The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1846-01-21

Ocrfhe following sensible article from the
Ohio Statesman, in reply TO the Journals lwad-
die about slow wages" is particularly appropri-
ate atthe present time
Low Wages, sc,
The Journal talks of low wages resulting from
the adoption of the constitutional currency by
the state and nation. This is the oft-repeaied
charge, which the wings found so useful at the
time when the independent treasury system was
first recommended by Mr.. Van Buren,, and which
did them signal service in 1910. Years have pass
sed away however, and the people have seen
that, though paper currency may initiate prices
to a most unwholesome extent, it never increas-
es the reward of labor. Hence, something more
wlll be necessary than the stereoiyped cry of the
days OF popular infauaton, that the adoption o,
the 'hGrd money Standard as our neighbor calls
1t, will be beneficial to the rich and injurious 10
the poor. The wings must convince the people
that paper currency really adds to the wealth Of
the country, that it affords facilities to the mass
es, that it aids in developing the hidden resourc-
es of nation, and that its existence is compat,
BILE with that of sound and wholesome credit It
will moi now do to talk of one currency for the
government and another for the people, and
any similar trash, specimens of which rife
a few years since. If the wings wish to put
down what their papers call the new doctrine
but which is nothing more than an old doctrine
revived, they must meet the friends of the con-
stituonal currency with aber arguments against
it than their friends can adduce in its support.
We feel very confident that they can do moth
ing Of the kind, and that the people, deciding ac-
cording to the dictates of common sense, and
with full knowledge Of all the facts, will give TO
us the victory Undoubtedly we shall have to
fight hard but that we are prepared for, and are
far from wishing TO avoid the contest. When
was any great end accomplished without exer-
tons corresponding in Importance 10 that end it.
self?-Children can remove stones, but when
mountains are TO be dug through, the labor of
grown men IS required.
Wages do not depend for their character
for their Iowness or their highness-upon the
currency. If labor is in demand, and labSrers
are scarce, the rate Of wages must be high; if
on the other hand, the number of laborers is
large, or there is but little work to be done, wa
ges must be low. The currency will have pre-
clous little effect IN the matter Wages, as eve
ry man knows are increased or depressed, by
The ordinary operations of business, without re-
ference to the currency; and by extraordinary
movements, such as wars, or the accidents of ma
ture, as famine, &c. There are no facts which
can warrant any fair minded man in saying that
the adoption of the specie standard can decrease
the remuneration now received by the American
workingman for his outlay of labor and skill for
any given purpose; while the security which he
would receive, from the fact that his reward
would not be taken from him through the explo-
sion Of paper bubbles, would add materially to his
actual wealth, and increase his peace of mind,
the surest way of rendering man happy.
The alarmist tone which the Journal assumes,
when speaking ofthe payment of taxes in the
constitutional currency, very plainly shows that
the wings trembling for the result ofthe COLI
test which has been entered upon in our great
state. The moneyed interest well know, that if
Ohio should throw her prodigious weight in fa-
vor of the constitutional currency, their fate is
fixed. They may flourish yet while, but they
must fall at last The whole West will 90 the
same way, and ultimately all The states. Nor
will our neighbor succeed in exciting the fears
of the people, because it follows from the adop
tion of that currency, that the public taxes will
be collected in it. 1t will then be the currency
OF the state, and all business, excepting that of
the largest class, will be transacted in IT, The
people will receive gold and silver for the produce
of their farms, as The reward of their labor, or as
Nhe lIuitS oI iueF ingenuity or enterprise; ana
hence they will cheerful! pay their share of the
public burthens in gold and silver. The adop-
tion Of the independent treasury system by the
nation, will pave the way for this, and it will be
brought about with an ease that many are not
now prepared TO witness.
For our own part, we are prepared to look
these matters boldly in the face-to regard con.
clusions without Ainchng, and to proclaim the
logical consequences of the adoption ofany prin-
ciple, which it may be our duty to advocate
We believe the people, at large, are of the same
feeling, and that the boldcrlhe doctrine, and the
more manfulIy it is pressed home, the greater is
the probability of its triumphing over all opposi-
ton. Such is the mode in which we intend to
carry Oh our part of The campaign now commen-
ced, and we shall not look behind, but forward
in the full confidence of finding success
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Grafton between Harrisburg and Lancaster. The
line between the latter place and Philadelphia,
will be completed in about three weeks