The New York herald., 1871-12-20

was Intended for the PURPOSE OF support
or be socoy labor SOCIETIES. @ snde
unions and strikes. There was no evidence IN the
bill tnat such desire existed, and he denied that
there was such an intention on the part OF 1G
author He represented . laborug constituency,
agricultural aborers. and 1t was In their interest
vocated the interest oil the la0orng classes the
south. 1he war hal created great gaps IN South
Srn INDUSTRY anu miiiions OF acres o. land were
sppl River there were nearly one hundred acres Of
virgin forest land for every acre OF cultivated land
Mr.. Perces time having expired, Mr. CAMPBELL,
tdeml oil OHIO. suggested = substitute for tho bill
providing ter the appointment OF Joint committee
10 investigate the subject OF the wages ana honrs of
labor &c., and as 10 the effect OF the existing laws
commerce, finance and currency.
IN order.
Mr.. STORM, tdem, or Penn, . member OF the
s on Ss S ana haoG Msa
mpOss. bic tor Congress TO make Ia" interfering IN
tho contracts between labor and capital; but
disclose state Of facts which would create pub
lie sentiment that would be corrective OF many Of
paneS on TINS score he was IN aSor OF the m
vestgatlon: For himself, ne needed no Information
on the subject. The evils OF which the industrial
classes OF the country complained were patent 10
every one. They were as clear a. the noonday sun.
An investigation would snow that $2,a5a, 100000
from taxation, and other interests were taxed
70 make up sne deficit IL was SHOWN
% "a Sus q n
ana grauty. IL was snowa tnat the poor man now
paid upon his salt lax OF one hundred and hfty-
Els esa cotSus % over siSyvs per CENT @ and on
his spade and shovel over l0rty.ave per
Ss Ssa' ewery wns diamonds sn aos aoS rss
paintings and statuary tax not exceeding ten per
cent 10 adjust .ae WRONGS Of the laborng men
Congress would have tv repeal every pet financial
scneme oil the party in power. Was not the national
pank scheme theirss Was not the exemption OF the
bonded debt from taxation theirsS Was not the
preSent system OF tari1 theirs, When these were
repeated the republican party would be repealed
anu m bs e o was Inc o nS @
republican party, and when II was removed q better
order oi things would reign. -
Speaker. TINS Di has had LIS most urgent advocacy
frOmi Pennsylvania and MASSACHUSETTS. 1t Is slnRu
lar that these Sta.es have mad more Of the iargess
and bountles OF the protective system Than any
other. Will propose al amendment IN the interest
OF the civil service tnat no party or political inl-
ence should control the appointment OF commission
ers. 1 am as anxious as any one that there
should be better understanding OF labor
questions. IL ls q singular commentary that be-
fore these monstrous staluIory protective frauds
there was little or no agitation among the working
IN see Dy the letter q MI Banks u az organ
the gentleman from pennsylvania, sttgmatizes as
do those tarif wrongs SO oIlen eulogzed here. Mr..
Banks contends tnat legislation here mas been
Tor the rlch tnat there Is no way OF defend
ing his class against tyrannes and extor-
and railroad monopolies, SO often upheld by the
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr Kelley, and ,nat
the system OF taxation as IN this cityDy laying out
Streets &c--is an unmitigated fraud on the poor
aud the lab0rlng man. Inc investigation as to
wages and nours OF LABOR IS pertinent to federal
legislation We nave already passed laws as to these
subjects. There Is no inquiry so pertinent to the
fair division OF the Joint profits OF labor and capt.
tai the inquiry into the commodities which pass
through the Custom House and the consequent elect
OF exactions upon the materials Of LABOR. The Com
mttee Of this House nave reported on the revival OF
our shipping. SO dsastrously scuttied Dy our bad
leglslarIoD. rDls, too, should be Investigated by
others than partisanS. Would that sucn man as
mission, there would be little need OF any colleague
to present such economic questions before the c0un-
try. There not so mucn necessity Tor TINS bureau
there Is Of some acr)n repeating the duties which
so unequaly dis ribute the benefits and the burdens
Of the government. But anything tnaL gives
welcome. an not AFRAID that this Diii is an en-
on our duties as federal legislators. l
vii! taSe the bill as % an earnest q & better policy on
crossing. We have already legislated about strikes
IN very questionable way. and Il this admlnlstra-
nent, including the military, to put down strikes
truly can inquire into the relations VI labor and
capital out OF which THESE strikes grow. Wnne am
lraton. will be glad to see Intelligent investiga-
tion from any quarter, or Joint committee with
object.
stant habit when proposition was presented for his
cUnsideraLonlls member OF Congress- to tnqulre
" !,
second, whether II was right; and, lastly, whether
1t was expedient If II laied IN the crucia test OF
It's Aulhoriy for Its enactment, his mind instantly
assumed an attitude OF hostility. II it was proved
to be neither right nor expedient, his duty TO ex-
pose 1t became more Imperative, When thus bill
was sprung upon the House the other day, the
prompt response Of his mind to those questions
was adverse ~ tho propriety OF Its enactment. II
had impressed him with the conviction that 1t In
volvea o gross excess oi authority; would create
three officers, ~ an expense OF $4,000 year,
with train OF subordinate officers and other ex-
a m m fprn avft n nd
accomplish 10 good for the people. and tnat u was
IN Itself inslncerc and hollow and chiefly intended
dental election and mslcad the dscontented sons OF
toll into voting the radical ticket In 1872 In these
IMPRESSIONS ne nad oeeh speea.y conhrmed % ~ inc
league. Mr.. Dawes, both OF wnom had fastened with
unbcc0ming zeal to give mere partisan temper to
cheap party capital out OF Its reception Dy himself
tMr. Kerr and the member from New YORK tMr.
once unworthy OF those who mado them aud unjust
toward himself. They would fall to attain their
object The laooring men OF the country
WERE NOT GUDGE0NS
their instincts were manly and lawful; they were
sagaclous and intelligent, and they wo lid 4eenly
ise ana effective relief. After careful c0nsldera-
tion, ne felt compelled by sense OF duty TO oppose
the bill. II was simply Impossible for the wit Of
late on the SUBJECTS embraced In the ui except on
those three-cOmmerce, finance and currency. 1t
and OF its trainers and expounders IL assumed that
Congress might regulate the hours OF labor or the
sta ndard rates OF wages and the division OF the joint
pronts OF lapor and capital, or the social conditions,
or the educational institutions or the sanitary
interests OF the people throughout the cou4-
try, or between man and man. according
to its own pleasure. Such sweep or Jus
risdIciion In tne federal government would
leave absolutely nothing Tor the States or the peo
pie. All local governors would speedily become
mere expensive sinecures. The power OF Congress
would become as transcendant, absorbing and ex-
elusive That Of the British Parliament. H. could
enact sumptuary laws, dictate the terms OF private
contracts, control the pursuits OF the people, regu
late the reauons OF domestic Lie, OF guardian and
ward,
OF MASTER AND SERVANT, OF MARRIAGE AND
DIVORCE,
OF parent and child, and at length transform the
people into nation oil feeble anu helpless aut0ma-
ions. The people had no faith In commissions; they
doubted their sincerity; they knew now apt they
were TO become mere instruments OF party, TO be
Tor selnsn ends, to be controlled by
capital and power, and become mere aDject apollo
gsts for the laws aud schemes by which the people
are oppressed, ana 10 be used 10 forge
new manaclcs for the limbs and energies
or labor. The guardian OF ono OF the
most Intelligent advocates of the interests OF