New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-09
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
Labor and its Needs.


the Printers OF our City, and have been consider
ably criticized IN sundry journals without having
been reported OF printed report o. them having
been solicited for publication IA the forthcoming
account Of that Festival, thsy are here presented
IN the hope that their suggestions thus widely dis
ssminated NAV be generally considered, and per
maps improved upon.
MR. CREELEY'S ADDRESS
The ancient Egyptians mad custom q seating
NJ their teass the robed skeleton OF some departed
friend whose stern silence contrssied strisiugiy
with the mirth aud hisrty Of his hyin- CON.
psrions | believe scholars ere no; srrced az 10
the purpose aud meaning OF thus strange custom
whether the rigid. silent guests were intended to
say 70 the iestal throng--" ENJOY aud reye while
yoa may for Time flies, Man P-rishes N few
wears all 10 dust is nolhing-theresorc, make
has,e to auaii the wine while II sparklcs, 70 seize
pleasure while the capacity OF enjoyment remains
to yoa or rather 10 impress the opposite sent
.meht-" Life Is short Life u earnest stuPeu
'aoas consequences ham suspended vi your use
or abuse Of the speck Of time allotted you there
bre be temperate IN Your Indulgence moderate
in ,our festive mirth, ard, seeing - what I am
what son soon must be, consider and beware --
shall not OF pretend TO decide tins gray
question. though ! shall assgln. ior the occssion
that the latter is The true rendering and, 10 sc-
eordanca ia the elemental idea, ] venture - as
sums among you 10 uieht the functions Of the
Egyptians silent monitor. and while others str
VOC with lofty eoqUence OF charm you w1'h dulcet
batteries pictures Of tlie grand achievements
Of our AT ia the past and IL brilliant prospects To-
the future shall speak IL you frankly OF oGr de6c
snc,es, yur 'oilnos and the ureeut demands upon
Us tor new aud more a,duous eXeriioEs IN yet IN
recognized fields Of ddty
Hisnow some four centuries since the discovery
umyention Of our Art, fully three since our cont
aent began 70 be the home Of civilized men. and
more than two since the Pilgrim iugiives first land
ed on Plymouth Rock. Since that landing, and
even within the last century, what anna zing strides
have been made in the diffusion OF Knowledge and
the perfection of the implements and processes OF
Industry--in the efficiency Of Human Labor and the
iacitation OF intercourse between country and
country, chino aud cline, The steam engine, the
spinning jenny, the power loom the canal steam
ship, power press railroad aud lightning telegraph
these, in their present perfection and chi'icnoy
arc few OF the trophies OF human genius and labor
within even the last century
but while Labor has thus doubled and quadrnpied
is own efficacy in the production oi whatever IS
needlul TO the ply scai sustenance, intellectual I'M
prOvement and social enjoyment of Man, ] do not
faa that there has been q corresponding melora
ton in the condition Of the LRborcr That there
has been some improvement DO not deny but has
been at all commensurate with the general pro
gress OF our race IN whatever pertains to physical
convenience or comfort | think not and could
not help bordering this matter even while our ora
tors silyery tones were dehshung our ears with
pOtteal descriptions OF the wonders winch Science
aud Invention have achieved and are achieving.
could not help considering that while Labor builds
FAR more sumptuous mansions IA our day thsn OF
I'D furnishing them far more gorgeousiy and !HNu'
nOusy the labcrer who builds those mansions lives
otenes, in a sQuald lodging than which the build
en o, palaces in the fifteenth century can hardly
have dwelt in more wre,ched and that while the
demands for labor the OF labor the efficiency OF
abor, are multiplied sud extended on every side by
the rush Of invention aud the growth OF luxury
troand Us yet in this middle OF the Nmeieenth
Century call II las, year OF the hrst hall OF the trst
year Of the last halt as you plessel Labor IS drug
N the msrket-tl,st the temperate, efficient, up
right Worker often finds the comfortable main'en
tnSe and proper education Of his children beyond
his sbihty--and that N this thriving Commercial
Emporium Of the New World, this trophy aud Pr'ce
SChristian Ci,ilizstiou-there are st this day not
less than Forty Thousand human beings snxioos 70
sarn The bread OF honest industry bat vsnly seek.
" sad painfully, desparingy awaiting opPoste-
Riy tor doing THIS LAST IS the feature at our
ee0diton which seems 10 nle most important aud
Summarizing, and il tbs to thus cn occasions like the
preses, and IN listening 10 such ora,ions as that
wtich has Just delighted MS that my thoughts sre
Erssistihly turned
What can be the reason OF this Why is It
hat these Forty Thcasari strong handed wiling
Workers stand here thus liked, enchsined, in
ssihsd, despairing idleness' Why are they com
Peeled 10 wear on: our paveme;ts IA hSrrylnS m1h-
ssnd ,hsthcr in anxious, heartsiok quest OF some
Saag 10 do with downca.t looks and trembling
Nss besecching sosne fellow man TO give them
eaye to labor sos their bread trust ia one here
sSss any heed to the mumbhns of senstyied 10
->et ECNuoitn>ts Np(dt 'ONSfA teNNNNNN 49, -
csifed phrases With winch counsel is carAcoed.
Vver-ProdGcton' what Where Csn 'hs'e
~oves production Of Feel. when - many even
q oar midst; are suffering the panss q ismlne
over'Prodaction' Of Cothing and Fabrics, while
~ streets swarm with men, women and children
Sso are tot bali clad and who shivor through the
eheeaesih the clothing they have worn BY day
o'er Production Of Dwellings, when not hall the
'haes Of cur city have siequs,e and comfortable
at"sstons ~, 10 speak of that large class whose
~'sngs are utterly Incompatible with deeetcy aud
-~aasyt No, friends there is no Over Prodoe-
.'t ave Of articles pernicioas and poisonous hike
aNhoSos'e Liquors Lewd BOOKS, implements OF
ssn'ng &c or whatever eonduees to human
"'ensncs, comfort or tue edscssiol. there Is lot