New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-21

20 that their truth and Application may be At once
,ested let as shape them into plain syIogisn. It
would stand thus
.Tbe Ensbsh chsris Association, ls0 years IN ex
IL tho 1TReat ~ mosl sral the most eom0re-
bense system Of trade protective societies In the world
This association hes proved itself huge swindlel
wherein The leaders have ssduced deudod pondefod AM
then betrayed and sold their followers
And therefore protective societies should be svoi1ed
deusiou and curse
This syllogiIm expresses exactly the reasoning
Of the Herald supposing each member be consd'
cred separately, cur inquiry will stand in the io-
lowing orddr:
First, Is the first branch srus' Secondly, Is the
second branch truei Thirdly, 10 the third branch
true or rather, even though the other two be un'
questionable de es not that involve false apprec
alton and conclusion And fourthly fall be 40
true, whether there is more ignorance, folly or de-
ceit in the manner in which they are eased or
abused
l. The first branch is not true. IL 10 not true In
aoy Of its parts it is not like the truth. On the
contrary it il, in whole and in each and every Of
its parts, distinctly and unequivocany untrue
The Charts. Association is not trade society"
1t is not protective or benefit society Of any kind
1t does not include many one trade society; and
prote ction In the sense meant, is not within the let
ter or scope Of its objects. 1t TO- and ever has been
a purely political society, having for it's sovereign
and sole object the enactment OF the "CHARTER
| The charter consists in these i've points
|. Universal suffrage. II. Vote by ballot. Ill
| Annual Parliamens. ". Payment OF members.
! V. Abolition Of property quallhcston Tor sucn
that the Heralds fact 10 not fact bat falsehood
II its statement be made in ignorance they will set
| 1t right; if in malice they will confute it 10 the
| public the result 10 the same either way
III. The fasehood Of the first branch would e.
tab.h Dconte,tiby this fallacy at least OF the Sc
cond as far as ii applies TO the issue. Bat BESIDE
this and intrinscally il is untrue as the nrs ~
10 moreover gross calumny on absent men. .ne
| Chartist association embraces men OF tue n,suos'
honor, the highest Intelligence ana tne mos 10
proacbable integrity. Its principles command tne
| snpport OF some Of the most gifted In tue lano.
! Tbese are called swindlers by the Herald. be II
so; but the fact u.s. that their simplest word would
| be as inGex iby credited by all who know them as
the oath Of the editor oil the HeTdid wherever ne
isknown.
Let it suffice further TO state that none OF the
Chartsts were ever prosecuted for ofenses OF the
same nature or character, as those attributed TO
section of the Ne~.York mechanics; none in fact
for other than political offenses; the moral integ'
rity Of which ] leave the Herald TO determine at
bis good leisure but whether sinful or not, the
prosecution and punishment always fell onLeaders,
and not on followers, or as the Herald chooses 70
name them, "dupes.
Ill But granting that two branches aboveshown
TO be, every word, untrue, were incontestably
otherwise, they would be in any sense spPhcaoie.
The failure OF principle in weak or foolish hands
is no proof OF its unsoundness It's betrayal by
wick ed ones is no proof Of its immortality. That
honor and honesty, and industry may be bafied,
while craft and baseness, and infamy may succeed,
is fact which the Herald has, dare say, learned
from experience.
talks OF the duty OF an honest man and conlefs
this is too provocative Of q certain quality which
find it difficult to suppress. Moreover the public
feel no concern as to which OF the catagories the
Herald may be placed ill., or whether he has
claim, and pretty equal claim upon all.
A word now as TO his ethics
This is a long subject, properly followed out. He
says there ought not 10 be meetings; ought not to
be unions or societies; ought not to be q defiance
Of usage and Law, &c, &C.. but that Tor these
should be substituted searching inquiry into the
heart and lungs and entrsis OF the money market.
1t is not easy to comprehend what he means-ip-
1 deed he wishes evidently to be unlntellslole'
When the true springs OF monetary action are dis
covered, be does not vouchsafe to indicate any
cause. He does not Affect to do So Tor his inquiry
would lead TO this solution OF the dlhcuty tha the
employer could not afford TO give higher wages
Such is evidently his aim.
The statistics unhappiy within reach OF the hard
worked are those OF hunger. de can calculaIe hls
hours OF toll his hours Of unrest: he can calculate
the number OF mouths unied, and backs uncovered
in his family he can calculate, II frenzy let HIN,
his wiies tears as she sees her offspring pine aud
/ die around her he can calculate-bat what use In
multiplying items of despair; better calculate to
stimulate the practical inquiry coldy suggeited by
the contented writer 10 hungry mon; and suggest
ed, too without purpose, bearing, or q Pracn-
| cal end.
! That the course Of the lsborer may lead to ex-
/ cess and abuse must be admitted, and at the same
| time depored. Bat that it is il not their only, at
least their beat course under the cIcumItances Is
| unQuestionable. When il will be shown that cap.
ital Of its own accord, will dvest itself OF advanta
I ges il has obtained over labor then, and not till
then, will it even partially appear this; lAbo' ought
not to combine for the purpose OF mutual protection
ought not to stand its strongest ground firm, do
: termined and defiant.
/ 1.-THE money market be now in so diseased
state as that the employer cannot give fair wages
whose fault is it, Competition has had lair play
and full trial and the result is the bankruptcy Of
the employer and the starvation OF the workmen
The two great elements whereby all society ex
lists are Labor and Capital. These elements are In
some degree entagonistc. Capital has attained
the ascendsncy in all the old established societies.
1t commands the market it guides the statesman, u
makes the laws. Even here in the more conven
tonal trades 1t has done or il fast doing the same
thing. Labor in this movement is diiputlng with
II the regulation Of the market ltcan only succeed
| by selfTelsnce, courage, and perseverance. Let
tseek and use all honorable and just means, and it
will conquer; II il fail, IL perishes and the work
man becomes begga or slave. ALErHIAs.
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