The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-11-18
From he New York Eycamg Posi-.

FROM tHe [rcW IOTH CceHWg 10St.
''We have beaten the Whigs for the last
time" said friend 10 us this morning. When
we asked an explanation otso strange de-
caralion, he replied, "they will change their
name" Our lrend was probably rights there
is a class of people well known IN our pOlIcA
courts, who take names for convenience sake
and when they become 100 notorious under one
resort to an alas. We shall not be surprised
to see the bank party throughout the United
States drop the name Of Whig, which they
have made odious, ard under which they have
been SO thoroughly beaten, drop it, take anolh
er with as little ceremony as ever did knight
oflndustry.
1t was but year since that, speaking of tho
great defeat which the demOcralc party had
suffered IN the several states, we put the frank
disclosure OfprncIPIes and intenucns made by
the democratic party in contrast with the ari-
full ConceaIments Of the whigs,- the fair aud
open fight made by cor party in contrast with
the ambushes and surprises used by them, and
proceeded 10 say:
"lf our party has falIen, it has fallen with
honor. flour adversaries have trlumphed
thor triumph is their disgrace, inasmuch as it
is the fruit of a fraud. II will be short too, for
tie fraud is sure to be detected, and all deius-
ION is but for time"
In the same article We ventured 10 affirm
that'The momentihe whig party began to move
in those project which their leaders had dark~
iy hinled at, but dared moi distinctly proclaim,
because they knew them to be unpopular"
they would find themselves deserted a! once by
vast bodies ofthose who had supported hsm
in that election.
The fulfment has ro9den so close UPON
the heels Of our prediction as to fairly gall their
kbes. The srong man, thrown 10 the ground
has risen on the instant, stronger than ever,
his strength reinforced by indignation, The
whig party has held session o. Congress,
pulled off the mask under which they had con-
Quoted the election, made revelation of their
policy, proposed Their measures, and actually
carried some of them into effect. The public
Indignation has followed, as tho thunderbolt
follows the flash. The wings are abandoned
by those whom they had betrayed; beain in
election after election, IN state after state; bea-
ten, perhaps, az our friend says, for the last
time, never again 10 rally under name which
they will now be admonished TO lay up, along
with the lumber ofher old appelIations o. fed
erabsts and national republicans. The great
victory which has just been gained in this state
giving US large majority in the House OF Ass
semby, and changing the political character
ofthe Senate. comes upon them like a mill
stone, and gnnds them to powder
PRoTEcTlNG LABoR.-A number of ultra tar
if1les, recently assembled in New York for
the purpose Of formiLg "Ilome League" for
the purpose Of protecting" labor through a
protective tariff Now, we would not be afraid
TO wager trIfle, that this whole body did not
contain one laborer, nor a man who does not
employ laborers at the lowest possible rate.
But how do they propose 10 protect abor2
Simply by raising the price of cob, and other
articles ofunversal consumption. some 40 Der
cent. above their present rates! Will they raise
wages SO muchl Not it. All experience aves
the lie to the pretence. We recolIect an sd.
m'rabe illustration of this labor protecting op.
GRAFTON. One ofthe largest manufacturing es-
tabishWenls in New \ ork, had store con-
nected with their works, al which the labor
ers paid 70 cents per yard for cotton cloth
which was retailed in the village stores for I2a
cents
But letu look at this matter in the LIGHT
furnished by countries who have long enjoyed
The protection Of a high tariff, England is such
a country. Have her high impositions of duty
on grain protected the field laboter? If thew
have, we are al loss to know where to find the
evidence of It-oertainly not in the wage. af-
forced under the protecting principles. The
same 10 true Of the Iaborers in her manufacto.
ries. These have been protected until they,
as mass, are reduced almost to desti,ution.
The protection of labor is not the real object.
bu, if ii were, the scheme for accomplishing il.
is imprac'lcabe. lmPedlments, thro wn in The
channels Of trade, are not calculated TO pro-
mcte The interests of labor by increasing s re-.
wards. The League-iles say they are anxious
to exclude the products offoreign labor, This
is certainly phanthropic effort-as it re-
CARDS the almost starving millions Of Engands
operalVes!-R Rnchester Advertiser.
We find The following, says the N. Y. Me-
chanic. in the Waldo Signal as an extract, 1t
is excellent, whoever may be lis author
MEcHANIcs.-lf there is any situation in
lie truly honorable il lie that OF an industrious
mechanic, who by his own exertions, has ess