The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-09-10
Loafsrs and Laborsrs.


otsction to .hosa who labor.
ct st protects only lOafess. A AlsborsE
Is one who iabors. 4 man or woman who
Is busy doing something for ssIf-suppoE.
and the benefit Of others. The poor wo-
man with her nssdls-prie ksd fingers and
eyes red from overWork is laborer. and
she projects the government. The needle
she uses. the lightahs ssWs By, the thread
shs sawe with, The room she lives in, the
money she earns, is taxsd.
The poor woman ID the county who
Esaiiks. wasbss5 isonss cooks. Rwseps. scrubs.
makes aud working like = slave
gson day to day-is helping to protect the
zoveTnmant. She tolls 70 help pay taxes
--shs grows old prematursly-her giElish
.beauty is SWEET Out--her egiie form grows
lssiE and kward, for he's lie is one Of la
works 70 project she government.
follows the plow, the hsrFoW, the
ssed-dEiil. sbsreapsr sud mower. Sc
sHiags I'll axe. with sturdy arm, throwing
sassrpriss into she wildegnsas. He drills
ths rock, digs into mountains. explores
EiveFss labors Is mines. PionseEs bis
e sas West and toAzsslth;E@ to he drives
stage swings = sledgs. shoes g ReEss
paints pictDs, makes coat,
per, invensz and makes machinery. builds
3 house, lays out town, eEeots 5 church.
. school, block Of ssosss picks rags, car
riss bundles. blacks boots, sets type. am
putates limbs, preaches ssrmons. pulls
teeth, pavss streets, Taises cattle, makes
railroads, carries muskets, pays taxes.
he lives by the labor Of his handssor
brains. He ig working man. aid
make the country great, paying taxes
z what?
TO protect the government.
TO protect loafsts.
To protect bondholders who pay no taxes.
He protects the gove2nment-the gov
eminent rObs the working man to protect
the loafsr.
Who is the WorkiRgman
A man who works with hand OF brain to
live by his own labor.
Who is the loafer
Any man who lives other than by labor,
who shirks honest toll of brain or muscle.
and kstsns himself like IeeCh to the earn
iDgs of others. The hond6Oldsr is a loaf
er. He lives on interest stolen from the
people. BE lives on the losses of others.
He is as much loafer as the sesdY dead
beat who stands in saloons waiting for 9th
ers to ask him to drink.
He is q robber for he takes what be has
not earned.
He is q shirk for he throws the burdens
Of life on theEshoulders Of others. He is a
coward, for he runs behind the law with bis
stolen plundeT, and asks for protection
and from his retreat reaches ont to rob the
working mAr Of his earnings, and with
long, crooked claws reaches intO the womb
OF the future to rob the unborn.
He is q drone, for he adds nothing tc
the revenue, builds no houses makes DC
cities, improves no lands, DOF benefits tbs
world.
He is q tyrant. for be rides rOUgh.shOd
over labor, and snathes from the poor che
tax on tea, coffee, cloths, furniture. bread.
medicines, shrouds and cOfins-eveFy'
thing to make up the gold be calls for and
receives as interest on his untaxed bonds
The WOrkingman is Our friend and We
would see him protected.
The loafsF is eur enemy. The lOafer il
bondholder-the bondholder is q IOafel
who is protected by the government. and
we despise him end the rotten Laws which
protect him st the expense Of labor.
We like honest men.
We bats thieves.
The nan who rObs others Is . thief.
The bondhOldsr EObA others.
Where in Gods Law Is is given in chaFg'
for us 20 toll to benefit others who viii no
work Aud why should We rob cur homes
eur loved ones, our children. to enEiol
that OOWaFdly aFistOcracy that has By IL
own laws exempted itself from tAxssiOn9