New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-17
WHOLE No. 1894.


thsn tia, ancestor did for week The balance Of his
product i. absorbed By the ProsD Of Capital inc udins
he enormous rental or valuation Of Land
Ths, the British laborer four enturies ago enjoyed
degree Of comfor, unknown to his living descendants
need hardly be added For,escue Chancellor OF Ens
land writing in the hfteen,h century says the common
people Of his Gay are rich in al the comforts and ne
ces.ses Of lie and th., they drink water except
al certain tmes upon religious score and ey way OF
doing pensnee.' and adds
They are fed in great Abundance with 81 sorts OF
desh and fish of which they have abundance every 4
where They are clothed throughout IN good wocens
their bedding ard other furniture IN their houses are o.
wool and that in great store They are wei pEoVdeo
with at sorts Of hou ehold goods and necessary nipple
usnts Of husbsndry. livery according TO bis rank
hath all things which conduce 10 make Lie easy snd
happy"
We may readily ADM, ths, this picture I' roseeolor'
ed but whs, Chancellor Editor could possibly assert
anything Ike this in our day That the above is sub
stanslly true confirmed by variety Of testimony
White of seSorne the naturalist, hs history of his ma
hre vilsse. rnen,ons incideot-py record dated iSo
n At certain en for dsorderly conduct punished
By being compelled to fast bread and beer" Cob
be,t who quotes the above snecdoie has also dragged
to light statute Of 1888 the preamble Of which after
naming four sorts Of meat, beef pork, mutton ana
veal adds these being the food Of the poorer sort
That in those sscs Of rude implements and unssi1ai
husbandry there were sometimes fsmiues after bad hsr
vests or the desostous OF 10 quite True 20 inert
are now These do not affect the general and sppahs
truth that during the last i've centuries there has been
compets and disastrous revolution In the ordinary con
di,ion of the roiiug Millions OF Civilized Europe eor
The .sma IA true OF other countries well England
In proportion their increase In popusion ana in"'
yldual wealth "a revolution which has depressed tne
from comfort to wretchedness from careless ease TO IN
ce.sant anxiety and struggle for the bare means oil ex
istence They have reached that point where In the
words of tho Westminster Review there Is not sep
but merely hand sbrssdth between the condition oil
the agricultural aborer and psuperism Instead OF the
fare OF his ancestors described above his family are
.cantiy sub.ted on potatoes and salt bread and lard
with 4, little intensely skinned milk as an occasional
luxury. His weekly wages will barely procure this diet
and nay the Of hs and when sickness or is
ure of employment oyerakes him he is driven to begga
nv or the union workhouse.
WIN any say You are talking OF British distresses
what do they prove az to An sirs the same gener'
al causes which have produced this fearful change N
Europe are now at work here. Population ia rapidly
increasing Wealth is concentrating the Public Lands
are rapidly passing into private ownership, odnoy tens
OF thousands Of acres To single individual. And as
our population becomes compact and land cosby AS 10
England the evils experienced by the Many IN hu
rope will gradually iesten upon their brethren mere
Our Political institutions may do something 10 inugae
this but how much, The master evil In the condition
of the English and Irish Is the monopoly by the lew oil
the God given elements of production which are nece
sary to ALL Abolish Monarchy Titles OF Nobility Church
| Establishment National Debt and whatever else you
pea.e so long az the Land shall remain the exclusive
prouerty OF small and Isolated class, competition Tor
the use OF active aud rents consequently az
high long win nothing have been accomplished beyond
clearing away some of the elementary obstacles to the
real and essential Reform.
nut N our cwn country the .nn,l,eps Q. ADVANCING
Des,tton and abject Dependence for the Many already
sound omnously In our journals are aaseruse'
ments TO let out come hundreds OF robust men and wo
men from the almshouses work throughth
Winter for their board while oil Thousands In our
C,tv would gladly have been disposed Of nom De
,nber TO April Nor Is this lack Of employment by any
mcans confined 10 immigrants with those displaced by
| them. Thousands OF American born Women are this
moment working long days In City for less than the
cos, Of one good meal Of victuas per day Say twenty
five CENTS and IL but yesterday that friend vns
in the country casually informed me that he could hre
"a ,ueh farm labor in winter as be waned Tor inc laoot
crs own board or for 81 cents per deg without oosru
And those aborers not foreigners but the descend
anita of those who won our liberties on the battle he'ds
| Of the Revolution.
| | rest here my argument the point that THERE
,u-sr ry A SOCIAL REFoRM-a reform which Snai ss
cure 10 Labor unfailing Employment and adequate IKE
| compensp; to Children and Youth universally ample
and thorough Education moral, intellectual ana Phy'f
cal and TO the Poor well rs Rich comior'aoi anu
ing Homes the largest Opportunities Tor sociai anu
Mental elevation with freedom from inces'sn' AhA'eV
for Work and Bread. We have the confessions OF INC
hes, thinkers and sbles journals In the Old 'ee
London Times also Morning Chronlcle) mat inc ou
order Of things hiss proyeda failure that principles
mus, be invoked and new and proiounder remedies iof
soca Evil. be rsor,sd to- see also the Queens late
speech) Let Us alone and Every man ioF "'"'e"
have zone TO the end OF their iether must now try
the opposite principle Of Each for All and seek indi"a
nal onlv through Universal Good This is in essence
wha, understand by observation-disclosures appears to
me essential 10 this advocate nothing farther In
hi. relation am counitted no matter who 10 its au
thor or comrnender Tie Systaa OF Association 10 nc
man, formula but whatever Experience shall prove
rs,dfu or helpful 10 give effect 10 the Principles above
40, forth and 90 attain the Ends herein stated. Whoever
10. written ON this subject as advocate OF Association
u.sn 10 with respect his suggestions OF means to Oh
tate pr.etes difficulties welcome but to nothing am
committed beyond what is Involved In the iundsnen
"a, dsa Of Associated Industry Education and Lie ~
III, you very well understand sod but waste wofo'
in repeating 4, II you can make any one believe 'ha
one model Phaanx will lead 10 the 10 unaoon o. o'hs'
unless il demonstrates immense sdyantaSs an 'ns
81 uted over the Isolsted sphere or If you can
an one 10 think that Association will be m1re oineu
VII IN il becomes general than in ia hrst ezPs SSn"'
can only say that argument from would Be 20" ~
sseA readers Whoever will imagine an article i'oh'
Courier & Enquirer OF 1000 demonstrating from e*ps
renee the impossbiiry Of coonzing the Atlantic eoa'
Of North America or at least the certainty that there ssa
be no y,ser colonization Of that coast though che Oh
two Of the frst settlements may do well enough WI
realize the GIT in which your argument presents 'e'
10
HoRRIp OtcURREScE.--A Circumstance o. ra,h,
or henous oc, urrenee bordering on crime was festsn
~ "a an board Of the steamer Selma On her oo"n.
ward tip Rsr Mr.. J. d lee VINO has been resident
| ~ Autaugs Couaty, for some time past and mas per
/ formed many pastoral duties In the aeignoornood no
oining our cty came the boat ct Gsrdners Landing
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