Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-10-25
Johnson on Rail-Splitters-More
Hatred Of Laborine Mem.

johnson on Rail-SplittersLMore
Hatred Of Laboring Men.
=. V. johnson, the Douglas candidate
for Vice President, made . speech at Tere
Hsute, Ind, on the 9th of Oct. The Dai-
!y cypress of that city, reports the follow
ing language as haying been used by him
on that occasion: @
"Mr. Lincoln is said to be good Rail-
Splitter-I have twenty Negroes at home
who are good Rail Splitters, ANY ONE
OF WHOM, l WOULD RATHER SEE
ELECTED TO THE PRESIDENCY
OF THE UNITED STATES, THAN
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. fsEia55g
= We think that Mr.. kincoln's most bitter
opponents viii admit that be is equal, at
least, in point Of ability and character, to
the average of Rail-Splitters of the West.
Even Mr.. johnson does not question that.
Then it follows, of course, that MI. John
son considers "any one" of his "twenty
Negroes" as better qualified for the Pres
-idency than white Rail-Splitters. What
say you laboring men, to this kind
Democrats? Are you ready to place in
the second Office of ths government man
who thus elevates his degraded and igno-
rent property" above you, in the scale of
intelligence and WORTH Should this pet
ty tyrant and sneering aristocrat succeed
through your votes, and finally become the
President, as two Vice Presidents have
already done, you must not complain if the
Offices at his disposal are filled with bis
negroes and those of his fellow slave holders,
rather than from any Of the Rail-Splitters
and other white laborers of the North
for il Negro Rail-Splitters are preferable to
White ones for President, they certainly
are for subordinate positions.
But this Democratic candidate has as
high an estimate Of Northern "Rail-Split-
ters" as of other white laborers, as shown
BY his previous speech. At Philadelphis,
in 1855, be said: I
aWE BELIEVE CAPITAL SHOULD
OWN LABOR; is there any doubt that
there must be laboring class everywherel :
In all countries and under every form of
social organization there must be a labor.
ing class--a class of men who get their
lsving by the sweat of their 6row; and
then there must be another class that con-
trolls and directs the capitol of tie country"
Again, in bis speech at Pittsburgh, but
2 few days since, be used the following
language:
"LOOK AT THE SLAVES IN YOUR
OWN WORK SHOPSl THEY ARE
DRIVIN TO THE POLLS AT THE
BECK OF THEIR MASTERS, UNDER
THE PENALTY OF BEING DIS
CHARGEDr s
Thus We see thats these sneers at the |
white laboring men are no sudden thing,
provoked by circumstances, but the out
going of an mate and irrepressible con-
tempt for whom be calls the "laboring
classes, who '-get their living BY the sweat
of their browr' His hatred of sRail-
Splitters," deep as it is, is no more intense
than for the "Slayes" of the "Workshops."
He prefers bis black aRail-Splitters' to the
Northern white ones, because the former
are 'owned' by "capital," as he claims all
such would be, while the latter Gown"
themselves.
Democratic laboring men is not that
pretty candidate for you to support? Is not,
the elevation of such men to places of dig
nifty and responsibility, proud work for |
the "Slaves of the Workshops" in the Free
States? How manly, to see Freeman |
walk up to the polls and by his deliberate
vote endorse the declaration that be should |
be "owned" by capitol" have task
master and spend his life in unrequited |
toll for some contemplate tyrant, like this
johnson and the class whose favor Mr..
Douglas and bis Northern friends are so |
anxious to secure Let these do it who
may, but let such forever cease to expati
ate upon the dignity of American Citizen
ship. and American Industry Toledo |
Blade.