New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-04

officers 10 form an Executive business committee,
With full powers 70 act necessarily ana eneTgetlcdy
on behalf OF the Society
30 That IN view Of the fact that the Press and
Public are sadly mslnfOrmed IN relation ~ the true
position which the Runner holds to the emigrant,
We do present for their consideration these facts
Instead Of the Runners being (ds mendaclOu>ly
asserted by one-eyed sympathlZers) sharks on the
means of the emlgrant, they, by their number, are
iust the reverse. the competition among them re-
duces their charges down to the lowest point Of sub
sstence, whereas, the present aim Of Official inter
ference has for It's object the tranSferment Of the
business into the hands Of a monopoly Of capitalists,
with whom the emgrant VIII neither have freedom
Of choice IN the selection oroutes, nor redress If IN
iured. a. experience has rendered II proverD that
monopoes are more the masters than the servants
o: the public and for these and other reasons, be
sides those OF seli-detense We request the Press 70
unmask the JeSuliIy Of Capital and 10 correct the
Misrepresentation and the fanatlclsm OF ignorance
4th That this meeting being deSlrous OF setting
the public ard authorities OF ms tly rghi as 70 me
real views and actions Of Licensed FOrwaTders
Runners and Emigrant Boarding house keepers,
have convened this meeting 10 express publicly ther
determination 70 uphold the laws OF the nlted
states faithfully, ana particularly by due ooser'-
ance OF It's statutes a. connected the arcihg
Of emlgrants and also 10 express their regret that
the " Commissioners Of Emigration" should have IS
sued circular replete With errors anu Calculated
t. defeat the object Il PROCESSES 10 uphold
5th. That as IN the profession OF torWaders Run
nerS. and Emigrant Boarding. house Keepers, there
i necessarily vast number Of persons employed,
and many families supported, but by the recent IN
called fer and unpreceden.edy unfair interference oil
the " Commissioners Of Emigration these ndlvldu-
ais will De totally unable 10 follow thelE business,
and thus occasion much individual and collective
distress, cal! upon The Press and the Pubic iOr
that sympathy and support which me persecuied
never fan 10 receive from an American Pubic against
Official Tyranny"
9Th That this society deems Z palpa1ly absurd,
and unscrupuous.y unfair FRS; ~ exact $50 ioT u
cense and a heavy bail for good moral coEduc', 20
follow legitimate calling and which Is yrea, fGo-
hc Necessity and afterward take steps 10 render
that license non-efectve and that calling de grazing
BY an unconstitutional clause and yexaiiouS inter-
ferences under the rrss OF protection 10 emil
grants but evidently 20 enlrap these emlgrdnts into
The hands Of pets" for party purposes
tn. That while the Commissioners o. Emigration
are praflng about protection Of emlgrants, they
are nulhfying the law and deceiylng both the emf
grant and public BY causing Ponce grcrs TO De
taken from iheir paidfor duties 20 nrege emgranis
10 travel by the Enc railroad ana accept rs accom-
modatlons a. they hold IT'S stock andthus the pub
lie Is robbed ofthe services for which policemen are
legItimately employed the emlgrant IS banoooZled
and orse treated SEQ men, who paw an annual Cry
tax OF $4,000 are cheated and lnSuted and the Re-
publicz Of the country Scorned and laughed al
The SAID interested Commissioner are perpera:-
ing this high-handec outrage IN defiance OK the
eighth clause OF the Revised Statutes which says
that -sNo person holding oe, unfe- the Gor>rrH7er'
or fhs United states that n this SiGfs dre =
indirectly interested ~ 1ry 'r9y sta+ SeIf r't'''