Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-09-06

"THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. THE Elk
horn Independent of last week, in quite lengthy
article under the above head, gets rid of consid-
cradle Spleen and apparent spite against the late
Abbott Lawrence of Boston, as representative
of class, to which it desires special attention.
We have given its article The desired attention,
and find i'll it neither reason or common sense.
The gist of the article is, that fhe Lawrences,
and all others like them, who by industry, enter
prise and integrity, ''get rich are no better than
robbers. The illustration on which the Indepen-
dent bases its logic, is fair specimen of the ar
gumcnt that follows. 1t says,
"What an indvi lual produces is his. fla man
makes, with his own hand, a pair of shoes a
house, or a bushcl of wheat, the shoes, house or
wheat is his But if lie does not make them,
then, they are not his
lie applies this sagacious lest to The Lawren-
ces, and finds that they did not make with their
own hands, their shoes, houses, or wheat, and
the conclusion is irresistible fhat therefore they
were robbers. Can anything be more foolish,
puerile, and yet more devilish, than such twad-
die 1t would be beneath notice, were it not
thatits author assumes and claims to be par ex-
cellence the representative of the laboring class
es. But he is Il false leader, and hypocrte, for
there is not an act of his life that does not belle
his teaching. No man that We know, is keener
to make a good bargain" or less scrupulous in
the means used to get the " bcst.end" of it, and
we venture TO say that no mans conscience is
less troubled at the thought of having made a
sharp bargain, than this same man, who stigma
ties all, who, through industry, enterprise and
the successful prosecution of an honorable and
honest business, have made themselves wealthy,
as robbers. The aI,icle winds up with the prop
osition that
''No one can get rich, as the phrase is under
stood, without appropriating the products of 9TH
ers-without taking what does not belong to
him"
We do not believe any such thing. Any one
with fair share of industry and enterprise, coup.
led with economy and prudence, may get rich
and that honestly, without approprating cent
that does not belong to him. The God of Nature
has stored in the earth untold wealth, and al
may dig and grow rich. As men are constitu.
ted, with different talents different aspirations
and different wishes, there will ever be differ.
ence in their conditions Some will be rich, some
poor, and some in moderate circumstances, and
this is right, and the man who attempts to sow
the seeds Of dssension and array one class
against another on account of these differences
is the worst kind of a dcmagogue, and danger
GUS member of society.
- s-
~ 1t was reported that the captain and two
of the crew were drowned, by the capSizing o.
schr kRekerbocker, near port Washington, OF
Sunday, the Goth of August. We learn by the
Ozaukee Idrer;iSer, that only captain Richard:
was drowned. The two men who were left oil
the wreck with him. swan ashore, Capt Rich
ards attempted to do the same, but sank wher
within about twenty rods of The shore.
~" The Sultan of Turkey has ordered mag
nifcent necklaces in brilliants to be made, a:
presents for Queen Victoria and the Empires:
Eugene, and saddles, all embroidered in bril-
hants, to be made for the Emperor, the King OF
Sardinia, and Prince Albert.
The fact that the Sultan of Turkey is now c
bcggar in the money market, and is Obliged tC
have his paper endorsed by England and France
before he can raise dime, is an excellent com
nlentary on the above.