The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-09-19
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EDiroR CoNsERvATIvE.-- The Ma
tiosal dabl. What shall we Dc with lt2
How will its continuance affect the la-
borcr3 What will be the advantages
10 al classes of pooplo if t is lmmedi-
nteiy puid?
Ny answer 10 the FIRST question is
pay 'timmsd,atcIy, and thereby pre-
vent the hbor,ng million from be.
eomng tho slaves, Of moniod aris.
toeracy. 80.
How does /. affect tho laboring mas.
sess of tho pooplel 1t takes from
them tho largest halfof the products OF
their labor for which they receive
nothing in return. 1t is putting into
the hands Of tho fow tho power. by
enabling them to own the wealth of the
eoga!ry, tc become the masters Of tbs
great mass OF laborers, and ultimately
rcduGo them to.a lower depth of deg
relation, than We're tho fLrmer slaves
oftho South, without the benefit OF the
law that requires tho matters 10 pro-
vido for his slaves in infancy sickress
aid Old age. AS 40 doubt you will
r;Quii something more than assertion.
let ia call 20 our aida few well known
is' hu note will disput'. Whether
n National dUbt is a national blsssing
o. rot we Will lcsVs tho future 20 DO
icru.i Jut will magc this simple re
iaark about it and then l,t il with it,
biosSnS rest, TO % onjoyoiby thoso wb .
appreciate that KIM Of blessings
What ~ sometimes call National b ess
inSi do not always brdcfii those whose
daily toll produce National wealth.
Attic birth Of each Of the numerous
family Of Queen Victori tho whoio
world were informed that thc Britirk
Nation had rec elved another National
blessingl Those who have kept count
Of tho numerous appropriations,
amounting to many millions, mrde By
Parliament, 20 he drawn from the la.
bpr Of tho toilng Millions, to pension
ihis family, can no doubt uudcrstand
Tie meaning Of tho term National
Blessing" II msy he defined IN n
few words, device by which the
privi!cdg"d few may lawfully appro.
pirate and become the owners Of tho
labor and productions Of Ito many,
SRl yOt be Tie special frichds rulers,
T:o'e.tors Cf those Whose labor they
thus appropriate TO their own uso.
Fer 3 prriod 0. ton years before the
~sr md before our people know from
rersoaai experience the bl,ssngs that
the future had in stcre for them, u
National Debt, Twas 4 dealer II
produce, and suppied our people with
groceries and other staple articles OF
every day consumption, and can speak
from tho Books as 10 the amount the
lAborsr received for his labor, "a wei
~ the amount paid for those thing
necessary for family use. Tho loves
prico Of cotfoe was ten conts 70 til,
consumer, and the highest, EXCEPT fol
short periol caused by n short crop
T.s fifteen cents, say twelve and hal
cents tho average prIco-whcn | sold I,
the consumer at IL ! cents paid L
the importer at tho East, ten cents
Tho Impoite today isselling tn csam
kini Of coffee at ten cents at the poin
Iussd to buy at, and yet the consum
crs have to pay for their cot!eo 33 to3
cents. Twelve and one. half cents {
that sum goes to pay Tor the coffee, nm
twenty-five cents goes to keep mp on
national blessing l, at the sam
time, furnished the consumer ~ goo
tea IA could be had, then or now, f.
eighty cents. 1t then cost sIXt
cents a: he East if you took ten cheat
Tho same Tea may now lie hougl
OF the importer at the EHsi nj sixt
cent?, yet the ctrsumOr has to pa
for il two dollars. Eighty cen
TOR .he Tea aud one dollar ana twent
Gems on account &C our Nation
Blessing" There is the same differ
sncsin the prices Of all kind of groc
rs'. There is also Ns great ditlr
enc in dry goods, IN fact every thin
tha. a family necds, and the change
nil .he result OF our National Bies
ing"