New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-22

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be cautious how they press matters too fast and too
far. II may stl be necessary to mske some little
allowances for the weakness of humanity and for
preiudices handed down from past generations.
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To he EditO, C The n. i. T'i04ns.
SIR: An unmarried msn, VINO has passed the me-
asn Of life who saizcd his plum sud maize provision Tor the
serdans who have served him diligently through the Summer
of life feels deou masking the best Of the substance he
ma, rsse aud would special favor OF the esf9s la
whom be has the cobfdeuce what disposition " oe,
10 make OF It. Pleasc reply through the medium Of yeu lrna
and obiee, CONSTANT AhApr"'
Reply-I. If we had "aplum" to dispose OF, AID
were as unfettered in its disposition as our
Reader" would seem to be, We would first OF al
things establish in this City Universal Free lnte-
llgerce O(lice-ihat is, an Office to which any per
son or company III any part of the world might
freely apply for LaboIers 10 ary capacity, ani ID
which persons of each sex and OF whatever capa'
city or condition might freely apply at all tunes for
work. At this ofice, let tho names of all who
want employ ment be duly Inscribed, stating,
|. What they know how to do well; .. What they
would prefer to do; 3. What wages Will satisfy
them; and A. Where they may be seen or addressed
day they will call at said office until engaged.
Here let also the of all WHO want Teachers,
Clerks Cop, lists, Farmers, Gardeners, Laborers
Cooks, Nurses, Seamstresses, &c, be inscribed IN
another set of books setting forth their respective
locations, requirements, and what they are willing
to pay, and to whom reference may be made 10 tho
City with regard to their character and RESPONSE
bty Such an office, wherein all who want work
and all who want workers should be brought freely
into communication with each other, would, at a
cost of less than $4,000 per annum, ssve the Poor
the 500 600 or over that they now pay to lntelll-
pence Offices and serve them ten times as Well as
as these do or can 1t would add largely to the To-
dustrisl efficiency Of our country by reducing the
sum of involuntary idleness to minimum, ana
send back to the corn-felds and meadows which
need them thousands Of youth who now IDLY,
waste fully, perlously, haunt our pavements hoping
to be employed as clerks, copyists, teachers, g..
when there is no demand for their services IN any
such capacity.
III. If our Reader" does not incline to the good
work above indicated, or is able to do tina. and
something more, or his kind purpose is emuated
By some one elae who has wealth at command, we
would earnestly urge the importance of establish
Ing Free Unirersity-not che wherein aspiring
youth may be educated at others cost, but one
wherein youth of either eek may earn their oTa
tuition and subsistence during the year,, few or
many, which they may see fit to devote to study.
Ibis country should have at least one hundred
semiDaries to which any youth eager to learn and
willing to work might repair at any time after his
or her fifteenth year, and there, alternating from
work to study daily, being credited for his work
and charged for bis roon, tuition and board, re-
main two, four or six years, and find small
balance in bis favor on milking up his account
when preparing 10 leave. Ore person, being speci-
ally energetic apd skfu might pay he way by three
hours work per day: others might have to work
five TO Isure the result; but go long as food,
clothing, shelter, &C., are the product OF human
muscles, it ought to be easy for those WHO desire
to study, yet have no other means than their own
God given faculties, To acquire thorough education,
psyipg for it as they receive it, We have in our
State an embryo of such a Seminary in The
Peoples College for further information. address
Amos Brown Havsns, n. Y }, and there are some
kindred beginnings 10 Illinois, Kansas and other
auarters Let our Constant Reader" make him
self familiar with these, and, if none of them
proves satisfactory, let him, or some one like him.
establish better. Whatever faults msy be de-
ye!op,d in this or that plan, or its execution, the
idea OF SelfSupportiug Education is noble one,
and will yet be realized. Aud, if there only were
fifty colleges in which youth who aspire TO knowl-
edge but are unbiased (or uncuIsed) with pop
eriy, could pursue thorough course Of study, ard
pay their way throughout by their own l,bor we
believe they would all be filled with students within
a year. 1t is the first step that costs; and
when one such institution shall have been ests-
bshed, and shall have proved that Study and Labor
sre BY no means incompatible, the other forty nine
vii easily and rapidly follow. Viii not our
Constant Reader" and other constant or occa-
soaa readers be moved to do something toward this
great ard necessary work Of rendering tie highest
and NEST Thorough education accessible to the
poorest youth, so that they be willing to work for
1T TED.
The State of Maine always had Liquor License