The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-06-01
THE TIME


However we NAV differ concerning the
causes; there seems no longer any doubt Of the
fact, that the times are gradually, steadily inn
proving. The trade Of our City, especially IN
Groceries and all substantials, has been better
this Spring than for seversl years before. Our
Canals are passing more boats and receiving
more tolls than are usual at this season. The
Exchanges between the different sections o f
the Country have been mainly equahzed
through the satisfaction Of indebtedness, and,
the approximation of the payments to the Pur-
chases Of the Country from the Cities. New
branches of business are starting up in every
quarter, and manufactures long silent are
made vocal with the cheerful din of Industry
The promise of the Wheat-croP, so tar as can
be Judged, is generally good. There is more
EMPLOYMENT for Labor than there has been,
though less yet than there should be. We
have accounts of strikes, for wages rom dit.
ferent quarters; which, however well or Ill ad |
vised, evidence better demand for labor than
hitherto. Even the Sailors, who were fright |
ened into the Loco-FocO camp last Fall by a
clamor that the Tariff would des roy Com
merce and Navigation. deprivlng hem of
employment and wages, now see the tallacy OF
these croakings; for their business Is brisk as
ever, and they have just effected successful
strike, for $15 month"; higher price, con-
siderng the value of money and what It Will
buy, than they received during the Palmiest
era of Free Trade
still the times are hard, for some classes OF
our citizens-for those who have bought pro-
perry when the currency was Two hundred
Millions of Dollars, and are called on 10 pay
when it is reduced to half that amount. 10
these we can only counsel Resignation TO their
fate, though II be bankruptcy; for there Is no
prospect of such a change as would bring
| Them through in safety. While the Currency
remains as contracted as now, all property pro-
ducts. and wages generally, must submit TO a
corresponding reduct on. It would be annoy
inc, were it not for the melancholy lack OF
discernmentGimplied on the part OF It's dupes
| to see those who have strenously, and by the
aid oftreacherv successfully, resisted all efforts
to secure such Currency as would keep wa
| ges I'D 10 the standard of lS3O-34, now raising
an outcry of No Reduction Gf W0ges! IL is
sad to reflect that they deceive many VINO,
never considering that the nominal rate o.
wages must necessarily be greatly affected by
the volume of the Currency, will consider only
the amount ofmoney paid, and not the quaint
ty of the neces,aries of life which the year O.
WAGES will buy If the effect of the New
| Tariff had not been counteracted ny the con-
! traction of the Currency, there would nave
| beeh a decided advance of wages generally
since 1871. But what do the bar-rOom poll
ticians who gain office by exciting jealousy
and hatred between employer and employed
care for this! They have only to clamor for
| hioh wages and execrate as tyrant and a
robber ofthe Door every employer who does
not pay them, though all the time these cham
| pIons of the working man are dong their ut
| most to over throw the Protective Policy anc
reduce the Currency to a Hard Money stand
ard, undermining in every way the ability o.
I the employeF-thvs condemned to make bricB
without straw-to pay good wages at all.
But whatever arts may be exerted I, blind
a sorti1 n of the People Co theiFtrue interests
| il is evident that the Country IS on the march
to Prosperity, and that the New Tarrlfhas done
mucn TO Impel that march. by dlseouraging the
| importation OF Foreign fabrics, and thus tur-
ming the balance of trade in our favor, correc-
ting the Exchanges. filing the Country with
specie, and and giving encouragement and
support to our Home Industry. New establish
ments for the prosecution of Manufactures
| and the Mechanic Arts are opening daily
especially in those portions of the Country
| hitherto most destitute of them; and every one
of these opens a new market for the Produce
of the Farmer and gives promise of better
prices. One thousand additional men engaged
in Manufactures west of the Ohio viii do more
| to quicken and uphold the Market for the
| Gram of the Great West han the opening o
| the ports ofmany European Kingdom Lei
| our People but take care that the Tariff Is
sustained as it is and though retarded by the
| absence OF a National Currency, the growth
of Prosperity throughout the land will be stea-
| DIV and certain.--Iribune.