Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-06-19
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speech on the occasion Of the presentation Of
petition in relation TO the tariff interests Of
the country, the Philadelphia "Nortb Ame'
rcan" says, the following brief preface to
motion in the Senate, two or three days since
is one Of the most remarkable and forcible
we have ever seen, 10 the proceedings of that
body. 1t is full speech in few words, a
most admirably condensed and sententio1s
| embodiment OF the food Of thoughts which
the great question it refers to presses upon
US now. 1t is o speech which tens Of thou
sands can and will read, and the eminent
speaker well said, at its close, that be was
speaking to the petitioners and their assocl-
ates, and speaking for them 10 50 doing
This brief, pitby, aud conclusive enforcement
Of the duty Of tho unfortunate workers in coal
and iron to consider the question OF political
direction at the polls, and not in vain petit
tions, will have more weight with those to
whom it is especially addressed, than any
former argument from the House or Senate
Mr.. CAMERON has closed discreet and ef-
fective course, during one session OF the Sen.
ate, by giving at the critical moment, the
| most forcible argument on the tariff that has
vet been uttered, and this directly TO the peo'
pie, whose responsibility at the polls be
makes them TO feel is direct 1t is couched
in the right measure Of words, also. No one
of the unemployed workers in coal and iron
can say that he has not time to read it, nor
can any one Of these employed or unemploy.
ed, read it without feeling its rebuke, and be-
ing melted to the duty we have urged so fruit,
lessly when work was plenty aud oil went
we'll We arc glad to place on record a
speech, which, like this gives promise Of so
much beyond. 1t is an index to volume,
and it serves to diminish the last Of the
doubts the most incredulous may indulge as
to the effective representation Of Pennsylva.
MIA by Senator CAMERON.
We thank Senator CAMERON for the brevi
ity as we'll as the force Of his argument, and
We trust the tens Of thousands heretofore mis-
guided on this great question, may arm him
with the effective weapon Of an overwhelming
vote in October next, for the struggles Of the
next session and the next Congress:
am requested to present petition sgE-
ed by large number of laboring men enga,
ged iu tho manufacture Of iron in Pennsylva
MIA. ] receive great many letters daily
from persons of this class, and will say here
what will save me the trouble of writing a
great many letters. They think the Congress
Of the United States can relieve them from
all their troubles. There never has been o
time in the history Of the iron business oI
Pennsylvania, when there was so much real
distress among the laboring men Of my State
the men who DO the work, the men who &c
to the forge before daylight, and return there
long after the moon has risen--than there
is at present 1t is not q complaint now OF
the part Of the capitalists. Men of capital
men of fortune, can take care Of themselves
Capital can always take care of itself; labor
poverty, Indulgence aud want, always neet
sympathy and protection.
These persons reside in the town Of Nor
ristown, on the Schuyikill river some twenty
: miles above Philadelphia. The river Schuyl
kill is traversed, on both Sides by railroad
one extending some twenty or thirty miles
another one hundred miles. On the one sidC
of the river is canal. AL! these work
. have been made for the purpose of conveying
\ coal and iron to the place Of manufacture an,
. sale. The county of Schuykill, the grea
coal deposit Of Pennsylvania, has popula
j. ton Of some $4,000 or 10000 people, all O
d which has grown up within the last twent
= five years.
At this time the whole laboring population
. engaged in the iron and coal business Of tn
I whole country extending from Philadelphia
to the mountains of Srhuylkill county, are en-
tirely idle; the boats are tied up; the loco
= motives are in great measure, standing still
and the laborers are running about huntin
l. employment and hunting food.
r These are the persons who complains the
s think that Congress can relieve them.
y have told them and have written to then
" that they have the power in their own hands
e The laboring men Of this country are pow
S erlul for good always. They do control whe
[. they think proper, and l think the time
i coming when they will control the politics
- this country. ! tell them that before the
can get common protection they must chang
the majority in the Senate--they must chang
u the majority of the other house Of Congress
d and, above all, they must change the occr
!. pant of the White House, who is the dspel
ser OF the power which controls the legisl
, tion of this country. In place of geutleme
y who sneer VIXEN we talk about protection
j. they must send men here who know somethr
\. Of the wants, something Of the interest
- something of the usefulness Of the laborir
men.
le Hitherto they have not acted as ifthey ca
r ed for their own interes S while they talk
ur about a tariff which would guard their lab
~ from competition with the pauper labor
>" Europe, they would 60 to the elections und
III some ward leader and vote for men TO repr
ch sent them here and elsewhere, who cared 0
ry ly for party drill, and who had no intere
above party success. This system th
must change if they hope for success.
think the laSoring men Of Pennsylvania
lis least, are now beginning to put their ov
IS, shoulders to the wheel, and believe th
=, will make such noise in tie next Octob
contest, as will alarm the gentlemen all oy
on the country who laugh at them.
at The canals, railroads and mining operatio
~, of this region Of country have cost more th
'or a hundred millions Of dollars. The furnac
and other works connected with the manuf,
~ ture of iron, cost an enormous sun, and I
on people interested in the iron and coal bu
an, ness, directly or indirectly, along the vail
Mo Of the Schuylkill amount to more than thr
=, hundred thousand souls. Since 1855, The
q, has been a blight upon the business, grow
OF out Of the unwise legislation Of Congre
Dg which has really protected the iron of III
he land, Russia and Sweden, and thus TAXI
the labor and bread from our own workm'
'es This iron interest Of Pennsylvania, in wh
ha IL in I q