New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-24
Labor and waxes-Thc y. Y. Observer.


We thought, when we allowed the y ]. OBJ
server to have the last word in saying harsh things
of rs in connection with Fourierism' that We were
done with it, atleast FOR the present. Hudibras- We
believe affrnas that there viii be 10 fighting Il one
side only deals all the blows and the other meek!y
takes them Butthe Observers hate Is unssf'sheo-
We we're impelled some weeks since 70 otter
some counsel 10 the Jouneymen Viewers VINO
were standing idle on strike against the reduction
If the price paid them FOR Carpet Wearing We
aimed 10 rive the substance Of the case made By
each party, and endeavored to convince the Jour
ncvrnen that Strikes not the ultimate remedy
for the evils whereof they complained, and that
rerv different line Of conduct must be assumed II
they would achieve any permanent good We as-
sured them. upon our personal knowledge that the
Power. oonl must, in the nature Of things, ultin
atelv supersede the Hand-L oorn, and that the only
practical question concerning it was one OF time
We farther SAID
..Our earnest advice o. them L. DO not hoP~ 10 live
longer b. CarpetW caring, but buy ule place eac OF
bounieous, magnificent West There buy Hect OF 'a..u
or squat one If you cannot psy and wsit me not as
mt toy when tond'' man 1Hl =. deeeIea ttt.ed 70
ore portion Of tht UnnPpTopInted sS' 10 'ot W.
own subsistence and that Of his family
This was taken in hand by the Observer, under
the head Of Progress OF Radicalism, as follows
So long as such sentiments are freely circulated we
NAV look Tor disorder strikes for wages Ant'heni out
RACES and every mischief.
rested our attention We here informed tnai ms
school OF ReorDcrs looking forward TO tue DAY rs
not distant when every landless man shall be de.
clared entitled portion Of the unappropr1eied
soil There are millions OF Of such land now in
the nited tates and landless man can have an acre
of il for hundred and twenty-five cents, ana "a inuc
more he wishes at the prce but II ne WIN wall
ri n no, distant day' he shall be- declared entitled TO
4 farm This is ngrariansm the most radical ana u
men OF sense and patriotism VINO look 20 the peIina'
nence of our Institutions. will contemplate the endei-
CT OF such instructions the above, they VIII bnd IN
them the elements. which now more than any DINER
threaten TO work the overthrow OF our free Government
The Government tract of land II ls 10 be usco
or disposed of for the equal benefit OF all the governed
no one class Of has night 10 II more thh anoler
and least of all has the imported throng oil foreigners
not only andies- but coatless right to appropriate II
TO themselves But II tie progressive democracy VI
this new school could tinker the Legislation oil the coun'
try then the not distant day would be here. when ey
cry land!ess man would be made reehoder lo!th*lu'
1t is in vain that you talk OF vested rights ana the ai
of States the federal compact there are some mil
lions OF lhndless men each one oil whom must ma d
farm and instead of buying it at fair prlce' WORKING
for i, as he ought aud paying equivalent for what ne
landiess man is landlord.
This is the first step toward distribution OF land
among the landess the soil belonging 10 the whole is
TO be divided among few for their exclusive benefit
Could any thing be more shametully unjust than
this Can any man honestly say that allowing
epery citizen who is destitute Of land TO occupy
few acres OF the Nations amounted millions SO
long rs they severolly have no other land IS divid
ing the soil belonging to the whole among fer for
their exclusive benefit r. Ii the Observer man
believes his case good one would he resort TO
such misrepresentation But hear him again
"Let such a sentncL, ms that be received IN the fac
tories and fields OF this country rs sound principle oil
hp man rights and the man who embraces IL becomes
AN enony of his employer he looks upon the proprietor
or farmer who hires him ns tyrnnt owner VINO mas
into the possession cpropertS to which the work
III Is good right as tho possessor
lis this so In the very article here denounced.
we were trying our best to induce the Journeymen
not to persist in quorrelinc with their Employers,
but to avoid all collisions with them by resortns to
different sphere OF lie and labor. We insist that
the man who gives employment ON fair terms to
one who needs it, is not an enemy but beneiartor
of the employed and ought 10 be so regarded by
all We know employers who have many more
workmcn than their business will warrant. be
cause they shrink from turning any away to be ex-
posed TO idleness and famine The Employers and
EMPLOYED ought to bo mutual beneiactors and
friends we have done our best TO teach them SO 10
regard aud treat each other. We know there are
individuals on either side who very far from
this we believe the relation often temp,s 10 evil
and may be materially improved So long as very
many have no resource but to work on hire and
Labor is greatly in excess Of the demand Tor ii. so
that thousands ON thousands are compelled TO work
for any price that will enable them to keep soul
and body together, fea: that jeaousies. antago-
nisms hatreds collision must extensively prevail
between the two classes But secure To every
man some chance TO work and live for himself and
family, independent OF anothers choosing to EN-
ploy him, and then if he worked for another ii
would be because he could do better than by
working for himself, and no one could reasonably
complain OF the work or the wages. The laborer
would be as free as the employer and would hire
out or not as he could employ himself most advan'
tageously If any man grumbed that his pay was
inadequate. the ready answer would be, Work
for yourself then if YOU can do better. And this
would silence all reasonable cavils But now the
Laborer has no choice but to take the best that is
offered hi and the price othis toll is regulated not
by It's worth but by the activity Of the demand and
the abundance of the supply in the Labor Market
IN other words by Necessity and not by Justice.
We can better this
The Observers talk OF the imported throns OF
Foreigners not only landless but coatless. etc
seems to Us m.Christian and inhuman. All these
are our brethren and the fact that they coat
less, ii it be fact, appeals to us for sympathy
rather than scoru If we can render them indie
pendent and happy by merely allowing them TO
occupy few acres each OF the wilderness hitherto
enjoyed only by the bear and the buffalo, surely We
ought so rejoice in an opportunity to do so much
good SO readily and cheaply.
We can perceive no interference with vested
rights, the faith of States &c. in this appor-
sioning some part OF the unoccupied soil among
those who need il Indeed we think the best
mode Q; siding the delinquent States TO pay their
debts would be this very Land Reform, which rs,
pidly ausmenrng ,heir population and stopping
the steady drain OF their cash 10 pay the Govern
ent or spectators for land would greatly increase