Western courier. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-07-13
be only the more remarkable, aid the


lesson, we may hope, rrohtable.
| shalt bestow but one paragraph on
that most important and interesting part
of the subject, common day labor, not
strictly manufacturing; the labor of the
poor, of children, and all rural labor
omi, it, not because it does not deserve
ample consideration. On the contrary,
il deserves it more than manufacturing
labor the most of ali-.-but because sill
have said of that, applies with greater
force to this. Whatever injustice banks
do to manufactures, they aggrayate to the
tens of thousands of poor !aborcrs, of both
sexes, who earn precsricus livelihood,
in the country, in villages and in cities, BY
the humblesr, hardest and least rewarded
daily toll. Ito the manufacturers, paper
money is unjust, to these poor people. it
is more than unJust-i i: is cruel; and in
country where the real sovereignty is in
their hands, it is a marvellous proof Of the
prevailing respect for property & Law, that
they do not use their sovereignty as they
might andStn ali other countries woiild.--
Their patience and forbearancc are Amer
ican virtues which ought not to be taxed
too far, or provoked to an exercise of pop
ular con,ro',in way to be eamslly depre-
Gated. AN agricultural industry, Of the
rich as we'll as the poor, being equally
injured by paper money, it is fortunately
the interest Of all the rural population to
act together; so thati' any disposition to
violence should exist in one class, it is
tempered and prevented from harm by
the fellow suffering and coincidence Of
opinion of the other class.
appeal withSthc honest pride of ma.
tive Pennsylvania to the population of
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, those manu-"
featuring keys of.Nthis key-stcne state.
and to the whole region, stretching be-
tween these cities, teeming with agricnl.
tural, mineral and manufacturing wealth.
appeal to the whole people Of state
whose productions exceed by far those OF
New York and Virgiais, uni e. whose
industry properly developed is worth ten
times all the foreign commerce OF New
York--to such Commonwealth appeal
TO lead the way in emancipatng these
United States from the oppressive servi-
tude of paper money, which has already
chained US by debt of one hundred And
sixty millions of dollars to European fund
holders, and our own spectators, and
which, If these chains are not broken,
viii re"colonise this country: which taxes
US indirectly, more than the people of
England are taxed by excises and other
however oppressive direct taxes; which
was the first and most crying evil the fed
eral constitution was formed to cure, and
is an evil of such magnitude as undoes all
our American advantages.
Let the people have hard money. Let
them insist uponit. Let them try it,
Let them compromise with nothing short
Of it. Let hard money be the will of the
people. Let their representatives repeal
the double and monstrous taxes which
are now paid by discounts; paid by the
poor to the extravsgant, by the industric
Gus TO the lille. Let this be no party
work; but the last achievement of Amer
ican Independence and Of popular sover-
eighty. Commerce may require it's banks
and credits. Let il have them. Bat all
productive industry. all that is not mere-
ly distributive must be freed from the
paper letters. The change may be a pe-
riod Of iial and suffering the means Sc
we're = but the end cauuot fail to redeem
them. Nothing else can put Americar
labor and manufactnrers ON any thing
like an equality with those cf Europe. -
Hard money is The only cffectual tariff.
Suppress paper money, and give Ameri-
can industry fair play, with i,s superior
ingenuity. enterprise, versatility, and per-
severance with ito superior water pow
er, aud steam power, brighter sun, and
longer day light--i,s vastly greater varies
ty and excellence OF the raw materials--
with every thing to carry all useful arts
TO the greatest and utmost perfection. -
American industry needs but freedom,
freedom from bank taxation, from the
modern stamp acts; needs but be let alone,
to vindicate and establish itself against all
foreign competition. - Cotton. wood, wool,
marble, iron, leather, mineral produce,
and those made from the earth--every
thing that can be rendered useful by labor,
abounds 10 render us independent Of all
the world, and to make the world pay US
tribute. Our cotton aud manufactures
would fetch from abroad every year more
specie than the, largest circulation could
require, If a thousand banks did not with
their secret police continually hun, it out
Of the country. or into hiding places
There is noe more than enough Of it, If
they will suffer ii to circulate.
More complex, stupenduous and per
picking abuse was never organized as