Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-04-12
SAIessrs Lee, & Cory,


gogucs for sinister purposes'.inciilng tn
poor ogains, The rici,," &c., when tic!
expose the tyrsanny ana wrong whici
, the poor suffer, unI t! Q unjust powe
b. which tho present order OF society an.
law gives to the rich. !. never appear!
10 enter into the minds OF these toaJic'
,hu, the rich are anything but perrce
angels, very Gstri.ls for wisdom ant
goodness. They cannot he ineliel a
gainst the poor, Oh! no! these paragon:
ofrich excellence in their eyes arc Sc
pure and holy il would be sacrilese "a
hint ,hat-,ha, the whe.,ci ayariciou'
sppe,te and cupility and meannes'
which are 50 often the fundamentally
jy which some men get rich. are sanity
virtues sul gliuering with gold.
A copi,ais, in their eyes is such al
esa!,e being iha, the luborer has to be
elevated" TO come near him, and then
he can only "approximaie" hm.-And
! further the ricn are not only so surpnss
I ing good, bu, The poor they are so meaa
they ar so like dogs, "ll an ill.manered
big dog jumps upon lilile dog, how a'I
the o.her dogs nt!emp. 10 put their teeth
in the little dog AMI Afterwards lawn
aroani the big dog" The rich man be-
.n1 ihe hi, dog and the poor men the
lille dogs; bu, these creatures say they
are no; only mean. bu; viscious anl
wckc !, sfe they no. all iissipa'cl?--
I'ha, is The reason they are poor say they.
. II these poor idle drunken viscious rag
mullins would he industrious and saving
at, ,5 cts or one dollsr per day for ihc:
labor, they would soon be as rich as
such a one, noming some one who has
soi possession Of one or TWO hundred
thousand dollars, ihe accumulated labor
Of some 500 or 1900 men, which has
come into their possession by specula.
lien on these poor gnoran, drunken vici.
ols idle lazy fellows.
But The creates; sin is, that while the
rich ere 100 good 70 be inci.el TO the
wrong or injury OF the povr these wick ell
iabo.ers. are SO subject TO be melted
b. "lesi ignrg dcma 20 cues asans, that
saint.likc class tic rich.
When some bold spoken, freedom
loving man, by these creatures called
q aemae no! having the fear Of the
r!ch before his eyes, gives expression TO
the wrongs wi,ch The wealth creators
suffer. AMI LAYS bare the lesalized plum.
der Of the, G9.givcn rights, and th,
cunning spo.lation Of the products o.
their s"cs, sD. industry and skill, we
are ,-eale! by these panderers of the
arislocratic sentiment 10 an exhibition
Of some cfihe juvenile exercises in po
;iicai economy: Il, is capital puts la
Dor in operation, and the profits Of abol
creates capital" (simple, ow.brei labo
rers that we are, think that the profits o
labor are capi;al,) "anI thus the labo
rev BY u judisous use Of the profits o
his labor, may soon become capital
ist." Gents: wacn you have lsisurt
please solve the following arlhmetica
questions: In how may yasr. will /;
a 'abofer, having wife and four chill
dren to feed and cloihe, AMI pay ON
hun lrei dollars year house rent, sell
ing hi. labor =, so cents, or one dolla
per day, .upposing he iooscs by sickn.s
Q! himself or family, frenls, nci.hbor
OF death, as small an amour, as usua,
and having slealy employmcn, hy a
honest rich man who does not choa
him og. ofhis earnings, an; that he l.
ses nothing BY broken banks and Ii
Thousand other plans for plunsr.ng ,h
working men Of this nation, wi!iot
Specializing upon the labor Of other r,cr
women or children, be able b. the pro
is Of his labor, to buy a blast iurnac
in Lawrence Co. Question end. H.,
lony.wil. i; take him 10 work before l.
can buY 10: in lronton, south Of c.
street., aaA pa, a house on i. cos,ia
$1,000. How much will be the dai!
proG:s Of a days labor to man 50 su;
ted. He will become capitalist
won, he'-a lar.s capitalist. verify
|. He will "oppfosinatc, won: he! Il
VIII be elevated towards o capital s.
,ha, is grand,
, destroy capital" who proposes
destroy capital; there is pretty lar;
destruction male By some who uey,
= created any-we never heard Of sr
;. one advocating its destruction exec
5 som. rich fool who naJ moro than
= knew wha, 10 do with. We know Of
large and increasing class, howeve
who advocate another method oflistrib
: ting il very different from the prese