New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-24

At the Tenants meeting on Tuesday evening"
an Address was sdopted, the leading points Of
which We give below
The monopoly Of land says the Address. Is an Old evil
the equal ht OF an men 10 the so has never been ecos
Missed Ba as s the essential element irom wi ch human
susieuance aud existence derived. The ew should not
exclusively possc8s IT, The Address chen draws picture
oftise rs OF land.ordism ia The Ola World. As Imm.-
grants i've here from abroad alasc proportion o. them
remain the Cry it' vicinity, and tAe rent OF iele-
meDts 90 consequence From these aud other results
OF laodloi esn 4 cfcsns should attempt 10 escape.
The ienan;ry Of the City msy great degree be re-
neved from te npostous to which they have been too
long subjected. We are now laying the foundation Of an
unceasng couact between landlord and tenant The po
silon Of the parties Is that Of aggression upon The ono
sce and that Of nshate defence upon the other Land
lords through combination oxtorton and cruelty. have
Justly provoked the tenant 70 hostility and q is no, 10 The
nature Of things that The punterer andpuuteTet shall
gard each other a. ienJS or members Of common fam
y Surrounded. o. the tcnaIry q TINS C,y By the
parchment ba'tcmens oi landed occupancy within the
Of the few, they may fre and gnaw on She meshe
u the nc' that cucom ihe Put the net maker pro-
oeeds csur.y with closing the rents through the common
law.
Tie Address then speaks OF TIE fre-lnh Law as one
rendrIg the condition 81 the poor much harder and a.
scheme OF spectators.
Your Committee are aware that they may be told thai
the holders property have The right 90 do with IS h
Please AKA ilat AAt4all.t itA4NtAi 20
una,ang This doctrine q Tie sacred pilFego 81 pro-
perty Is al this very time being cAtmpned 10 unhappy
Ireland. There The porsonifcaton Of is dignity and "a 81
unnatural inhumaity Is seen m-fchhg ~ inc oislos-es
sion OF lis telng victims. The bsyCnet Of the hrtun
Representative OF his Norman ancestors. sanctfes The
glory Of British tenures by the testimony Of the homeless
wanderers curses as De !csyes tie lana Om which he j.
driven.
In this City its inhabitants have partial eucdaton
Of the Of the accumulation Of property within the
hands OF the few. Here bchod threc-Ourhs q svas
BY Number Individuals. These
being knit together by common Interest, and feeling that
there nothing 20 restrain them n their eXsctOns resort
10 al kinds Of oc1ts 70 make Their property az avail
II is sad that ooe irdividsll Owls fifteen hundred
10 the city but lei US suppose hat he is 10 posse
sion Of half this amount, 10 Is an ey 10 al WHO are oDs
70 rent tenemens for whenever he with others Who are
similarly placed choose % col cderaie 10 raise toe rae
rents may be their Interest 10 have numbers OF tns
houses 70 remain idle 10 secure advance upon those
they may 10 fact, The advance which they agree
upon or obtain. indemnhes Tor any loss which ms boz
from few houses remaining unoccufei but SIC
viii suppose, the Oiher har1i mat tia AunlIcs o.
alluded each IN the possession of one
person landlord, the would be far better Tor 1t is
evident that such transaction could take place each Of
the individual owners would not be disposed 90
hazard the loss years rent by 70 obtain an uhre@
sonabie amount. Again. every tenant would rent cNec
from the landlord, and we should &c renewed from lht
tyranny OF agents.
Tho Address then goes on TO argue against the assertion
that regulated by tse laws q trade and sa
that there are honest laws but things Of conirigauce
combination and foresialing. Beside In this city The
principle get what you only operates for the beneh
Of privileged order. Working men, such as eartmen
poTteTs, cab-drves, &c prohibited from oOtainns
such price for their work OF capital aud ye the
same whom proceeds the demand Tor such ne
strictOn, incOnssienty contend that no mt sht DC
placed up0n their ex actions On The part e The cartmen
por,ers &c IL Is well known that from their surplus nun
Der ia this City they unable 10 effect any regular stand
ard Of prices and that they cannot therefore, as genera
thing obtain unreasonable sum for that when they
perform Upon the part Of the landhoider IS different
for every citizen know that there are but ie"
capitalists In proportion 70 the great mass OF nna9 lin
they combine with readiness. aud anus force IRON me
tenants whatever advance they may decide upon And
vet II would be much evil Tor the public 10 be LET
unprotected against exorOu on the part OF lSpofng men
than unprotected As they now are against eA'oiuoA OF
the part Of landlords.
There ia 20 city Of any magnitude in Europe else
where which rents are 50 high as III THIS CITY, no mat
whether II be for the purposes of business residences
or for families In London. the business metropolis the
world tenemens hired far less price than IN this
City There with all the incident burdens Of expen
sive government they favored with cheaper tene-
rnents IL must be evident then, that there Is some
stronger absorbing power with Us - thus lap up the
fruits OF industry We ask The question WHO gels me
proceeds from these enormous and unprecedented rents
To all OF Us 10 plain that the General state or Mhnc-
pal Governments DO not heuce then we must DC sa!s
fed that ths landlords receive the benefit exclusively
The system a Standardization Is equally worthy Of
reprehenson large class OF eXtornOnsis exist under
Il In this City. 10 them In great measure, may ne
attributed the first aud subs Quet unreasonable advance
la the price of rents Previous 70 ms Organization O.
speculatOrs were obtained 20 something Ike
fair valuation. II compare our present rae Of fcnls
with what they twenty years are, we nnd inat tht
increase Is somewhere atout hundred per cent No"
is clear that the business Of our trading community
hes not increased al his proportion u is also obvious
that The wages Of labor has materially DEPRECATED. With
such known facts are We Tot authorized 10 draw the me
ference that an artificial demand has marched side Oy
side with tho real one
The Address recommends no direct remedy for these
evils bat thinks thai by the formation Of Tenant League
a plan may he formed. The great immigration likely L
take place the coming year spoken OF and tho sugge
zion m Gdc that the Common Council should call upon i
General Government TO take the necessary measures o
the more equal distribution Of such immigrants as arrive
An destitute condition Tho Address concludes by speak
ing fsvorahy Of the freedom Of the public lands lind ml
taon ard the other Of The National kciome