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


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TIE t.lsblstneni shall remain ths property OF sIl the
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pIs'sLs and h1pe 10 b able to sao = 70 he wed
Wts By tnoFy and sympathy, b courage and sac ihce'
cbn DO o. ne.
Received with applause
Er Bastett Introduced the following:
Thu uA.reas lGrgs lumber OF our ethren are sab
g. may oshps tch are 1iu Ods 10 tbef n9.,
sld oten in danger Of ne' Ave. a. clearly
Nho from thu 10 untmey grave IN "ugn Ise
Lsbiy eupdiy and Avaree Of heir enPoyer' EherefIfs
be.oat,d Ttst vii uie cur Influence to cure me
eutcntut Of bin cclsiioig proper District Surveyors
Who shall direethe erection OF ali buildings Eihia their ds
tTc, iLttstf al dE tiBs EoUsts snd prJhi0H tue
teusLtDs o. ali .uch house, 10, 10 consiNon 10 scco
Od4e, with proper gard 10 the pubic en ne teaaaI
Referred 10 the committee u which Mr.. Bailey
10 chsIrmsn.
MIR Price introduced the following which was
adopted after lengthy cebat.
L. the Hosorabe COsnoa Council Of he Guy Of Nso lork
Ire undersigned being committee appointed
BY the Industrial Congress Of this City now IN ses
sioul 10 whom was referred q resolution relating
u The manner IN which the public works Of our City
are carried on to the manifest injury OF
the Ope -stives engaged on such works, would most
respectDly invite your GeTlcus attention TO this I'm
portept subject
Il, ga notorious fac. that ia this City, Labor in
nearly every branch OF business is not properly re-
wardtd that the LaboriDg Classes lind 1t almost
imt ossbe TO obtain by honest industry tho common
nectsssres Of life that our public works are prose-
cuied at Tn enormous expense-yielding large pro-
fire to the contractors by which, IN few years,
many have accumu ated large fortunes while the
honest lsboripg man, by whose patient lndu'try and
unremitiing toll these same works have bsen sue.
cessiu carried on have in many instances received
for a whole weeks hard labor sum which would
barely suffice to pay member Of your honorable
body for his services as "Aldermtn for the ser
vices OF single day.
Hundreds Of cases Of this kind occurred in the
pioeres Of the construction Of that great work OF
art the Cfoton Acqueduct" q monument Of art Of
which cur city may well be proud to poiot ous b
tire sdmiipg gaze Of visitors 20 oar metropolis.
Large fortunes were realized by the contractors
on that work, while the wJrkingmeD, BY whose
labor the edifce was reared, mid the scorchins
heat of Summer and the pnching cold of Water,
was less cared for and thought OF than the bricks
ard mortar Of which the structure was composed;
end the pittance doled out TO Laborer on that
work 10y the COntractOl) as compensation Tor his
patient toll and sacrifice OF strength and health
would scarcely have been found sufficient to pay
for the keeping of his employers horse.
The majority OF our public works are conducted
in the sane unjust and disreputable manner. Tbs
laborIng man is expected in his youth to wearhln
self out in the pubic service, thus inhicting upon
himself the seeds OF premature old age and decay
and then when decrpitude and old age (accompa
red by poverty) overtakes him. should he apply for
reief to those who are revealing in luxury, ltbe
fruits OF hs labor or to our city Authorities he
with freezing politeness ahown the nearest road 70
tie Prison or The Aims House.
The undersigned view every laborng man en-
ploy cd on public works in the lisht as they
co my other city officer; he is servant OF the PEG
plt-sbd as such it is the cearest aud most Jude
nisble cuty Of the people 10 pay him fair compen'
sstion for his services. The undersigned have no
sympathy with those who are clamurous for re-
dtc'iOn Of the compensation accorded to our CITY
officers
We are well aware that if the offices of Mayor
Alderman, Sheriff. etceteEs, were contracted OUT
to the lowest bidder, they would be readily filed
by persons eminently qualified for those ,tstlons
for OLebaf the salaries attached TO said OH es
But we do not recommend, on the contrary We
are utterly opposed to any such sighted policy
being pursued in relation 20 said Offices; aud we
are equally opposed, and here soemnly protest.
ae,irIt that Of policy being any longer pur
sued las u nOw Isl toward the laboring man en-
eaPtd on your public works.
W oncede that it is perfectly Legitimate for our
City government to afix a stated aud liberal salary
Tor the services Of Its officers, and the number Of
hours which they shall devote TO their respective
duties.
And we demand that the same principle sh all be
cd md rfedf a he n1ac la
in your employ. Our Government, in It's very
nature ep1oiates any and all distinctions between
one class Of citizens and another.
By what principle Of consistency or justice,
then, are the services OF him who wields pen
provloed for by our City government while the
man who wielcs a shovel, IOwe, or sledge-
hammer is left TO the rapscity Of the soulIess CON-
tractor into u hose hands he may happen to fall
We here again sOemnly and firmly protest
sgsiIst the longer continuance OF go PalPaby un-
Just and iuiquitous a 81 stem.
TIE preamble TO the Constitution OF the United
Slater asserts that this Constitution was estab-
hrhed and ordained to establish justice-ensare
Domestic tranquility and "promOie the genel al vel
fare lof the people,. We hold il to De the para
mount duty Of all good governments 10 provide as far
as posiioe for the happiness and prosperity OF the
people aud therefore we desire our City Govern.
inelt "to establish justice" by securing to the
operative in their employment a fair remuneration
for his industry this being one great and all power
ful meaBs OF " eusuring domestic tranquility for
our citizens will have no object or desre 20 violate
those llwG which protect them in their rights
secures to them the means of providing decent
sutsstel CO for ihemselves and fsmlles-and TO
their CHILDREN an education that will qualify them
10 exercise 18th proper knowledge the rights s1d
privileges Of American citizens.
such course on the part of our NUM- Iipal GOV.
eminent would slso vastly promote "the general
welfare, by reducing the aggregate Of psuPersn
and crime to very low cob has rendering 1t
elm oit if not wholly unnecessary 20 maintain
DO ice force Of 800 men, most Of whom are men Of
nerve and vigor who are dStUen to this mode OF
earning their bread by the very evils Of which we
complain, wiz: the inadequate reward which labor
recelveF) sLe would willingly exchange the cab
ard star for the troTel-the hsmmerOr the shears,
If by so doing they could reap that reward which
their usefulness 70 society would sntitie them 70
demand.