The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-03-31
raE LanoREn PROPER.

There WAS time when tho lheoltI
was respected for his position in society.
He was the most useful of its members.
Wealth without him was 10 man WHIT
hidden resources are to commerce. One
without the other is helpless. Hence
pains were taken TO systemiza labor
and fix upon it price both reliable and
sufficient. The immigrants from for
eign country's came amoag us and
entered the field of labor aud found
the best harvest they had reaped. They
became citizens; families grew up
among them; churches, schools and
work shops were reared and sustained
by them. They built our railroads,
ships, and everything useful for man
to have. They became consumers and
united into one grand family with
those they found in the United States
aud have made the country truly the
asylum for tha civilized races tha; in
habit it. Men of capital aided the
l.boror in order to secure his services.
The reciprocal relation of these people,
though born in different countries made
the compact that rendered capital and
labor as agreeable as possible and suf,
tieieutly SO to produce nation Of great
wealsh and power, resting as much on
thc important services of the wage
class as on the money power, and
really more SO. This We apply to
Eastern States. How is the case on
the Pacific coast ! The wage class in
all enterprises nearly are Chinese.
Our railroads must be built by them.
It is said that other men cannot be bad.
Other men would not be employed if
they were here because the Chinaman
works for less. White men built the
railroad in the east, why not in the
wesli Ii there wera no Cinnamon haTe
would this work cease, anJ railroads
stopl !. is idle TO deny the fact that
capital will crush out every American
laborer, and take IN lis place the
Chinaman or ether inferior race If he
will work for less than white men.
What will this capital dol When
white men arc driven ont, slaves come
in. Sosiety is disorgauized, schools
are closed, churches become IA rnockery,
aud the laborer or wage class is driven
t. poverty and wart, or sGt Of his
country. This is very serious ques-
ton. We have the spectacle before
Us. Congress is laboring 20 protect
our own people so that they NAV live
by honest toll, anI resr families with
the necessaries of life to sustain and
provide places for tie wage class in
order that they may maintain their
sphere in society. Without ,h, IN we
have TO society. Only master aud
slave As the same time our great
enterprises, such as railroads are TO be
built by Cinnamon. L needs leg;sla-
ton to coatrol the capital which is
unde on. OF the labor OF cur own peo-
pie, notwithstanding they are igr ored
the moment it Is done. The money
that is paid to these Chinese gees out
of the country TO ChiEs. Why is thisl
Why ignore our own kind y hen labor
is neeiedl Is it lecsuse Gilman man
without family or society above a
brste will work for less than x white
man who ha: family 10 sustain, and
who must live according TO civilized
forms and conditions Aad yet the
wage class have this matter in their
own hands. They can and must
make laws which will provide for their
own dsfenss and protection. The
Cuinaman built a wall around his own
hsbitation tho civilized mar should
protect and secure to himself the
benefits Of his civilization. To do this
capital must conform TO his condition
and needs. At best capital is enly
held in trust for those who produce it,
and if the trustee becomes an oPpressor
there is power given to man to resist
that oppressor. Hence the civilized
laborer insteal Of trifing with his vote.
should combine with bis fellow labcrer
to obtain that power that is essential
to his prosperity. Because a man la
bors be should not feel that his vote is
MT Of any value, and therefore may be
I'D 10 power that would make him a
slave. If the horse knew his own pow
e. there would be no foolish drivers.
Ii the lsboror knew his power there
would be 10 task masters. Capital
would be the slave instead of King.
We look to laborers for reforms, and
the press should all them in their en-
deayors in this line.
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