The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-29

The following Is an extract from the
Cincinnati Enquirer on the "Eight-Ilours-a
Day" movement, for the benefit Of labor
ing men. Thinking men VIII ponder It,
Resolute men will act on Il:
The working-men ofthe country fought
the war; their next business Is to pay 1or
H.. They danced the measure, and the iid-
dlcr Is nj the door waiting aud clamoring
for his fec. Three thousand millions OF
debt at six per cent; three hundred anu
siNty-fye millions of annual taxation; to-
tai, principal and interest In thirty years,
nincty-four hundred millions. Is the snug
little account laid before the working
of the country by the financial officer OF
of the Government.
This is to be paid. The President In his
message says il must be paid; the Sccro-
tary of the Treasury says II must he paid;
Jay Cooke says 1t must he paidi congress
resolves unanimously that IL must be paid;
that it Is disloyal even to dream of nom
pnymcpt; the capitalists and bundhOldcrs
SAY IL must be paid the National bankers
say IL must be paid; so say the politicians
the oillcc-holders. the oilcc-seclers, the
rich people, the wealthy merchants, the po-
litlcal priests aud the loyal newspapers.
What IL the voice of n poor devil OF q tailur
or "A blacksmith. who has returned atter
]
| low cough aud brokCn-down constitution
seated in his garrct and surrounded by =
woe -bcgune wife and eight or nine half
naked and half-starvcd children, to the
voices nr so many wealthy aud highly re-
| spcctablC people? What Will be his VOTE
| when capital descending from its three
story frcestpnO front shall genlly invite
/ him to cast his ballot thus and thus, or go
| with his woo-hegOne wife aud eight or nine
| homeless brats TO join the horde of bcggais
already too large for grudging and perfume
| tory charity. ...
| I'VE tell the wOrking-men of this coun-
] try that il this three thousand millions of
! debt, and twice three thousand millions OF
| interest, are 10 be paid, they are the ones
TO pay IL: they, and no others Every uoi-
| lar, every cent of IL, Is to come out OF their
earnings, whether they and their children
eat bread or not If they can do 1t In eight
hours, we'll ii not, they must work ten; II
they can not do il In ten, then in twelve.
fifteen or twenty. The DEGREES of God are
not more immutable than this sentence
which we pronounce. Ii is not we who
pronounce it; it Is the voice of APP
! palling and irreversible fact of that fact
which is but another name for rate; before
whose awful judgments, rs antiquity ia-
bled. even the will of the gods was power
css, ..I. .... ... .H..
1--WE stand upon the earth free of all thi'
niquity and the horrors It has wrought anC
the consequences it has entailed; and W,
thank God for ito the last day of our liz
we shall thank God for 1t. The degradation
of brutality in the past, and the degrade
ton of pcnury In the future, are alike non'
of our work, SO far rs we have been per
mittcd by arrogant and overshadowinl
power, our voice has been raised agains
the one, aud our warnings uttered to pre-
pare for the other. Looking back Mt tn
pitiful charges of treason that for i've year
: have been Illuminated against us by tn
minions of power, we do not know whethe
| we feel for them and their authors the mos
of contempt or Of forgiveness. Malic
against the imbecile is unmanly and tn
fanatic Is but human body of WHICH de
mon has taken possession, and overlaid tn
! soul. Strange that thing which has
spark of the divine in Its composition ha
so little power to resist, and demons s
; much to suppress
q ave have intmated that there was on
= way of escape. There is one, and but one
and that Que Is not to pay. We have no ca
az this time to present petty incentives
u reputation. We do not speak of repudia
tion MS party measure in the present or |
the probable future. Unless determine
s tion TO revolt against this desolating wor
of taxation rises to the dignity of an un
versh and irresistible sentiments II fixe
ana ONerpoWeflhS resolution, unless tnel
l. is n spirit Of revolution unalterably beT
10 upon changing this Government into som'
thing more and better than a mere machiI
for the lcvying and collecting of taxes, tina
II an active agency for the conservation
= overgrown wealth upon one side, and Il
VI creation of paupers ON the other, we wi
/, have nothing to do with it. Until then, v
u are In favor of supporting the Governmen
ii Let the takers tax on and the people pay
and MS LONG as they can find voices,le the
sing to the glory of the best, the milde'
IA the frccst and the most parental Cover
: ment upon which the sun ever shonc."