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-, : - and 70 be reduced to two meals OF
meat wetk1 This is the state of common mecsan-
4 ieal labor In England, France. Germsny. add ia
most ofthe oldeoaniries and this is the policy which
this gentleman few years ago recamme pded 10 the
Senate" Now il greater Islander than this quota
ton contains, upn The fame OF greai man, any
yheTe be found, i most earnestly request that Me-
ehane viii inform here to look for il. for doubt
iess he knows defy him to produce any thing re-
semblng Recommendation frum Mi. Buchanan, Ut
any time that the wages Of labor should be reduced
tothe European stsHdard, or that The Mechanics IN
this country should be compelled % work for a shi-
hing day, aud be reduced 10 tNs meals Of meat a
week. defy Meehanie 10 produce any portion Of
the speeelLOf Mr.Buehsnan above referred 10, from
which AIRY such Recommendation can beIfsirly infer
red. He cannot doit. Mr.. Buchanan saia % well
can reeolleet, (for cannot now lay my hahds, on
bis speech. that before We should be able to COM
pete with the European manufacturers, the Nsgesof
labor would have 10 be reduced to something like
The European standard Bot did he recominesld that
they should be redneed5I No; Mechanic we'll knows
that he did not that Is be knows IT, if he ever read
The speerho which be has REFEREED but that Is not
very probable for federaliss gsento reading
any thing but the ptoduetions Of their own great
men Not satisfied with this shameful perfersion Of
the speech Of Mr.. Buchanan, he continues to slam
der him as follows: 'tWe all know that before and
during The last with England. and long after he
vas the most distinguished tory federalfst within
the boundaries OF his whole State himself is said
man, who In one breath accuses the Committee Of
erontery and 10 The next has the hard hood 10 prop
agate such gross Islander asthe above sentence eon
tains. lfMechanie had known any thing Of the past
history Of MIR Buchanan, be would have known
that during The last war With England be was very
youpg man, not more than is OF 20 years Of age,
an6 consequently he could not have been the most
dstine uished feaetast 10 hit whole State, as
i u indeed ssery thing for youth Of Is or 20
20 become The most distinguished bersonage in his
own State in any political creed. He would have
kaown moreover that v neither Mr.. Buchanan w9sst
that early period Of his life FsdrraIist not, he
certainly vas not Tory -Fedefalisi. IS he yolun-
teered his services. shouldered his muskel, and
marched as FAR as Fredericktowni Md 81 which
place he learned that The British ld 5een repulsed
from baltimore. 10 defend which city he march
ing Thisisa little more than many leading Fed
eal Wing ssy Of himself and Is least tutiieieut
70 prove that Mr.. buchanan no Tory. and that
the Who say so is 4 slanderer. But, he says,
Mr. Buehaasn is said 10 have boasted that be was
distinguished Tory -Federast, Indeed; and BY
whom is he said 10 have boosted! BY none but men
who regard truth IN the same light that Mechanic
himself does Mr.. Buchanan never made any such
boast, and iaefy Mechanic 70 produce one particle
Of evidence that he did Mechanic exposes the rea
son for his lhus tradacing The character Of MIR.
Buchanan, in The conjecture which be throws out,
.that fall human probability Mr.. Buchanan ls TO
be the next Democratic candidate for The Presiden-
cy, land be no doubt thinks il important TO begin In
.
The sllusion which Mechanic has made 10 the re-
dnee prices OF labor the wretehed condition Of the
Mechanics of Europe, is FOR himself and his party
most unfortunate oae. FIR, although Ne doubtless
believes them 70 be, The people are notso ignotant
as not u kMow that the inhabitants Of Tie old Conn
tries have been brought 70 their pres4tt wreached
condition hy the very policy which Methanies par
" have slwsys striyrn 10 inilste the Pptecue pot
icy What eoaniry hasesrs ied lhispoley TO great
er exient 1sn Great BTigSjn and what country has
Ia s-r 49, arifea
Than she She has carried Il 50 FAT lhstshe prohib
lis her ctizens from buy ing bread where they can
buy Il ehealss ST. and eopels them 70 pay twice as
much for their daily food Is they Sculd have to give
II her protective policy vas abanddnei and BY way
Of she aeIlsthese poor stafTtg wretehes
1sIjti Tor their ewn good that their bread Is taxed
one hundred fold--sHd who does not knpS that Tue
ahorefs ia the British nshufaetor are 90 eond-
lion Infinitely nofc vretehed than that d the
slave that ever gr0aned beneath the lyrsnny OF
Spanish cssique. Compelled from their esrles IN
fancy 10 labor ~ hours Hay under cruel and re-
lcntiess task-nsstets, maby aponr wretch may be
found whose frame Is shFanken and wlthereu. anu
Who's. intellect l. wholly destroyed By intense labor
aud sraDty nad uawholesnme food, and Who y uess
tined aitera few years Of misery 70 shfipk ont @
The world into premature grave, the Nretchea We
fim az he Protective pe6cs. And Il Is 70 this con-
ition Farmers and NeehAnies OF Jeherton eouiiky
lihst the policy or this writer sad his party WOULD
reduce sess, lf carried 20 its fall extent -
farmers anu mCr1Aut11 ~ trttcl l1.r .t.tyt
l Vhirs stand ~ boldly fora Tarif end pray Mr
! eeiianie uhy hsfe the Wings delayed % long ihl'
Il bold arous1 Of their pfiseipless They stand ~
boldly Cor 7arlF DO ihes aod you set1a % eoa'
slider Il 50 renlHskAbie aeireomslsnec Wing
shrfl siantl On boIdlSfor sny measure, tasypa can
not HELM fnSxifa forals declaration 81 tlis aslen
ishtnr ae 10 he .farrnef and mechanics 81 9eer
4 son k'oearxas Yet this Is litlle more than You
paftv thought prudent tc DO durag Tie caiiynss
n isi0 Yea thea had no prineipie faE The publi'
leye md Yoar csaaitiste Mas forbidden BY las con
mn n mike biz sentnentss kneva 10 the verdi
But IS 81 uou stand up b9ly s.for fsssf, ? vii
saxlla.e some q the alzpIatnts By vh.sh yen sup
port ycuf fzsore theoly You ~ sths hIs, lsr.'
sesbluiiuu ofthe Commiltte i pretty nutl d N 40
4 s,rses ion slzfnirg shai Goosress have ~ power
fosser ay artenlsr insersal II he exPease e. o.
III ininry a. xny oiher tri y he pyeseat tarn d
II reet pruieetina y given % mznntsc.nrss vhiie
!. ferip,,ies eonsmeree sad agriculture ~ this 2
trut \, ~ full bedfing then Congress hqre 70 Po-
e Is ios,er o. encourage The man1i.e.ures q sra'
Dr. de essential inunili0ns 81 war An4 pray N
d "a msan b he IN ttarny oLthe 1acse resel.
lnif Yea ~ e s6e true n Ia fall bef1anE. 20
r1ery have nolihe power. IhenI s1ppon4 4 ne =.
NJ SolTlion soniain he truth ~ ~. lhpnEh n1k n
fs1 sesrine conEree you'd have ~ s'g,H 2 'o,''