Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-07-10
iFfotn the Ohio Statesman.
Banking against Labor.

tai may be estimated by the benefits
which each has conferred upon the hu
man family the duties which each
has been called upon to perform in amel-
iorating the condition of man, and by
the estimation in which each has been
held by the great and good. s.,a S...sssl
The superiority Of labor over capital
is demonstrated by the fact that the one
is, the creature of the other. Capital is
the product of labor. Labor is tho cause
-capital the effect. Without labor,
capital could not have an existence.
Labor therefore, is superior 10 capital,
in the same manner, and in the same
respect, that the creator is superior in
power and energy TO the creature.
1t NAV be said that capital 10 tho in
ducement to labor. But, then, there IS
am inducements prior and superior to that.
Men would laber, though they did not
produce capital. The love Of life is
stronger than the love Of money. La
| Dor would produce the necessaries Of
life, although there was no money.
Fishermen and |aborers were the DEL
egated instruments Of disseminating the
truths Of christianity, and were the cho,'
sen companions Of the Great Reformer
of the world; but he repelled the advan-
ces Of the money changers and brokers,
and denounced them for having converts
ed the temple Of the living God into a
den Of thieves. 3# .a5
4 The laborer, it has been SAID, is wor-'
tbv of his hire = but the same is nowhere
said of the usuef. 7i w s'f
Every page OF scripture addresses it.
/ self to the poor man, commiserates his
. hardships, sympathies with him m his
sufferings and wants, and mourns over
1.-THE wrongs which capital inflicts; but OF
the rich man it is said, that it is hard
for him to enter the kingdom of II eaven.
| Contrast the fate Of Lazraues and
Dives. 3st@ e
Labor depends upon itselffor support,
J and the country is prosperous when la
Dor 10 in demand. Capita! watches with
eagerness the wants aud embarrassmcnts
of society and individuals, and when
distress, like MANTLE, covers the land,
rists aad reioices at the immensity OF ts
profits, f'l ~ ss.t. >"; . ~
- Labor asks no favors-it is not seen
!. in urlegisla,ive halls pethion,ng toi
!, exemptions and special privileges: fo'
tariffs: and acts of incorporation. Cap
tai, though reaping. by The aid Of ou'
Legislature, double the profits .oflabor
yet, like death, is never satisfied, but
7 with hungry yoracity, still cries for more
9 Labor is plain modest, aaassumlng'
merci(al. boasting 10 nothing meretfi-
= cious. claiming nothing but what II owns
:, and answering to the calls OF suffering
!, with relief. Capital, inflated BY its food
!. bedecks itself with the gold which
is gathers, and mistakes its gilded vices TO
nj solid virtues. II takes the last. crumb
: bread from the hand Of the orphan, ant
is the last drop. Of oil from the cruise OF tn
" widow, it .'throws them iato dungeons
and leaves them there to die on the pes
y .ilent damps Of its charity :" and yet
d calls itself mescifal. ,s9
e Labor fights the battles of freedom
81 capital stands by wit tnessing the contest
n giving succor to its enemies, and reJolc
eJ ing ia their strength and victories.
e1 While labor is in the battle field, re
h. pelling the hostile advance ofS<athles
Z foes, capital is burning blue lights t.
guide them in their course and reiiev
them from danger.
- Capital brings ruin upon the widow
!. and orphan, by the explosion Of it
'e banks: labor, BY producing an abundan
. harvest, stops the cries Of their hunge
v and relieves ther sufferings. IA
II Capital, availlng itself Of the prospec
in Of scarcity, with questionable morali
OIL ty" engrosses the products Of the cart
e; and deals them out to the poor and destl
id tute at double and treble their origina
cost, and labor is thus ,swindted OF tn
:, proceeds Of its honest exertions, and op
= = pr essed to crafty the avarice Of capital
. Capital sits in the cool retreat Of II
'e banking house, surrounded with all tn
y appliances of luxurious ease, while labo
is enduring the heat Of the MONDAY sur
r. and earning its bread by the sweat OF tn
u brow.
or Labor produces and capital swiadle'
IS Labor is liberal, capital avaricious, La
ls bor is liable to. the full amount OF its ex
n. ertions for its debts. capital is liable or
70. ly to the amount which it embarks in
nd particular speculation. 4 IVY
he The highest profits Of labor 90 n, =!
exceed per cent. the profits OF capt
ed are never under six and frequently rls
to Is and 20 per cent. as@ !
=, Labor is taxed upon the whole amour
- - Of it's investments, capital upon its pro
- its or dividends only.
Labor prides itsslfin acts OF benevt
tc, Ience and Id the hardy virtues which u
y encountering Of difficulties engender
Y. capital in the flash which :glitters fro
ad the diamond and the jewel, and IN y
osten,ations display Of rnagnificeace.
.rl Notwithstanding the vast advantag
lie (which capital has over labor, oar Leg
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