The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-06-02

this Cor 6se years. would transfer Ghe
whnle wealth among shs Ave. Each
mode Of stating The process he lhangh.
eonelusisely proved he correctness Or
hrs Iheory.
All lhis may be very good abstract
theory; bat 10 Prsetics there Is no sound
ness 10 u. Asa practical matter. ils error
-. 10 supposIng that these minofiliss do
nothing. while The msjorily earn The
public money. By employ men, on the
public works OF in public afices.
10 The case Pot BY he S.naior. of The
Two counties Of Virginia. The profits would
depend upon which class of cihzens was
employed Al The best Wages. or ia The
most productive labor; those OF Fairfax
BY The Government. on public works
and in the Offices. OF those Of London. 10
raising provisions and producing Other
supplies Tor their subsistence.
IL is plain. il III things were equal. and
The people Of the two eounIies iesii wIIh
each other. as thrse OF these States Do.
that il would make very Iilile difference.
IN point 0f wealth. which county had The
public employment; but take INFO The sc-
count The dependent Submission. and al
ihe same iime the txIrsyagsnt HABITS of
both body and mind. thai gradually under
mine those who feed al The public crib.
and The condition oflhe people ol London.
ho raise The corn and potatoes Tor those
Of Faniax 10 subsisi upon. while Al work
for The public. . greatly 10 be preferred
for lis independents and eventual sssea-
daney in wealth.
Here the Scnllor from South Carolina
inrrrosed and said: .'rhe honorable Sen.
a,or states my argument very fairly, bGi
he docs mol take The same view Of IL that
| took. slated thai such course would
draw all the mprey into Fairfax; they
would command The currency.
Mr.. Summons resumed. | am glad |
have stated The Senatol's argument cor
rcc'ly. did 40, mean 10 take The same
view Of il which he took, but was trying
70 show The correci one in practice. And
| thought j, was made out pretty Clearly
that il depended upon which Of the two
classes Of citizens, il equally industrious.
was bess paid for their services.
And here I will refer 10 a remark on
this subject Of public employment. made
by The honorable Senator from Missouri
[Mr. Benion) last summer, land he uiiefs
some sensible ones as well as snme very
severe oncsl that the South bad enjoyed
the Offices add patronage Of this Govern
men, Cor for,y years. 10 their great disad-
vantage; he hoped for the nextlor,y they
might be rid Of il, and that, while some
other section had il. The South might do
the work. and he had no doubt il would
turn to more profit. Mr.. Calhoun again
interposed. and said: 81 he mean, that this
no, only gave the currency, but il gave
employment 10 the people Of Fsiriax, and
the employment was even more valuable
Than The currency" Mr.. $ resumed.
| agree tha, both are very valuable. The
currency has entered into almost all dis
cussions in these times. A word only
upon ID in this connection.
regard a good currency as I" the tools
Of lrsde." and good tariff as furnishing
the people with employment. IL is a
hard case To have 10 do job with poor
tools: but il is still harder 10 have no
work to do. The people want bath. 10
prosper. But these Tree trade folks oil
the late administration, by their tampering
with the currency. have been dulling the
tools of trade for years, and IFS friends
now propose free trade, to take away The
work from our people and give il 10 TO-
reigners; so that hereafter labor in this
country 10 TO haveneilher work nor tools!
Upon this subject Of employment.
am glad the honorable Senator has such
correct views. lie SAYS II is more yalu
able than money; aud | agree with him.
Ills argumen, il without practical sound
ness when applied. as he applies il, to a
people who interchange labnr. and when
the aggregate employment, is enjoyed by
them alone. II is then question merely
as to which mode, public or private EN-.
ploymenl. is most profitable; but when II
is connected with The subject now before
US. i, is a good argument for The protection
Of our labor agains, the cheap labor Of Eu
rope: for TO buy Of nations who will not.
or do not. buy Of you, no matter how
cheap you buy, will eventually bring us
to The condition which he tried 10 bring
the people Of Loudon into: By losing the
The Offices an1 work. too, we shall lose
all. and foreigners will get all The wealth.
This is understood by those Who teach
free trade in Ergland. il i, be nut by THEFT
friends who advocate il here. They Put
tina, doctrine forth for us to Follow, but
have too much good sense 10 follow II
themselves. -. .'...~.~.. e..
TMr. Calhoun again. interposed and
said, - that The expending Of public mo-
ney in one section, as H. FAIRFAX, nnl
ouly gave employment. which was bet
ter than money. bni there was great all
vantage Ia iha, county by the improve
men,s made in i, by the expenditures,
such as roads," &c.
air. :. resumed. This is very tue,
sit; and am glad 10 iini the honorable