The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-08-20

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dissatisfaction, 4 vail goes up from
every arm house % thc land An cpl
demie Is abrosd and inya3es every fam
l5Y circle which depends for its comfort
oa any element Of foreign birth. Bridget
Is standing with broom-haudle sulIgnIy
at rest, morally supported aud banked
by the entire army OF her cousins, aud
dgGaatly demands greater consideration.
The demand comes iu the form Of higher
wages, .i is true, bat more Is implied in
IL than the mere question Of salary. The
lab0fer, iu this country, il not suffering
for the common uccessAries Of life. These
aud some of The Injuries be can easily
obtain lie wants more. lie wants re-
cogniaou. lie wants respectability, He
has learned the bumiliating fact that Of
ten wealth alone eau procure these, aud
therefore be demands wealth. lie has
learned that manual labor, with many,
is not deemed honorable, therefore he
wishes an Independence which will re-
Iicyc him of labor. Forgetting that
wages are regulated by the laws Of SUP
ply aud demand, he often seeks for more
than hc eau earn. lie thus demands
that for which he has no right, higher
wages, for the purpose of obtaining that
to which he has an undoubted right,
rsepectability. lie is right In assuming
that, although poor, "the mans a man
for a. that's" he Is right in struggling
against the sentiment which is the curse
OF the present age, that. poverty should
breed contempt; but he is wrong in en-
dcavoriug to obslruet the inevitable laws
Of trade. The remedy must come, when
it does come, in renovated public senti-
menl. Labor should be made respecta-
bic. This is right, and the right in any
conflict must finally win. The sooner
the capitalist can gracefully concede to
the workman the honor due to his hu-
mauity, the better IL will be for both. --
/ the Chinaman has been proposed as fur
ushing a solution to the problem. Com
ing to our western shores from his
swarming hive, he is thought to be will
ing to labor, and at the same time to sur
render all claim to social equality, or re-
spectability. But this can only defer the
evil day. lie has his own ideas Of re-
spectability. At present he does not
consider labor degrading, When he
learns to do 30, he assuredly will, if he
catches any inspiration from his employ
er or from society around him, then the
human nature of even the "Heathen
Chnee," will assert itself aud he will
become just as obstreperous as Bridget
or Patrick
Another outcropping of the doctrine Of
equal rights, can be found in the various
| phases of the "woman question" Not
servants only, but even our fair sisters
are clamoring for greater freedom. The
great difficulty seems at present TO be
that the male tyrants pretend to be un.
able to settle the question, whether theil
beautiful slaves really care for that which
/ they claim; whether they will not throw
it away like forgotten toy when it j;
obtained. When this perplexing prob.
lem has been solved, of course every re-
quest will be granted. But the victory
will not have been won by those who
clamor for it in public. Such attacks
upon the whiskered brute, only excite
his decision, or arouse his pugnacity.-
The lecture room in which Mrs. CaudlC
displayed her talent for invective, is the
appropriate sphere, "Only wait until
get him home," was the remark of Hi
bcrnian dame, as she was assisting hei
intoxicated lord through the public street
in the direction of their domicl, The
full import of those words no one evel
knew, but that there was grave mean
ing OF some kind attached, no one doubt
ed. A mans enemies, and they of hit
own household. His home, bis impreg
uable castle against all external foes, i,
the place where he is most thoroughly
disalned and helpless against the as
sauits of fair ones within. The wIetcl
who cun set for hours uumoyed by tht
denunciations or the appeals of an Ann'
Dickinson, is completely demoraize(
and demolished, without one word of ut
tack or defence, by the slenderest 0
white arms gently garroting his brawnl
neck. That the victory will be thus oh
taiued by the fair ones, If they wish it il
uudoubtod; that the results or the glory
4 Of il will render the present age remark
able thousand years hence is more,uu
certain.
Another characteristic Of the though
Of tbe present time, in this country d
least, is a contempt for antiquity, 81
great has been the progress OF the age il
many respects, that we are beginning {,
esteem ourselves better than our father
ia every particular. We arc ready I,
adopt the new, because il il new, {,
throw aside the Old, because ii is Old, t,
ridicuIe that which was once thought
honorable AID sacred. The last few
years have seen such remarkable deyel
opmeut- ia science, such startling reYe
I lati0ns concerning The early history 0
the globe we iuhabit. Such an overthrow
Of long cherished theories aud traditions
, that The public mind j. excited and fever
ish, ready TO condemn as a dolusion an,
a BE-, any thing which has tho odor Of au
tiquity. RadicaIsm ia thought is pre-
dominant conservatism is at adlseount.
The llme-bonored professions Of the
. ol0gy, aud medicine, Inviting attac
from their very antiquity, have not es
. eaued innovations and assaults, piomplep