The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-01-25
Gbs Organization Of Eabsr.

In my last number expressed some concern lest
of my readers might be afflicted with more
leisure than he ought, which surely will bring one
in contact in some way or the other, with that sort
of human beings for which the organization Of
labor more especially is needed. Just as ! had sat
down to write No. 10, | was interrupted by nom
descript remnant wreck of humanity, begging for
bread and water and roof to shelter his head.
His clothes-pardon, dear reader for MATCHMAKING
them thus-for clothes are made to coUer, but these
fragments of clothes were evidently unmade to
discover nakedHess. And who do you think thu 8
being was A Professor of two dead and five liv .
ing languages, who wishes to become an assistan t
teacher 10 -. This wish, it seems ne had
made known to Germans French, Spaniards Eng
lish, and even to his own countrymen, Italians,
without being understood by any he succeeded a t
last TO explain himself, by mixture of all these.
To obtain token of his profound scholarship, |
offered him NJ. T. Ciceron's OPERA from which
he began to parse and translate, as follows Ad NJ.
Brutuna, ETC.; ad means you; NJ, means monsieur,
in English, sir, or master brutus means brute:
ergo the meaning is, 'you master Brutus is
brute" This species of erudition sufficient to
estimate the gentlemans real state, and to dispose
of him in the best manner possible-for evidently
his was dread struggle with the most piercing
wants of animal lfe-these removed for the pre-
sent, the question occurs, what next 10 leave
him asray within the jurisdiction OF our city ia
TIERS knew, would soon bring him to the end OF
his race resolved, therefore, deliver him up TO
the tender merces of the " Sons that they might
save so much of the remnants of a man as were IN
a saveable condition.
Accordingly asked for his name and address,
and received the following, which give literally
and punctually, only emitting names, for reasons
plain enough
I" Philips street between HeUia and Barron Mss
s. Bording haOuse. s. r."
That by this direction could get no further clew
of him, must appear and he failing to come at the
appointed time, has relieved me from any further
trouble concerning him. And here, might ask,
what could have induced any one to lacerate this
mans brain with the misunderstanding of seven
languages, when the right understanding of one
would have been sufficient for the explanation of
his wants and the fulflment of his duties
And what destiny awaits, TO all appearance,
character like this Bread is thrown in cart-loads
in street and gutter, and that man has been twen-
ty-four hours without bite. Rooms and houses
stand empty by hundreds, and that man has to seek
shelter in the woods Millions of garments moulder
in stores and magazines, and that man has not
whereWith to cover his nakedness Servants,
labOrers are wanted in every part of the city, but
without money, no will tell him where. and
money he has none A procession of splendid car
riages of half mile in length, accompanies
corpse-mark well, dead man-to the grave, and
no finger rises to point living man to a home.
Thousands of dollars are spent to convict crml-
nal and bring him to the gallows, and not one TO
save fellow being in danger of it. Large sums
are expended for the poisoning of mischievous
dogs but not one cent for the removal of physical
or moral infection from that class of beings TO
which he seems to belong. Crowds collect for the
witnessing of torments inflicted on a poor devil, but
not one that would bring him to comfortable
place where his faculties, such they are, may be
rendered beneficial to himself and Others Organl-
cations for mischief abound "A full formed man."
says Carlyle, I" is not only worth nothing to the
world, but the world could afford him a round sum,
would he simply engage to go and hang himself "
Perhaps he may, unless it should happen that the
organization of labor should give much value to
laboring asst now gives to instruments for their
destruction. CHRISTIAN BURGHALDER.