The Portland daily press., 1865-12-05
Petroleum v. Nasty on the Labor Question.
CHURcH Nv THE SHATTERED INNoCENTs, I
LATE VALANDIGUM), Jan. Is, ga.

Petroleum v. Nasty on the Labor Question.
CHuRoH Nv THE SLAwTERED INNocENTs, l
(LATE VALANDIGUM), Jan. 16, ga.
Trouble air a cumin upon me thicker and
faster "Men change, but principles never,''
hez bin favorite motto ov mine fer yeers,
and bleevin in the CRATE principle ov the
strong owning the week, or in other words,
slaivry, shall newer sease my efforts to maik
it universal. Their bein unreasonable preu-
dis in the minds Ov the week ov my congrega-
ton aginst bein the perpetooal servance ov
them as nacher hez maid to rool, called a
special meetin of my flock to consider the mat
ter.
interdoost the matter thus: by Hager 1
proved that slaiyry was scriptooraL By "cus-
sid is Kanan," ct settry, / shode conclusivey
that the niger was the identikle individjule
who was to be the sed slaiv aforesed. Then it
wuz put to vote, and it was unanimously
resolved tibet Aferken slaivry be interdoost
amung us. .AFi n
notist with pleasure that the poorer the
individjule, the moar anXshus he scanned to
own Niger. Opinions were then inter-
changed. Absolum Kitt who is carpenter,
and who never saved dollar, hevin aliuz he'd
a sick wife and large family of children, sed
he felt that CRATE work he'd been done that
mite. The proud Angle-Saxun, whom nacher
intended to rool, had that mite been elevated
his normal spcer. Hens4th ther wuz no
moar laber fer him. lie he'd contrack to
bid howse for brother Podhammer, and he
he'd no doubt that the brothrin who wuz
blest with means wood make up puss and
enable him to buy niger carpenter to do
his work. tf.t
Brother Podhammer aroze He, NV coarse.
wood be glad to assist bruther Kilt, but dooty
This family reuired different line of akshan.
His ldee wuz to purchis Niger carpenter,
hisself, and"
"Whatp exclaimed Kilt. q,
Brother Podhammer resoomed. He intend
ed to BY niger hisself, and bid his howse.
The sheer buty ov the CRATE system, and the
one that makes it altogether luvly, is that YOU
kin by your own labor.
"But." said Kilt, "what kin do if you
work niger carpenters ?" - = - -
"Trooly," SEE Podhammer, II kno not A
carpenter kin be purchast for 1000 dollels, the
interest Ov which is 90 dollers, and his keepin
say 100 more per annum. Now eff brother
Kitt'll cum to them wagis, and be modritely
umble, mite, for his saik, forego the exausit
pieashure Nv hevin niger to fog, and still
employ him." ,0G
."But," says Kilt, turning pale, "my family
WOOD starye ON them wages. Wy, might ez
well be Niger myself" l} -. n
At this point lifted up my voise. / exort-
ed Bro Kilt to patience. The crate dimocrat-
ic idee that capytle shood one laber must be
established. 1t may bare hard upon indyid-
jules, but what then? John Rogers went
calmly to the stake for principle Ef brother
Kit do not like to accept his normal condition
at wunst, he kin go to some less favored coun-
try, where the CRATE institution is not estab-
lished.
Brother Podger, blacksmith, sed he sup
pozed the rich wuns wood by a niger black
smith, and let him emigrait. Brother Snipes,
plasterer, made similar observashun. Bro
Punt, bricklayer. remarlst likewise. Where
upon they all, in corus, similarly exclaimed
they'd see us ID fust, and then they wood
ent Whereupon they reconsidered their re-
solushon estabishin slaivry.
Kit and his heretix waz not at church last
Sunday Trooly, reformers Jordan is hard
road to travle Observation-Disclosures ". MAS
BY, Pastureof sed Church, in charge. A'A