The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-08-20

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aHi a. - las srssseE izseEess sf he uoor or
tss Tsa "a i'naasslise duses, Is GOOD
del .sse sskiag, Who hays the gresser
Essi - n asseaded ~ ths lava. he veal
o. tn ssrilg. Pa. IS the siroag are ale
- aEs alta less - Il laws thaa The weak,
s's-H iasws4i.ky better take care Ofihem.
ts.rss lkAa iile des.iiu.e. Far he Ialler,
tisIs pay be need Of po0ghoases and other
Pa5..e ehanliss: these, therefore, though .
PsEeiy artificial eaairiyAnce, and GoFern.
E.sRts dal il good 10 create; bat Is II The
rich Who rsqulEe Ihezi We sppsehend
net.
Now, 70 say thst protective tariffs are
adopted ~; ise benefit Of ire capitalists is
Iasl abDut IS true IS that laws are mads
4SE ihe bsneal Of lzsyers only. or that
pnnF.9uses are hnils HeEely for the sake
o. he oyersssEs Of the poor. Hut there
az n:hsrs that have much gresler in.e.
'=si IN ilie exss.snee Of law than the law
.e1s. sal in that Of pOOlhouses than the
oseTsSers. II j. all The difference which
Fan s.ss 1eIveenihe necessily of lifting and
thai o! getting rich. Laws and poOrh6uses
may eaahle l.wyers AMI OveFseers TO grow
I:e..eT; bat lie rest Of the community could
a.; eXisl without the laws, and. the pau
Pc,s would perish ii there xere not poor
'yases. So il is with laws THAI, by wha,
We csli ne Protective system, create moe
lucrative enF'2ymenls forIhose dependent
f1r sa"sisieiee on their daily labor. The
F-me laas help the capitalist man ST.
'sgdy possessed Of some weal;h--to get
E.0rs: ha. what is The l,le and yasn snioy-
mcni OF show, which added wealth creates
!'r him, 10 comparison with the solid csm-
l3T. spread among whole bodies Of the
PJoF by thsse laws, which bring their Ia.
b: ia:o cogsian. demand. and advance lis
c..n, cGasaiiOa sui more in that continual
employment than in The mere rate OF wa
ges, -.
II. then. protective duties are 10 the al.
vantage vi oae capitalist, who could how
eve live without them,) they are of vastly
more relative advantage 10 perhaps HIM.
'!reis Of poor, in each mandatory, Who
coHld scarcely live. even without them,
Sni about whom, at any event, they dou-
he and triple and quadnple all the securi- |
~. and comfort, and responsibility Of life.
To judge more surely Of the fact which |
We are asserting, lie, any one look at The
comparative condition Of the laboring poor,
in those quarters where the Protective Sys-
tan has reared IN these at fetal employ |
Ineais, and in those other quarters where |
i has not. In the former, YOU see all bu.
sy. diigen!, and well paid; The women as |
probably occupied as The men, in proper
lion TO their strength; and the very child.
zen either ii work, or az school, upon funds
which the surplus Of their own wages, has /
in reality often supplied. No rags, no
wIe;chedness, no melancholy cabin, half
rooless aud with floor of mud, iailered
troop of children about il, sad mother,
looking halt.ianine-struck, TO be seen oc-
rasiona.ly through the dismsntled door or
broken walls, her husband pIobabiy gone
q fshing or hunting, because I've, the sole l
worker for the family, canno. get employ
msni more than half bis time This lat
,sf is the description, familiar TO every boz
Dis. OF the poor Of all those parts Of the /
sauatry where the 5enefcent action of the
system we speak of has not yet created
employmen:s. Among them, the habita-
ton is such as scarcely defends them from
;'le weather; the raimeniis scanty, coarse,
nnsuiici to the season, and full Of rents OF |
patches; the food itself is bad, insufficient, |
and aiways uncertain FOR the morrow; and
isc dollars AZ time in money is thing |
10 more 10 be dreampt Of than the posses
SION o. the Bank of England. Add TO all |
this The sa3dest of human depriva;ions-l
the ahsenae Of nearly all hope Of ever bet
IsTing iiIeir condition. This is the situation
of Tie poor-of those who have not farms
other owR-over nearly the whole coun-
nv where manufactures have rot vet
sprung up Except their color, and some
&c" general signs of belonging to civilized
lie. they are very little better off than sa-
wages. |
Un the other hand. see wha, general
comfort. what ehcerful1ess in the dwell
ing, what decency and fitness Of the APP
pare, what abundance and nicely of the
!ood, VIA! multiplication OF ali The house
hold coneniences, what habits of order
aid industry, what general education. what
responsibility, what cheerful expectations
ot lie future. grow up for the lahoring
classes around every centre Of The employ
r.eais which these laws for the encourage.
ment Of Production a. home bring about.
l.e, any man look on all this, and tell Us.
If ne has the conscience, that this system
anl these establishments are for the bene-
Ct Of " hlosed capitalists" for one he
nett 10 those capitalists, they confer hunI-
reds Of benefits on Inc working classes.
This we will take another occasion more
miaa.ely aud systematically to explain,
aal 10 develop, as well as we can, the
whole necessary relation and dependency
between The employer and the iaborer--s
dependency tas we have said) much more
necessary 10 the latter Than 10 the former.