Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-02

nanity from its poverty, its Ignorance
and It's degradation, to that. common
height Of Intelligence and happiness
which ], + verify believe God destined
tf Then there is that question Of labor. r.
Do you think you can dodge it?
Youiwill try, but you will not succeed.
The working man wants TO rise. mot
merely by an advance in wages, but by
an ddo0saoe of cO5sdttioa. What Is
the first object of the "Hiberal;n or the
7 'sReunion and Reform party? The
first principle of their platform Is to re-
duce the tariff, the result of which is to
reduce the condition efthe workingman
more or less. - 7a - ;a..f,- si.s,
/ No man can be so simple or so ignor-
ant as not to see this. You reduce the
price of the rich mans coat. te You re-
rducet the wages of the, working man in
proportion. What is the, result? You
have made the rich richer and the poor
poorer, and this is, the sum- and sub
stance Of this .liberalYf Z 'reformy moye-
ment, Butlwhat do those distinction.
lists, those philosophers, or paper. care.
for the working men? Wrapt in the
of icy selfishness, they care. as
little for the condition of the WORKING
man as they do for the education ofthe
Negro = s{asa '.5sgNk sidgmaiE ad
4 And now, when the DemecFatie par.
ty adopts (fOr it has no natural heirs
of its own the abortion of the Cincin-.
natl convention, whether it be Davis,
Brown, or any other creature, do you
think It will educate the hegro?' do
you think It will protect the working
man? Do you think twill keep out
those Mornons from the State? Never.
The convention at Philadelphia viii
meet, uttering the voices of millions of
peopie-that the work of the. Repubh-li
can party must be completed; that shu-
manity calls for its success, and the
world will rejoice lin the triumph of
thai FREEDOM. justice, and christianity
which we hoped had been secured by
the surrender of Lee fat 3Appomattoxl
Court HOUSE. eaSi4GaHfi434x5 sHinzI
tsgis. be.TsiaT uasJ 3sl,E., DIM. ~
AIKEN, s. C.,Aprili Is. soqdo ri =
The theory Of the free trader is that
if you takeoT the tariff the price would
faiijust that much. This is mere boslf
evefiest sophisIn. .o1 eIake that |
much abused article, pig iron. "A year
ago the iduJy 0a pig iron was nine dol >
lars per toA. fhroagl the aInaRipuIa-
tions of these trIcksters the tariff was |
reduced tWodoiIafsi per ton, making lut
seven dollars. 81 Hardly was it done bed
foie click, click CLICK, and the riews1
was sent 10 fag land, AID tie price went |
up there two d0itars per tom iIhe re-
suit of all this 4ahipaiatiors THAT pig
iron to-day is ten dollars higher than il I
was a year ago. This Subject could be !
illustrated from y standpoint stIfacting I
the Interest OF every working, man indI
the 'c0pn try. This, idea of profession l
simply neans defence. 1t means de- |
ence against the pauCer labor OF Eu- /
rope, against low wages Capital and, |
aDor must go; hand IA hand. They, are
~ ynonynlOQsi With SUCCESS. Labor and
xii are mare hppgrable than capital.
my fool may have capital, but iG re- y
IulreS brain and muscle to be q skilled
aborer. aAtW ashfhg gtOn I. waited on
me- Ways and MEANS 1C0Il Ifiittee.. II \
Uafid Ii like the aandie OF A1ug, all on
,ne side. Interviewed the Itpresen-
atiye5 from different States, and L said i
We have a plan by which we can check Z
nate these fellows, Before the WAYS
md Means Committee make their re- II
,ort, remove the duty onteaand coffee, f
,lace them on thef free list, and test this 1
questions The bill passed the House, Il
tut stuck in the Senate. ,Iut0ld Sepa-
er5 that we would go,before the people
nd tell them that they refused to give !
hem cheap tea and coffee, To-day we
ave the jUyfulunews that the bill is
low law This, reduces the revenue
hirty million Qdoilars; aud Senator !
to-day is Obliged to strike the 4
econd article from his list because the
eyenue is red ueed SO much ON articles
lot raisediin this country 5thatnheisis i
bliged to Continue the duty aOnawhatil $
Ge do make here.i sSgil hGg .sInaa r
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