labor AZ exhibited within the last half cen
fury. What thsy3 Why the exertion Of human in.
dusry and ingenuity has been such TO produce sur
plus ofeverything that to suppthe necesses
and wants Of humanity in every part ofthe world Let US
look at this What's the that the great article Of
cotton has been sinking pce1 Because the supply is
greater than the demand il has been so multiplied by hui
man labor that the want cannot it. So with sgri.
cultural products four beef pork all those great article
eod have been in general course OF decline In prices
So also with the products Of human ingenuity and toll in
the workshops Now ore not those who have produced
these results entitled to share in the benefits Look
At the mechanic pushing the 6e over the instrument
by happy combination Of machinery he may be able to
evade Il at labor, and accomplish in the same time one
to the
end the addition thus made to capital cannot be calcua
red Yet the mechanic still tolls on-his wages are still
substantially the But should not the sborer share
in those resus7 ID not true that ingenuity and skill
the mechanic have within the last half century rails
ed that Of eplo ments far above the
These results have been advantageous the human
than the efforts of the statesman or the scholar Are
not those who have these results entitled to par
ctpate in their advsntages7 (Cheers) But have they
shared fairly in thsse advantages? Isis not fully time
and is it not the duty in government like ours OF those
Ter an equivalent for their ability through the sxeons
Of this description of labor 10 convert their tens Of thou
Of thousands into millions. (Enthusisstic cheering
net their duty to their gains a. 10 let these who
have in fact produced them participate .uSstsny IN
task Of labor should be diminishedthe hours Of work
shortened still there would be time enough left to
produce all that necessary for supplying the wants of
msnknd-(Cheers) There small party Of natives
passing through Canal street stopped opposite the
Mr.. selden; on (which number Of the wings
rushed down stairs MIR SELDEr-Keep still my friends
for ,Ss AT
oflaugther)1 Here, gentemen-Mr. Selden continued
here in this city Of all other places here where
ed with almost greater certainty than in any other
city in the world-here s the place where the
lors Of the poor (Cheers) Here we should have
numerous and extensive public places ornamented by
statues raised to who had better claims tor immor
tslity than the warrior who had slain his thousand
raised to who have done some service to the world
70 the mechanic who hes invented some new thngto
being-to the heroic womaa who in the time of pest
ence may have stood earessy by the beds Of the sick
and This some Portion 9s o. Of sas H re-
York And would not they also add to the enjoyments
Of the rich7 The rich man he passed along and saw
enjoying themselves would feel greater thrill of plea
when he heard his halls resound with revery
00u4nt0r6 OoCKoQ Ol0mOnuo-tLouu
cheers) He would feel that in contributing to this
result he had discharged his duty and In his own bosom
Of his own conscience s cSesrsj Then assin BY pub
lie opinion not through the operation OF law the tene
mepts Of the poor should he improved. The landlords
should be prevented from combining the poor to apart
men from whichthe very light and air and heaven
most entirely excluded and they should he furnished
cheering cries Of that's the reform want" mo
tinpans at the fountain - "No iced mud - The rich
can DO still more for the POOR There are act.
acknowledged and which would do much to reconcile
any Of those differences which arise out of the reIa
tune on the other. allude to the extension Of per-
ssnal civiiities by the rich to the poor when they
their morunes One Of the best things in the way Of
good manners said is related Of George the Third
When asked by Of his couters why he paid respect
% poor drayman that passed by he replied, shall be
lees polite than the meanest of my subjects p'Noud
cheers) Cives such this 30 far to break up the
remove :hcsa lhinEs which keep men apart tho
class has been fortunate All should recolect that
in the vicitudes Of business labor and capital change
places-that he who is rich today may become poor TO-
morrowhat the descendants of the men who have &C.
cumulated estates are kelyto be the aoorers to the
children of those who now without them. These
Kings horne in mind will teach each to respect the rights
the other and to make each feel that not the result
Their the result fchance sometimes Of industry but more
frequently Of chance that has made the rich whilst
s q s
the poor to the rch and ssk them, when the opporuni
Of preventing those complains 10 no easily gained will
they not drsct their attention to the accomplishment OF
this great object? Are not the laborng classes of this
city entitled to much consideration from those who
acquired property, the subjects Of foreign poten
to the consideration Of those who rule them7
Cheers) Changes in the condition Of tho peor such o.
have described and such as contend for, are always
well to recollect much easily and safely to be oh
tanned from private bounty than from the operation o.
government Let the experiment be tried and II viii
be discovered that the aborng classes will consider
themselves enjoying rights participating In
the interests Of those who by good fortune or by nhsr
and continued cheering) Mr. eelden then went on to
say that his opinion had been frequently asked about the
license law, and Individual ne had given It. When
Father Matthew he sad commenced his mission Of phi
anthropy and reform In his native land suppose he had
taken with him edict OF the British Parliament
qurng the accomplishment Of that object what would
have been the consequence Why he would have seen
the smoke Of the peat and aembc issuing from the Gre
vice of every rock and the Of every raviHe
amongst the hills Chsers Or suppose when he crossed
the Irish channe and gathered around him the GOLFERS
the English mining districts stood at the mouth Of
the caverns and called the subterraneous tenants