The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1854-02-22

our people gives source OF wealth and prosperity
unexamped in any nation in modern times From
the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Canada to the Gulf
OF Mexico, our country has been blessed with boun-
tful harvests assuring plenty of food to all our peo
pie and increase of our exports to Europe. un-
derstand that rich stream OF wheat is now pouring
into your port for shipment
1t is this industry which lies at the foundation of
our prosperity and which. invites now millions OF
lands The war Withdrew from agriculture millions
OF Isborers who again invited TO join in this most
cities are freely invited to send their surplus popu
lation to fruitful fields and bountiful harvests.
After the war of 1872 the migration commenced
which peopled Ohio. Indiana and Illinois and, al
though there are no such rich lands open now Tor
Whole tier o States west Of the Mssour River to-
gether with the undeveloped Territories of the West
invite migration and insure to labor Just regaro
for transportation and settlement that our fathers
did not enjoy.
LABOR QUESTION.
And now. fellow citizens, in conclusion, let me in
vie your attention briefly to the agitation of the Ia
Dor question, only in this country but in other
countries where production has exceeded cousump-
ton and thrown out of employment many indus
trious iaboring men. and paralyZed important
branches of industry, especially of the iron and
is depressed, that wages are low that many willing
hand finds it hard to get work, ana sometimes hum
CRY men, women and children want food and cloth
ing. and shame be to him who does not sympathize
with such suffering and relieve it if possible No
equalities of life and sometimes listens the cry Of
the demagogue that human laws have caused lhls
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nish redress.
THE SAME LABOR DISTRESS THROUGHOUT EUROPE
The distress, in far greater degree. exists in
Great Britain, France, Germany, and all civilized
standards OF value. Modern inventions which sup
ply wonderful machinery which consumes only
chanic have greatly diminished the occupation of
labor Fewer laborers are required for the same
new induses 3s and seek new msrIets to be snppiied
Our own country is blessed with cheap lands inyit
ing labor and It the ct our own people as
ployment in supplying productions heretofore made
abroad. and in sending our home productions to
foreign countries. All that the government can do
within its limited powers it ought do to encour
age. protect, and foster labor.
And can say OF our laws and institutions that
they are far more favorable TO the laboring man
than those of any other country, and any idea or re-
form, measure that is proposed relieve and pro-
tect labor finds in the Republican party its earnest
and sympathetic advocate. That party has done
on a or s r s,d laws
tee to every equal civil and political rights.
Property more equally distributed than elsewhere
but recently acquired the right to vote, greater
portion OF our citizens are property holders. More
than twothirds of our voters, with this exception,
are property holders and the rest want to be- hope
to be, and can be- This country OF ours is not the
laws distribution of property tend directly and
rapidly to distribute large estates Property here is
required to pay more tribute to labor than in any
| country in the world.
| GOVERNMENT WILL PROTECT LABOR.
Property educates the children maintains all your
| charitable institutions maintains your streets,
roads, and local Improvements, and all parts OF ma
tional, State. and local government The very few
taxes that attach to those who have no property are
on whisky tobacco and beer, which are voluntary
taxes. If the government can do more to protect
labor, it will. 1t offers to every citizen homestead
on the public lands. 1t offers every man an equal
chance. Every Office and honor is open to equal
competition, and it gives to man rank, title or
advantage except what he himself acquires. This is
all that free government do. 1t can not take
| the property of the rich and divide it among the
poor. 1t can not is proposed take the public
treasure, collected by taxes and distribute it in any
other way except for the limited proper objects pro-
contracts men make with each other, except
where they are grossly immoral or vio-
late public policy. Its Office is spent
when it secures freedom, equality. and an equal
chance the race of life. While the sympathies of
the Republican party must ever be with the laboring
man. IL can not violate the fundamental principles
of free government to favor any class refuse to
and the fruits of their own labor.
In the general management of your affairs the Re-
publican party has done all that it could do to de-
velop the national resources and maintain the
onal honor, to protect all men in equal rights, to
secure all men equal privileges and equal chance
in life, and is ready adopt any proper and consti
tionafmode of relieving distress and advancing the
peal to all of who have shar ed in the honors and
abors of this party to still stand by its flag now that
the difficulties of the recent past passing away.
with the full hope that country, always advanc-
ing ano prosperous since liberty first proclaimed
by revolutionary fathers is still destined to ad-
| vance under the guidance of the Republican party
| to higher honors and greater prosperity.