New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-28


! or brings to our shores and what do we see =
Wars famines poverty. executions mui"e'-' eP'-
deroic diseases brutal acts Of tyranny the SAD &C
counts Of which are relieved only by frivolous de'as
/ ,,or the fashions the theatres the doings OF the
dlc and selfish Look at these fruits Of the present
: social organization. and let them answer
1 A,d ig orr own country" this happy and plen-
icons country as the Editor Of the Courier calls
!, how stand things Ia the South three millions
Of Slaves toilng in the cotton fields and rice swamps
70 grow products for the planters Of the South and
,br trading classes Of the North 10 speculate upon,
and whose advertisements iiil the columns Of the
ponGcrous Courier yielding its owner at least 50 p
900 per annum. who excaims-' this happy and pen-
icons land and declares that things well enough
and that no change is wanted. Again In Our city
according the statement Of one cf its Aldermen,
there are ten thousand prostitutes, and throughout
the land there are drunkenness or less power
IT, dreadful dsapponiments, hopes blasted ADD
other moral and physical cvils-a maiorliy OF which
common sense proc.ams 10 be the result OF false So
cal circumstances. and not the Geprayty Of the hu-
man heart. az the Courier tells us.
Now he has no burning Indignation 10 express
against these social abuses and monsrosltlesi ne
passes gently over them and lays them all to the
human heart-,he work Of the Divine Hand and the
victim Of the false social and political arrangements
which dark ages Of ignorance and poverty ensen'
dcred
civilized Social Order-ihc offspring of monarchical
Europe and gOre-staincd Greece and Rome-is
based The following some Of them exam
inc them and zee whether they are III 70 govern
even the poor beasts of the field, or rather the
beasts Of the Jungle and the desert and say whether
it is wisdom or stupidity to uphold them az some
journals are now devo,ing themselves, with holy ar
dor 10 do Among the institutions and arrange
ments which fern the parts or elements Oh the Civh
lied social mechanism, we fnd-N ar--Slavery--
serflOm-hircd Labor or servitude TO Capial-ia4se
and anarChica cOmpcutOn-cOnhlci OF interests
war OF capital and Labor m0nopO.izcd machinery
industrial incOherence and waste-which Jointly
and severalv ongcndcr those frightial social scour
gcs like poverty ignorance, discord, universal du
plicv of action and sehshDess, drunkenness, degra-
dation and prostitution
Beasts Of the field exclaims with virtuous in
digualon the Editor Of the Courier Well Mr.
Editor look al the men IN the social world OF your
predilecti0n how many Of your brcthrcn-and "a
YOU have publicly declared yourself 70 be Chrts-
fan ! suppose you will not regret the title Tor
Christ said, Ieare all brclhrcn-hOw many OF them,
sir arc reduced to the condition Of beasts Of bur
then which are composed of the beasts q the
field p Three millions Of negroes in he south
forced 10 toll from fear OF the lash and sold Ike cat
tie in the public markets Of Civilization. are they
not made sir truly beasts OF burthcn Yes or no
And if So / throw back TO you your accusation OF
beasts o. the field and 10 you that the system
which YOU uphold. and which pays you in wealth,
standing and influence. reduces men IA near as pos
sble to the condition of beasts Of the field This
is 40 fiction examine il, and if you can see throu n
the dark msts of prejudice and sellshness which
S2j 900 per and standing and influence raise
up around you, and which are drawn mainly from
existing inquiries particularly unholy profits wrung
from oppressed labor and party politics with It's
insane strife come out and attack II boldly if you
love truth and have the courage to face popular sci
ishncss and prejudice
Look also al the white toiIing millions throughout
Civilization working from IL TO 10 hours per day 10
earn miserable physical existence. without any
hope of social elevation. without the means OF IN.
tellectual culture without any future on this earth
before them, but toll. poverty and anXiety-condeDs-
ING their sweat aud blood into treasures for favor
ed few look and say whether these masses are not
mere machines Of toll, and whether Civilized SO
ciety with its moDslrous Organization OF Labor does
not reduce them comparatively TO the condition OF
beasts OF buriheni. e. tone ceascessly for
mere physical cxis;enCe-and It the divine spark
implanted in the human soul by God could Toe oblii-
Grated would reduce them in reality 10 the condi
ton which YOU soak Of with such hearty emphasis.
Look sir at the bulk of the working population
of Civilization driven TO toll by the lash or s;arva.
ton, and scrutinze very carefully whether IN Your
conservative mania YOU are not aiding powerfully
10 sustain an Order OF things which produces IN part
the results of which you are so liberal IN accusing
others HUMANITY.