M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28
From the Ono Statesman.
The LabOring Men OF Ohio.

The lanoring men Of Ohio constitute an
important element ia society. Labor creates
wealth aud by the constant to OF the work.
Ing man, our mlteriaI resources are daily in
creased and our wealth augmented. Labor
cut, down the forest, and Gu iiyates the SO il,
builds houses, makes roads and canals, man
uacturcs the seam engine, constructs ma
ChineIy, and all else naediul to the wants of
society. While, h owever, labor creates
wealth. it obtains for itself but little of that
which it produces.
The Iaboriug man has deep interest in
the perpetualon of the government an the
m,intainence OF law and order, If these be
UyerthrOwn and anarchy substituted, the
Iaboring classes will be the greatest suffer
ers; and they should be the first to resist the
drsigns of those who are inimical TO COnsti-
lutlon4l Liberty. Any effort to degrade la,
Dor, come from what quarter it may, should
meet with the prompt and united o opposition
Of the great aboring in erests of 0lio.
Ii the Republicans had succeeded in their
recent attempt, or if they should hereafter
succeed in success sully nuiiyng the lugi-
tive slave law, most fatal blow wOu be
given to the interests OF the tree labor in
Quo. OF this tact there Can be no gu stlou,
as The simple illustration OF he eifeCt of such
measure must fully demonstrates Lrt il be
SettIed and establ shed By The Supremacy of
the Republican Party of the State, that the
SldUeS gf the Southern SAFES may come here
lCih impunity, and that lOhen here they are
SLte f ON Capture BY their masters, and in a
UeTy fto yrarS Oii0 UouH be oUer-rua by an
emigration Of SLdUss from all The Soithera
STATES, I0hO, by the aid and protection Of the
Rcpubiicaa Party looULd make this StIte
their permanent homes. When here they
must be employed, and IN teh0t channels ,oO'd
they be hroOa? We do not ihink hat Gov.
LhaSe and Mr. Dennison would int, duce
them into their society, or that Giddln
even would srek their companionship. T"ey
must from necessity of The case come into con-
tLct with The poor ,ohite LabOrcr, and it iOO'd
be impossible TOR the latter 10 prcUeat il He
IoouLd be compelled to submit TO competition
tOih these Southern Negroes. for the Lubor of
the country, hOtosJer dsgr0d d they might be
and wOrk sids bu side Dth them, and they
t0Ouid vote him dOUn al The polls The white
ldboIef would thus br degraded and oppress-
ed, and the injury Which this merltonOus
class oil community would receive from the
great and leading idea in the Republican
policy is too apparent to need comment. The
heart sickens at the bare suggestion Of the
wretched misery and degradation that would
be entailed upon the white AbOring man.
In this view of the Case it becomrs the du
tv oil this valu bic class Of society Il unite
Its interest ami its fortune with tha Demo-
cratic party. Within the organization of
that party and upon the principles which it
is pledged to maintain, the free white aborer
of OHIO has perfect assurance that this State
shall never be made an asylum for the negro
population of the Southern States. Let all
laborlng men at once join tn standard. of the
Democracy, and by So doing protect them
selves from calamity Of the most serious
character. The success Of the Republican
party would be fatal to the interes,ssnd dig
nifty Of white labor in Ohio, whereas the tri-