Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-02-08
THE BELMONT CHRONICLE.
External hostility to every form of tyr
amy over the mind of Man."
Thursday Morning, Feb. ], 1856.
"rhe Laborer is worthy of his Hire"


"rhe Laborer is Worthy of his IIire.'
Most emphatically is the above true in ev.
cry avoca,ion o! life. From the President
10 his executive mansion 10 the travelling
tinker, or the pcdar who hawk, his waies
about the streets, every man who labors is
deserving OF some recompcn ce for bis labor
The hod carrier tolls with his weary load
up, up, up the ladder, and for bis hard DAYS
woodwork that strains every nerve, aud
calls in lay every musclc-he receives pro-
baby 8 so per day. The day laborcr upon
our highway tolls steadiy.for IL leng hours
in the broiling sun or in the chilling blast, !
Grain or shine" ht tolls on (or the sum Of rs
cents or may be $l,00 per day. The indus
trious mechanic works at his bench or anvil |
! for the sum Of s. l,5o per day, Upon these
sums the mOjority OF them support families,
and support them comfortably, and some Of
even uxurianty. They constitute our best
class Of citizens. Generally honcst, and in
te lgcnt, they are reliable in almost any ,ta-
ton they are called upon to fill. Again, our
professional fellow ci,ze ns--,he doctors, the
clergy, and the lawyers, are each and every
one entitled to fair compc nsuton for their
services. Generally speaking they are
useful class, doing good 10 all-dishonest
members of either proe ssiun are the excep.
ton aud not the rule. The Farmer plows
his ground, sows his grain, and with firm
reliance on that Providence who "doeth all
things wel' awaits he due course Of nature
Dor has met it's due reward.
l. But there are a class Of men who are not
. entitled to the hire they ask. True there are
severa! such classes but we do not refor now
If 10 any common oafers, we allude to mem
s. bers of Congress. They may be said to be
l. (servants though they undoubtedly are)
n "hard .askmastu-s, resping where they have
not sowu." For long time their pay has
&c been eight dol.ars Pcr ddy,-Jorty cents per
n mile for traUeL--;hc enjoyment Of the frank
ing privilegc-and about $1,000 worth Of
books, &c. Common persons would suppose
=, that this would be enough to satisfy the de-
~ sires o. any reason able men, but the people
G. have yet to learn that Congressmoh, like
o. poor Oliver Twist in the story, astound
u their masters, the dear people, by crying for
II more. A bill is now pending in .he Senate
t. raising the pay of members of Congress to
te Sl2 per day. Think Of it yc men who ;oil
IT, day utter day for week or may be two
weeks for the same sum! Here are set OF
=. men emonding $l2 per day for their labor
Ut andyet they do not work six hours n day
cd Now we must say, that, under the present
'' circumstances, we are uost decidedly oppo.
-, sed to such advance. The present Congress,
te have not been busy in doing good. Not ,
single act of theirs has tended directly to the
ne spread of civilization or repu blicanism-no
C., thing they have done has reelected honor OF
=, ths country. On the contrary, they have
svuandercd our time and money ON useless
things--lhey "huvc done many things the.
IN ought not to have done, and left undone ma
ny ,hings they ought TO have 'done"--the.
have spread the area OF human sluvcry-mad
n. our legislative halls a slave mart for tratii
'e- in human llcsh-covercd our flag with sham
D" refused protection 20 the people of III
North West in their cearest righls-yet, fu
oil this, eighi dollars day is too HAle! IL i
RI too much, infinitely too much. under the pre-
sent state OF affairs. Men must not expec,
when they come to servo the people in an
or public capacity that they are to acquir
20. wealth in that service. Mr.. Badger need no
judge the people Of the Nsrth by the dough
Sd face specimens he sees in the present Con
!, greSs. They are irec--irce to speak, AN
IN. think, and walk about upon Gods gree,
lc; earth wherever they please to go, aud knoy
eS- no earthly master, and fear no tyranl's lash
Nj. Badger need not expect to eat his broa
nal in the sweat OF iIsir brows, for he cannot d
Vi. it. It may be the custom where he cam
in from, but il is pee uliar to that section, an
he cannot cugrall his peculiar notions on III
:, hardy mechanic OF the North,
aid This subjec1 OF raising the wages o' Cor
or. grcssmcn is one of serious import Con
'ar tests for he Office are stormy enough now
'e' and We dread TO think WIN, they woulI b
in case the pay was increased my per cen
IL any change is made in this matter we thin
that the lranking prvlege,-which is a gran
''' swindle on the people-should be abolishe,
~, then the postal system night support t.e |
III, We may allude to This subject again.
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