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gard to their politics, who have proved
themselves efficient, &C., has elected the
special attention of the many opponents OF
his election in the Departments and kin
died their hopes anew. They all think
Jenekes's Civil Service Bill mastery
stroke of craftsmanship.
GEN. CAREY ON LAND, LABOR, AND HIS MON
ETARY SYSTEM,
I cannot give you anything else SO in
teresting and profitable to your readers as
synopsis of the remarkable speech de-
livered by Gen. Carey, Of Cincinnati, in
the House, yesterday. The speech is in
tensely interesting, both in the Vi
tally important nature of the subjects
and in the manner of treating them. He
speaks as a representative Of labor, pro-
claiming and resisting the time-sanctioned
unjust advantage always taken Of it by
capital and, while insisting that it is
time the injustice was brought to an end,
he shows how, in his opinion, the "con-
summation most devoutly to be wished"
can be achieved. H
The joint product of labor and capital
was not justly distributed between the two
producers. The legislation Of the country,
State and Nation was in the interest of
accumulated wealth> 81 believe that a
government which has the right to con-
script poor man and put him in the ranks
to fight its battles, and dictate to him the
wages he shall receive, has an equal right
to seize the rich mans purse to pay the
man in the ranks, and to dictate the rate
of interest he shall receive for the use Of
his money. The rights of persons should
be at least as sacred as the right of prop
erty, and a forced loan, with or without
interest, is as justifable as conscript
law"
The wrongs of which labor complains
were l. The improper disposal Of the
public domain. 2. A radical error in our
monetary system.
First. Congress vas qRly the trustee
of the whole people, and, as such, had no
right whatever to grant any portion Of the
public lands to railroads or other corpora
tions, or to dispose of them to spectators
or land pirates. Yet, Congress had, with
in few years, voted away to railroads an
area of country larger by $4,000, 600 acres
than the six New England States, New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Dele
ware, Maryland, Virginia and Ohio. The
Pacific Railroad al5ne-that giant monop-
oily which might yst dictate the legislation
of the Repdblic-had, or would receive,
in addition to enormous subsidies in bonds,
10000, 900; enough to make four States
larger than New York, Pennsylvania, In
diana, aad Ohio. In the name of the
landless millions who desired homes, he
protested against the creation Of land mo-
nopolies in their name he demanded that
every acre not already squandered, and
every acre that might be acquired from
the Indian should be sacredly set apart
fer homesteads.
i Second. The entire monetary system
of this Government, copied as it was from
the monarchies Of the old world, was rad
ically anti-democratic and subversive o.
the rights and interests Of the masses O.
the people. The whole range of legisla
ton on finance was cunning device t.
rob labor of its just rewards, and builc
up and sustain an aristocracy of wealth.
Money was purely creature OF thC
law. There was no necessity Of the ma
terial possessing an intrinsic value at al
commensurate with the value the money
represented. Money was measure o
value as yard-stick was measure o
measure of length. The employment b.
Government Of cheap material for mon
ey, as paper, was saving Of the differ
ence between it and dearer material, a
gold. Paper was also preferable in beinl
more portable. Again, paper none.
would not be exportable. Money, ex
portable as commodity, when withdraw
largely by foreign demand, seriously de
ranges the exchangeable value Of all othc
commodities. Gold aud silver, again
we're inadequate in quantity for all th'
\ purposes of internal and foreign trade
There was not enough in the whole worl'
to transact the business of this countr.
alone Paper was resorted to as nee
essity, in various forms, and purporting t
be redeemable in specie on demand, whcl
the specie was cnotoriously SO inadequate
it was the plainest of cheats.
The value of money was capable Of be
ing regulated by the Government, and tn
, Constitution dcvolved the regulation as
duty upon Congress. The value was dc
/ termined by the rate of interest it com
mands and the rate Of interest whic