The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-11

The NORTHERN MASSES RIPE FOR A CHANGE.
Each day brings to light some new and more
startling feature in the condition of the Northern
masses. For II while we paid little or no atteI-
ton to these signs. We thought them indica-
tive of nothing. We now see our mistake, and
these things indicate more than we were at first
led to believe. We now hazard the assertion
that the North is in more danger of civil eruption
than the South. That her laboring masses are
now ripe for n revolution--that they desire n
change, and are now ready for it. Their condi-
ton cannot be worsted; they are willing at any
hour to make the attempt to better, even Mt Il
sacrifice of the Union itself. This may look
like bold assertion. We have made it under
strong convictions of its truth, and we feel con-
fdent there is too much foundation for it. We
propose looking at corroborative facts indicative
of the troubled feeling to which we refer. For
the present we shall direct your attention to
certain proceedings in the metropolis of trade
New York City-which we intend to show will
apply in their bearings, with greater or less force,
to the whole mass of the laboring men of the
northeast.
The excitement now going on among the Ia
boring classes of this city indicates something
more than what one would at first suppose
The strikes" as they are called, that are taking
place daily, amount to something more than a
mere determination to have higher prices for
their labor. OF these, the famous Tailors' strike
is the most important. This seems to have
originated among the journeymen of one cloth
ing establishment-the principal one in the city,
employing seven hundred hands. This is large
number, and may surprise persons unacquainted
with the large scale upon which some of the
trades are carried on in New York And these
seven hundred, of themselves, were capable of
producing considerable crisis in this branch Of
trade. Ii was an unanimous strike among these
seven hundred men. And what is being the
result? 1t is this: These seven hundred are
banded together, and have their municipal regu-
lations. They have been joined by many of the
tailors Of the city. Where persuasion will not
do, they use force And up to the last accounts
the carpenters and masons are joining the asso-
citation by hundreds. Other trades are coming
into the union, and this they have given the
imposing title of the Trades Union Assoca-
tons. A union Of the working men against the
capitalsts-a combination regularly organized,
the weather. supporting by contributions the
poorer and in many Of their actions, proceeding
regardless of all law A union for the sake Of
Misunderstanding Mt the foundations of trade,
and producing scenes that would put all the
slave Instructions that ever occurred in the
South to the blush. It is u combination to de-
that is grinding to the earth the laboring classes
Of New York. An anarchy peculiar to the in
stitutons of the free States, and to which the
people of the slave States are strangers.
There is much similarity between the old
northeastern States and England. We mean in
their trade and property features, And this
similitude is yearly on the increase. Property,
in the large cities Of the East, is concentrating
in the hands of few. II is assuming a descend :
bic, inalcnabIe cast. We IRE assured by gen.
tlcman lately returned from Il trip through these
States, and who took some pains to inquire into
the real private state of affairs there, that all the
wealth of New York city was owned by a few
monares. 1t is to be presumed the same is
the ease in all the older cities in the North At
antc States. This concentration has gone to
such length as to be extremely oppressive upon
all the poorer classes. 1t is n monopoly pro-
ductve Of the greatest mischief and one that
does not accord well with the genius of our gov
ernment, though one, at the same time, to which
these States are peculiarly liable. 1t is, as we
! have seen, productive of disorder, confusion, and
ultimate revolution.
There is a growing prejudice among the poorer
classes of the Free States against the wealthy.
| 1t is 80 in all of them in the new States il has
not had time to assume tangible shape. We
see it now in the older. We see it manifest in
these movings among the working classes Its
end we fear is inevitable. That end will be an
uprootng Of property institutions, Il dcthroue-
mcnt Of monopoly, drctuI civil coInmotion.-
1t was manifest prior to TIE reign Of anti-rent-
ism. II was manifest in this, and We see it
again now, in n more threatening form. lou
will rccol!ect the events which occurred at diff
fcrent periods in the affairs Of Europe, which
forcboded the great revolution of 1913. 1t was
Il long time bursting out. Indications though,
showed its existence for ages before. One time
it seemed gone forever, but anon it would break
out in an unexpected form; aid ut last it came
in earnest. 1t will be so i'll the Northern por-
ton Of our own country. These slight troubles,
on the face of society indicate, in language that
cannot be mistaken, the existence ofcombustbe
matter below The North would do well to
turn her attention to these manifestations. Her
property institutions are in imminent danger
The municipal regulations of her larger cities
are even now small protection Her police
are harmless, and dare not raise an arm against
these rabbes. She had better look to herself,
and let others take Of matters foreign to her.
And the government thas more to fear there
than it has among the slaves of the South
KnnrriUe PLebpinn.
THE CALIFORNIA BILL.-We subjoin below
the bill for the admission Of California rs State
Il nnsScd the Senate That rpclcrs may