New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-18

tightening speed. The Inevitable, immediate ef
! feet will be the ex.enziCs q ia1d monopoly, ani
not its destruction. Congress is bat the ialLrams1t
il the lnds Of Toe spectators '1r 90 l,,lnp'l'
ne Mt OF their purposes.
No. 30, 10Y lrig1d there are 1.her 1Dloplias p
be broken down before you can 50 mIch as ,9ach
tha Land Monopoly. That 10 ifsefis nothing igia.
Psnael; Ct ,le uo1opoly o. re prciu-.5 og LEh2-
hat il 10 io the abo,sr yh0 0rns the lsndi
Whomsooyel tao la~ MAJ regard as owner, there
Il I. wss, bt'oIe the owHer md vii De, wien ho
- IA h.s grave. II IA .Ot property the produces Of
LABOR alone can be 50 considered. Ii. therefore,
the sborer gets the products u the labor Of al IA
return FOR the products Of his labor he receives all
that he has any right TO claim, and L is merely
question Of expsdiency wheth land should ba pos
sessed IN common spportoned among iaiivdl-
ais Scarcity Of employment, low wages, lnd Jur-
teen, sixteen hours Of labor per day, are indeed
grievances which the lab0reT does nov and then
muster courage 10 grumble about bat they are not
fundamental. The la50rsy does not belong to him
seq mas no F1SHs 10 be- and ersts bHi upon sEgsr'
aace. He is, emphatcaDy, a wages Slave. Herein
Is the fundamental evil 70 which he is subject and
he must get rid Of it before he will be able 70 mas
ter the merely secondary evils he is most prone 10
talk about What he requires, then, IS the right
10 labor, and industrial iHfcpendeHoe0r liberty, and
not merely The yigM Of lab0riDg and ,1dges dspead-
fnce or siarery and il is 70 my mind 90 clear that
cidti0H with bis brethren, so that all may ia their
turn equally participate in the exercise of the
legislative power, that do not think il necessary
10 attempt the reutaon Of your assertion that the
principle OF Association is artificial. Ii there be
any principle pertaining to Humanity which Is
natural il is, in my humble judgment, precisely
that. Pray. as opposed - the principle Of Ass0cia-
ton, how do you demonstrate the naturally of the
individual appropriation OF the soil When the pop
ulation Of the inhabitabe portion Of the earths
face has increased 30 that dozen persons are con-
tending for the possession Of a single acre, what
shall they dol Divide and subdiyde until neither
has land enough 20 make him grave Or unto
and cultivate together sharing the products of their
labor equally Which is most natural, then, the
principle of Association or lndividuallsm
You assert that this country is to remain forever
three fourths agricultural. But you give no reason,
and for one doubt its correctness. There vas a
time when three lourths Of the population OF
France England and Scotland, were agric aitural.
Bat the reverse is the truth at this day, and can
see see 70 reason why in the course OF Providence,
the United States should constitute an exception
10 the general law Of Human Progress. Here, as
elsewhere, agricultural labor is the most tedious,
monotonous, and the poorest paid. From the ma
ture Of their occupation, the distance which separ.
ates them from one another, and the difficulty OF
acquiring and dilfusng knowledge among them
agricultural lab0rers are the most ignorant, super
siitious, and intensely selfish Hence, the pro-
gress upwards must be ia this country, as else
where. As man becomes intelligent he fees the
country, becomes pedlar, trader, manufacturer
merchant, priest lawyer, and legislator. And the
result is manufacturing and commercial fuedalism,
villages, towns, cities, nations.
What you can mean by the failure Of tho French
Revolution, l am at a loss to imagine. Most assur-
eddy, it has not yet failed, except so far az mere
Representative legislation has proved treacherous
and so far the lesson it teaches you wont learn
The effect to organize labor is prospecting glorious
ly, ard if the mere political revolution Sh2uld finally
fail, M0t " i'll survive.
Respectfully. your old friend and coaborer.
Ntic York, June. 1850. W.. W.