The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-10

factory: MT. Wasson, tue popular postmaster,
is entitled to- the praise of the press, and every
body else, who is interested in the transmission
of mail matter. During his incumbency have
never heard him charged with lneficiency or
neglect Of duty; This Is, OF course, an unusual
getlc officer, and 10 therefore entitled to praise.
y nU lfs CINCINNATI, ONO, Feb. 8, ls4s.
Hon. Robert Dale O,cens Lecture on Labor
Great Taylor Mesting-Serious Alarm from a
threatened acknowledgements of Wing
Politicians Trouble in both Parties.
Leaving the capital of Ohio, on Monday morn
Ing, arrived in the queen city of the West on
Tuesday evening, in time to hear the Hon.
Robert Dale Owen lecture before the Mercantile
Association, on the subject of labor, and its
results" The spacious College Hall, on Walnut
street, was filled with an apparently fashionable
audience-of those who study the theory and
philosophy of I" labor," that is, of real "bone
and sinew labor" but care little about the
practical part thereof.
Mr.. Owen is a concise and graphic writer, but
rather an Indifferent public speaker. The phi
lanthropy TO which he lays great claim) of the
views he aims 10 lnculcate may well be-ques.
toned, as in truth it is questioned, by most of
the learned statesmen Of our country. This
mornings Enquirer gives the following as among
the points OF the lectures
Labor, and its results in England at present, on
the laborers, contrasted with its results five hun
dred years ago the condition Of the laborer
shown to be much at present. The influence Of
machinery in dpacpg labor and reducing tho aSorers
to the condition Of pauper that the
Is compelled to offer premium on emigration. Like
try. England had imported huge inanimate passive
slaves which performed tho labor of Eve hundred mil
lion men, In America we have another element slave
hasten on the fearful crisis. I
After presenting the evils arising from over produc
tionCr what y called the redundancy Of population
produced by the present SYSTEM Mr. Owen concluded
by saying that he who will device how the producer Of
wealth-the laborer-can obtain his reward will have
solved the most difficult problem OF the age"
Contrary to my usual custom, | will venture
here to add an opinion OF my own tor the con-
sideration of the readers of the Herald. II is,
that no greater error has found place in the
principles of national economy among American
statesmen, than that of aiming to legislate for
This country, at this day, as they assume Eng
land should have legislated to insure halter
state OF things among her people at large When
will our politicians learn that our different terri
toral country-our difference In all the various
applications of labor and its results-and, above
all, difference in diffusion of kno Wedge, and
United States, yea, all North America, beyond
all comparison with the elsie of Britain" SO far
as looking for pattern or an example ior any
system of cpo Oey in guarding a00r and its re-
On looking into the "dailies" of Wednesday
morning, found that the great topic of the day
in this city, was a call signed by some two thou
sand citizens for "Taylor meeting" on that
evening.
at once announced to "mine host" and
others, that this attempt to make swing peace"
candidate out of General Taylor, or a candidate
" of the same republican conservative ground
as that occupied by Henry Clay" must prove
regards the support of men who thus proposed
to move in his favor, General Taylor may well
exclalm, 6 save me from my friends"
When the appointed hour arrived, the masses
wended their way to the College Hall, and the
proceedings soon indicated that the result would
be as had predicted, and would, no doubt, have
so turned out, had not the meeting been turned
cut of doors from motives of personal safety
The meeting was organized by appointing the
Hon N. G.. Pendleton, chairman, and several
gentlemen as Independents.
Enquiry was then made by some one, whether
the meeting was general ''whig meeting" or
only OF such as prefer Gen. Taylor for President.
The chairman answered, that it was called"
as meeting of such "whigs and others as
were of opinion that Gen. Taylor is the preferred
candidate of the people of Ohio.
committee on resolutions reported series
of the usual whig tone and anti-war sprit--con-
demning all wars, and denouncing the Mexican
war as unwlse and unjust; and proclalming Gen.
Taylor as the candidate for President, nomi-
mated by the people, and instructing the wing ma
tional convention to confirm and ratify this NOM
Ford's nomination as the whg candidate for go
vernon of Ohio; and affirming the whig positions
on general and State questions generally.
j. w. Taylor, Esq, editor of the Signal, and
of the :" General Taylor Signal letter. memory,
set of resolutions in place of those re-
ported by the committee. The tenor of his sub
stitute was, to protest against the attempt to
g pronounce" Gen, Taylor as the candidate OF
the whig party, and to proc claim him as the 'peo-
for other officers as they chose.
Much confusion and irregular discussion en-
sued, and pressing of the crowd forward.
Al the moment when the chairman was about
to put the vote on a motion TO consider the re.
ported resolutions separately, the floor OF the hall
was feit to sink, which caused a precipitated
Hight for the doors and stairway. A scene fol-
lowed which was truly alarming; and how the
crowd escaped without the death of scores, is
most singular to me. Very many were hurt,
and some quite seriously. The confusion and
excitement was increased among that portion OF
the hall where the sinking Of the floor was not
visible, by the cries OF "false alarm"-"a loco.
-" stand your, ground, bhoys, there are some
Mexican guerlllas among us let's not yiedto
their trick of frightening us out of the hall" &C.
&c. Then again at the door and on the steps
could De neard commingling of voices" hat"
cane halo, Bill Johnson, are you out l'-
Z" push ahead there" don't crowd too much''
-" take time eyes, said wag, take your time,
MISS Lucy gentlemen for Gods sake, hold
back /; take time," &c. &c.
81, Alter the crowd had dispersed, it was noticed
that the floor had really sunk some elk inches
On examination this morning, find that the
cause OF II was owing to the crumbling Of the
brick cross foundation walls, beneath the floor
of the council chamber, (under the hall,) on
which rested the cast iron pillars which support
the hall floor Wonderful display of mechanical
skill and design, this! A similar "botch' APP
pears to have been made in the plan and con-
Of the Masonic Hall edlfice in this city
the third story floor was about TO give way, and
the beautiful lodge room had to be dsigured by
a series OF iron bars, by which the floor is
screwed up so as to be supported by the arch, or
root.
Thus, then, closed the great Taylor meeting
a meeting, of which the Gasstfe of this morning
says "The turn out was tremendous--the
largest, perhaps, that has taken place in the city
nce 1910 ~ Nothinp of course was de fnitiveIv