The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-10-20


productive, in the midst Of The harvest time, good
man can only get eighteen pence.a day, nbou,
33 cents day, and board himself and his family
In the South Of Scotland he gets rlore, and in
tho north he doesn't get so much.
And in tho midst of the best season Of the ycnr
for aborers, have seen thousands of Them going
along the road side with their sickols on their
shoulders, DESTROYS OF working 70, Is. I'd day,
and couldn't ge, il. That's labor in other
countries--,hal's labor in Europe, d. want to
come that? (Cries Of mo, no)
! And now what wish you to do is not to take
my opinion statements for this, hut to 60 home
and examine tire subject for yourselves. And you
will SEQ that the sub treasury scheme leads 10 this.
LIS friends say it does Mr. Tappan says TINT the
wages of labor mns and ought To down to
eleven day; and they, think, must be dis
posed TO thank him for little who will thank him
! for that. But go home and enquire all about this.
Don't take the statement of that old arstocrat, MIR
Webster, for truth, unless you find itso.
There is not moro thoroughly independent set
of people in the world than the community in this
sa me county or Suffolk. Here you are all of you
farmers. You have your fine lands stocked with
cattle, our woods filled with game, your broad
and beauti Gui bay: and when you have desire
10 plough the land, you take your boat and
plough the ocean Immense cheering, and cries
of true s:rue!O
1t is that your soil is not fertile that Of
Michigan, Kentucky, or some the Western and
Southern States. But you have great advan
ia ge which they have not. You near great
market, and that market must be supplied. II pri-
ces'are bad it is that you suffer little. But
prices so bad as 20 distress any one of
you, account ofthe many resources which you
have avail yourselves Of
Well in this respect You fortunate. But re-
member that the country is not all so fortunate,
and so we'll situated az you are. There is the
great commercial interest that has suffered and is
still suffering deeply; and there are the great
manu- factoring districts that suffering. l do
not mean merely the large cotton and wooden man.
ufacores of the states, but the small ones
catte red all over the northern states where they
make shoes and hats and carriages and harnesses.
All these completely cut up, and their business
, is gone.
And now, my friends, it is for you, you value
2 not only your own prosperity, but the welfare of
, the whole community, the prosperity Of your neigh
bors and fellow citizens, 10 say whether you don
wish to see all portions and all classes OF this great
q country fiourishing and happy. And then look at
the subtreasury scheme and say il it is a scheme
,
6 flourish
i Enquire carefully and fully into the state OF bust
ness all over the country; ascertain what has cans
II ed all the prostra,on in trade and commerce. For
n I think you hear and much more of the storm
q; than YOU feel yourself. Providence has kindly pro
ected You from the violent changes that have atfec
l. ted all those communities In the country whose
1t prosperity depends upon the production AMI dspo
/. sal of some Que great article, the cotton and to
&c bacco of the South, the Wheat of Ohio and The
q West
How fortunately are you not situated! You raise
all that is necessary to supply your wants yourael II
,, You live WE'LL believe you have a sort of uni
vers6l taste for that kind OF thing, by what have
c seen since have been amongst you. daughter
9 and cheers) You send the surplus Of your pro
: duce to market. Remember, only the surplus
If prices be high that affects only the surplus. II
they low, still is only the surplus that is affeo
? ted And If prices are down one half, only the
v surplus feels that fall, 3sal..-a
v But it is not SO with the SOUTH The planter can T
j. eat it, nor he cant drink it, he can't smoke it
n He has TO sell the whole of it, and if prices fa
the fall runs through the whole. And he has te
;. buy all he wants for his out of the dimin
d ished SUM which his produce yields HIM.
y But with you the case is very diflerent Yot
II consume nine tenths and sell one tenth The
same thing holds Of the great grain regions tina
s have stated, Of the cotton regions, and SO on o
all those districts that raise provisions and produce
d for expor,ation You have the great market of N
s York close to you; the people there must eat, an'
10 you must feed them. But take Ohio and Michigan
If the market for their produce falls it affects TIT
a farmers products and labor Tor the whole year
10 Now, then, oaI efully examine these subjects, q
L. you will find that the against labor is wa
against the very vitality Of the United States AM
e T wish the price of labor TO be kept up. There /
10 no more sure criterion Of the prosperity of coan
4. try than when you hear every body say-'our WI
ges ure high7' Ifwages high, depend upon
Of the great mass Of the community are happy ant
e prosperous.
ID How different is the situation Of our glorious
ID menca from the condition of Europe Do the la
Ct borers of the countries there send their children t.
in SCHOOL, furnish them with all kinds of books, am
W educa them in to fit them for hIilng an.
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