Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-17


urTbs following essay teSeiSed The pike Of
500 Offered ". tho Now YORK shGit6flthe btstat'
jlcIs on Labgt4 will well r'I,ey IA pctusal;
|, & PRIZE ART1o hA oNg1ABoR,
N oAREss egs103sE'
Iabsr-ltssS Wants, Interests md Duties,
Honest, intelligent lobQt has been noble Bnien'
nothing since The woTlIl begun, Imposed by Di'
yine I'LL Junction and human necessity, Il has beeil
ccnseofated by human use, PtactlceA by tile say.
ogs, and expanding and petftetpg tom the tldest
tells, through latbato l0tms and selfish tasks, to
tho highest Development Of human Skill-iIl aetjt
culture, architecture, arts, Blechaplcs, lla1Nlae
lures, commerce and lletalNlt-L Is, IN us Fteest
range the beautiful visible l0wet oil mans tIpell.
ed mind and soul, labor lns supplied almost
every wu nj of nJnklnl-nectsa1Ty or lUSullppS
II hos fei, clothed AMI sheltered our Tuce--pto'
yiliug for 1t from lte rldes comforts 10 tile most
teiUed oietunGtes, RtORl thu hui to tie pRlacci
from the yio&lies. altar 10 the gtandest temples
from The simplest ead.S.Ore tint marks The hum
bleSl pppsapps grave, TO tie natbIe lNausolepM,
CT The great pyramid thut CLOWNS The dust oil cnnt
querors md kiugs--nll has heen tic cteNliqil Of
Iaborl The wQtkeF Inns been the great coHqle'pt
1.-The ienl uqhIe.et llettus Gtilt ndmanned the
aeeit tRuhilioned ond filed the ranks pf tile
utTies, ac@c4 do@n tls forests planted thew
ctness, teaped tie harvest fields, teated tie tem'
leila and cities, aud, In atEatl shops, tuundetleS,
factories aud tSstywhele, nude Tic weld vocal
%lthth lnHtio Of labor!
Io.Hay, the worket can LUX abroad 0FeE tho
eOIlh and say, al these ate NY ltoplyp Yes, all
are l.abUl's trophy, Wfloali;s slsul slne,Ss and
swolllly haRLS3tbls v0$t, beautiful scene u Gvef'
widening civilization had not been. No wealth,
10 capital could have called Il into being, IN.
til labIf cheated II, tleIu was no 'e1pllal,' no
wealth, Labor dug tlg ore, stamped The COLL,
and ,natle the currency NJ tic world. Aud, %ith.
out the wOtktf, II WIS llEn only worthless,
Shthilii lNUblUa l,atVE Is the Gully real calltul-
productive and cEtullvE tkili the nnly real wealth
Vi the@Drd lei tie huutS intelligent, Sirluutts
IabUrst slunl fotl theai no longer ubas I'd IN the
presence Of whatever castc'ahl.cle d men, but
lNpnl,y, es the equal Vi tHg HobleSt uHl best VI
nanEilI. l'brIay VI his true dominion u dawn
los. Tho Time ha$telIS When the world shall aq'
knowledge him lord Of tile eatll-tlle leeptto &c
which hnS hret toU long withheld lf0n lS gasp
ms lle hos bgen thu rttntUr VI civilization ami
iIe builder Of omplteS lie slall SOM pluck for
hi1 own tuslc from the Sllg anl * tttu Of his
own planting, and sill in the palace, and 10 heard
III klle HllW WhNG NV lldllG WI
memorial pillars lls has Tcaicd. -....
1llE WANTS. OF LABOR,
The wants 0t labor MIC fuH, ltwants tisht d.
tcciOn III The labottE, tiShl distribution III tho
wuTk mpfkel and permanent, rrlHHnotulive en-
plUyrhent. Perfected intelligence only can give
UNIVERSAL tight direction, ly promptly Supplying
eycty Workers talcUl NunbCrlrSS wUtStIs, nj
ever class, laltOt Uudtt lnislEctOli oil talent
Ut capacity, doing thttsly injustice ~ tlIcit tasks,
and suffering relatively thcttiOtG in pbfldSgd 10
wards. Intelligence sufficient to gasp ttie SIM
nleSt philosophy, with wisdom cnonsll 10 carry
out It's lesson, wIi give right distribution, With
ldbUT,as with tSufyl hi0B else, demand requisites
suppy, aud nc law HUt eoAliYNncG eau give pop
IT employment IL two, three, VI four persUilst WIN
one Ittts0nS work. That is physcul anu ipotal
limpOssihIily, And where pticcs NJ Iub0I tic not
KEPT up by violent pUd inllNiatOs tleaEs, asso'
cnllnal Of otet they %ll lall nndet tie pressure
nr an over sock Of labor, Just like ollIet tl1tk
able atilclcS. THIS Is a IIglileluul TACT. Pellpl
nvnt employment will inevitably result Ton o
tigh, Direction and distribution Of abUt--aNl moi
OilY nt[llule, hut aS TelluileEuinY0 as The wOtk'
II lliy reasonably cIUose Employment aud pues
will ia at lis option, That ~, 10 I'M %ln works
for another, This wotll Is wide enough 10 eve
every man field 10 himself ant suppose alI men
were self occupied; lT0Yidng for llleDSt Ives dl
independent subsistence, cunI,I t|;y b. tltsaStJ
MI furnished rs nov, Wien many tlaits ul lGllllS
rush 10 do the work Of one pait1 Ploihly, mol
Tile hconlltionsn OF IhbUt ~ oillets would Ie
at tlclt own will The degree Ia which lll's up.
llOnaI power may BE- exercised by The worker 10.
peniS Gn hu distribution Of atlOt, II luust no.
whete oYrtSt0rk the market, but E0tIlet keep The
supply sl0rt, and Il eau lteIl with "roptnl IN
equal aud loitly SHIRE Tic. rFotlg Fef insloHcee,
there Is alwuYs ctTtnin deindnd TOT labor III this
chy aud tit dptr Of tia. labor " entitled y
% iliI md equitable slGue OF thu pfOilS, "
mol lh%SrIed by cQlUpetulol ic can get Il, But
competition, tfs result Of oysTPg', phases hinl .
the Inptoy Vi ucspua," This Is gGngtHlly The
CONDITION. Of qIOt, particularly III cites. Once
In While, III specially thttpEiSllg " speculative
tines capital Gunipetts with ilseli anrl gives la
lot an atlvan age, but IL is only IN exception To
tie rule, l,abOE is down len liges wlcte II Is up
uWUe, II is HUt 50 wise and StIcwI rs cppllnl,--
That seGNS new markets VIXEN tho old ones uie
fnIl--SliItS NbUut, distributes ilSrl, nll lakes Vd'
Yantdgs OF bankruptcies mud al other pttCsG.--
While thousands NJ WoIkETS afb suffering tlUH
nepl idlGurss here, OF elsewhere, there is IN all
the lnul, abundance OF work lot all. II the sum
total VI labor was III distributed rs 10 meet tho III.
nNlnl OF tho whole ma hi, Gyety fk.t would
IL MoGtubIy and petHsanenly employed. IhU
nUblGSt organization labor could iOElN would be
QUE 10 intelliecnly dist HG itself, or its $lpliS,
by c0umri " ptcumnty aid, from the 0yrTstockth
" tic undtISlUobGd nlaFRr, RHd thus cVlHlulld lis
Uwtl lGTlus,
TUE tSTEnHs1S or LAEGk.
The interests Of alJ0t may bP cousdctel az I'm.
ny and complicated, or AS few aud simple. Tho
fewer aud simpler The better IUt then clear under.
stnMlhs l,abUr is The cteaiiye pUStr, Tho eldest
anll nUbltst capital II is tue wVikrl'S Interest 10
TpgNli n respect II as Suth und to sd tOtllIy u
BY intelligent application aS ~ make IL the RlaTS.
uttp OF commercial equal OF money capital. It's
IT'S interest ~ be III llaItlOny win iOlcA capital,
IND II eau be without humiliation VI subsection,
with sttat atS8nluSe to IlSelfj lot nluuty capital
IS lnlIUts exchange uBcHi, rs well rs Nid.0tenlyU
Keep lnlot lisilly distributed, aul ROney.cRpilaI
sill meet Il halfway, It's not N tIle Interest Of
the wUlkcT ~ heyU lallNl protected, as to hours
and ptces--saye, perhaps, iut apprentices and al
mOIS--by legislation Ut IItMlilllig uSS0Gia Ions,
This is false basis, seldom DrlsiUg present, ami
never securing permanent good. II only gives
money. cupltu an excuse IJI lrsiSlnIiIs mud band
ing IN iutn, and tic lt'ict, brlg more unit aud
lnUfe slllew1, will always Uut lesISinlu latoT,--
Trades Unions, such rs have Developed here, are
not iuboT's Lest ItIenIl. They haze kept multi.
Tides ION w0tk by debating ulbil uly prCeS, IN
defiance Or the natWtal law Of teUanJ and supply,
apl permitting uone Of thrit 0SeI'Stockttl, AMI
competing CT lftsten 10 work TOT less pltceS Wien
luhUt mud livelihood were thereby 10 bt hail.
They have also fa'setl a false and tntsciIeyous
ptelndlces agaiuS. lHUuey.rNpital, aud done The
Eteptest injury to the working ClRSitS W cEeOtiug
Tie impression that he ptpstatlOIls 81 lalSt ate
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