New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-27

s..,.,il, eooravatcd BY the compelled idlencss OF
thousands who would mos gauty Wo1A, anu carn'
80. ,ct stil sufdy-unskiled, for the most part,
20 Wing 10 40 She rudest work for the scantiest
COMMUNICATING the very coats, aud shirts, snd
Loo,. that hang around mercantile doors aud win-
49, ulsod, Gesecchilg purchasers, aud seeking
&c TO pay for them 10y making more than they re-
oui,eand yet wearing the rags tossed TO them Ia sad
coucmpt by charity, when they would far sooner earn
thewlole garments hcy need by useful undegrddingin-
dus,ry shall they nc hopeless and groaniAg IN this
Rsse forevorl shall generation after generation sue
oeed them, each more numerous aud squdd ihan pre-
dcctssof run the same round OF wieichenhes'
Internal eIchantmcnt N this That conf Onls ana oa'oo
mon the one side fOoa ana c!o.bng that the owners
mus sell or break-on the o,hor, haciad, iiisning
men and women who wish 10 wear eh1 sa'3 Gnu ~
nav for all they want with the labor when wan repro
49, ,hc ~ 81 and give a profit those who employ
,hc,n-aud vet the clothes dangling, ana preaching
rnwon tho food wasting and moding uneaten' whe
thc uretupoycd artisan or laborer shyefs IN hunger
sra ms because Society has no engineers skiim
enough 10 bridge the gulf which separates the food
ana clothing from those who bitterly need ana would
GLADLY earn them. I" Hard timos!" signs a casi-oh
ioure, man tailor the boss has more JOBS Tor us,
- and half the trade out of work. "Overpro-
"Guclion =" CHIMES in more densely, elabOratey-
stupid Political Economist -" YOU see here the fruits
"0i oxiravGgaIcc aud ovcr-trading." stop, SIR l
have done seeing things bee iuse you or others el me
fbey are TO be seen. Let really into this foggy
matter and not merely assume that you gee through
IT, Here they are, tens of thousands on every side,
"
which other thousands possess in supcraOundance, aud
are fiii from Jay TO day because they cannot sell
lecnusc OF what YOU call OvcT-Pfoducllon But how
can the disease De over -PrOductIoh, when 50 many
bitterly need, and would gladly give work for those
,cfN comforts which your theory assumes 10 be super
nbnldantl Suppose all these products destroyed by
fire or flood would mankind be the richer Bring
fbCso sucrfuous fabrics into intimate and cher5hng
relations with the bodies that need them, and the iiu-
sion of suyeltuity vanshes at once Though the
harvest has been short there Is sill foot enough
though manufacture have been active all the laOnci
arc really wanted; though the season is judgement,
tberc is still work enough tiat needs be done, and
will pay for the dong. But, ono set own the food,
another the fabrics, and still another the disposaDlc
Inor one class the factories, another the capital
which should inyigorutc and another the arms which
should direct their machinery to useful and profitable
ends. Goods cannot be sold, because those who
would gladly buy them have work; and these have
no work because goods cannot be sold. ITS a
omuddlc; and the clue TO this grand labyrinth of
waste and want, of wrong and woe, is, IHE ORGASI-
zA1IOH OF INDUSTRY.
hold most firmly, that the only absolute, ultimate
iuymcibc answer TO the monstrous sophisries which
would nuke Slavery the true destiny OF the LabOre,
is 10 bc found in the Ogc and methods OF Social Re
construction SO long as men, able and willing TO
work may nevertheless s;arve or freeze IN New ork
or Boston, because they cannot convert their labor
into bread and clohing 80 long will men be held IN
service as chaitels ia Mobile or Galveston, with demo-
Gratis 10 justify and priests to sancy, the abominabie
wrong. And, Oh the other hand, snow me a patch OF
earth no arger than Rhode Island, ON which Slavery
is TeaV ana finally abolished, that every inhabitan
is sure Of independent, self-eaned livelihood, so
long he shall be able aud willing to work for It, and
| will jon fully and confidently assure you that the
knel OF bondage has sounded, and that It's further du-
ration is merely question Of time-and not of gener
atoms, but OF Yeas.
but do ! ask OILERS to see through my eyes and
work wlth my methods, in order to insure tie great
cousumnation we jointly mediate and dcsirel An
MOI lave Outiiyed such dOgnatlsm, If | were ever
enthracd by it, and only ask every one to live up TO
the light vOuclsafed linn Only let him not oDst
natey slut his eyes TO such light as may at any
time stream hIs own horizon, and ask for no
moe But this do say-because have studied aud
reflected on il long enough 10 say 1t with the conf
deice of assured conviction
me man prko, an Acr York or Ner England, most
inteteetiy derotediy and efficiently strres to eegate,
retongeAse aud dignity Lator-he as, Of all New-
IorkerS of all giaHders the most eDecttre foe
10 Southern StdUeTy,
.sDiclnfy Laborf" SAYS Beaconstreet, or the Fifth
avenue; d" ] cont exactly comprehend YOU | always
"pay my servants, my wood-sawyer, my baker, my
"hutcler, my grocer, cash dowl-pay Lhen promptly,
"clCerfulv, and without higgimg. If mat dignites
Labor, | do my share of It; If not that, really
"don't know what YOU mean.
Nell sr will try to explain. What you say you
do il so well so far las il goes that have great hopes
Of Nou. Lei us try to see little further Oh:
You my lord Cle-Gs who pay your tradesmen so
Justly and readily 90 you, or 90 you not quietly as
sumo that they are socially your Interiors merely be-
couAe they are tradCsmen! You, my Lady Maximum
would on fall into h. serics at the udings that your
dn, nhcr was engaged 10 some retailer or clerk IN
Washington, Grand, or Canal ST., merely because OF
his business or position concede your ample reason
20 presume tie man hinny, or contemplate fortune
hunter if lie has attempted thus to break through
tbe barrier of caste in which you have mtenched
vourselyes and for that reason to repei tho prof
feied alliance; but ii your only ground for as
suuii,e a social superiority Is the fact that you
ore pesumpuyely rich, and he relatively poor
that YOU live in gentcel elegance, While lac works
and plans TO pay lis way and meet his engage
meuts-ihcn | say YOU at heart an ally OF the
STAKEHOLDER and apoogist for his crime You need
not pietcna 10 that you are as much opposed 10
Slavery as ANYBODY" for am used to sJch
.omcls rs TO readily see through their professions.
qheu,Nt time the Union needs saving IN Wall or
State ST. your name will figure on Cotton Commit
tee if anybody shall happen to think 1t worth asking
for.
The world grows weary of talk respecting Slavery
and kindred wrongs and l am of all men, weariest
of il. would never speak of item AGAIN, II Stern
necessity or urgent importantly did not oyerbear my
earnest desire TO keep silence. Now and then there
bursts to light some act Of hagTant cruelty, some
hideous iniquity, like the Nebraska-bll some Chm-
lorazo of sophistry, like the cant of Popular
Sovereignty which would force the dumO to
ereak but usually, would rather scan aud think III
silence. Tor il is not 10y Talk, but by Work, that
such chronic crimes as Slavery to be exirpated;
though lax has doubtless, ITS subordinate part 10
play, IN the premises an meter TO Work. But II
knew where TO fluid One Million earnest, thorough, de-
voted Ant-Slavery men, aud could only establish
good understanding in and among them, woad pre-
Ter not TO say another word to outsiders about Slavery
until We should have tried the effect upon II OF ten
wears si.eit, quiet work. Let me barely indicate
how. addition 10 that VITAL raaieai wal, already
declaled upon the spirit and core Of Slavery IN our
own homes would have that struggle unhinchngy
carried on. = $500,
Eery year witnesses the migration of several