The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-09-10
FOOD FOR THINKING PEOPLE.

FOOD FOR THINKING PEOPLE.
The following dialogue, which we Gud a,
its travels through the newscircult, is wo,,h
forty columns Of defamation, and as man.
more Of abstruse reastc'ng. Ii is plain !.
the capacity of every man, and Is as true :,
i, is plain. Every laboring man--and bo.
few the numbers in this country who a..
not compelled 10 earn their bread by Il.
sweat of their brow should read this liuIo
,raci, and ponder i, well:-Bah. Pot.
Plain questions and ansrers be,peea Pc.
Riehdrd and an Office holder, ritk ,
salary Of $4,000 year.
Poor Richdrd-Capiain, | see BY Il.
papers that our President has been sendn,
or across the ocean to find GU, what kind y
money the Kings aud Emperors take d
their people, and how they keep it. b,
you know if he's 90. any answer YETI
Capiain.-Oh yes. The U. S. ConnI.
you see, have attended to ii, knowing !, Va,
to help them to get tue gold for their ss,.
RES.
p. R.-WolI, | reckon they 20, ansxe,
to please them then
Cep!-Why d'ye see. The arsuen
from Hamburger, Bremen, Cuba, JamsN,
Berlin, Frankfort in Germany, Leipslc .
Saxony, Munich, Smyrna, Genoa, Lapulu
Leghorn, and ConstanllnopIe, show, .bE
they require every dollar Of the people, q
revenue in any shape, in specie. Not
single dollar does lhe Emperor Of Austin
the King Of Prussia, hing of Sweden, d,
Grand Sultan or any oil lhose arbitrary lDs,.
archs take Of their subjects but Che ,..l
Benton sinners, sir, or the hard SILVER.
they don't touch dollar, SIR, Of bank ,.,
nor don't put dollar in The banks.
p. R.-Well, WE'LL reckon specie ana
be easy got 10 these countries, the p,o.
get likely wages Tor work, as there !, Il
bank arlsioerats. The specie Emperor sl
Brokers, &C., give fine prices Tor vol
don't they
Captivity as to that dye see-,bs,
subjects don't need AS much as ours 10 ks,
as things are cheaper there.
Il. R. Wen, is land cheap too
Capt. -Oh-ihe Subjects don, own Il.
land, 1t all belongs TO the Dukes and Lsrs,
p. R.-Whai does the word ssbise.
mean
CaP.-Sutjrcis means tina, they are i,
der their Kings, Dukes, &c. jus, llhe "a
are under Presiden, Vac Rures.
II. R.-Why how long have ihese Oh
lect. been working for Their knps aud E&
perors and Dukes aud Lotd., and ha6t Il
no land OF lbe,r own vet
Capt Why its sometime since s,s5s.|
, geometry 10, ! guess these empires ore nj,
er older than the American RevoIunoa
r. R.-Whai and the subjects Ass,
earn'I any land Of their own yet, end 70
r getting specie inr wages-why bow az.
do ihey &c, ior days work
, Cdpi.-Why the President DON, vpas
what wages the subjects get. for be lanS
they ought not 10 e.rpsci too much froa d
Government, and be never though, Of III
ING how much they got Tor their ~ork.
+ R.-Well l'm sorry our drmoers
! &c President dld al think lillIe abog, IA
-; people, while he was learning how the An5 !
and Emperors take care Of themselses-
Well vas asking George Jacobs tie 81 |
CT day who came from flolstrcen. ED 4 !
says they only pet area pence 5aj III
sork and board themselves and ilstsi
some 10 our neIghborhood csmo from piak
&c, from Hamburg, and from Bremen. I'd
they say they got from TO pence m
and boarded ihemsclves--lhey 60, lioa 2
to 100 shIllines year aud find ihensrcS
Why captain amt that the reason lbey elsl
get to own any land .6ere they &c, ~a
starving wages
CdPt-l'm very Lusy now, my dear =
the mai is Jus, coming in-bu, you ssl
gong TO vote Tor old Granny IlsrnSa
bope-arr vou1
T. R.-Why Captain. you're IN e''a
aut'er-lve seen you fore nov stop 81
talk an hour and let oil the mails 10 IL
country come and 20.
wsh you just 10 answer me one q1f
lion, and # you can't do it. nor none Of ~
office holders about hero, ,lsi send 90 b
Anus Kendall, auJ get him 10 ansscr Z
IN tho Evira Globe you give me.
CdPt-Well--what is il Be qg'cA
FOR I'm in q hurry.
y. R.-Be patient. Capiaiu--perh's
you'll have leisure after uhile. ltsli-i
How Iong would II take man a, : P'o7
a day and find himself and family, to cl'''
enough TO buy so acres Of laud A@
another query IS, II II s such fine thing
have specie wages and low prices, abai q
earth IS tho reason that these people ~
coming over by hundreds aud thonsaoH
from their specie kingdoms and eolhg
work al a dollar DAY IN this bank rddfa
country TO get land " hs, on earth ls'R
reason Captain Can you tell AZ
what's the reason the common people GA
+ their own land 40 thus country and don
the specie countries What can Il b
+ CopL-P5haw | see you are fede'
allst.
f Interesting Circumstance. w hlle ueV