The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-06-13
THE AMERICAN LABoRER.

The following eloquent and truthful re-
marks are taken from a speech on the Tariff,
delivered April "a, in the House of Repre-
sentatives, by the Hon. EDWARD JOY NOR
In England, the man of humble means has
no participation in the. affairs of government.
He cannot rise TO a post of honor in the
Kingdom, from his inabilityto compete with
the favored sons of fortune. The control of
the Government is vested in the weather.
classes, who administeri it more for their own
benefit than that otthe productive classes
An odious property qualification excludes a
large proportion of the poor from the ballot
box. Here we are all equal at the ballot
box, and the poorest citizen in the commu-
nifty has a voice in the control of public
affairs and public men, as omnipotent as that
of the wealtliest. The distribution Of the
right of suffrage, sir, in this country, and the
influence it givesto the productive classes
loversth policy and operations of Govern
ment, is one reason why the American me-
chanic and operative occupies a higher posi-
Ftion than in England: The workingmen
and farmers have the destiny ofthe Ameri-
can Government in their keeping-they con-
stitute the vast majority whose opinions and
interests disect its movements and prescribe
its policy-and it is to them we are indebt-
ed for the exhibition of all those beneficial
influences which have made it an exemplar
of political liberty for the whole civilized
world.
Labor is spoken of, on this floor, as if it
tended to metal and physical degradation
We are urged not to encourage manufac-
lures, as, according to the opinion of gentle
men, they brutalize and deteriorate the OPP
~erative. | do not know, sir, whence gentle
men draw their opinion of labor. For my
part, [ know no distinction between the
American mechanics and operatives and any
Iother class of citizens. Some of the most
eminent and useful men that this country
has produced, rose TO distinction from me-
chanical pursuits. Franklin lefthis printing
press to chain the tightening of the heavens,
to form a constitution for a nation, and to
represent his country in foreign Courts
Roger Sherman, he shoemaker, was an elo-
quent advocate of Independence in the Con-
gress ofthe independence in the Congress oil
the Revolution, and a statesman of great
ability. Nathaniel Greene, the blacksmith,
became a general in the Revolution, under
whose galantry, skill and courage, some of
the most glorious lattles OF that glorious era
were achieved. Were these men less re-
spectable, less worthy less honorable because
] they had commence lie at the forge, the
press, and the last? Ea-d labor degraded
them, and so brutalized them to prefer an
ignominous slavery to a war tor liberty and
right? No, sir; they were patriots, s~elt-sac.
rifcing men, who periled every thing for the
attainment of a great end-the independ.
ence. of their country. The first rally for in
dependence in the Revolution was made
among the farmers and mechanics. 1t was
the hard hand Of labor, the IRON muscle and
Isinewy arm and stalwart frame of the robust
sons of industry, that first displayed the flag
of national redemption, and first bore arms
of righteous resistance against the hireling
soldier of British tyranny. In moral worth,
intelligence, and information, the mechan-
les and operatives of this country have no
superiors among any portion of our popula.
lion. | throw back these imputations upon
labor, and l defy gentlemen TO prove theil
charges.
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