Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-12-11
4 n0SkIkToRsA = EaAI1eRss
No.34...

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aasaa army Ia better diree&ed by i
sss4aa taough inferior than by two
lssazk1W guss aE yasiaacs and cruss rur.
| ls ssnse ID tsap uE al iaIsss on
efaslo4 hereia shose engaged ear, have
uunt 81 common end in View. and cas,
dsDef 1nlyns to the choice of means. In
Asata 4&snea, no daa on board can wish
taa tesiak, ana nos anfssuasnfav ali
Eo = nsther, bseaass too Eaang will
difse single will can be allewed
@ae ''z4 :
Es ets 6sveasp ssas the Isgas-
| - III sssemnsas asssYs =
Nar usen q fsss pgincipIe ef oovss2ag
koFefnmen ens-she rights Oh she peopla.-
GoHausiye evidence Of this Il fonnd in
ths aaess geaye ana masussly eonaidayed.
public aocusaents, a. well al In the asusr-
a tone Of toe, insurgeats. In these. doc
nTnenss We and the abridgnsat Of the ex
sssang right of suffrage, and the denial to-
ths people OF ali right % paTsSeit,aae in
the electiea Of pahlic sffaers. sxssas the
legislative body, advocated aua lsbaxed
arguments, TO prove that largs control OF
shs dove4nm ert I'd the people fs the source
OF ali political evil. MonarcAy itself IA
sometimes hiutad At as . sossibse resuye
from the power of the neSola, In nav
present position could scarcely be iusti.
fed were to omit raising a warning iyo;ea
against this approach Of rsssrmaax dsgno.
tism. Ii is not Reedsi nor fittiao hare
that general argument should be made
IN favor Of popular institutions bsIt fhere
ID one poiat With its corBeetions not ao
haokneyed 81 most Others. to which I ask
brief attention. Ii Is the easost e, pIsee
capital on an equal footing, IL not above.
IaaoF in the structure Of tie Government.
IL 10 sssasasd shaAl labos 10 asaSiabls only
70 conn eetloa wlt6 capita that melody
laDors uni somebody eleses owning cap
ttai, somehow By the use Of u, induces
nana 70 labor. This ASSUMED, IT Ii next
oon sadsrea wnefher IL is beat sasaa capital
sa4ll hlse tsboEsrs and indasa shsau to
WORK ny taear own consents Or bag them
aaia then ariEe them to IL without their
consent: haFing proceeded 30 far, Il fs
Naturally eonniaded that al iabcress' are
eitner hire Iaoarers, or what we caa slaves
ana furtoer, u assumed, that whoeyeF isl
once o hiFed iaborer, is hxed in the con-
aition Tor life. Now, there is no such re-
4s&Aen oeaEeea capital ana labor IS as
srlmIed, aor Is fhars any suah thing as al
freeman being liked for life In tbs condi-
uon OF hired labor. Both OF these as
suupsions are false, and all inferences
troH1 then are gFoundieSs- Labor b pri-
or 10 and independent 10 capital. Cspi-
tai Is only the fruit of labor, and could |
never have existed Ii labor had not first
existed. Labor 10 the superior OF capital,
and deserves much the higher Goasidexa~
bon. Capital has it's rights, whieh are "a
sT wsTSrtay os profession as any other rights,
sIy aawmxs viii ba. . raEEsEsss sssxuss, Ia
Dor aud capital producing mutual beno-
FITS. Tho error Is in assuming that the
whole labor of community exists within
taat relatioux A few men swn canEtal. |
and THAI few avoid labor. ana wsth5 theip
capitai hire or bun few 10 labor for Them
1 large majority belong to neither class. |
neither work for Others nor have Others
work for theua. In most Of sha goushern |
States q majority Of the whola neonle Of |
all colors, are ueithsr sIaEes nor masters.
while in The Gorthern States q large ma. |
iority are neither hTrers nor hired: men
With their families, wives. sous and daug. |
terra. work fer themselves ON shsir faxsss. |
in their houses and i'm their shops, taking |
the whole product 10 lhemselycs. ana ak |
ing no favor of capital on tie one hand. |
nor OF hired IAborers or slaves s,,. the 9TH
u. Ii 10 nos forgottea that coassaeva-
bic numbes of persons find their aws, Ia
Dor With capital, that is, tbsy labor with
their own hands, and also buy or hire
others I'd labor for them, bat this Ii oaiy
mixed aud rot saissincs class. No |
principle stated is disturbed by the axis |
tence Of this mixed class. Again, as has
already been said, there IL nos of necss- |
sity any such thing as the free hired la. |
borsr haing 6xed for 1has eondisioa for
life. Many independent men everywhere
in these States few years back in their
lives were hired iabordrs. The prudent
pennilass beggar In the world labors for
Wages awhiIg and aaysa = saarnaua sxith |