New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-01
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upon my miud that you were in,incere in some Of
Your opinions, but ]. va, gradually wearing away
ard no dcGbt would soon have vanished altogether
bad to' your refusal To puDilsh answer 70 short
iermtns On SOcIslsm not luhdeity eUea as an
odp''hStment dlspeiled every doubt and displayed
| your true character ss clear as toe MONDAY sun
II there ives 10 free or point in what ,tatec its
publication as an Advertisement would only have
e1Psrd my stupoit' and taken a certain sun OF
money ON The pocket o. q fool aod put Il intO
tai OF a wise man. There must therefore have
been some oiher resson than the dalness Of TIE
critique that It was not published. You indOrsed
Tie eeimois a. being unat swerable, ana then took
especial care that they were not answered.
Your calculations published sometime since con-
cernir the vote Of the Irsb, their present nun
bers Their probable increase, aud their future inAI
| eBce caused me To suspect your motives on the
Irish question. then began 10 think that some Of
| your other motives might be touched, and as re-
| viewed the various positions you occupied. saw
that aside from politics there was not a elias. 10
scciery " iih whom you did not try u iagratis,e
| yourself as their particular friend Manufacturers
| and Their men, farmers and their laoorers money
| lenders and money borrowers, usdesmen snd their
cerhs, would each hear some faltering cOncilatJry
word, Nth expressions Of deep interest," In their
welfare.
A sight examination OF the opinions you advo.
| cate viii demonsubte the utter impossibdlty Of
your BEN a MEND 10 all OF the various c asses
shove specified. One opinion you maintain is that
every man has a naturs indeieasible RICH. TO sulh.
cieni land to support himself aud family neces.
sary consequence vi this doctrine 10 that no man
hiss right 10 more lsnd than is necessary TO sup.
port himself and family and from this IL folio va
that owners are bound 10 relinqnlsh their surplus.
Now, II you are friend 10 the first class, you must
necessarily be an opponent Of the second. II you
are advocate Of the one, il is all deluson 10 pre-
| tel an interest in the welfare sf the other As
l (3,,d md Mar
| Re the particular lend Of boh Free Land men add
| Land owners The French $ ciai,ts and the
| lnsh Ne poblicans do not talk smooth words aad
utter professions OF friendship for the advocates Of
tie old regime or Of ADglO-Saxon rule; nor
could any man, unless he has the enyable
grit Of q double tongue. On the orgaalza-
| lion Of labor you IN substance maintain
that il is contrary 10 the laws of God for one man
to employ and appropriate TO himself portion Of
anothe''s earnings. II this be true you are bound
to bold up manufacturers and other employers u
the excavation Of every honest mind IS the enc
mics Of God and man but you shifk this open
avoval Of your opinion and while cOvertly hIlng
the minis ofthe workmen with discomfort az their
present condition, and urging them 10 assert their
rights, you buster and pretend great cJncern BE-
| csuse masul acturers make no dividends, aud iron
masters are on the verge OF ruin. lfthey are such
vile oppressors Of the poor, they do not deserve
rommsseratlon nor would yoa express anxiety
about their welfare did il suit your Jose ia
order to lull their opposition to your favorite
scheme.
htgo on and point out your duplcity toward
the non producing middle and their Customers,
tut enough has been said.
with il most distinctly 10 be understood that
do not oppose your advocating the cause of the la
boring class, but do protest against your sailing
uIder false colors | do not object TO your atvo-
citing the cause OF free land men bat wish TO
show that you cannot be a particular friead 70
- 1 ax Dir thaF fhay hold
part OF their property contrary to the laws OF uni
veTsal justice Advocate the cause OF the hired
Iar<rer II you think proper, bat then Vet there be
az end to soliciting Toe confidence Of employers
These Heterogeneous, contradictory Opinions you
| advocate With such pretensions to hberall.y aad
cancor that your loud Drawing professions have
de- ceived many, so that the manufacturer passes
over y our Ebim of socialism: aud the man oFning
farm overlotk s your within that a oafer 10 the
! street has right TO part VI &c. Let these men
compare notes, AZ they could not continue % oe.
eve that your opinions are the result Of sincere
conviction Of truth The adroit manner in which
you have managed 10 conc late and secure the
bdtnce u ciallsu and anti socialists: Of land mo.
Dopolizts snd free land men, OF grinding masters
and e1 ed labofers, is without parallel. IS
evidently the result Of deep calculation Of Tar see
ing deiign. Ii scarcely admits a doGbt that your
opinions On the sOciaii,tic question which asitates
sOcieiy were formed when you yourself were
pour thst they are the result OF discomfort
ergendered by poverty. mot a very pure
source for mans prlncipies.) In marAog
out the course you meant to pursue, your
sfrew dDen plainly perceived that If you advocated
urpeeullar 'ieas without revealing your designs,
The none made BY those whose interests yJG were
undermining, would be more than you could with
stand You clearly say tina. Il you dill NOT concli.
ate ard begUie the moneyed interest you would
he ovGThelmed as the open and bold advocates OF
Socialism have been oyers helmed in France
With The key here given to your opinions, the ab
suroltiss ard contradictions VI your character are
removed, and Instead OF the whimsical eccentric
Mr. Greeley, we see designing man, who keeps
bh otIects'eadly in view, makes every thing bend
70 u, End scruples a. no means " attain IT,
Now OH, bid you adieu, and shall mt hesitate
to svow TO others my convictions OF your utter in-
sincerity az here do il to yourself Yours, &C.
DOWDEN
t65" We trust Mr. C. Dowden feels more
comfortable after relieving himself of the
above, which we give to the public without
any expectation that he will pay for it as an
advertisement. As for the former article Of
which be here speaks, we do not remem-
Der that it was accompanied by any such
proposal, and are certain that at any rate
10 remittance came with it, either from the
pocket Of a fsol or elsewhere. Should Mr..
DowdeD, however, still desire to have that arti.
Gle printed in The Tribune We presume he can
be reasonably accommodated at the publ.
cation Office Of the paper. And so We wish
him very good morning, trusting that he
may sometime or other get TO az under.
standing Of the truth that it is not always
advisable to assai individuals or classes in
order to procure reform Of institutions,
and thatin a country Of free discussion aud
popular suffrage every great change must