New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-21

Will kied approval and to your encouraging assist
Limited ia the resources necessary 70 sustain al
;o.,;,pton of this character, we nave ous iOnonou
the dictate Of prudence IN co'n"'enIme
,sL;no an a limited scale, ana under Ies.i1o''V 1
.a tiSs o Ne resson to hope the experience OF
~u'. al enable us entirely TO remove Inc
sno'' un n,oL have been devoted TO our pubic H.
t ,o a, No. 800 Broadway, and winch were 70 aAy
,hroy.n open to public inspection are we, ,Sa'
- avery respect. 10 the purpose ior "n'oa ~
~ w s,,esged The large and weiiselecteu IL
were s;rs 10 the society, will form an import
.s :nd bigbly available nucleus for the Prln'e,s
-, &C Nav York and which, through the
SS;,:hIe hberality Of the whole body OF American
,'nhg.ber,. being daily enriched by the numerous
md valuable issues Of the press OF our country
must ultimately and speedily become one o' '"0
best and most complete horares ID inc IAnI' .-.o-
Oar Reading. Room we hope TO make al agree
able and aitra tive evening resort for me Primers
~ onr CITY. Through the hberality OF tue Goa.
SaS,o az ihe Press OF tais and other cities we are
already enabled 20 present variety OIL No"SPa
ner and Periodical Literature, whlch is a. ou.e e."
rourneing 10 US and honorable 10 them' huI
trnst sm not presumiDg too much IN expre.slnS
nus 81 ,yben the character aud oPPortuni-
80. 81 onr Ipstitution shall have become sPPre,
s;s,oJ ,vs shall be enabled 10 present an array OF
poy;o5,cal and General Literature that WIZ com
nsrs fsvorably with that Of the Oldest and oess
Libraries in the United States
Pablo Libraries, Ladies and Gentlemen, are, and
have ever been, the repositories OF the learning OF
The ace Like Gases in the desert, they are the
snrines from which the mind-the inteuect-de.
rives sustenance and life, and gathers fresh ener
gies To assist IL in its onward march 10 perfection
End glory. They contain the garnered treasures
of ages The succeeding generations VIII ma "a
these storehouses Of thought and ideas, the vast
attachments Of the present age; and upon these
L.. n heir nd m
their happiness and their prosperity. w ithoat
them humanity could preserve no record oil It's MS
tory-ScieDce would be deprived OF the light OF
experience, aud human Genius would nave %
strugele amid clouds and amid darkness, SUCH as
obscTre the earlier history Of Mind. Brlliantghts
along the pathway Of the race they point TO the
generations az they come and 90, what has been
Uncovered what has been demonstrated to be true
casting u bright radiance over the deep oOscurl
~. the gloom profound, that stretches beyond the
limits OF human knowledge. More valuable are
they than sculptured marble, triumPhal arches OF
splendid monuments, which may be reared " az
test and perpetuate the greatness or the glory oil
people They survive the generations who lad
their foundations they bid defiance to the do
minion OF Decay they yield not to the toucn OF
Times effacng finger. Like the stars, they glitter
in the heavens Of Intellect emitting light by which
mankind may ind the pains Oh Wlsaom' ana iea'n
the future from the past
Hinder the peculiar structure Of our institutions,
il ia of paramount importance that ample opportu-
pity should be furnished 70 the masses OF our peo
pie, 10 instruct and inform Themselves, that they
may be better able to support and maintain, 10 It's
integrity that government which rests entirely
upon their intelligence, their virtue, and their pa
triotsm. Here the great principles OF Governmen.
and National Policy discussed by the people at
large Our masses demand of US the means of OBJ
tsisipg information and knowledge Our Pablo Ii
braries are the very means of disseminating light
and know ledge and hing food TO the iamished
ntellects of the people. Whilst other trades other
associations other departments Of human industry
are organizing and associatiDg their efforts to &C
ccomplish similar results we, the Printers OF New
York, are DESTROYS OF building up Public Library.
But, Ladies and Gentlemen must leaveto others
here present this evening the pleasant duty Of arg
ing the claims of such q measure upon your kind
consideration, ardently hoping that success may
crown our efforts, and that Library will be found
ed that will become an honor TO our City, and the
pride and boast OF our profession.
The Conservatory then sang the chorus "Away
away, from Masssniello, and PETER @. BAKEB
late President of the Society, addressed the Assem-
\ bly,;
FELLOW. CRAFTSMEN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEs
presume that the prominent place assigned to n
this evening is owing 10 the position / occupie
when the project OF a Printers Library and Rea,
ing Room was first publicly presented. AS ma
be- known to many present. the establishment of
Library and Reading Room for the use of all mos
closely connected with the typographical art wa
made a prominent feature at the celebration {
Franklin's Birthday by the New-York Typograph
cal Society at Niblos in January last Withou
intending 10 devote much time to an explanation q
the objects of the Society under whose auspices IN
Printers Library has been thus far perfected it i
proper to state here for the information of man,
present who strangers 70 our Institution as W 81
as to create confidence in those who may feel dis
posed TO aid the Library, that the New-YOrk Typo
graphical Society was instituted in 1909 by mum
Der of Printers in this City, for the purpose Of
"aflordlDg relief to INDECENT and distressed mem.
bers their widows and orphans and others who
might be found proper objects Of charity la 1918
the Society was incorporated by an act of the Le-
eislature, and re chartered in 1882 for fifteen years
which ex pred in ls47; 1t has aimee been incOrpo
rated under the general law OF the State, enacted
in ls45 Ii will be seen by this statement that this
Society has been In operation over forty years and
il consequently the oldest of its character in our
City. Although more particularly an institution in.
tended 10 relieve the sick and INDECENT the moral
and intellectual improvement Of its members has
ever been prominent feature Of the Society No
early as 1928 an effort made to establish LII.
brary, and through the interest and beralty of the
members aud their friends respectable number of
volumes were soon procured Contributions con
tnued TO be made from time 70 time till the Libra.
ry a few months since, numbered abo1t $500
!, volumes, comprising many valuable works in near
ly every department of literature. Anxious to ex.
tend the privileges which they enjoyed the mem
bers began to think Of increasing the extent and
usefulness OF their Library by throwing il open for
the use and advantage of all their fellow craitsmen
As this, however, would be attended with greatly
increased expenses aud responsibility. it was de-
cided 10 first announce the project aud ascertain
the feeling Of the Trade before proceeding further.
Accordingly your speaker was honored with the
duty OF presenting his fellow members views at
the Printers Banquet in January last
The favor with which the subject was received
on that occasion induced the Society to take i'm
mediate measures for putting the protest into
operation. A Committee was at once appointed
and directed to prepare plan for tue permanen.
establishment of Lib ary and Relding Room for
the use and advantage OF the Typographical pro
fesson. This Committee entered with sscrity