Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-08-10
TOT IIC ITl4HUeT'
THE PROFITS OF CAPITAL!

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There is more OF crime and cruelty, of fraud and
oppression, concealed in those few words than arc 10
be found in the annals OF Nero and Domi'an. The
profits of capital but the whip the scourSe, with
which property forces the exhausted laborcr 10 work
without pay and without protection. Money, capl-
tai property does not breed, doeb not increase itself
but tyrauizcS defr;.uts, e1acts exploitatcs Labor
crs create all value, all that ought TO be value
| support themselves nnd support the government
Property pays no taxes ii conpes labor to pay them
all. Property holders are mere cunduIts. who trans
fer to each other and to government the values which
uurrGuted labor has created. The pr2tts Of cGpt0f
are Metar rhich eracts Of Inbor, for Mr prir"ccr
7rhIch II graatS IN kh0se wA0 haze no cdot0| ~ hoihE
IN is srorid We'll" says the capitalist, is not this
all right. iur and honest! Is not the world and all
the filing. therein. private property appropriated and
| owned by US! Have we not right I" charge
Others the of this property. or, Ia use your
| own words, for The privilege ot living IN this our
world" All this may be truc land pity lis It's true
You charge nothing for the use of air ana water II
| men could live on them alone there would he liberty
in this world. Though, till they do sn liberty
! mere cruel muckcry and dciusIon The world
must choose between the desPotl,n aud exploitation
of capital, and the rule aud protection ot n human
master In slave socicty capital and labor nre gene
rally associated, and this cXacng d"sp"sin cannot
| be prac,icrd where such association exists.
Capital does not exact profits from wives, anu
children and slaves. The sphere within which CAPT
tai can exercise its taxing power, makes II more
healthy stImuIant 10 progress ana accuinuIntion-
For this exposition of capital un! labor we ar" m
debed inr the suggestion I" work on the Sclrnr'
of Soci,iy' by Stephen Pcarle AndrcwS of Ne"
! York We have carefully studied the theory aIh
submitted il To the ablest mlnd- and arc satisfied ta
II is unauswerable and true Ii il pro b"by the oiy
| addition made TO moral or sOrinl scrnre since thr
days of Aristotle. Many understood The huDlcct W
| the syn,hesis. Many had observed, that c"pnh'
without labDring uad without rnrro"ch'hS nh n-
| principal, supported It's owners IN luxury Il re-
| ,nainpl tnr Mr. Andrews tn detect and expose ne
nuav.s of This d..iicilt suhj"c;-to show hoT cap,
tsj effected ali s. Ihi, he mas done III most lucih
and nas,crly maluer His book has excited iittlc a'-
ran,ioi, bccause ti!c use and application wh'!' ~
attempts 10 make OF hi theory as rrnsrhhpe II"
tb r nbsurdi;y n, the thing for lis Ingenuity aha
originality. "Saf n.hH amW NrentRm tSt &c Ps1ee'
in,r" We suspect that Mr. Andrewe, himself, DC.
gas - the ruo aid only prhrIal "ppicaI'on "
claim 10 go ut ,cust huvcs with Mr.. Andrews IN The
cred; OF .hi. matter. The annexed ex'ract which
wo taku from Ltcl!'s LIVING Age, March number,
1915 will show what III practise, nrc tile relations VI
| CAPITAL and labor i'll irce society: ". r
From Jcrrold. Mu-azin0.
sLAvERY-THE ONLY REMEDY FOR THE MISE
RIEs OF THE ENGLISH POOR.
BYA PHILAyTHgoPIsT.
Whoever is unprepared to cas-; aside not only his
preiudces, but many OF what may be Considered
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rn.a tne following few pages. | must demand OF my
reader tha: he come the perusal ;he beau d'nt y!
iurylnan M iuiOrnatlun thai he mas gained else-
where 10 feelings that he has cherished us vrtuts no
sentiments that he has cultivated Us noDe, and no
opjuuus that ne may have formed RS lniu!ioc, nus'
interfere with his purely aud simply receiving the
following arguments their own cogency aud truth
| aione.
| The wri;er considers he has made great discoV-
cry in moral and political science; aud elevated oy
! nhnyn nj influences,
il to be worked out by others, without the os'ehaton
Of recording his name, deeming that the applause
! of present Of future generations can ada 10 hs
sublime delight, III discovering anu applying pa
pacea" TO the varied and bitter ills that beset ,niee
fourhs of the poor inhabitants Of "Ihe C7Hfa hihs
As some account of the mems BY which great
discovery has been arrived NJ ID oruef ~
prepare The mind for ts reception, win que fe:Pe.s'
shu give brief outline Ut the process oy WIZ" 'h'h
| all-iInpUrtaut truth was elected.
| Born with natural sensbilitics, / early learnt 20
shrink from pain endured by others, as 1t iet actually
| and bodily by myself Thus constituted, what ascene
WAS lisplaved 10 me when into the great and
| rnovinp socis,y of mankind! What mighty heaps oi
n,s.rv did discern! What details did the records
of the various courts of justice disclose What regions
of s1ualor misery and degradation did my travels re
veal 10 me in every city, and even hamlet, visited
The bent of my future avocaons was soon hxed, anG
became philanthropist by profession. Not t.
make trade OF at monster meetings, or fancy fairs
but as pursuit to which | felt myself called by
spiritual voice, distinct should say, rs that ~hci
ever called theoloSian from curacy of fifty pound
a wear 10 q bishopric Of twenty thousand.
1t is not necessary TO recapuate the horrors nave
witnessed in the regions of poverty II is said 'ha
the OF pestilence and famine are passed. Du. s.
will not those say who have visited the dwellings,
the operative Of our great manufacturing
the markets are glutted and the mill. anu ihahu"c
tories ore closed. Pesl!leuce still raSe' he'ce1y