I say they would have obtained less; since, had they been slaves in name, as in fact they were, there would have been times during the forty years that they would not have earned interest over cost of their support.
This quote suggests that the conditions of laborers under capitalism may be as harsh as those of slaves.
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This conclusion rouses the spirit of independence in the laborer, and he determines to redress his wrongs.
In this way, labor may hope to arise from its present position of degradation to sit side by side with capital in all public and profitable positions and those of honor and trust.
Every thinking person knows that no such persons or principles are in authority now, and that they have not been these many years.
It is in the people themselves, and in the fundamental principles upon which society is built, and those which the people allow government to be administered upon.