New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-18
Lind Reform and Labor RefOrm-Agnin,
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THOMAS A. DEyYR- Dear Sir: Your commu-
nIcation in The Tribune of June 7, is now before
NE. That heart Of yours is evidently in the right
place, but there is surely something wrong in the
upper story. The greater includes the less La
Dor reformors are not the less land reiormers be.
cause they organize labor Equally with the land
relormers they appreciate the importance Of limit
ing the quantity Of land that auy person may &c
qure hereafter, as q means Of securing 10 all their
natural right to the of portion of the soil that
each may find employment thereby. But in faith
without works they have very little faith, and al
though they have talked q great deal already and
do not mean to stop talking about land limitation,
they think that the time has come for working
also, and that it is their duty to do something
for and-limitation by the formation Of associations
of industry upon the cooperative principle, az to
destroy that commercial cannibalism or Individual
competition which renders the various classes AMI
each individual Of each class Of laborers practical
enemies of one another and also 70 wrest from the
mouopolists of the soil the products Of the labor OF
their andless slaYes by hich alone the said slaves
were made AID are compelled to remain the slaves
they are. Until this rOrs is done, and well done,
too, though every laborer may vote for and every
legislator be pledged 10 tie principle Of lsal.lim
tstion, lar which shall give the people the hing
will never be enacted or if it BE-, will never be
executed
You are a scholar, have read the Roman history
profess some slight acquaintance with the French,
and doubtless thoroughly understand the American
Pardon ne, therefore, for venturing 20 express my
conviction that you interpret the pages OF history
as insccurstey as you reason Hog really. Ii there
be one truth more than another leglbly inscribed
upon those pages, it Is this namely, that the labor
ing classes have never been represented in any
Legislative Assembly, except so far as they repre-
scented themselves and constituted themselves the
Legislature, tumbling into the streets the MERGE
AIRY theatrical performers ia Congress assembled,
prolessedy to make laws for the people but really
enactDg none but such as they are paid for by
the landed, manufacturing and commercial
arstocracies whose servants they are ard
must continue 70 be so long as law max
ing continues TO be profession. The
representation Of labor by Capital is an utter im
possibility. In al ages, in all countries, whenever
and wherever the experiment has been tried, 1t
has not only failed 20 improve the condition Of La
Dor, but it has treacherously betrayed and sacri-
feed It's most precious rights. The Gracchi were
The founders Of that school Of land re!ormers which
at the preselt day numbers ycu among Its abest
teschers. Through their exertions, Lag to limit
the quantity Of land that any Roman citizen might
acquire was adopted by the Roman people. Not
natcrs prevented the execution of the law aad pro-
cured the butchery Of the earliest noblest friends
CT land limitation. Robespierre too deservediy
the idol Of the French Revolutionary Democrats OF I
1872 and SO, temperate in his habits, dsinterested
incorTuptibe, devoted, and the embodiment OF the /
Revolutionary idea, even while constantly exert /
ing himself 70 restrain the excuses Of the Revolu
ton, fell victim TO biz fidelity destroyer BY the
gold of the allied monarcbs and emigrant NOOiiIy
and Clergy, which was literally supplied to al tas
Representatives Of the French people Wnl couid
be corrupted, and his death has delayed the en-
Establishment Of France more than Sky years
In 1850, Ledru Robin and Louis Blaze are spend !
ing their dSys N exile, while tue Na.or Asselao-
ly Of lie French Republic i1lsGsnted in Is mainly I
through the exerii0Is u those glorious refugees
and the members Of which are sworn - s1Po'ta /
Constitution which guarantees uniyersaislnfase'n ,
OCCUPIED y iii the project of Law a1otishiHS uhl
verssl Suffrage. having already in - suppressed ,
the Liberties OF the R0nsn repuoAc I'M P,ep@.eI
the way for the recent return OF the rope 9esTVy
ed the liberty Of the press and pion.Y.'eI P-H..@
mertirrs Of he People, contrary " tl5 OoIsIlsu-
ton tTSresad Ard yet with these iac': ~ your 4
minds eye YOU grayey assure toe ID.i', 'l E
litsla exerfiou now JUS. a0r, VIII nave ine sueS1 /
10 Il duce Congress to declare the rfeeHSin ol loe
Public Lands and TO prohibit sPecaiA''Its ou
chss ng more than limited qusniiy ~ ~ -, 49,
the ae5uisi,ioa of New Mexico and California Tue \
discovery If the placers, and Whitley 8 oehDon > .
Wilkes Degrsud's or some other pc 's9os .cneme
Il 4 Pail Road thi.htr, forever rreclu1es .ue pa I
sibility Of The passage Of these measures 9y aAy I
Coperess TIE expenses Of the war must De paid I
and the proceeds Of the sac Of the lands are IoIt
S1sfS' Wrthless tales acquired under Mexican
erants must not be dis surbed spscllalI1.s m.as
fi heir rolTsrs anew. The crowded PopuaIoh oi 4
Re Easter. Middle and Southern o,A'es must
&, sone Oh r fed 20 make money wI'aou. lao9ri
I'd "a CaIl.snia now pteseHls tbe most hoPeiai I
rIcspscts cf r. alizng rtsnes in less 1han 10 iins
m uuft ed coayey snce thltOef D. enDss }