The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-03-26

sO ..r scheme, we recommend to their
tssu.i the following dialogue, by which
E, will see it in part:
VIZ r.on the Connecticut Courant.
,.i,r BETWEEN A LABoRER AND AN
EX-SENATOR, MILES.
.horer. Good morning, Mr. Senator.
s.sstor. Good morning, Mr. Wilson;
Il YOU do to-day! How are your
n -, n children-how do they stand this
s s. :. and how does the good cause
ii. marty get on in your town!
s f.horer. Pretty well, sir, though times
.s,her hard, money scarce, and labor
!, ! we'll paid for as itused TO be; still,
I've not turned wings yet and don't
~ s.o,tor. That's right-stick to the
- d the last, and we will, i'll the end,
j, hard money currency. The sub
..rv will make us all rich. 1t will
y. : every man as much money as he
e.ss and that. too, of the right kind, the
I,Iorer. But | have read in the
...ches Of Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Walker
Z, he sub-treasury will diminish the
I. or;ce Of laborers. Having always
t.tsa upon you as the .'Dr Franklin of
| II. England" and knowing that you
~ ,ecently been to Boston, to talk to
1. folks of Massachusetts,, come down
| :,a,y to ask you how the sub-treasury
l n 6eIp the laboring men when it reduces
/ price oflabor.
Senator. Oh! you cant always exact
kell how thing works for every indi-
| ,au,l, and yet it is easy to see how it
ms for the benefit of the whole,
T.borer. bought house last year of
q ueighbor Whenton; l paid him $500
4 4 cash, and gave him mortgage for
I 900, tobe paid at the rate 800 year.
M. this could easily save, with wages
/ 4 al so day-and in five years the
| lnse would be paid for. But if wages
II reduced to IS cents day, or even to
dollar, it willjus take all can earn for
| enough to support my family-and my
iuse, with all have paid on it, will at
tsend Of five years go back to Mr. When
pa How then am | to be benefited!
Senator. This is kind of natural
aa,equence ola general rule. No gen
al rule works well in every case. You
SHOULDN'T have gone in debt--you'd no
business to 60 on the credit sysiem-it is
wicked system.
Laborer. But how could get house
rihout it +! | had three hundred dollars,
Nd in FIVE years could have easily earned
! be rest, and lived in the house all the
lime.
Senator. No matter--it is one of the
pnnciples of the party to have no credit
loreal good loco has bit of credit; ant
you must 60 it or you are not true to you
party.
Laboter. But you have not yet tolt
how lam to be benefited by having til
price ollabor reduced.
Sesstor. Why you belong to III
party, don't you!
Laborer. Yes.
Senator. Welt is for the benefit O
kparty, and therefore it is for you
bne6t.
! Lborer. This is not quite clear I
M, and am not sartain that it is quit
llht. But since you have been to Bosto
bketure, l suppose it must be true.
Senator. l don't see myself exactly
hu it's going to work; bur l haye grea
ua6dence in Buchanan and Walker; the,
WITS all right-and it's now become
Fay measure, and therefore it must b
n The good Of the people.
Laborer. Will the pay of the mem
w. Of Congress be diminished! # you ar
ssde Governor next spring, will you &C
= wages than Gov. Ellsworth gets
Na the wages of the postmaster be redu
ed!
Senator. The officers will get as muc
Z hey do now, which may be worth
WIG more if every thing else is reduce'
mehalf. This is an incidental benefit
'ad couldn't be otherwise.
Laborer. Then the ofTice-holders vii
h y be benefited by the sub-treasnry bill
y will they, sir!
Senator. Yes--a kind of incidenta
4 oeneht which we do not we'll see how t,
avoid.
Laborer. And the laborers, Mr.. Sena
I / W
4 Senator. Yes, the laborers will get
had Of general benefit, which it is no
:. ~ easy to explain--but still, they vii
nav il when it comes.
j laborer. You don't suppose, Mr.. Ser
sof, that the benefit which the officers ar
= receive from the sub-,reasury bill j
" reason why they are all in its favor
/ 6yoa!
4 Ssnator. Oh no, by no means. The
= ~ lts favor because it is for the goo
spary. They don't want any thin,
nom i for themselves.
Laborer. l wish could be littl
1, a,s certain about this reducing the pric
\ : saoor being such good thing.
4 Senator. You must rely little NOR
!, your party--they will do every thin
h laocrer. Yes, | know that but now
q ~ town, neighbor Leavenworth
s'Osy Is stopped and all hands are di:
. sassed. fused to get good wages, an
s lucy was plenty; but now labor is dow
10Y has any employment, and can