Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-02-19

PAUPER LABoR.--One Of the parro,
phrases OF the monopolst manufacturers
is, we cannot contend with 'tte paaper Ia.
Dor Of England" And how is paupcr
labor created there9 Precisely in the way
monopoly is proceeding here. BY the
corn laws Of England, which exclude all
foreign competition with the landed nris-
tocracy, who hold the food OF the king.
dom in their hands, the people are so taxed
upon their bread and meat, to raise the
revenues Of the rich, general pauperism
is the result. So our manufacturing mo-
nopolsts are working il. They tax our
foreign competition for the coarse raiment
and the implements Of labor used by the
working classes among Us; and, as con-
sequence, these classes are oppressed
their earnings being appropriated through
the bounty levied for the cnpitaists--uu.
til, from accumulation on the one hand,
and deslituton on the other, pauperism en-.
sues. What an evidence have we Of the
tendency Of the system in the scrap here
taken from Boston paper:
MUNFIcRNT LiBERALITY.-The Hon
Abbot Lawrence, OF Boston, has given
the sum of twenty thousand dollars TO
the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic
Association, to aid in the erection of
hall for the establishment OF free school
therein for the education of apprentices
in those branches of learning which may
be most beneficial 10 their several pur-
suits. The Boston Transcript says
"Ths noble and princely donation has
been accepted by the association, the
Boot estate in Bowdoin square purchased,
and a premium of 1900 offered for the
best design for hall, which we trust will
be of such character as TO reflect honor
on the association, and a lasting monu-
'ment of the industry, enterprise, and en-
'lghteued liberalily OF the citizens of
: Boston,"
Munifcent iberality from a man who
produces nothing, but whose immense
wealth is the tribute-money exlorted by
the tariff from the very mechanics 10
whom he returns tas charitable donation!
The capital which has swollen 10 such a
bulk in the hands of Mr.. Lawrence, thro'
the exorbtant profits created by tariff
which adds a hundred per cent. 10 the cost
of the fabric, was originally mustard
seed compared with what it is now. Mr..
Lawrence was poor, and, in all likelihood,
his beginning was borrowed. Its vast
qualification is the result Of the law, not
of bis labor. Yet he deserves credit for
his iberally; for he is the only one,
of ten thousand monopoists in the coun-
try, who has the heart TO return a silver
Of the immense gains conferred by slatu
tory bounties, 10 the poor methanics, for
whom "charitable associations" have be.
come necessary TO relieve them from the
oppression Of the capital privileged TO
fleece them.
In the papers of the city in which wa
see these charitable acts Of the manufac
lufer to our laboring classes eXtoled, we
find notices of this sort displayed:
"TAere were exported from Boston,
during the rreek ending on The 24h inst.
1875 bales Of domestic goods. Of these,
,675 bales were shipped to Valparaiso"
These domestic goods sent round the
world 10 the western regions Of South |
America and China are sold cheaper than
they are at home The American manu-
facturer undersells the British in all these
foreign marts, while he asks and obtains a
tariff Of one hundred per cent to expel
the British competitor from the home mar
ket, to give him the monopoly. The Bri-
fish manufacturer, al the same time, cries
our in vain against the Legislation of his
own country, which gives the landed aris-
tocracy the monopoly 10 the sale of food,
excludes foreign produce, and levies don
BILE tax on the aIiment Of the operative; at
once reducing his power to serSe, while
the expense of it is increased to the en-
ployer. Then they have to encounter
greater charge for the steam-power they
use than the American manufacturer in
ours for his water.power, besides the duty
on the raw material and the cost Of freight |
across the Atlantic. These are causes
which disable the British manufacturer Of
domestic goods 10 compete with ours in 70.
reign markets; and yet the people are
compelled to endure for our capitalists
hundred per cent. mpost TO protect him at
home against these foreign rivals, impotent
to contend with him far away in China or
South America Globe.
GOVERNOR SnUNK Of Pennsylvania, a.
vows himself in favor Of 'hoIding men as.
ISOLATED for gain bankers etc. in common
with others, liable individually for all their