The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-05

bread" BY the word fraternity, as the socialists
have il, all things would be common. Woman,
and the endearments of home, and the sacred bonds
of families, would be broken up, and all would be
held in common. The virtuous and the vile would
be enc fraternity, and live in equality. Stuff and
nonsense about reorganization of society! Let
every honest man and every hard working me-
chanic scout all such ridiculous notions and ideas,
which are put forth by rascals who have nothing
not even reputation--to lose,
We are honest and sincere friends 10 the work
ing classes. We belong TO that class-we ever
have, and ever shall belong to -not only in profess
sion, but in practice. We have succeeded in life
we have made an ndependence-created property
for ourselves by hard, perseverng labor, night and
day, for long years. We commenced at the bottom
Of the ladder Of our occupaon-we have gone
through all its stages, and up every round. Our
sympathies-our feelings-our good wishes, and
our influence, are all enlisted in the cause OF
class in which every one can do as much as we
have done for success and by the exercise Of the
same means, can succeed as we have succeeded.
We are in favor of just reward for labor. The
laborer, in any profession or employment is worthy
Of his hire, and that hire should ever be at such
rates as will give him, at the least, all the COM
forts and necessaries Of life, and as much more as
he can command, TO save up for rainy day We
viii GO heart and soul with our friends the car
penters, and every other class of mechanics, to
accomplish these objects. We are in favor of
their meetings, and of the free discussion OF all
matters for protecting themselves against "bosses,"
or any body GEOGRAPHICALLY against the make
believe, ragged philosophers Of the Greeley school,
who would use and victimize them. We are OPP
posed TO the introduction of socialism into the
meetings of our friends, for the best reasons in the
world, and we have given them fairly and frankly.
The report 10 which we have alluded is funny,
and excessively good natured. We like il. The
speech of the unfiedged socialist is capital in its
way. "Mr. Bennett would consider it a hard thing
if any lot of men should get together and publish
newspaper which should have as good circulation
as the Herald" Not bit of it, We would be as cor
dial and glad to take the propretors of such paper
by the hand, we would if any of the twelve jour-
neymen at that meeting should become "bosses,"
live out of town, keep splendid horse, get up at
O'Clock in the morning. and drive into town, and
come TO the Herald establishment, and see us and
our two hundred assistants, or as we would be to
see them now, without the imaginary fixtures al
luded TO by the speaker at the meeting 'There
mechanics that constructed them are living in very
humble places" Is there anything wrong that it
is sol The very men who own and live in those
palaces" probably acquired the right and pri-
vilege TO do so, by the very means which the
builder or mechanic who lives in the humble place
is taking, and which will eventually enable him to
change his residence from the humble place to as
splendid palace any in Broadway. He has
the same rights and privileges-the same motives
to exeriion-and the same security to enjoy what
he has earned, when he is rich as the present rich
man has. But what would our socialist friend
do, (who thinks we would publish his speech if he
paid us for doing in lie would apply socialism to
the "palace," and, of course, to the stumble
place"-for il would reach bo,h-and both would be
shared with the villain and the vile. Would that
help mattersl No, no. Socialism is all nonsense,
hrmbug, cant, hypocrisy, rascality, and visionary.
let who will preach it, We say to our friends, the
carpenters, "cut it"-cut loose from Greeley and
Brisbane, and attend tn vonr own business and oc-
vupaon, faithfully, cheerfully, and with will, and
you will all succeed and all such fellows as these
mad Fourierites, socialists, and red republicans,
will find their q" occupation gone"