The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-14


sci, there is very little to doubt that if there
were few hardy and experienced men on the spot
10 launch the life boats which the government put
on the coast, nota life would have been loston that
occasion. If the sailor to whom the Countess Os-
soil loaned her life-prsever, could succeed IN
reaching the shore in safety, as he did, surely
life boat could have lived in the sea which was
running at the time. But men of sense and expe-
rence were wanting. # may be matter OF OPT
MON what is the best measure to adop. to secure
the lives Of passengers and crews on such occa-
sions but We think that if bill were passed by
Congress, giving TO the people along sur coast
bonus in money for each passenger or sailor saved,
il " ould be attended with success, and save many
an unfortunate person from watery grave. We
merely throw out the hint, trusting that something
will be done as soon as possible to the lives Of
persons wrecked or our coast
Labor Com bin ations-The Present State OF
the Working Glasses, and the Ballet Sex.
The position in which number Of over jealous
and highly excited laborers have been placed, by
wrestling from society, by violent acts, that place
which it is the first cardinal principle of law TO
main tan painfully supplies fact upon which some
valuable hints may not be thrown out IN vain
The sy stem of combination among trades Is nothing
new in the hi story of society All the benefits ac-
cruing from ssch associations have been apparent,
and all the evils, as distinctly, have been mani
tested, for the guidance and warning of the public.
The most powerful combinations of trades exist in
England, and the history of these associations is
such no honest man, alive to the true interests
of labor, rejoice at. The beneficial results of
their confederated strength are overwhelmingly
MAJ ked by tyranny growing out of the very system
itself Any one conversant with the character ofthe
Chartisi asseciations-whic embrace the operative
classes of England to a very large extent-long
ago, must have been sckened by the details too
frequently published in their own accredited and
respected organ, Mr. Feargus OConaor's North
Star. Who that has read that weekly journal,
for ten years past, has not, again and again, been
awakened TO the history of that democratic tyranny
in which leaders have thrust forward the innocent
and artless as government victims J With the ex-
cepuon Of the incarceration of O'Connor, for two
years, in York Castle and Of a few other leading
aeitators before they had learned to escape the
penalties of "consPracy," the history presents an
unbroken series Of punishment OF deluded and in
fsiuated men; while, the other hand, the polite
and crafty have appeared in Protean shapes as pub
lie informers spies, defarltng and absconding sec
reaIes, bankrupis in purse and in character, and
frequently, as the oppre ssors of their own ORDER
| from whom they have been ia the habit OF drain
ing pence and shillings for victim, defence, and
protection funds, of various descriptions. Some of
these men now in this country, absconsed de-
faulters, or agents Of police, who have been driven,
| hy their faithessness, from the scenes OF their
depredations and duplicities. For aught we know,
they may be introducing, in some instances, the
very same system Of attacks against the peace OF
society, which have caused their transportation to
this side of the water We trust it is not so; but
have TOO much reason TO fear ii, because we have
perceived the very same system of leadership in-
volvmg the needless and thoughtess victims of
the agitation.
Synpethizing with all that is good in the eman-
cipaion of labor from tyranny of every kind, while
We would rejoice al every lawful advantage gained
| by the hard toing and industrious operative, we
should but half perform the duty OF independent
Journalist, did we not point out the dangers which
beset all organizations made with a view TO the
improvement of a class. That which we have
most to regret, as involving all Other considera-
tons, is what we deem TO be the tyranny and
despo,ic spirit which characterize some Of the lead
ers of thisiagtaton: Grant that great injustice is
done TO the men who work for wages-let il be
conceded that they are, to the fullest extent, an
there TO be gained by arraying these in hostile
attitudes against their fellow men, who, in this
country, in nine hundred and niney-nine cases out
Of a thousand, have risen from the ranks of labor,
and who We, free from the severity Of daily
toll, in which both body and mind are largely taxed
| Can any good result from exciting animosities
between capitalists and workmen, because the
relations between the employer and employed are
not fully understood on either sdei Would il
not be better to throw aside all acerbiy Of feeling
all threats Of d,fance--all consolations Of com.
bined relanee-all cries Of bloodshed and redress
all manifestations Of INSTRUMENTATION gains customs
and law, and, in practical way, take up the day
book and ledger account sft the statistics of trade
count heads and hands, look little into the varied
intestinss Of consumption, examine the lungs and
the heart itself Of domestic traffic. and see thereby
how the veins and arteries of wealth operate in a
country where every man is free to exercise his
mind, his ingenuity, his skill, his powers os endu-
rance, or even to turn loafer ON his own account
or be fed at the public charge All these points
worth some inspection, and, till they are exa-
mined, in our plain. old.hshioned, practical way,
shall be disposed to doubt that any sub stantial
good lies underneath the warm and exciting rhap-
sodies OF blocdshed, the overthrow Of capital, the
equalization Of distribution. the com2ulsion Of pay
ing uniform rates, or any other pantisocrac theo
res which are put in new garments to astonish
such plainly dressed people like the good old
fashions
We shall despair for labor, il it eats up its ewn
arguments with its own logic. What We de-
sire to arrive at is this-the true nature Of the
evil which generates discomfort in the minds Of
en- industrious class Of our fellow citizens, and
then to obtain knowledge Of the best means,
aud the requisite measure Of these means, to bring
order out Of chaos, aud TO restore confidence and
prosperity to society everywhere. This appears to
he an intelligent way Of going about such business,
for we do not like TO look for anything substantial
in those frothy lamentations which shin and
change. bubble and boil. and eventually waste