Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-03-10

w. ""'" S'hhof o1ehahaiis speech on the Sub I.
casury:
IN Dermany' where the currency is purely metal {
?, and the cost Of every thing in REDUCED oa hard
oney standard. piece of broadclo;h can he manu.
CURED tor fifteen dollars the manufacture of which
our country, from the expansion of paper currency
ouid cost ono hundred dollars. What Is the consc-
uenee The foreign French md Cerrnnn manufac.
i'er imports ihls cloth into our country. and sells
'r n hundred dollars nocs not every person nor.
Give that t redundancy Of our currency is equal 10
Premium Of one hundred pes cent in taycr OF the |
orcign manufacturer
"No .aritf OF protection unless IL amounted 20 prhi
Dillon, could eounieraci this advantage in favor Of To-
reign manufactures. would Heaven thai I could
arouse the attention of every manufacturer Of The na
lion to this Emporium, subjeci."
What Is the reason that. with all these ndyania-
gee and with the protective duties winch our law af
lord to the domestic manufacturer OF cotton. we
not obtain exclusive possession Of the home market
and successfully contend for the markets of The world
u Is simply because manufacture The nominal
prices OF our inlarsd currency and compelled
TO sell at the real prices Of other nations REDUCE
OUR NOMINAL To TIE REAL. STANDARD OF
PRICES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. and YOU
cover our country with blessings AID benefits
Tho comparative LOW PRICES of France and
Germany have afforded such n stimulus TO their
lectures that they rapidly extending them
selves. and would obtain possession. in small de-
gree. even OF the English home market. n 1T WERE
NorFoR THEIR PROTECTING DUTIES While
British manufacturers now lnngushing. those ~
the continent are sprnging into healthy and vgoros
existence" 49,
This man pretends do al the friends Of that bill
I" be the frieHds of cqunl rights and Of the people
rAey roftr TO the condition Of France and Germany.
n worthy ho imitation Of this country She is rich in
tao aggregate. few rich but who arc the peo-
IL; and what is their conditionl They look well
abroad, seeing them DO in the dim dis anee hut,
let us look at them at home. There two millions
Of bcggars in the kingdom The condition Of the
common people of France is exceedingly miserable.
NJ Dupn say,
The wages Of agricultural lnborers in The south OF
France. are barely sufficient for their existence so
long rs they preserve their powers and their health
but when they lose their health or become aged and
infrn, they fall into distress. The same writer com.
Pufes that there twenty millions who are wholly
Nprived Of the noaEshnent of animal fool and live
vyiiU'y mlzs and potatoes that seven and q
han mu'oEs ofFrenchnen cat lilIle or no bread and
that bs ley rye, Summary made Of buckNheaf ches.
nuts pull, moderate quantity of potatoes and wa
Ter are e>nnly substances Of that part of the popu
lniion which la.' M fuel but stubble and furze'-
These q millions ~ estimated In have ANIMAL IN
csme Of about screuteen 1cPGr'; another y millions
have an income of about ST. cuis per day; and third
"a nliors have TN income of .bSui and half
Gems per dag That % and hai 'llons ofpeople
have an average income Of SIX CENTS PER DAY
Al Multhaussn. which is styled III. Ma.,c. 'stcr OF
Fr.nce adult and two children are reau-i,e for
the a1gen. of 200 course threads and they ain
81.
day. Al Roncha,..1 b,''h men and work in
the mines and the Wages are about ~ francs ~ 2j
per week The effect Of the Ugh urice offuel Is that
IN NORMANDY. persons engaged in va-ous works Of
hand such as acc-making By the pillow. aNsolutey
SIT up through the winter ghis in the barns OF the r
merS where cattle Uttered down that they NAV Le
Kept warm by the animal heat which is around them
They sleep IN the day The silk weavcrs fr,,m The
Two thirds ofihe population of Lyons and their number
is not less Than 100000. They are mos, miserable
people IN France; ignorant, stuntcd and mis-shapen
'ean constantly diseased and occupying the most I'll.
thy places Suicides Of almost daily occurrence
This is the condition TO which the friends Of the !
suo-;rfnsury would reduce this country The free.
the enterPrsng people Of this country Now lei ne
look at Germany Why do so many nv from GERMANY
10 this country Let Us see
GERMANY
In Mecklenberg. the wages Of artiz,ns ,o,, lion,
seven shnss to ten shillngs and SIX pence per week
about 81 62J cenis) in towns. and are ,m,., ,i,I
less IN the country 'Iaborers in the country arc
pad Three shilngs and sE-pence tabout sII cents
per week They are enabled TO procure sufficiency
OF good sound food. and occasionally 10 indulge in the
use Of MEAT, which falls the lot working classes II;
very few Of the countries The continent Of Europc
ir Wirtemburg. the wages Of arfizans in town. are
from TO- forms from L. 81 to IS 28l and in tbe
couniry from } Of form TO form (6ad TO Is aD 1
per week LaboTers in the country when finding tbeu
selves receive about fifty dollars per wear In B,va.
ra abofors paid at The rate Of EIGHT rrSes nor
day. IN the country. and from FIGHT PENCE 10 shf9
ing pence IN the towns. In Saxany IN ISJ7 man
employed IN his own working very d,ligepti,
from Monday morning Saturday, night. from ) p'elock
IN the morning until dusk md even at times with
lamp his wife assisting him IN finishing and failing N
the work, could not possibly more Than 90 rrosh
en- about 60 cents per week. Nor could one who
had three children ogcd ~ years and upwards al
working at the loom. well ~ himself and he vic
employed dong up the work, earn in the whole more
than 81 weekly
vantage over those two above cited a. We see e,s,
u Is our credit system which enables man 10 seck
o~n vocation. II he cannot get labor al price hsi
be can make moneya' he can buy arm or commcnc, 4
business on his own account Think Of ibis reader
co,ly ans dispassionlicly
IuE OFUo- PtErY.-Two gross instances Of IN. /
character Of The appointments made BY the govern.
mont % ho present time are 10 be found n Stark 60
Oii'. Mt Butler, was appointed Deputy Marshall. .
3 take ne census Of Che county Is however. 10
came convinced ba, the IIarr-bu e nominson. n sue
ocssful. would be nuch bo bea Tor the country. s,d
the postmaster At Masslan s,id 10 him. axe caro-
, ,ung man. how you express such Opinions" lie did
not r, ,aci and few lays afterwards received c,,
n. Marsh I'll Of the Dstno, Of Ohio, Tie f,ns,,,,,
eucr'