New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-22
Lnl,or and Liking.

on our recent suggestion that the State
should fac work for all those who can find
none for themselves
v.Iet the slate provide work FOR all willing and
able - co u WHO can find none fortaemseves' we
if'lsi tie IT. Z vii perform no such Don Quhoilsm
- ms. CrCe give out that the STATE VIII pfoVlde
Wolk hose il nted OF II, ana al sorts OF private
t1terprsts p,ivate labor, 10 iyicual pendence
ap1 sccla u cus'ry VIII be thrown 10 the dogs (al
me Fnnt nee o. mat upon the breaking OUT oil
Tie rev Republic under the guladhce OF Le!iu
Ro In. Ai3tr,, and treT associates, ana pretty
niece o. WOrk they made. The Bank 81 france
could not have stood such depleuon Tor han year
eYenIf II ia been backed oy lAe INK o. hheiahi'
sna all NE pysie banks Oh nOtn SIDES o. the Chan'
Iei T. /. a.. : afe eiheI ia Is omissions or con-
missions winch often proves the gita'est curse %
Lsbor sometimes by proYlciIg too much' ana some
tmcs 10y making innl provision lOf me p!o'Fc"'h VI
Labor.
the so-csiied Philosophy Of the Age. or IN the system
Of the lew school Of Philosophy which would DIVE
everything INTO Associations Fo-Gsy IN ofoef 70 carry
out Combnat ons tomorrow. The hrsg Ia" Oh thls
party IS 20 value every man (c) alke, every mans
lHee tua worth, moral WORTH ana pAYAcAl cdpa-
civ Il eusges mans being by the fact that he mas
two legs t@O arms, PAIR OF eyes and apaI OF
hands H these hands, eyes, arms, aud legs are
worth talCe Is much IA one ease As In mother, no
mater The fact that they are members OF one BODY
IS deemed good reason enough for putting all upon
al tCuany IL never occurs 20 such persons mat 1t
IS God, td) al not man. VINO mas made ins differ
CIce 6HC therefore tndt ali itlttiou ulpd tHc great
moral fact all abute and animadyerslon IN conse-
quence Of II, Is rather a reflection upon the Defy
inan upon the Cfeatul IS 81 God. Dependence upon
tie Stafe. dependence upIn ASSOCIATION. VIII never
raise men above the level Of bePgarly support The
Jr4iUHf would make the state great W0rklO1se,
and MANKIND rs inmates. There are better nays 10
provide for the poor. Let there be Justef notions as
10 The CURES and dignity OF Labor Let not poor
woman feel that she CeerddeS herself by a1oTng IN
ihe kitchen. ~ the chamber, III The dairy III lhe
v0sh.house, IN the factory, IN me store, or IN the
t.fa 1ltttr a oh
she should lot en- al the table OF her employer or
share With hm his parlor or oraH ns-room. or par
clpate generally IN the society OF those whom pet
ter fortune has made a lltte better OIL IMAM them-
selves The modern mi ovators. who Cal lfhemselyeS
RefOme's, are the great preachers OF dIscOnlent
They make grumbltTs OF many who have been con
tented happy, and industrious all tnell hVes Iney
preach cfusaces against capital ana against I'm
ployers. and thereby put men In hostile array VINO
are necessary each others well being as light and
he al Necessary to the successful CULTIVATION OF
the earth
We suspect the readers of The En-
press have heard the substance of the above
before: but no matter We wish 10 offer
few comments
a. The Erpress asserts that =" all sorts Of
private enterprises, private labor &c. will
he given up in case the State undertakes to
find work for the needy at such rates as will
enable them to subsist from the fruits Of
their own industry. We are happy to be able
to Ielieye the anxiety Of The ErpreSs on this
head We positively aver that we shall not
give up the editing and publishing of The
IyiJuhe in order to earn instead fifty cents
or so per day in some State wOrkhouse.
How it may be with The Express we shall
not undertake to say ; but we know enough
of our neighbors' business to Justify us in
the assertion that few or none of them will
be "thrown to the dogs" in favor of any
such temptation as is here contemplated.
b. The French did not try to fad work
for all who needed it as The Express sup
poses. They tried to maintain them IN
idleness instead, which is our old poor.
house system extended. OF course, it
could not but fail Had France really
tined to find work for all the idle-not
where they chose to stay, but wherever 1t
could employ them to the best advantage,
the result would have been widely differ
ent. And even as it is, We suspect the
total expenses of the French Government
were less in 1913 than they are now, when
the Bank has TO stand the depletion.
c. The Express knows better than to as
seit that this party" "value every man
alike" or propose to pay efficiency and in
efficiency equal wages. There may be
some persons who do so, but - this party
and no party to which The Tribune ever
belonged have proposed any such thing.
The Express deliberately, wilfully misrep-
resents US in order to deceive and prejudice
Its readers.
d. The fact that God has given some men
greater capacity than others certainly al
fords no reason for denying to the relative
~ inefficient chance to live BY their own
industry. This is all We ask for-that each
have chance to work and is paid what
ever he can fairly earn. AT this inclem-
ent season, when all outdoor labor is con-
uaeted to the nalrowest dimensions, thou
sands upon thousands, not alone in the
Cities but everywhere, can find nothing 10
do. 1t ought to be found for them, and the
State should look to il. To leave them
idle, hopeless and furnishing is most unwise,
inhuman, unchristian. We plead that they
be set to wOik-only that.
u We find in our German paper, an