The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-14
60 AEB8ak,S,G.
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Thursday Mornina, October IA, 1859.

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Il The Relations "a Labor. snd CePitai.
One Of the most eqmmon Instruments
employed by demagogneism is the talk
about confliGt between0 labor and capi-
tal. When it is deemed tissfdit TO get up
some political exSitemeh 10 accomplish
some partisan aud, the demagogues. and
the political trioksters talk about the ir-
ss==ss:;5l l SScpfidt ibstx ear labor and
capital and proceed to -expatiate-Apen
the wrpRgv Of the T]s5pHng pRHg the
hands 6k ltHej Capitalist and \smpfoysr.
These misehieS!h hakers.r howyurS seldom
accomplish anything but. harr to those
whose iptefssts they profess to be SO So
lioitous about; and the "strikes" that
they often succeed in getting up, gone
rally react upon the ''.strikers." Now,
wea8 desire to be- understood on this sub
jecs We claim to have a lively sympa-
thy with che working GLASS; Our inte-
rests are identified with those of labor,
ANU mo qne can be more concerned than
odrsslSsA hbout the Importance OF digni-
flying and ennobling,t labor, e'Is is onr
duty oat policy ;5a pr necessity ad-
vance the interests OF tho laboring man.
This is the time for material develop
mept. and more than the wealth Of in
teAees. We, need in the South thn wealth
that comes from hard, steady, constant
labor in .the Aeids, the factories, and the
works H. ! BIT let Il not bsforgotten
that employers hayeIrights as we'll as the
employ yea.ia TIss it,be borne in mind that
tha same causes that make times hard to
tHs 1a6orer, also make them hard to the
employer. Above all, let it be remem-
befed thai the amicable relations between
capital end labor cannot be disturbed
without damage to both. They are parts
of one harmonious whole. If, in the
grand economy of the world, these ele-
ments are distinct, as the billows, they
are one, MS the sea. AS the New York
Republic says:
"'United they stand, divided they
fall Such are the existing connections
between these two great interests that
the one cannot exist without the other.
AS we'll might the hand say, have no
need of the foot. Nor the eye of the
ear, nor the tongue Of the5brain. Yet,
when combined, they constitute the i'm
portant parts going to make the man.
What is capital without labor? Can
capital ;clothe us, or feed us, without
labor to cultivate the land, or spin, and
weave the cloth to be made into gar
ments? Capital is of no value when it
ceases to be an article Of exchange,
which must be the case when separated
from labor. The same difficulty occurs
in separating labor from capital. Labor
is employed in the production of all arti-
cles of necessity and luxury; but if labor
be separated from capital, and all be-
come laborers, where shall we seek q
market for the productions of labor. 1t
is the free. full and universal connection
between all the different interests which
goes to make upa community, including
labor and capital, creating demand for
all the productions; and by common con-
sent gold and silver and paper are adopt
ed as the measures of value How idle.
then, to talk about an irrepressible con.
fict between labor and capital! Politi-
oians may rant and rage, scold and fret,
hoping to separate in hostile attitude
these two great interests which to-day
hold the world together; but any man or
set of men who attempts to divide that
which God seems to have joined toge-
ther, should be looked upon not only as
an enemy of his country, but an enemy
to those whom he seeks to benefit
These are the considerations which
address themselves alike to capital and
labor; and when political trickery seeks
to antagonize these interests, it is we'll
for such views to be seriously consider
ed. Concurring in the suggestion of
Mr.. Pendleton, that there is no sense,
no satisfaction. no principle and no poll
oy i'll merely "cheap labor" holding that
labor should be adequately rewarded
nay, even generously paid for its services
we deem it our duty to denounce the
effort made in certain quarters to excite
uhdue prejudice and distrust in the
minds, OF the working class, and to sug-
gest that the elements Of capital and la
bor, should be allowed quietly and natu-
rallv to 'adinat thamne1uao ,,,on - l.: