American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-08-02
From the PHILADELPHIA Ncws.
REDUCTION OF WAGES!
Is Eft. Buchanan in Favor OF it
HERE is THE PROOF!

dependence Square on Wednesday eve
ming last having declared among other
things, that those there assembled
could have no "sympathy with tho
principles of James Buchanan-his
doctrine of low wages for American
mechanics, and his opposition to the
war Of 1872" that fact seems to have
aroused the indignant ire of our other
wise jolly and amiablc contemporary
of the 'Penn$y}0anian' buchanan pa
per) to so high degree, that he could
not contain himself without letting of
his bile, as follows:
"Basc and Di8Aonora51e.-We have
made no secret of the high personal
respect we have ever entertained for
Ex-President Fillmore. We have a.
vowed this upon all occasions, as we'll
as our painful feelings of modification
and regret that he should have lower
cd himself in our estimation and that
of the public generally, by his indis-
Greet aiiiliation with the proscriptiye
and intolorant party called the Know
Nothings. Entertaining such feelings
we felt disposed to treat the public
meeting held last evening with all be-
coming respect, until the resolutions
offered were placed in our hands. One
Of these resolutions is Il base and dis
honorable libel upon truth and common
dccency. it is a glaring, prcmcditatcd
falsehood, known to be such by those
who framed it. The stale SANDER a.
bout low wages, in connection with
the name of Mr.. Buchanan, is unwor-
thy ofmen claiming the onamc of Amer
lean citizens. TO repeat q falschood
told by another, when it has been prov
ed to be such over and over again,
equals in moral turpitudc the vilIainy
that originated it. The lie that has
been nailed to the counter as base coin,
is endorsed by public meeting COM
posed of $50 callcD respectable men.
1t is evidence Of q weak cause or q bad
heart, when such weapons are relied
upon for success"
Thus accused by this Buchanan or
gan of all sorts of bad things, and the
charge that Mr.. Buchanan stands re-
CORDED in the Congressional history Of
the country, as in favor of low and ru-
nous wages, being denounced as a base
lie, we feel called upon to produce the
record, and MAKE GOOD THE CHARGE.
We refer, therefore, our excited cotom-
porary to the record. Let him look at
page l29 of the Appendix to the Con-
gressional Globe for 1839-40, where
the obnoxious speech may be found,
and if it should be more convenient, he
may also find it in Vols. 67 and 68 Of
Niles Register. On pages 1856 of
the Appendix referred to, occurs the
following language, the meaning of
which we leave the reader to coustruc
for himself; ,
in Germany, where tho currency
is purely metallic, and the cost of eve
rything is REDUCED to a hard money
standard, piece Of broadcloth can be
manufactured for fifty dollars; tho
manufacture of which, in our country
from the expansion of paper currency
would cost one hundred dollars. What
Is the consequence? The foreign
French and German manufacturer i'm
ports this cloth into our country and
sells it for hundred, Does not every
person perceive, that the redundancy
OF our currency is equal to premium
of one hundred per cent. in favor of
the manufacturer.
" No tariff Of protection, unless it
amounted to prohibition, could coun-
tcract these advantages in favor of for
elgn manufactures. [ would to heaven
that l could arouse the attention Of
every manufacturer Of the nation to
this important subject
"What is the reason that, with all
these advantages, and with the protoc-
tive duties which our laws afford to the
domestic manufacture OF cotton, we
cannot obtain exclusive possession of
the homo market, and successfully con-
tend for the markets of the world. IT.
is simply because we manufacture at
tho nominal prices of our own inflated
currency, and arc compelled to sell at
the real prices Of other nations. -
REDUCEOUR NOMINAL PRICES
TO TIE REAL STANDARD OF
PRICES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, and
you cover cur country with blessings
and benefits. s.
"Jhc comparative Low PRICES
of France and Germany, have afforded
such a stimulus to their manufactures,
that they arc now rapidly extending
themselves, and would obtain posses
sion, in no small degree, even of the
English home market, if IT WERE NOT
FOR THEIR PROTECTING DUTIES
Whilst British manufacturers are now