The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-08-26
The Eaborfng Mem And The
Present Cam paign.

| There is one class of men-an extremely
| large, if not influential class-wh0 have
par lcular reasons TO besdispfessed Eith,tbe
present infringement of our public aGairt
and TO desire change in them. We allud6
to the sons of toll. those who spbsist Upon
their manual labor. and have no other re-
| source. They comphih with Justice of the
| immense cost of living in all its departments
! food, shelter and clothing. The price of
| these essential attributes of existence is out
of all comparison with the wages, and pro;
| fits Of labor. This is the experisEoesef fve7
ry aboring man, ItnoS reGuit5s' sfie olosi
est and most unremitting attention, and
the hardest toll, coupled with the greatest
frugaity, to afford any subsistence at all
that is endurable to the laboring, Glgsses.-
This is upon the suppositien that the labor
can Arrays be found; but, in point Of fact,
it is scarce and hard; meantime, business il
dull The wealth Of the country is locked
up in those Radical pets, the bonds, which
not bhly afford no man EN- mplpyments but, in
addition, are exempt from all taxation. Ne.
gro suffrage and negro emancipation have
destroyed the resources Of the eleven States
to the South of us. They no longer have
a monopoly of the cotton market; they no
longer raise the sugar and rice, the money
received for which enable them to come to
this city and buy largely Of our agricultural
products and domestic manufactures, The
free negro Is thotghtless, indoltht and i'm
provident He was useful aborer, but is
now dependent upon the freedman S Bu-
feau for support, and Il Radical agitation
in politics for his existence. He raises
nothing that will give him tho means to
bny the products of Northern and Western
labor. The Southern trade now exists only
in he recollection of,the past. ~
But this virtual humiliation Of the re-
sources of large section OF the country is
not the only cause which is depressing la
Dor to the earth at this time. 1t is heavily
burdenod and shackled with taxes, The
great mas Of thu taxes, although they may
icf Be paid in the. first instance by the la
boring man, actually fall upon him in the
increased cost ofall that he buys. The
landlord whose house he resides in, charges
him, the taxes in increased rent Thejmers
Chant puts them in his increased cost for
the goods he consumes, and the manufac-
turer in the increased cost of lis produc-
ton. The broad shouldefs,af the laborer,'
ATLAS like, have to bear all, and there is
nothing below him upon which he can shift
the load. One-quarter or one-kfth. ptobai
bly,, OF any laborer's earnings, on the aver
age, goes to the report Of taxes. Tbis,.i IL
continued, will ever keep him to the grind
stone of poverty and destitution. The RadS
ical policy is to perpetuate the debt for fu-
ture generations, and with it hnye the ,end-
less, cruising taxation. United with it7s the
scheme TO hand over the South to the me-
gro, and destroy every hope of its business
and industry. being again revived by white
enterprise and skill h \ ,i}
TIE success Of the Radical party M this
election hasa terrible signifcatioir to the
laborer. 1t win condemn him to all the
pains ofpenry, destityion and beggary. IL
means denial to him and his family of the
ordinary comforts Of life, which ii earlier.
and more prosperous days he useS'to have
1t means shaky tenement, scarcity Of
clothing and scanty table. II rneans ILL
rcquited and arduous labor, lind difficult to
procure even upon these terms. The lab
oring men and mechanics of thb, country, IL
they sufficiently appreciate as thcyought the
political situation, 3uld arise in tbcir
might for the coming campaign and votes
every Trade Onion and every son Of TOLL
for Seymour and Blair P,or, unfortunate
and blind to his own interests will be every
one who hesitates or faters IN that behalf.