The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-08-31
NO 47.


Mr. Hcrschci v 1nhnaon was vert
unfortunate pcraon for Mr. sSourlas 10
select as his second in command in the
coming Presidential campaign Without
much original force, with no great popu-
larity at the South, and almost unknown
al the North and West, his nemc, in any
event, could give but little atrength, TO
the ticket. Alex. Stephens of Gcorria,
or Andrew Johnson, Of Tennessee, are
men Of greater coliber. aud have as much
wider reputation, and Il they could have
been induced to serve wits Dougias,
might have frightened the prospect Of
his almost forlorn hope little.
But Dir. Johnson, when his opinions
shall have been fully made known and
csnvassed, is likely 70 prove dead weight
20 a cause which is alrendy 30 heavy that
Il drags along the ground. He is not
merely pro-slovery man, holding 70 ell
the peculiar notions Of his region, but he
is an extreme pro-slavcry nan, who JUS
tifies the institution on its merits, end
who would gladly give itan unlimited ex-
tension. Indeed, Il Mr.. Johnson has no;
been misrepresented by the reporters OF
His apeeches he Is ardently In love with
the form of society wilch prevails al the
South, that he would apply il TO Other
communities. During a speech wiltshire
made on the 18th Of September, 1886, AZ
Philadelphia, nc defended that systcm in
this wise: t
"Wo believe capital should own labor;
Is there any doubt that there must be
laboring class Cverywhercl Inall cUun-
tries and under every form Of social or
ganization there must be laboring class
IA class Of men who get their living by
the sweat Of their brow; and then tburn
must be another class that controls and
directs the capital Of the country"
This philosophy, Il will be perceived,
does not restrict the owning Of the labor
or by the capitalists to any spccial class
Of lAborers. Mr.. johnson does notepeak
Of the races at oil; he does not say that
the negro workmen only, should be the
property Of the white man of wealth; but
he LAYS down general proposition which
includes ali classes Of laborers There
must be, he argues, In every condition of
society, a class Of lnborers, class that
earn their bread by the sweat Of their
brow, and there must be a class Of eapit-
Glists, but the true relation between thcse
10 not the relation which obtains in Eu-
rope and the Northern States OF shis Tn
ion, but the relation which obtains on the
cotton and rice plantations. Capital
ought to own labor every where, 10 render
the services Of either effective. This IL
the doctrine. t s.
II will not commend Mr.. Douglas 20
lRboring masses Of the North, that his
confederate entertains opinions which
would reduce them 20 a leye.,elihslnveb.
The hardy fishermen Of New England,
who gather the rich hlrvcsts OF the seaF,
the mechanics Of our great cities, mainly
built by their hands aud the ycomanry Of
the Groat West who convert tho soil Of
the praircs into the subsistence of nations,
have formed other opinions of the dignity
and worth of thcir vocations. They do
not rosrard III msalyns M mare machines
make a difference between their own Ia.
Dor and that of the cattle upon their furms. i.
! Labor, in their estimation, and in is true
sense is a high social function, connect
ed not only with the prosperity, but thu
peace and very existence Of society -
The great triumphs Of civilization have
been effected by It's means, and those who
perform II properly take their places Ia
the gratitude Of mark nd, among the num-
bcr O { the worlds bonofactors.
Nothing demonstrates more clearly
the dcbasing effects Of the slave institu-
tion than its powers q warp the minds Of
those who live by Il into the narrowcst
prciudices. All the records Of hiatory
show that the astonishing progess Of
modern nations is duo to the enancipa-
ton Of labor from the restrictions Of free
dom and slavery. All the writer's on the
course of civilization concur in the deduo-
tion, and glorily free industry as Tho
principal source of those immense mate
rial and moral advances which distinguish
Europe from Asia, and our age from the
age of Gurth and Wanda. Yet, in the
face of this Testimony, in the face Of truth
, so palpable that no school-boy would risk
his reputation by denying them, we find
a gentleman respectable enough to be
nominated as a candidate for the Vice
Presidency of the United States, propos-
ing a return to a condition Of things ex-
ploded in Europe nearly five hundred
wears ago. What intelligence as leg
islator, what philosophy as a statesmap,
is TO be expected from such an abscru.
ant
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