New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-04

Courses OF tie present, and hopeful only OF shs ID
ture, My own idea Ia that here, On this magrid
cent domain-this undulating plain that exssndi
from the beautiful bases OF the Allegheny Noun
tains 10 the broad, fertile shores of the Mississippi
River and stretches its arms from near the thirty
sixth quite to tho forty second degree OF norSt
latitude-sre, In time TO be Witnessed the freea
iorms OF social development and the higheas orde
ofhuman civilization
The immediate present is manifestly an era o
transition In all this region That State whcs
was the first here erected han iust laid aside tht
organic law which she adopted half century sge
and entered on a new career under Constitution
more popular in lie forms. The example of K eD
lucky Ohio is now about 30 follow; and the u sE
eral Assembly Of this State will doubtless hold n
sttiDgs under an organic law altogether more poP0
lar in its provisions and more suitable for the oar
stitution OF free, numerous and progressive pee
pie than that with which we commenc cd our GA
reer, forsy-seven years ago
The same forward impulae is influencing thu
whole of this North w est region. Illinois adOpSst
new Constitution two years ago. lndaua viii
meet in Convention in October next and frame al
org anio aw moro promotve than the present oat
of the great interests OF her people. Mcnigao
erected into 8 State only fifteen years ago, has
already ousgrown her Constitutions garments, and
determined 70 Try the virtues of new ones In her
future strides to greatness. Principles OF popular
right and social necessity, not recognized when
these several States org snized lie at the bot
tom of all these ohaDges.
But it 10 not in reference 30 political Institutions
alone that this era OF transition ia manifested A
humaner spirit of legislation Ia seeking 20 secure
every family ts homestead beyond The coRtlngen-
cies of trade, misfortune or chlcanery. Attention
is aIso turning every day. more and more, 80 the
inequalities OF woman in the marital ste'e and lt
il not exrsvsgant 30 hope that ere long, to wed
will not be 70 dlspossess her OF the ownership and
control OF property with which she enters lnso tue
marriage relation.
But il would be tedious, and is unnecessary to
specify all the various Indications given, thas day
is dswning upon this North w esscrn region which
will como Wirh light that sh all penetrate many
poor home that is now dark, and warmth shas
shall reach and bless it's shivering inmates,
and voice THAI shaIl sound cheerlngy In sheif dui
and listless ears, awakening Shem TO q just Gense
of their real dignity and Importance 10 the social
scale by procaImlog to ,hem Cnat they neither
slaves nor nonenttles, buttrue men and women.
What, till within very tew ears Psst, Ia on
ward coming multitudes have found on arriving
here. has been, chiefly ply sics sutfclency, great
Intellectual eKpertness a degree OF moral indie
pendence wholly new 30 them, ard capacity fOr al
most rndttR extension either IN orally, intnlec
ally or physically. Coming 10 among us by hun
have beeu their genter and fer1er passions, like
meadow rvulets and HOuutain Ioreens, mixing IN
With and modify iog our own and their arr science
and literature, their hardh aude dness ana ~lliog
be ertedneBs, and their experiences oflo generally,
giving 10 and receiving from ours new impulses
and new directions, che whUe soon ttow so5ether
in one common ctr cam Of Humanity, which will be
found Irresistible by any barriers tnst may oppose
its course and inevitably give aud pscuIisr
IN and ha erp % I
its way
Within land like that upon which our attention
has been turned, and people ike those whose
elements | haze hastily AMI partially presented,
and time like the present in the history OF daman
Progress to oppose that are hero 10 but
segment OF tho old circle Travelled gain, ID TO
give m ankind place ia the soaIe ofhu being
ar than that which have het etofore assigned them,
and 70 have opinion OF The dessns, wisdom and
power of Providence which hope never to pos
seas IL is my firm belief that out OF the crude
materials collected and collecting in thia mighty
Not.h Wess-materials shat are just nov taking
forms of symmetry, and exhibiting a homogene.
ousness thas has not heretofore belonged to then-
are to come arts and institutions and educstions
ae tier fitted for the and enoyments of man,
and more promotve of those high developments
that are within the capacities OF his nature, than
anything which the world has yet seen.
To you, my friends, end 70 me- In our brief day,
ing OF the "great glory snat is yet to rest upon
this region and rsdiate to the uttermoas ends OF
the earth AS it was with she Hebrew Of old who
toied on through many years and mtny sorrows,
and reached at ast the point from which thu
beauty OF the and Of Promise burst upon hisrapt
vision only TO close bis eyes forever, SO will it be
with US: We shall see "she morning star" OF
great day for man-we may even behold in the
eastern sky She red streaknga of the gray dawn
but ere the rising OF the sun himself, which is to
uaher in the Day OF Truth, Justice, Mercy and
Love, our eyes will have been closed in death
Isis something, however, to have the FAITH that
this day is to come and in holding il firm against
all discourage and chershiDg il in tho mldst
ofthe inhdelisy thss surrounds rs, we shall find our
sufficient reward.
After abiding to various schemes proposed by
modern philanthropy for the reformation OF social
evils, Mr. Gallagher presents some judicious ro-
marks on the Industrial movement, which seeks to
the influence OF combined capital in
the social scale by the power of combined insolli.
gence and muacle
This scheme ia called The Organization OF La
Dor; and a test OF its practical value is now max
Ing at the little town OF Industry, on the northern
bank OF the Ohio River, twelve miles below Gin
cinnati, which | hope and believe ie TO meet with
entire SUCCESS. Another test Of It's value az ap
pcabls to different branch Of labor, 10 making In
Boston; while in New York the journeymen Of
the mechanical branches have recently combined
their ak and Industry againss she capital and ma
cbinery of their late employers, and are nov their
own employers purchasing the raw material
working it up, and selling the manufactured ars-
ces for their own profit nasead OF selling their Ia
Dor for the profit of Others This scheme OF roform
all friends Of the aboring masaes
by It's strong common sense, its practical method
and ts easy applicability to a numerous clesa OF
industrial occupations. 1t has the yisor Of manly
thought ct ra foundation, and must stand, il those
" ho seek to avail Themselves OF it's advantages
continue true each TO himself and his sssoci stes
This scheme for the Organization of abor," so
far as | am intormsd is the first practical Idea
among all the panaoeas OF modern prescription,
that has yet clothed itself in the muscles aud sin
evs Of u healthy action. l bid it God.speed for
| have faith In iEs virtue. Il il Saul among the