The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-10-22

good OF the greatest numOer
This doctrine, my friends. oliginated
in a total misarprehension Of he state q
,hs la6orers here. and the laborers ii
olhsI coun,ries. Look at Suffolk for in
stance. You are not quite as demo
s,ra,;s here as we are in old Massachu
seiis. You have many large farms o
from li,Eee hundred to Eve hundred acre.
10 each, that have come 10 you BY inherit
snce and other WAYS. We have scarcely
any Of these in Massachusetts. Well
hnw is il here! Don't ,ypn labor o.
your own farmsl You Snow how you
are enabled 10 manage. i'll this way. Blu,
how many Of son, would ask, copIt
educate families Oh mere rent roll proper
~; how many can give their children pro
per .ednca.ion by the income they obtain
from land which they. pay = rent for!
None. III Massachusetts,. none Cal, afford
70 spend $1,000 or $4,000 ~ bring up q
sasliIy oll Of properly which they rent,
BIZ. here nine ,enths OF you work OH your
avn land. In Europe. ninety Oh; o.
/, every one hundred work on other mems
lands. Is your labor, by your own hands
ii yahr own pioughs, in your own barns
reapmg and thrashil'g your own wheat
herds Of the soil, as you really .are-so be
compared to that Of Europe, where TO-.
coo oil tile laborers don own amongst the
whole Of them enough land to make one
a grave! No. There's ., vast difference
!. in The s,a,e Of The lwo.s And The idea OF
comparing them, arose altogether from
nisapprehension of the condition of tie
: !aborers Oh tile Two countries. The ex-
ample of Europe has miserably misled
them i, advocate the proprie,y Of reduc.
ing the prices Of labor here 10 the Euro.
pssn standard. @
A year ago was in England; i'll the
south Of England, which. is, a little the
poorest part OF the co,rn,ry-and | was in
the centre Of England, and in the north,
lA.aai was very particular to find gu, how
the laborers Jared there. |, was a sub
ject that deeply interested me, and made
particular enquiries 10 find out all about
il. ] wanted TO know every thing abou
il. And if / went away freln my coun
try an American. | came home 800, 1905
zines more an American, to the back bone,
than I was when left here. Immense
uheering.) Is sa
On the 22d Of September last year,
was in the South of England; and l found
the price of labor there for good man
was seven shillings week, and he has to
board himself and his family. In the cen.
ire OF England, which is the richest and
best part Of the country, and where the
soil is more productive, in the midst o.
The harvest time, a<good man can only ge
eighteen pence day, or about SO cents Z
day and board himself and his family. II
The south of Scotland he gels no more
and in the north he doesn't get so much
( And in the midst Of the best season O
the year for laborers, I,have seen thou
sands Of them going along the road side
with their sickles on their shoulders, de
sirous Of working for Is. Cd. day, an.
conldn'tsge, it. That's labor in olhe
coun,ries--,ha.'s labor in Europe. D.
we want 10 come % that! tCries Of mo
no.") t
And now what I wish yon all to do is
not to take my opinion or statements fo
this; but TO 90 home and examine the sub
jec. for yourselves. And you will see
,hs. the Sub-rreasury scheme leads tc
s7,his. It's friends say il does. Mr. Tap
pan says that the wages Of labor mus,
and ought to come down to eleven cents .
day; and they / think, must be disposed
to thank him for LILLE who will thank him
for that. But 60 home and enquire all
about this. Don't take the statement oil
that old aris,ocrat, Mr. Webster, for truth,
unless you find j, is so.
There is not more thoroughly indie
pendent Get of people in the world than
the community IN this same county Of
Suffolk. Here you are all Of you far.
iners. You have your fine lands, stock
ed with cattle. your woods filled with
game, your broad and beautiful bay; and
when you have no desire to plough the
land, you can take your boat and plough
the ocean. Immense cheering, and cries
Of .trne..H true
Il is true that your soil is not so fertile
as that of Michigan, Kentucky. or some
Of The western and southern states. Blu,
you, have one great advantage which they
have not. You are near a great market,
and tia, market must be supplied. II
prices are bad, it is true that you suffer a
little. But prices are never so bad as to
distress any of you, on account of the ma
ny resources which you have TO avail
yourselves Of. IS
Well. in Ibis respect you are fortunate.
But remember that the country is not all
SO fortunate, and so well situated as YOU
are. There is the great commercial in
,erest that has suffered and that is still
suffering so deeplssand there are the grea,
notwithstanding districts that are suffering.
/ do not mean merely the large cotton
and w0ollen manufactures of the eastern
staisp, but the, small ones scattered all
over the northern states, whereilley make
shoes and hats. aud carriages and harness
Alllliess are completely cut up, and ,heil
business Is gone. s5 aas) ,a0itl71,
And now, my friends, j, is for you.. as
sou value not emily your own prosperity,