Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-10-08
DUTIES OF LABORING MEN

DUTIES OF LABORlNG MEN.
Incur article Of last week, headed, rights
of laboring men, we attempted 10 show tina,
The charge so often brought against the Ia.
borer, of being possessed by s'the marble
hearted fend ingra,itude. was base CAL
umny and that, instead Of aborers being
so highly favored, they are not allowed to
enjoy the products Of their own labor, but
refused even the crumbs that fall from the
tables their own hands have loaded and
made to toll SO long and hard, as to be obll-
ged TO neglect tho cultivation Of their
minds, and wenr out their bodies, and then
robbed Of all the fruits Of their labor, ex-
cept the beggarly pittance necessary TO
keep them in a condition to produce more
for the men who first rob them Of the
wealth Of the world, (for i, is labor that
produces the wealth OF the world, and
then drgrade, insult, and Cypress them, be-
cause they are not rich. And now We
would ask. seriously, il the laborer ought,
or if indeed he has right, to be satisfied
with such state Of things? And when
we consider that, unless some remedy is
discovered, that is but the beginning Of
evils when we see money,
1.-THE only power
That all mankind bow down BEFORE
rapidly accommodating in few hands, the
manufacturing population fast increasing
and becoming fixed and dependant upon
the viii of their employers, arc certain to
be ground to the dust, and used as instru.
ments to grind others with in view Of all
this, would not dispos ton 10 be satisfied
for moment, prove tina, we are regard
less Of our rights and duties, destitute Of
patriotism, philanthropy, humanity, or
even so much regard for kindred as is
possessed by tho msanes: brutes =? Would
not such disposition be treason against
the great BODY of laborers, and their pos
terity? And is not this the wors; kind Of
treason! Would it not prove that the no.
Bile blood that our ancestors poured out
like water, when it was needed to defend
their rights, or 10 water the tree of liberty,
had, in their degenerate and contemplate
sons, turned to dish-watcr, and become fit
for nothing but to wash the furniture of
their opp'essors or, in other words, would
| il not prove, that the salt, which in our faith
ers, saved our nation, has iE US lost its sa-
vor, and is good for nothing but to be cast
out and tt odden under tho feet Of those
whose business it is to tranpe on the hon
est laborer And would it no, be impious
| for such wretchcs 10 take the consecratec
MINES Of Washington, and Adams, or any
of their compatriots, into their polluted
lips?
''Well," say some hear!less wretches
who delight TO hear and make mockery o
human misery, while they think themselves
free from danger, "Wsll, you have told ,
pi,able story truly your present condition
is really deplorable, and your future pros
poets u great deal worse; but what ar,
you going to do about itl" Now. although
we have no regard for the individuals who
tauntingly and sneeringly ask this ques
ton. yet we do think that the question
"What ought we to do ?" is of the mos
important nature, and should lie most ca e
fully answered; for on tho proper or i'm
proper answer Of it. depends the good OF
bad fate of the whole laboring classes
But who is able to answer it! Surely no
one. IL this question were rightly answer
ed. the great work Of our redemption from
all our wrong and expressions, would a.
most be accomplished.
We said no one can answer it, but We
are confident that the many can do it il
they will and as the "Awl' is ono agent
engaged in the solution Of this great qucs
ton, VIZ hope that all who have an oppor.
,uni,y, will try to do something towards
furnishing &c the answer through this pa
per.-Awi.