, 1844-11-16

Glasses in the United States.-
There is. strictly speaking, but one
class in the whole country. and that
is. the Working Class. There are a
few exceptions, and only a few
Look about you. Who is the Capt.
talist? Who the man who lives by
any other means than that Of person
al exertIons? Industry! We have
a few in CINCINNATI; there are sorne
IN almost every place hut they are
too scarce to be reckoned as a class;
they do not affect the computation q
Perceptible fraction. Nothing is so
Common as to consider our society
split into casts; and nothing is more
absurd. We have not the biography
Of every man in this place who stands
prominently out before the public,
but had we, and how he started, and
what he is now doing. we will ven
ture the remark that they started la
borers, and are laborers still: except
in cases where their advanced ase
precIudes it. We are saying nothing
about a few mushroom upstairs. who
mistakenly suppose themselves a
higher order, because their fathers
have pulled the oar OF a fatboar. or
showed the J~ack-plane, to the advan-
tage of Il few extra thousands; the
old ones know what we say is true.
and the young ones too, If they know
any thing. But these degenerate
plants OF worthy sIrcs are not 'le-
gIon,' and when left TO take the helm,
will soon 20 ashore. in the first les
sons of this universal labor. We say
without the fear of Iefutation, that
we are a nation of laborers, and any
other view of the case is an Utopian
GaIlacy. Capitalists who are thev7
Where are they? The capital Of the
country is in the pockets of the mil
lions. if it is where it rightly belongs.
And If it is any where else, it is out
on trust. We hear so much about
the capitalist and the laborer, that
one would think there existed two
separate ~dynasties: the one holding
the purse, and the other the utensils
OF industry. II is no such thing. II
any n becomes your paymaster, in
ninetv-nine cases out of a hundred,
you have earned the money he pays
you in advance; he is nothing but
your agent in reality, and holds the
equivalent of your labor as 4 trust
fund; take away this last feature Of
American industry and what is left?
A cipher. Who then is the Capital
ist? The principal, not the AGENT
Who furnishes the articles oftrade?-
The laborer in fact. But the ngent
merchant, if you are better
pleased with the latter term, or en-
may suit you better still, is al
SO a laborer; and actually in the ma
iority of cases works harder, that is
more hours of wearing fatigue, than
The shop Or field man. Whose mon
ev is the whole business of the coun.
Try based upon2 That of the few. or
The many9 The latter, certainly
The argument then is, that we have
but one class, and that is the labor
ing class, in the country; we have but
one interest, and that is the laboring
interest, to look after and unfetter.
Merchants, Mechanics, Farmers,
Professional men, are all on the same
'ooting, and al! engaged in the same,
,ne, undivided enterprise; and he
who aims to divide one community
nto classes, aims TO separate the peo-
BE into hostile feuGs and factions TO
prev upon one another--is dividing a
amily against itself, aud is a weak
ind malicious enemy to US all; such a
nan, whether he has grown grey IN
he service Of his country, oil in toll
ng for himself, should be left alone
o rave TO himself as a political mani
&C., a fool, and we might with equal
,ropriety, go to bedlam and listen TO
he rawlings offs inmates, as TO heed
m.-[Cin. Bulletin.
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