The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-10

as the highest and nobest earth to achieve
result and IN New England they would it wisely
as they coud-but, if the gentleman expects all to act
with his association, exclusive of their peculiar
views OF reform, he would be disappointed
Mr. BovAY expressed himself dissatisfied it'll the gen.
temans remarks, and he would ask me New Englanders
that they considered the freedom OF the public land
an important principle they would carry it to the ballot
box-as Tor him he considered the great political
question OF this country.
Mr. RYcKMAN held the truth to be selfevident that no
intelligent will refuse vote and vote o this plan
Mr. BRIsBANr the apostle of Fourersm, then in
troduced by the President and spoke nearly follows
This is Convention called to raise the working classes
their inherent dignity. When movement is commenced
behoves to know OF what they talking to
dersand fully the nature of their and seek for
an intelligent mode Of reform What do the laboring
classes want! They want justice eternal everlasting
justice and nothing else They desire happiness and in
telgence to emerge from their present degraded state
to the position which God has destined they should
cupy What is the have to strike down False
politics and sided legislation that.it is; and that jack
ALL the law, the minister of the error, which is crush
ing the toiling millions. (Cheers) With helish i'm
piety the myrmidons Of this evil call ON God bless and
sanctify-the pale faced apprenticeship very means
which they use to knead down the blood and bones
Of their ellowmen There in the United States two
thousand presses, controlled by commerce. politics, and
the law, which have but one object and amto deceive
the millions and is no wonder that the working men
are blinded to their good, when they receive as
gospel day after day, the doctrines and assertions Of
their bittees enemies. There is another thing which
mercia and industrial eudalism which is forming and
which will absorb all things-the soil the workshops,
and the implements OF indusry We see this state
of things making rapid strides in England where the
mechanic works from fourteen to sixteen hours a day,
locked up in where the windows closed,
that the light of day may not enter In Lowell we see it,
where six thousand girls the daughters of frecmen,
sweating out their lives that few rch pious Boston
gentlemen may amass fortunes We see in all this
feudasm like that Of the dark ages Wealth is the god
Of our day. and its acquisition the chief end Of life. All
striving for it and in the struggle, society is torn
gendeed-for the motto of all is "The devil take the
hindmost 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 feudalsm
and that is the only true method Again free compee
on false and envious rivalry is another great OBJ
stacle Of social and political advancement separates
the aborng classes from each other, sets trade against
trade and paves the way for the utter subverson Of
every kindly and benevolent feeling 1t arrays the fam
shed artisan Of land against the starving operative Of
another prolongs the hours of labort cuts down the
price Of industrial products and will bring the working
man OF our own country to the level Of the European
serf Monopolized machinery, a. terrible engine OF op
preston, is yet another impeachment to progress 1t
wars with the fearful energy of iron and brass with
the bones and sinews of laborng men, The present
sucker of industry. (Cheers) The merchants moth
ing less than the vampires extracting from the
producing classes at least one halt OF the products OF
their labor Commerce also adulterates the articles OF
neutrality-suspicious. them as they pass through her
hands, and by the force OF monopoly creates at win pen
ty or scarcity the land The scoufges of the world
in day not kings and priests in the olden time,
but the and the broker The fourth great prin
cple with which have contend is the divorce Of la
Dor and capital they are twin brothers and should be uni
ted CAPITAL is only the accumulated products of past
labor and the labor Of the past and present should be
duces, like other evil principles. hatred and sorrow in
society but what does the capitalist so long as he
accumulates the almighty dollar. He will lay deliberate
plans murder his fellow beings with lingering ortures
by building dungeons types Of the christians hell,
where every foul disease for them to work
and crash of machinery. And while the capitalist lives
in luxurious palace with every thing about him that
satisfy the most fastdous TASTE the poor operative
craws to his unhealthy howell alter hard days work,
rest for few hours his aching head with nothing to
console him or bid him take heart To him life is weary
oad and were not FOR his pale sckly wife, puny
half amshed progeny he would long to be where the
wicked from troubling, and the weary are at rest
evil front between the working classes and the'
redempton-t is class legislation Legislation is in the
clan and the lawyer; and they, combinedJ contro
almost every press in the United States The law
yers--quibblng, narrow minded lawyers, all tina
is bad. tremendous cheering) And so much thu
slaves of precedent they that they carry cut hell
because the Constitution says So we must take out
their hands the legislation OF the country and put int
the hands of productive industry. (Cheers) The Bos
4 ton Pharisees make their hands work II hours day
and after exactng this so to church and bless God
are not as other men. 4 savage in the American viii
| dcrness, ferocious as he appears would not do it
| (Cheers) When was in Lowell and saw the pale
| sorrowful girl hendng YEARLY her task
thought would rather go to the hell the christians tel
Of than work there All of what are called the grea
| men of the country-Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Vai
Buren, &csupport these inquitous principles, and thu
| multitude bow down to the might of their intellect
Now what have we to oppose to these evil principles
We must oppose false competition and envous rivalry
co-ope and combination among the working class
cs. Without this, there is no union-no brotherhood
| among the laboring many The next great principle
which we array against the progress of error is
union of labor and capital and the possession of
soil and machinery the working classes they arc
and capital is united, the industrial class fix the
hours Of labor and demand for remuneratng price
but if they not united, then, the working
be prepared to submit to tyranny which is des.
potc and cruel in its nature than that of the dark ages
The third important principle which should be nculcated
in the mind Of the working classes is equal chances for
alfor moral social and intellectual improvement the
next cardinal the rights labor and to the
SOIL these the fundamental rights, because they
the rights of existence Cheers) God made the world,
and all that is therein, and no man set of men, has
right monopolize and for to say and preach
they have a rights to hold property is most gganti
fraud and it is that which has reduced the working clas
to serfdom The fifth and last great principle is the right
Of legislation based upon the interests production The
present politics Of this country must be destroyed and
must upon its ruins beautiful superstructure of true
arises-how carry out objectsl The ballot
box is primary MEANS and then we must establish
presses the press of this country is almost omnpoent
and must endeavor to such influence in
will enable to disseminate effectively principles
The spheres of agriculture and manufactures
open to us, and We can do much to advance
if them iudciousy to that end. The exist
ing system Of politics is the great prostitute of the 10Th
century. My soul is sick with the eternal whine ana
cant of every day politicians and if you wish to succeed
in your endeavors you must first of all cut loose from
them and establish for yourselves industrial Congress
TREMENDOUS appauSc) ms congress Will nave Tor
object the good ALL the of universal justice;
will also head rally ng poin for the laboring
classes It will in word be the living law OF the
MIR. Brisbane then advised an adjournment of all qucs
tons for the disposition of the Industrial Congress when
assembled, which. would reconcile all differences
and harmonize all discordant views. In Europe
the working classes doing much in France,
Lamartine, the head of the French Chamber of De-
pues, is striving for them with might; while the be-
nevoent and eloquent Eugene Sue, is, by his works.
spreading both the knowledge of the evils under which
the groan, and the means of Mr. Brisbane
then advanced suggestions, strongly favorng OF
his favorte hobby Fourcrism, for the salvation of man
xnd bat these suggestions had little reference to e
business for which the convention met they not
received with much favor As MIR. Brisbane minated
in the of the evening he is altogether too much
of theoris and although many of his projects may
sound very we'll and appear pretty paper yet so long
as man remains the animal he is it will be found rather
difficult to carry them into effect. The Convention adj
journed to meet tomorrow evening at q o'clock, when
Mr. Charming will address the Convention and plan for
an Industrial Congress will be submitted