The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-10-08

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the labor of This country, or to reason from
that TO ours, is prepoSteroas. And yet the
doctrine now Is, not oil individuals only
but Of the Administration, that the wages
of American labor must be brought down 10
the level of those OF Europe.
have said this is not the doctrine OF a
few individuals, and on tina! bead | think
Injustice has been done TO Senator from
Pennsylyania, who has been made TO bear a
large share of the responsibility Of suggest
ing such policy. Ii | mistake not, the
same idea Is thrown out in tho Presidents
message Of -, and in the Treasury Re.
port. Hear what Mr.. Woodbury. says:
Should the States not speedily suspend more
of their undertakings which unproduciiye,
but by new loans, or otherwise, find means TO en-
poy armies Of laborers, in consuming, rather
than raising crops, and should prices thus con-
tinue IN many cases to be unnaturaiiy inflated,
IS they have been of late years, IN the face of 4
contracting currency, the effect of it our hnan-
cies would be still more TO lesson exports, and,
consequently the prosperity aud revenue OF our
foreign trade"
He is for turning OF from the public works
these "armies Of laborers who consume
without producing crops, and thus bring
down prices, both Of crops and labor. d.
minIsh The mouths that consume, and multi
ply The arms that produce, and you have the
Treasury prescription of mitigating distress
and raising prices How would that oper.
ale in this great State You have, perhaps,
some $4,000 men employed on your public
works-works Of The kind that the Secreia'
ry calls "unproduc,ive and even with
such demand as they must produce for pro.
visions, prices are very low. The Secreta.
rvs remedy is 10 sci them 10 raise provisions
themselves, and thus augment the supply
while they dimiulsh the demand. In this
way the wages Of labor are TO DO reduced,
as veil as the prices Of agricultural produc-
lions. Blu, this is not all. have IN my
hand an extract from speech 10 the House
of Representatives, Of a gentlemen from New
Hampshire, Mr.. Burke, jealous supporter
OF the administration, ~ho maintains that
other things being reduced 10 proportion,
you may reduce the wages Of labor, without
evil consequence. And where does be seek
his example In the Mediterranean. lie
FIXES himself upon Corsica and Sardinia. -
But what is the Corslcan laborer, that he
should be the model upon which American
labor is 10 be formed Does he knov any
thing himself! Has he any education, or
does he give any TO bis children Has be
a home, freehold, and the comforts OF life
around him No. With a crust Of bread
and an handful Of olives, his daily wants are
satisfied. And We, from such state OF so
cieiy The laborer of New England, the Ia
borer of the United States, is to be taught
submission to low wages. The extrac, be-
fore me states that the wages of Corsica are,
''For the male laborer, - cents day.
For the female do. III cents do"
And the honorable gentleman argues,
that owing to the greater cheapness Of 9th
err articles, this is relatively as much as the
American lsborer gets, and he illustrates
the fac, by this bill Of clothing for Corsl.
can laborer;