New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-02

N.xsg,v,n yyAsnyS Co n s. Nov. q lsi-
noticed your article IN the Weekly tribune oil
No.. I'd headed About the POOR cahNoe H"iy
expressing my sympathy for ms uhloI ~
or fellow i,iortas. Your roInedying poPoslu"Hs aIe
s8 very good yet there s one fact which might WIN
sfoynciy be urged upon the attention 81 associations
r the relief Of the poor aud also when oa2At 70 De
-d upan BY the poor Themselves. It's the simple aet
tn,f a plenty Of honorable employ ment Tor individuals
nj temperance industry and integrity can be found ~
- c0anDy such services usually command re"sona-
DC wages
y,osx and want no charity" Now, Why, IN the name
~ humanity do not the Associations Tor the krhei OF
ns Poor advise the latter 10 90 into dfefen, portions
o. the country where employment can be haot surrey
,lse who are ioiiqQ 70 work cannot De 80 Attached 10
me City prefer % wed poverty wfotche1ncs ana
premature death within its envrons To comiorteo'
homo with enough wholesome 1000 70 eat "Hih Go
ming 10 wear and steady employment IN the country
Certain am. that industry, perseverance ana iru
.sty will not only purchase the necessAiles V NE out
1ith the lapse of time money may be accumulated II
a true ones character must be iavorabiy known 10
u,rceed f,ood Jyincipks must therefore be adhered
,o To Toll is the lot Of greater part OF menkind
hat are not the comforts thus obtained through our
e,., honest endeavors doubly sweetened by the sOn
.e.ousness Of our having cdraed them
let these unfortunate people not spurn me omR"y
usu u the Farmer, who braves alke III" coiu OF W"
nor and the heat OF summer the mOn0t0nOus rOutho
M a country mechanics lite, who lays up ms lew
.hings at the close Of each week, but come and seek
EMPLOYMENT on the broad fields OF Nature, and OBTAIN
QUIET cottage home. hespccNuiiJi JV"'e' = 80 80
rY' We thank our correspondent Tor the lore
gong though he will better understand the subject
after he has thought more OF 1t. His own remark
that lin the country 1t is true, ones character
must be favoraby known to succeed about de-
molishes his whole fabric. How are poor friend.
less strangers who compose so large portion OF
our Cty's desperately poor TO carry with them
such evidences OF character are required And
how are they to live while they are acquiring such
character ia the country
We believe f. II. d.. is mistaken as to the
abundance of employment IN the country We be
heve twenty additional aborers would giut the
market in almost any township, while IN many
not ten could m Winter find work. Beside the
demand is generally for frstrate woodchoppers,
which our seekers for work generally are not.
They would hardly earn their bread cutting saw
locs or cord-wood. Let us have a weeks notice
that any township within two days walk OF US
will furnish employment for the Winter to ever so
few Irish laborers THE most common class OF
seekers for work. and we will undertake to supply
the demand
Very many OF our most needy petitioners Tor
work are poor women, often with two or three
children--sometmes with sick or crippled hus-
baud Ought such to be without work Can
F. II D. help us to find them any Ed Trib.