New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-26

.ondng oenef, is cor.~sred npon other classes by
be increased expenditure which takes place on the
AT OF those in whose hands the wealth has accu-
anlaied There can be no doubt that certain com
eu.aiion does take place in this way and Il i Inc
xistencc Of that mpen-afion which alone rehne's
Occ;y iOlersble under such clrcumstsDce-- But
&c benefit accruing - no adequate sc;-of II society
,e viewed a. whole. TO the evil incurred II two
billions Of Irsh lsborers are working at sxpence a.
isy each and iro millions more 0. human beings
the Emerald Isle are In state Of de-itntlOa, II
; poor compensation for such dreadful state OF
iincs 10 observe that some hundred lrlsh noble
ZEN or absentee propre;ors. are spending ten or
venty ih0n sand a-yesr each amidst the Injuries OF
london. Paris. or Naples; and that they sometimes
xfract I've or xix gQineas acre from their STAR
~ tenants II weavers Ia Renfrew-hire and cot
~ Operatives Ia Lancashire, are making cotton
infh- &; cighipence a-day Of wages we ae not 70
e deuded into the belief that society Is prosPero1-
ecause every year TX eight cotton lords buy -
rcs Tor hrndred thousand pounds apiece am
lehaf Vi the railways Ia tic hingcon are con
instructed with the wealth OF Manchester am
ilAseow. There are 10 two things more different
IN national riches and the wealth Of the rich 10
alton
IL IS the fatal and ruinous effect Of wealth, thus
ccumulated ia the hands Of a few. al the expense
the rcai bulk Of the ind 1-trlogs casse. N state
II tends to perpetuste and Increase the diseased
n peroas state Of 20 iety from which i sprang -
ne common OTIS nv atoms that money makes mon
,. and thar poverty breeds poverty, mo" DO"
Giver-aly the experience OF mankind ha- 'e' Una
lDiia in the lOns ran. gives al Overvhei ming an
tntage in III. race for riches 10 the rich, and thai
1very a. uniformly. ere long. gives the vast snpe
.1ri'y IL numbers 10 the poor. We oiien hear VI
earl or a merchant price lnourning The want - a.!
err bat scarcely ever ri a Highland couple or a.
-l howell waning their overlooking brood OF little
lfnaked savage. We occasionally hear OF Z
Dor man raising himself b. talent aud incu'iry t.
rune: bar IN general be does 20 oniy by assoc
ing his skill with some existing capital and svin
a owner thus tie extraordinary advantage Of mi
ng oil wealth with new discovery. To &c, o.
! The world without capital l. da ly becoming NOR
.Hcult 10 the great bulk OF men; II il, in trade o.
ommerce at least. wholly impossible Thus. g.
yeath accamulaes in the capital and great cities Of
ne empire. destilutiop. poverty. and, OF course
riine and immortality. multiply around the seal
,h-re that wealth was originally created. And 10,
vii SO Ear from abaiing with the lapse o.. time dali,
.creases and mast increase iill some dreadful con
ulsion takes place. and restores the subvered bsl
ace of society because The power o. capital, Tx
rat OF a lever which is continually heightened, q
ally augmeu'ing IN the centres OF wealth; and tn
over OF Numbers in the centres OF desttution l.
curly on the increase from the reckless and I'm
rovident habits which that ces,tution Las ensen
cred
Tie happiness Of nation i's morality, order anc
ecurity. aie mainly. II not entirely, dependen. Of
ne extent TO which prODeriq win us atiendah
cssinas and habits OF reflection regularity, anu IN
asiry are dliiused among the people Bat the doc
ines OF the Chrem0ffsts. and OF nearly the whol
hool OF modern political economists 90 almost en-
RELY 10 uprooi this inestimabe blessing The prin
iple being once liked in mems minds, AMI acied
pom b. Individual men and isc legislature, that the
Teat thing is TO diminish the o9s' + Prodnci,on, II
blows as very natural consequence, that The main
hing is 70 diminish the rages ~ tie producers.
,veryihing which eau conducc 10 that object IL Wig
,sonsy pursued without the slightest regard 10 The
feet the changes mus have on the fortunes and al
mate fate in life. OF whole classes in society II
thus ihai in agriculture. the engrossine OF farm
,kes placc-an evil W sorey felt ia England du
ng the seventeenth and in Scotland in the eight
nth and nineteenth centurles--an5 tina, hundred
nd thousands OF happy families are dspossessed
ON their hereditary possessions, 10 make room 10
nat "dcvOnrcr of the human race, as the old WI
called it, the sheep II is thus that IN oui
wn times the small tenants and cotters have
cen so generally disposscsscd IN Scotland and Ire
nd, to make Dom for the large culuvator Or storc
lrmer II is thus that the race OF hand loom wca
ers, who carry on their trade in their own houses
nd with the advantages OF rural residence, gardens.
clds, and country air, is every where becoming ex
ut. or their wages have fallen so low barely 10
upport existence in the very humblest rank OF If,
u the room OF these sturdy Old children OF the soil
iss sprung up a race of puny operatives or labour
rs living by wages, and having no durable cOnncN
On either with the land even with the capitals
sho employs them Employed at weekly wages
icy are constantly on the verge of famine if turneo
at OF their employment. Everything now is con
sntraied in huge mills, manufacturing districts. an'
rea, towns where the labor of men is too often sup
anted b. women. that of women by children tina
Il chi lren almost entirely by machinery, on whicl
hey attend The cost OF production indeed is pro
ligiously diminished by the substitute of these fee
lIe or tiny labourers for that OF full grown men
nd with ], the profits of the masters and the circle
u the export sale are proporionaly augmented
a, at what expense is This profit TO few gained =
II the expense In some degree, at least it is TO be
'ared OF the Independence the comior; the morals
he lives OF whole classes OF the labourng portions
# the community.