The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-10-20
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-.,.,oy OF THE WORKING PEOPLE
'ONDlrloN W .,, WAGES OF LABOR.

'O NV ENGLAND-WADLsa, or nA .a,n;r,,,o
We '0'''s "''. .oe,ch Of Mr. Webster, on Long
extract no." '. 10 The war Of Government up
l'' ana oa. orIabor. They viii ma y ','a1
Oh Inc , Sv exposition Of'he hostility OF '"s Nu
an! co0''0'' ,hs interests Of tho lahorer and the
M mn'''d''" ,I Gll and complete confirmation OF
poor ''"' w., .ooecl of Senator Davis IN reply 10
The eic'"," nanor Alter referring TO the sub
.,.,.,r, he goes on to remark: nu,,.;0,o
, n nj, subject draws after 1t ono,he' PF'"''p''
D" .,,be from its doctrines; that I" ~ necessary
''s 1.,,,, the wages of working men, me s"pp""
0'', r'. .nr treasury scheme have said this they
e" u .m..idn do not see why Mr.. Buchanan
s'' ~ ',lho sooled out 10 have this declara-
~. '. r.,eoed on him; he only said in clear man
.,,, the others SAID not SO clearly. iney
',. ,dop,ed the plan oithe sub-treasury and 'h'S
N nav ,o,,ral consequence, leads to the re-
n '',n and contraction Of the currency, and rs
"s,, oorrso 10 a reduction of prices. Wen,
.., cav that wages ought to be reduced '"ey
a. ,,ke M that position, or give up the SUD-
.,.r. and irhey give that up, they give them
w.. ,.ov take Calhoun and Buchanan, and Wal
a J., and Tsppan, and you'll find that they have all
SD ,,.oa ,h they al say that it's necessary 10 re-
,,., a., o,ices Of labor. ! aver that Mr. Tap
nan declared that labor ought to come down 10 -
r.ora day. This did not hear him say; lie did
~, 81, il in Congress; but there are numerous
.nl,,;,s rtbe fac, that he said it out OF Con
,ross have heard the declaration of the lenders
or,be marty in relation to this subject; lhaVe seenS
,e,d their references to Cuba; have seen the de-
boes in tile House Of Representatives on. the sub
ioc, Dubshed by aulhorily and this is the burthen
or,he whole, that the wages of labor ousht &c
come down.
They say thai the petty states Of the Med'terra
a mean, Naples, Corsica, Sardinia, Genoa, and 9th
crs are the proper examples for the people of the
United States Was ever any thing heard so mon
NJ a'Ous' Why, my friends, these gentlemen are
party mad; they have a sort Of feeling on this sub
"a yc, that comes near insanity. They forget where
they me They forget that they are American
citizens They forget who and what are the In
Is 6oreIs ofM" great nation, or they would heTc
hold out 10 Them The petty soyreeignties of Edrop
as examples.
a And is dis course Of conduct democratic? Why
helbOpr, of this country constitute Is out of II
dte entire population; mean all who labor: a
those who labor on their own farms, foi they al
bOen in the truest sense Of the word; and a
those VINO labor in shops, or IN their ow
hlbIe dwellings,, or on the capital of Others
Iese are IA out of Is of the whole people. An
any system tina, processes to reduce the price Of !,
Dor, reduces the Wages Of all these men. Is thu
3 good democratic doctrine? Let old Suffolk ar
swer cloud cries Of mo- 'No!') Is that the do
hue which constitutes the greatest good to tn
greatest number?
This doctrine, my friends, originated III a tota
Misrepresentation the state Of the laborcrs here
and ihe laborers in other countries. Look at Sui
Ok tor instance. You are not quite as Democrat
mere as we are in old Massachusetts. You bav
many large farms from thee hundred TO five hun
u'e0 acres in each, that have to you by inner
vance and IN othe ways We have scarcely an.
I" ueSs Massachusetts,. Well, how is II here
D0H fy'a labor on your own larms' You know
~ "' enabled to manage in this way. But hov
%"' O'y'p, would ask can educate your fami
'' On meIe rent roll property; how many ca
s'' mer children proper education by tho incom
OO'a'n from land which they pay rent for
,o "e ~ massachusetts,, none can afford to spen
A.. Soooo TO bring up family out of prop
~' when they rent. Hut here nine tenths Of 20
WIT" VI your own land. In Europe. ninsty-
'sery one hundred work oD --other men
% "your labor, by your own hands, at you
. p0ug"s' In your own barns, reaping an
"'e your own wheat--lords of the soil, a
vA,.. ~" afe-to be compared to that of Europ
III, 'Vooo OF the laborers don't own among,
,o,, a''s OF them enough land to make one
Ofn, NO. There's vast difference in the stat
so,e ,, Ivy And the idea of comparing them, {
diion ns s"e' from MISREPRESENTATION of the cor
exsmnI' ~ we V'n labOrers ofthe two countries. TIL
asvoca,. vi y, Europe has miserably misled them
Dor hero ~ ~oprlety ofreducing the prices of !;
Avs, "s European standard.
EupIaDd ~ was in England; in the south
COUNTRY "n'rn Is little the poorest part of tn
in The ,. IND was in the center of England, an
on, how ,t1 And was very particular to fin
that dso., "' 'ioorers Jared there, 1t was a subie,
qpis, r. e interested me, and made particular i
every ~, ~ IND OUT all about il. wanted TO kno
an Ans": Ds about it. And if I. went ava
aAm..;o came home 100000 times mo,
sN her. au' TO the back bone, than was .when
Immense cheerng.)