Litchfield enquirer., 1842-11-03

attain. The rate of wages IS incompafhUiy higher than in any other country - the means of comfort, not to say wealth, more easily accessible. Owing to their vast num- bers, and to the possession of all political rights their influence in the Government is controlling and resistless, and all Legislation is shaped in promotion to their interests ra. ther than those of any other class. Without having examined the avs oi all the States. which would be an HercuIanean task, l dare to affirm, that not q statute can be found in force, in any one of the States, which esta- bIishes or recognises any inequality or right or privilege between them and any other persons; or if such statute can be found, 1t is their fault that it remains upon the statute book single year. They huVe but to speak the word and it is done-to command and it is repealed. Nay, the universal sentiment among American statesmen is that the legis- lation and policy of the Government should be such as to lend aid and encouragement 10 the poorer classes, aud have the rich take care of themselves. (Applause.) They have accordingly been extremely liberal in gran ting acts of incorporation, by which men of small means may combine and compete with the richest capitalists in any branch of industry, By the late Bankrupt Law of the United States, in case of insolvency the wa ges of the laborer, uP to certain amount, are preferred and are to oe pald' (Appiause} "a wise and humane provision, which was borrowed from Massachusetts. With the laws of that State prtfer to have some ac. quaitance, and in their general bearing aud character suppose them to be similar to those of other States. And challenge any man to put his finger upon statute there' that gives to the man of million one jot or tittle more of right or privilege than to the laborer that ploughs his field, or the needy knife-grinder, that spins his wheel at hls door. 1Applause.) What magic words were those which have been for years on the lips of statesmen, to which the people have re- sponded, as deep calleth unto deep! Not the protection of American wealth, but the "protection of American Industry" (Great applause) And what are all the Societies and Institutes, that are established in almost every State, and sustained at great expense, but the voluntary efforts of the people, who can afford it, to stimulate American Indus try? This great and splendid Institution which have the honor to address IS itself noble practical illustration of American pol. icy. Here are the merchant princess the capitalists, nay, the very 'aristacrats' of New York, giving freely of their time, of their influence, of their wealth, not to obtain special privileges for themselves but to stim- ulate and encourage art and industry, and to spread through the length and breadth of the Union, broad cast, those improvements in agriculture and the arts, which skill, thus stimulated, has made. There is not labor. ing man, in the most distant and sequester. ed nook of this far spreading country, who is not or may rot be benefited by Its patriot ic efforts.
 Yes, ye lahorers, there is no land like yours. It is yours to possess, to enjoy.- Here is fair field for all to labor, in what soever vocation they please, and the re- wards of diligence are ample and secure.- There is not an avenue to wealth or distlnc- ton which is cloSed-not post unattainabe When see an American youth, of whatev- CT condition, not repining at the accident of a humble origin, not wasting his bright hours in idle regrets or envious murmurs, but fully awake to the felicities of his situa- ton, girding up his loins to run the race set before him, behold in him an image of that bold and manly spirit whom one of our pO- cts has painted, bearing banner in his hand. upon which is blazoned that proud and aspi- ring motto of this Empire State-so truly de- scriplive of her past history, so prophetic of her future destiny:
 .The shades of Night were falling fast, As through an Alpine Village passed
 A Youth, who bore, mid snow and ice.
 A banner with the strange device-
 EXCELSIOR.
 "'iBewarc the Pine trees withered branch
 Beware the awful avalanche!
 This was the Peasants last Goodnight,
 A voice replied, far up the night,
 If have succeeded in presenting cor rect view of the condition of wealth and la- Dor amongst us, it will not be difficult task 10 point out their relations and duties. They follov inevitably as conclusions from the admitted premises.
 In the first place there is not only no ground for any hostility or unkindness of feeling between the rich and the laboring classes, but the strongest reason, on the contrary, for mutual friendship and the most cordial un- ion. It may well be questioned whether they should ever be spoken of as classes, since the term presupposes line of demar- cation which cannot here be drawn. Both are striving with the same eagerness for the same object-some portion of wealth-and both are interested in the protection of pro. perty. Does any man believe that by de- stroying the rich, or diminishing the securi- ties of property he can better his own condi. ton or that of his children! Instead of this discordant outcry which sometimes salutes our ears,--" down with the arstocracy"- "the rich are leagued against the poor,"- let us expend our sympathies upon the mil lions of other lands, who are grooming be- meath the weight of an iron bondage-our indignation upon those who maintain it in it's iron rigor. But let us rejoice that here we may all unite-and that the cause of In- dustry is the cause of the whole people, This cry may do well enough in the kraals of Ireland and in the depths of Hungary h..k c1,n hox m nln in n