Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-11-12
From the National IntelIigencer.
JacObLnism In FuII RIOOua.

From the National Inteligencer.
JacObLnism in Full Bloom.
The present Mayor of the City of New York has |
Council of that Municipal Cooperation W hch con- |
tsrs recommendations so novel in this country, and
think, so dangerous in thir suggestion, that
we carnot shrink from the duty Of exposing them
to the criticism and. doubt not the unsn
nous condemnation of our readers In order that ,
they may apprehend, without the possibility OF mis-
s'atement on our part. the positions assumed by
this high functionary, quote the essential por-
tions Of the extraordinary message to which we
alIude:
In the Judgment of Mavor Wood the advantages
Of Ills recommendations are 200 obvious TO require
eurilaton In our humble ind 'ment the dam
gProus character of these suggestions il not only
''too obvious require eluridaton," bnt ia So sp-
pareet on the very face of the document ss to fnr.
nish corrective for his political and economical
heresips by he instructive rPpucnancp which they
cannot f7l to inspire in tn" hrsrts Of all class.a.
and which are sure, the lahoring men o. New
York will readily feel and resent II our conf
dence in the gen. raj good Sense snd sohristv of
those who dep nd on their daily labor for their
daily bread not such as 70 isarm us OF
ell Tears for their conduct under those rscommen-
dations Of the first civic off .er of New York We
snOUd thik u umtIY TO mint 10 the PrPE tents and
Directors OF the Banks in Wall street the necessity
OF providing new bolts for th.ir doors and stronger
vaults for their gold. For according TO the logic
of Mayor Wood, l. nov becomes tie duty of the
Co, por- ton of New York TO "employ and f d" tho
destitute aboring clnsses of that city-a duty
which he enforces not by considerations Of puhl..
CHI ritz or henefc"nc', hut by the timid and At
the same time ncendiary suggestion that 10 omit
its Iii charge wonid be to give "excuse for Vio-
lence or depreciation upon property"-an excuse,
- h.
and natural in face of tie alleged fact that 'n New
York those who pro NC every thing get nothing.
willie those who produce nothing get every thing"
1.-The poor" it is add. d. ''lahor without inrome
Will surrounded by T. oUsands living in sfluenc,
and aplendOr, who have income without la"or."
This contrast~d view of the oqu tips which pre-
vail in al human soci ty, whether suggested ornot
by the BphOrism of the French sOcali=t who de-
Roupces all property and all capital much
stolen from he awful earnings of labor s certainly
of kindred inspiration with, the dsOrganizing doc
trines of t'ose who seek to array classs against
class BY pp aling to the worst instinct Of de-.
praved human Dature, playing, as they do at once,
upon N jealousy and the cupidty of those whose
humble fortune exposes them at best to spe
cial t.mutations under the stress of these odious
passions. If, then, the latter find in
stigator and and ally in the civil ruler OF the
munity what but the sound moral sense and incOr
ruptibe virtue Of the fferng poor stands between
security Of life and property the one hand, and
9th T? We have an abiding cOnhd nee that the
laborirg classes of New York though surrounded
by thousands living in stueUce ana sDlendOr," will
not fud, either in THE fact or in their own msfOr-
tunes, "an excuse for violence and depreciation"
but if they do not it will not be for the want of
one placed in high authority, who has furnished
them aucL an excuse ready at th r hand be.
forr the conditions for pleading il had any other
than a contingent ex stence.
And if Mayor Woods suggestions little fat
terug to the character of the labOrng pnor, just
little def nsibe the grounds on which he urges
upon the more Opulent classes and the properly
holders of the city an unconditional and immedat"
acceptance Of his propositions. For what il tn
gumeht he addresses to these classesP Nothing
more or better than tat which appeals to
th,ir fesra He bids them to ar, member that in a
'popultion OF three quarters OF million there to
" he found many of the vicious tOhO ICW not omit
" such opportunity to plumber aud pilloge, and
hence inf, IS that it better TO support such
- e. the vicious who will avail themselves of n
"good opportunity to plumber and pill,g~1 than to
"p the ctzrns for their property after 1t is stO
"StoLeH or d. StrOyei" Comment on such propO-
sition as this becomes unnecessary, would it
be easy to characterize it in terms which should do
justice to its enormity and yet be il keeping With
the respect We would seek to preserve for the To-
cumbents OF high official plicR.
The dispPnsation of public larg-ss had place un.
der the administration Of the Roman Ca 'ars, when
it was deemed the duty of the State to supply food
and amusement, bread and circus shows, 10 tn,
clhmoTous pcpulace OF Rome; the Imperial Gov.
eminent Of France has often found il expeiient u
perform the same service for the needy and VIOLA
tile Parisians; but such precedent have com
mpnded the practice to the paoplr of this country
nor is our public economy founded the princi
pie Of that governmental tutelage OF the mass
which is undertaken and fulfilled by dospOtc ~
ltrs in their disbursements of the public reVe
nurs
A distinguished French historian has recent
shown that the bungling attempts which mad
by the Government of France to relieve the peopl
under the AHeisn Regime became themselves pro
vocstiv to rebellion, hecausa they often &C
companiel with just such inhimmatory comment
as are contained in the message OF Mayor Wood
a. The right to labor is the most sacred Of all prop
erti s, and any law which infringes it is essen
"G,lly null and void, because Inconsistent wit
"natural right" said Louis XVI in one of the roy
al prCelamations which preceded and preuded III
French Revolution. "The whole burden of publ
taxation" he said, with reference 10 another snt
ject and on another occasion, has fallen upo
"thOse vi have no property but their labor, Will
"landholdrrs are privileged exempts, insomuc
/" that the poor deprived of their only cafe
"guard against pow rty and hunger, whilr they ar
made TO toll for the benefit Of the rich" Il vi
be seen that Mayor Wood has reproduced the saw
sentiments which gave to the French Revolutio
its destructive ferocity, and if they should be les
potent for evil in America than in France it will nc
be- for any prudence which he has displayed in bi
efforts to ''reieve the people,"
And if the Recommendation itself is open to a
these objections, the mode by which it is sought
make il acceptable TO the present generation
taxpayers in New York il, If possible, even NOR
demagogicll than the proposition itself. tn
Comptroller of the city, according to this sehem
Of public llrgess, is to issue scrip for the smouu
expended, which scrip shall BE- "rcdssmabie iH nj
gears and bear screen per cent interest" feature
the programme which, as the Mayor takes Occs
sion to suggest 70 taxpayers, will "rrlieVe thef
from the prospect of additional ptuper eIpensrs,
and give them '..ffty years credit upon the eost Q
the public labor" 10y saddng the debt th
shoulders OF posterity. II there be any thrift i
such Hn economy as this, which proposes to meet
temporary emergency by mortgaging the resource
Of post, rity fly years hence, We are at loss &
appreciate it-unless it comes under abe head @
that spendthftness witch does not scrupe Z
CRAFTY the mood aud caprice of the hour If only Tn
cay OF fial reckoning be placed remote enough {
throw the consequences OF such iOloy upon anOth
or generation.
SIR GoRg 0UsELEY.-This gentleman, accOrdin
20 the last ndSic, s, the OF departure ID
he limited fat- en- .afa fnr n utra