The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-27
SPEECH OF
HON. S. f. CARY,
IN CINCINNATI,
August 10th, 1868.
IN CINCINNATI,

0i1 COUNTRY MIN lnAnk you
for the curdialiiy of this greeting
| return to yUu after brief SER
wee in the Congress of the United
States, position to which was as
signed by your sutfrages, and it ,s in
your right TO know what / have
done, and " IL my dutv, plainly and
fairly and unequivocally, to respond
TO this, your request, and tell you
how ] have discharged the trust you
have confided to my hands.
am hcre not to answer 10 you MS
a partisan. Elected to Congress by
the sufFrages of all parties, am to
answer to you as a man, and not us
u party follower. Applause.
1t is my duty now and here to
say tU you that ifyou want TO elect
a man simply for his devotion TO
parry politics, and want to select
one who will bo tho dog Of any par>
ty. you must find some other candi-
date. In the canvass Of last fall
there were three planks IN our plat
form upon which ] planted myself
squarely. The first was that !
should advocate the adoption OF tho
eight-hour rule IN all Government
work shops, in all the dock-yurds
and arsehals, and for all laborors
employed in Government service.
That law was passed through the
House Of Representatives very ear.
ly in my Congressional term. OF
however little | may have done, !
say TO tho working men Of tho Sec
ond District, the working men Of
the United States owe to YOU the
passage of that Law. Voices,
"Guod."1 The politicians At Wash
ington understood how it wac, and
that the eight hour law was n nee
ossity. II was passed through the
House OF Representatives, but en-.
countered more difficulty il the
Senate. / lahorcd nssiduously,
night and day, TO secure IFS passage
through the Senate, and il became u
law, and it 10 signed by the Prcsi-
dent OF tho United Stutes, and now
the plastorCrs and bricklayors, men
working in tho ursenals and dock.
yards and everywhere in Govern
mcnt employ, are required TO work
eight hours n day, and receive n
dav's wages for that labor. 1t is
only the work Of time for the work
ing men throughout the Republic
TO realize tho benefits and blessings
of the law 10 themselves. WO could
not carry 1t any further, of courRo,
in tho national Government than
simply to prescribe the rulo for
those in Government employ. OF
course il is not to bo expected that
Tor men working upon farms, where
there is no mental power required
to discharge It's duties, eight hours
will be a days work. You remem-
Der, my countrymen, whom it was
thought that twelve hours were a
days work aud then when ten
hours were introduced ns the law Of
the land what strikes we had through
the country but 1t became tho law
of the land. | believe that when
tho laborcr shall receive HE Just
share Of the joint earnings OF cHpi
tai and labor, he will be better of
with eight hours worR than he. il
now with twelve, [Cheers,1 ! Iad
vOcated, my countrymen, as you al
know, II revision Of our fnanola
policy so as to sccure to labor il
proper slare OF the Joints earning
of capital and labor. Wo believe
and | have no doubt the sen.imcn
IS correct, that capita appropriate
TO ils share too much Of these join
carnings-that the laborer docs no
receive an appropriate share OF hh
real earnings and to rectiiy tins i
was necessary that we should hav,
, new financial policy InaugCrated
"a new monitary systom-anJ
hcnco. wo insisted that we shoult
have but one kind of money for all
applause, and that money shoulC
be lssucd by the sovereign power o
tho nation that there should be on,
kind OF money for every body-th,
rich and the poor, the bondholder
aud the poor laburer Yes, my
countrymeu, and very early, rs soor
us could get the floor Of Congress
on the 9TH of January, little mor'
than a month after l was sworA u
as n mombor of Congress, made al
elaborate argument in favor o
what | donomlnatod tho greeAbael
theory, and Immediately Ihereat
ter proposed a bill to Congress
which was referred to the commit
tee Of the whole, embOdylng thos,
, great principles bat because tha
bill did lot pass, and that system
was not inaugerAted, it Is no fault U
mine. l worked for its passage
and will continue to Gntil tho 4th o
. March next. when my term expires
aud if you re.eleeI me, l shall oOn
} tinue to work for the same object
Applause.
, Now, my cOuntrymen, We hav
incurred AN immense d ebt. BY th
war the whole country IS bIllowe
with graves. In every part of tn
} country there are widows and OF
: phans and crippled soldiers VIII
fought tho battles of this war. W
have incurred an enormous deb
that piles u2 mountains high, and
+, increasing from Eve TO tVM milliou
. a mouth more evOry month an
0 under our present financial Systel
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