The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-10-06
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Europe, Do we want TO como to that toneS OF
mo- no."
And now what wish you to do is, not TO take my
opinions or statements for this; but TO 60 nome anu
examine the subject for yourselves And you VIII sec
that the Sub-reasury leads TO this. Its friends say
does Mr. Tappan says that the wages OF iapol mus,
and ought 10 come down to eleven cents Day anu
they think must be disposed thank him tor little
who will thank him for that But 90 home and IN
quire all about this Don't take the statement OF that
old arstocrat, Mr. Webster for truth, unless you find
IL So Il.
people IN the world than the community IN this same
county of Suffolk. Here you all OF you farmers
You have your fine lands, stocked with cattle, your
woods filled with game your broad and beau'i'ui pay
and when you have no desire to plough the iand you
can take your boat and plough the ocean Immense
cheering and cries OF " true y true! .
Il is true that your soil is not so fertile as that Of
Michigan Kentucky, or some OF the western anu
southern States. But you have one great advantage
which they have not You are near great market,
and that market must be supplied II prices are bad
il is true that you suffer little. But prices are never
so bad as to distress any of you, on account OF the
many resources which you have to avail yourselves o.
Well in this respect you are fortunate Du' re-
member that the country is not all so Fortunate ana
so well situated as you are Thee is the great com
mercal interest that has suffered and that Is sui SUI
ering so deeply and there the great manufacture
ing districts that suffering do moi mean merely
the larpe cotton and woollen manufactures OF the
the Northern States, where they make shoes and mats
carriages and harness All those completely cut
up, and their business is gone.
And now, my friends, 1t Is for YOU as you vane
not only your prosperity, but the welfare OF the
whole community, the prosperity OF your nelghbors
and fellow Gil zens To say whether you don't wish 10
see all portions and classes ofths great country Hour
ishng and happy. And then look at the sub ! rea-
sury scheme and say if it is scheme under which all
classes of the community can flourish
Enquire carefully and fully into the state OF business
all the country ascertain what has caused all the
prostration in trade and commerce. For think you
hear and see much more OF the storm than you ieei
yourselves. Providence has kindly protected you
from the violent changes that have affected all these
communities in the country whose prosperity depends
upon the production and disposal Of some one great ar
tcle the cotton and tobacco OF the South or the
wheat of Ohio and the West.
How fortunately not you situated ! on raise
all that is necessary TO supply your wants yourself
You live WE'LL believe you have sort of universal
for that kind of thing by what have seen since
! have been amongst you. Laughter and cheers
Remember only the surplus. If prices are high, that
affects only the surplus, II they are low, still it is
only the surplus that is affected And if prices are
down one half, only the surplus feelspthat fall.
But it is not with the cotton OF the South The
planter can't eat it. he can't drink it, nor he cant
smoke it, He has to sell the whole of it, and ifprices
fall the fall runs through the whole And he has to
buy all that he for his own use out Of the d.
mnshed sum which his produce yields nlin
But with you the is very different. \ GU con-
sumo nne-tenths and sell one-tenlh The same thing
holds of the great grain regions that have stated
of the regions and of all those districts
that raise provisions and produce for expectation
You have the great market of New York close to you
the people there must eat and you must feed them
But take Ohio and Michigan. If the market for their
produce falls it affects the farmers products and labor
for the whole year
Now then carefully examine these subjects and
you will find that the against labor is war against
the very vitality of the United States. And wish
the price of labor to be kept up There no more sure
criterion of the prosperity of country than when you
hear every body say ~ Our wages are high" If wa
gcs high depend upon it the great mass OF the COM
munity happy and prosperous
How different is the situation of our glorious Amer
lea from the condition of Europe Do the ahoers of
the countries there send their children to schools fur
nish them with all kinds ofexcellen books and educate
them in a manner to fit them for filling any station IN
the country Why, there, such thing is never heard
of Such thing is not known IN those countries
where the cheap jackets FROM that you hear so
much OF the cheap labor obtained through the land.
They never and never will be able to do YOU do
Away, then with the insane project Of reducing the
who the pride support, and glory of the country
Away at once and forever with all comparisons that
are degrade these men-such men--to the level of
the laborers in Europe.
And now then, in leaving that subject say that
the whole doctrine of the Administration, in regard to
the price of labor is not very democratic doctrine