The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-05-04
LOCO FoCo


at is notorious that James Irwin has
accumulated a princely fortune, by means
OF a government protection in The
shape OF an enormous tax on every piece
of iron imported into the country aid
| YET, with all the favors of fortune buck
led to his back, who ever knew James
Irwin to do anything but grind the face OF
the poor, until he became the Federal
| candidate for Governor!
On the contrary, we are informed by
persons acquainted with the facts, that all
the laborers living around Twins works
have toiled like serfs for years, and have
nothing 10 show for it. Bad Bacon,
Flour, Groceries and Dry Goods, dealt
out to them at THREE TINES THEIR VAL
ue by this Iron nabob, has kept them
poor, and has enabled him to pocket dou-
BILE profits, SO that a gift of a thousand
barrels of flour to the starving Irish would
still be a trifling remuneration for the mo-
ney he has accumulated by the sweat oil
the poor mans brow"
The above is from the Holidays
burg Standard. It is a beautiful instance
of the tactics of the Democracy" II
scarcely deserves an answer, but ii shall
have one nevertheless. The article which
Immediately follows we find in the Pitts
burg American. Ii is SO full a refatation
that we have no wish to offer a word of
our own. B~ellefonie. it will be recollec-
ted is Nj. Twins home.
HOW GEN. IRWIN "GRINDS THE
FACE OF THE POOR"
The BeHefonfe Hhig states a few facts
illustrative of Gen. Twins system Of
.'grinding the poor" which we commend
to u down street neighbors, whose bow
els Of compassion seem to be so deeply
moved as to cause them great uneasiness.
We hope however, tha. they will find re-
lief in learning that the cause Of their dis
trcss is but a Locofoco fabrication"
After stating that the ''immense Iron
Furnace in Centre county" where the
hard-hearted "iron nabob" 'grlnds' &c.
is what iron masters call a "Quafter Fur
mace" making about twenty-five tons of
metal per week; and that Gen. Irwin owns
the one-haIf of this '.IMMENSE" es-
adjustment and the forge and rolling mill
connected with it, the Wing says
The "starving wages spoken Of, are
but the fabrication of Locofoco imagina-
ton. The workTaen employed liz this
establishment receive as liberal wages as
are given at any other works in the dis
ric;, live as well and enjoy the comforts
and many Of the Injuries of life. They
neither need nor desire the sympathy Of
anv man. Many Of them have saved, OF
their earnings. sufficient TO purchase for
themselves comfortable homes. They
settle with their employers yearly. and
are allowed interest on what is due them,
If they do not wish to lift it. One OF
these ..slarying workmen". left the works
within the last year TO purchase iasd in
the west. with TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS in his pocket, nearly all earn
cd at the works. and three-fouTtls Of II
paid him by Gen. Irwin III CASH. the day
before he started. Another Individual
has between two or three thousand dol
lars due him, on which he receives inter-
est, and others have less sums, earned III
ike manner. due them. We can point
to individuals who, with the proceeds OF
their labor in Gen. Twins employ, have
purchased farms, ana are now living IN
comfortable circumstances.
We have understood as much before
from other Sources. but had some doubts
about the policy OF publishing it, as the
locofocos would make a handle Of the
facts, for they are too u~ndcniable for con-
tradiction, to prove that Gen. Irwin though
not a nabob himself was making nabobs
and aristocrats, OF his working hands
Paying a laboring man three thousand
d%ollars!! 1t is nothing more than taking
a man out Of the democratic ranks and
making an arislocrat OF him al once
Plush. Amer.