Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-08-05
ssELECTIONS.

6 4t.tGs-,a livelihood, thaA III any N'"si o'
tir
p . LAWYER, who goes through an expen-
90 n. and laboriaus education, whose toiis ana
saSictics in the exercise Of his profession are
eseyere, is trul an ops-etiUs
The Physician or the Surgeon, oil whose
-yrtraraiioa. labors and solicitudes the same
NAV te said and much Of whose professional
duff IS more irksome than any manual labor,
wal out being better paid, IS truly an oPeTo-
tire
The Clergyman, whose studies are ardu-
Gus. whose income is small, whose dshes,
however noble IN general, are often extreme
Iy paipiul, is truly an operative
I'VE need rot say how severe are the iunc
tions of the Professor, Tutor, Schoolmaster,
and hsw sieGderiy paid.
The Learned Professions are far from be
ing sieeeurcs
rccounts, his risks, his purchases and sales,
his calculations many active pursuits, to
make him truly an operative.
Clerks, of whatever description, all shop
iaepcfs. have tbeiV dsddgery and respensi
tlifv. which, cause them often to envy the
Mechanic or the ploushmsn.
The Horking Ci,sses embrace IN Tact, the
vas, inajat.!y Of our population an town and
Country; tie rich and the. poor, the high
cad s4c low
Il IS therefore wrong 10 consider rs tcch
merely TIE aF+iSans and manual labourcrs--
to repre- sent their iot asexclaslveiy thatofthc
riliiditu cfhve, who were 10 gaia their sub
sistenct by the sweat of their brow--to treat
t4ea es subject. to special shardshaps and
grievances. Il
The Working Glasses are so called an the
large cities and towns, thoagh the must nu
sneTcas there, bear ht a small proportion 10
tie agricultural population of the country, all
npcfsiiecs. The kusbandmeA, the ciearers
aai tallers Of the soil, do not appeax to DO
coasniaus ef suffering any inequality, Jdisad-
vantage OF wreng from our present social or
der and institutions They are content with
equal political and civil rights, full elective
franchise, constant employment, plentiful and
palatabie nourishmern, and the opportunity
of providing for old age. The word pecsal-
Try cannot be applied to this republic, in the
latitude of the European acceptaticH.
The Workmg Glasses, whether in town
or country, are comparatively poor, only be-
cause they are numerous. Ccnsiderbg the
means which they generally possess. and
their numb rs, distribution of the property of
the Rich among the whole, would add very
little indeed to the comforts or substance OF
each individual or family.
Nearly all the rich in the United States
have been the architects other own fortunes.
No where else,--in ne age,-have 30 many
OF the working classes attained to wealth and
distinction, or competency and ease. The
tables ofthe rich are net usually better pro-.
siIcd than those of other citizens, they have,
indeed more cares, more maladles, more ar
ti(ieial wants, and often less independence;
ftiHy have no political prerogatives; no par
ticular political influence: it is not they who
arc s'the great and the powerfu"-if these
epithets are opposite to all--it is to the ma
.josity, the working classes. or them who con-
rive to direct The latter.
Ii has been remarked by an eminent poll
siea, writer, that all classes and descriptions
OF the poor, are under an indefeasible DEEPEN
dense on those who laber and whose trus
ssss they are. Few men hoard IN oar eoune
try; whoever spends his income, gives it in
exchange for the labor Of the working classes:
what may he boarded is finally SO distributed
by will, Inheritance, or casualty that it, too,
rcturns to the hands whence 1T came.
Ii is nanifestly the interest of the rich that
he working classes should thrive: their.pro-
,crty becomes more valuable and taorc se-
re by the prosperity Of the latter; many
,mestic and personal conyeaisnses accrue
them from the same cause:--,t is only in 6.
iurishing community that money and weight
Sn properly bs enjoyed aAll attempts to
separate the working CLASSES from tue 9th
or denominations, and to form them into an
adverre or Jealous body, should she deemed
suspicious or miseh,evous, as tending TO wee
keno or destroy mutual aties, interests, s'snd
sympatnies winch are important or lndispen-
sable for the eommoR welfare
- erelgners celebrate atne multitude ;sac
efficiency of the charitable institutions IL the
cites o. New ork.and Philadelphia ior ex-
apai,ie, proof that those VINO possess proper
-ts-ac not eeglect the ,ndigent and sunIortu-
E'E sIa. q itls the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT means IN the
al ,,H,ls elu,lividuais that eKtenus and beau
81 aessot cities; builds houses, establishes ma
% tNatas torses supplies the materials of trade,
/" e'ah,estcehG fefeign; employs mechanics and
Oh betevs, 4-sn snort, makes PHILADELPHIA or
. Z New Y ork
Sa cutlery is raised against Banking, and
z rartietlarly the Bank of the United States.
8ut the Working Glasses have access to all,
anI''have their own institutions of the kind.
II, no ether description Of citizens is q sound
currency 'meres neediul, and for that the Ma
4, nal Bank IS essential. Who does not re-
!. collect how they were paid for their labor
~t'1riag he Ragegraoy-whent the state Banks
ssad stopped specie payments. a currency
wholly metallic as ilnpraoticable or unatsaina-
3, le, and far from being desirable, IN tue Dni-
@si States. in general our currency IS The
hest now in the world The working Glasses
do avail themselves OF the system Of Back