Polynesian., 1845-04-26
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tiOlIo VI CiS, lOiibtl1 lIOllC
Leagues, presiding over Lyccums, making
speeches at meetings for the relief of the
poor, and other charitable purposes. You
are great you are respectable and you
have a benevolent regard for all poor labor
ors. Suffer me, alas, a poor laborer enough,
to do YOU homage, and render YOU the trib-
ute Of my gratitude. Think not that | mean
to reproacl you with the present state Of In
dustry and the Working Men. | have no
reproaches to bring. But, ye are able to
place our industry on its right basis, and |
come as one to call upon YOU to do it nay,
to tell you that not | only, but a Higher than
any Of us. viii hold you responsible for the
future condition Of the Industrial Glasses. If
you govern industry only with Il view to your
own profit of mastcr-workcrs, [ tell YOU that
the little You contribute TO build Work
Houses, and TO furnish Bread and Soup, will
not be held as II final discharge. IfGod has
given you capacities to lead, it has been
that you might be Il blessing to those who
want that capacity. As he will hold the
Clergy responsible for the religious faith of
the people, as he will hold the Political
Chiefs responsible for the wise ordinance
and administration Of government, so my re-
spectcd Masters, will he hold YOU RESPONSE
bic for the wise organization Of industry and
the Just distribution of its fruits. Here, |
dare speak, for here | am the Interpreter of
the Jaw of God. Every pang the poor moth
cr feels over her starving boy, is recorded
IN Heaven against YOU, and goes 10 swell
the account you arc running up there, and
which you, with all your fnanctcrjn@, may
be unable to discharge. DO not believe that
no books are kept but your own, nor that
your method OF bookkeeping by double
entry is the INCEST method, the most perfect.
Look to it., then. What does it profit.
though a man gain the whole world and lose
his own soul: Ay, my respected Masters,
as little as We think ofthe matter, We have
souls, and souls that can be lost too, if not
lost already. In Gods name, in humanity's
name, nay in the name of your own souls,
which will not relish the fire that is never
quenched, nor feel at ease under the gnaw-
ings of the worm that nevcrs dies, let me
entreat you to lose no time in re-arranginc
Industry, and preventing the recurrence of
these evils, which with no malice | have
roughly sketchcd for you to look upon.
The matter, my friends, is pressing. and de-
lay may prove fatal. Remember, there is a
God in Heaven. who may say to you, eco
to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for
your miserics that shall come upon you; your
riches arc corrupted, and your garments
are moth-eatcn, your gold and silver is cank-
cred; and the rust of them sinai be a witness
against you, and shall eat your flesh as it
were fire. You have stored up to YOUR
selves wrath against the last days. Behold
the hire of the laborers who have reapcd
your fields Of which you have dcfrauded
them, crieth out; and the cry of them hath
entered into the ears ofthe Lord ofSabaoth."
This is not my denunciation; it is not the
defamation ofthe agrarian seeking to arm
the poor against the rich; but it is God him
self speaking to you now in warning, what
he will hereafter, unless you are wise, speak
to you in rctribution.