The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-09-25

You viii be called upon to. decide. II
you have proper regard lor your own
interest, if you desire the prosperity of
The State and people, you wish all e.
economical administration ofpubhc affairs
you. cannot hesitate as to the course you
ought to pursue. Read the history ofthe
past, of political parties in the State, of
the men who have done most service for
the people, and you will disregard all at
Iempts to draw your attention from the
true issues in this campaign, and vote for
those men who are identified with that
patty which has done most good in times
past. preserved the credit and improved
the condition ofOhio.
THE WAGES OF LABOR, The Locofoco
Polcy.-ln last weeks Eagle is an arli-
Gle charging US with favoring policy
which will "lO,oer The prices Of labor"
We are pleased that the charge is made,
for recently the pronfhas come to light to
convict our neighbor.
We say nothing now of Buchanan's 10
cents per day; nothing of Tappan's l29
cents per day; that is old and will moi
have the effect which the following from
the Philadelphia Ledger, .free.trade'
hard money paper, will have. The Ledg-
ey says. and we want the Laborer to ex-
anime the paragraph Closely
Panic has followed panic-revulsion
has succeeded neutrality-suspicious. have
shocked lrade-credit has been convuls
ed-aud the whole social fabric has often
toiered on the brink ofanarchy and still
the delusion Of paper money has been
clung to as a blessing. because it enhan-
ces prices of everything; these high prices
crippled industry. by allowing the cheap
labor of foreign lands To supply US with
every species of manufactured goods
We create the evil that pasies our owr
industry. and then cry out for more nfthe
same evil and tax of our neghbor. ia
make up for what loss we may sustain by
paper IFONE THOUSAND DOL,
LARS will be required per diem, on the
paper system. 10 pay the sooges ofa fac
iory that could be worked for ONE HUN
DRED DOLLARS on the specie plan
and that difference is caused by the high
est prices engendered by excessive issue'
Of paper mouey-which breaks down the
factory who is to blamei the country
the government, o- the paper money!
Now who favors low prcesl Th'
Eagle or the Gazette? We mean low
prices for laborers. not for proprietors--
for those who work. not those who ar,
worked for. Ifthe Eagle can still con
tinue to receive dollar quire for As
sessor's Blanks and at the same tim'
have the wages of labor reduced TO one
tenth The present standard, it might b'
benefited. but nOl the laborer. The in
evitsble result of hard. money and Tree
trade is admitted above by an advocate o
such policy. 1t is low prices these mel
are after, payment Of the laborers of
factory for one hundred instead of on,
thousand dollars.
1t is unnecessary to enter into an argu
ment to prove The advantages ofhigh pri
ces for labor. Any one who looks bach
a few years,knows very well that so far al
living was concerned, laborers were much
better off in 1898, when they received I
dollar per day, than now when they re
ceive but seventy-fve cents per day
Since that time, Locofocos have tinkerec
with the currency &c destroyed the tariff
aud will continue tho same policy unit
the people emphatically condemn theil
destructive measures. Nor is il neces
sary to enter into an argument to convince
the reader of the effect of this L0cofocc
. system. It is confessed above--in all il.
deformity--we mus, put down the price'
oflabor to the European standard in Or
der to avoid competition. For our part
we will 60 for protection to American la,
Dor, we will sustain present prices. with
out regard to the pauper labor OF Europe
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TDr. Elizabeth Blackwell has re-
turned to New York from visit to Eu