The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-10-23
THE MINER.
Written for the ADVccATH
THE COAL LJMPANY'S AGENT.
CHAPTER XII.


IL CHAPTER XII.
III WHEN WE TAKE LEAVE OF You.
Mr. StirT'-gI do not ike you | may as
Ill cav so think 1t and not say 30. You
t. too callous for me, too indiferent to the
6ause of suffering humanity. You are
bIessed with position among rs In winch
hon can do much good in times past you
have oppos ed US trumpet ysu may De, you
ARE still responsible; responsible ior not
being a man acting on your own foundation.
am ashamed Of you you belong to sex
kO which YOU are but reProacn' ! cannot
IbI.ms vour clever wife 30 mncn nsc you
G.an = man she would have become Wo-
kmsr She would have been 90 had poor
aFord lived, She must be something; Why
-, vour masterP To be this, makes her
fn,aster of the district she scatters IN
ih"s;ness wav-a good deal of the large sums
no;d monthiv bv the company, just 40 she
fth;nLs At using you in the matter, as The
Hmonkev did the cats paw to pull the roasted
keDnla from the red hot CRATE. This KIND OF
ktbino gives her satisfaction and 1t is about
IN main niece of satisfaction she gets her
ambition is grati6ed. This does not hat
ter you. l.. lo;s,.
shonrs reclines in his conf ole home.
Hearts are there, that receive each others
warmth hence the pleasure and happiness
/, he derives in the bosom Of his family. You
are here with heart Of ice, no feeling, no
svmnstbv. no love, no joy; nothing to cheer
cou! nothing but work to pass away your
miserable existence.
n T. nseless to advise such as you to In
move TO be Of benefit to your fellows ;
your disposition is too callons' "nat Is II
70 Won that humanity should suffer What
hna;nass have YOU to soil yourself by coming
~ Contact with vorkingmenl What Is it to
- ,hat ,bare are churches and schools and
asvInms to be built Why should you be-
cows hack, and advocate religion, educa-
tom. and relief for the afflicted and poverty
stricken Why should you not hold work,
;namen A. bav. pull down their wages and
Keen them poor living from hand to mouth
a. The saving il. as you have hitherto done
They ara AZ much the more easily managed
when thew are next door TO starvation. lney
cannot o6nose your will then. Improve their
ooDd;t;op f,rsooLh educate them This
viii not accord with your policy. Il will
NOT 40 for zrorkingmen 10 become too intel :
Iioent They must be taught how to wOrk
ana snnnort their families by the sweat OF
their broWs, This il enough. wat mat
tor how thew live; whether they have So
cio,ias Or mai. 80 long as they Wo!k wlether
,hav are going 10 heaven OF TO bell It Is ali
the same TO YOU. What is it to you that there
ave ,bo.e in your mountain town who nave no
bread in the winter, and are sick and unable
n work n he summer. Those who are able
and do work. get paid for doing il. Is not
tbis enough Was not CROOKS fool 10 put
b,mself 10 ALI the trouble be used to 90, IL
collecting subscriptions for churches, anu
for other Iaudable Christian institutions, ana
fnr those in the works who had happened
misfOrtunxs such slosing hm6,t helr 81 e
siobt and even their lde. Did be not give
lots Of trouble to the clerks, wnen lie Lahd~d
in The list of subscriptions to be detained
from the dowers' wages Why did not ne
let people staIve when they hsu ho'ui"g ~
eat, and let them grow up ignorant anu
drunk ards, and let the whole community 90
to the devil as you would nave uo"e' Du'
still with all this we say Ooo OleSS OIooAs'
and God help you. n.L,
| nearly forget to remind you tna' uau you
been the means of distributing one quarter
as much for good purposes mat our com
pany has lost by opposing Strikes anu u1ious
and paying newspaper slaves you "ouiu
have been remembered 10 history lG oiner-
ent manner from which you VIII os remem
btred as it is.
Had you looked about among your men
YOU would have found many more worthy Of
Iavors than is the MIR, Fish Of me BLACK
sheep kind.
With all your privileges Mr.. Stirring you
are passing blindly throug b life you are IN
the centre Of great amphitheAtre observed oy
others but yourself without the power OF
observation. You are absolutely absorbed
by the " company" At home you are
surrounded by the Injuries of all kinds !;
you cannot see them, you cannot feel them
you d. not thank the Giver OF them. la this
consists your chief error. You have the
means Of warm in The winter, ysu have cool
draughts ia the summer. The perfumes OF
spring, the fragrance Of summer, and the
mellOwness Of autumn, are waited through
your easements, but they are UNDECIDED by
you; they do not bring blessing along TO
warm your cold heart. You have no time TO
seek this blessing. You ere 80 much alb
sorbed that when you announce yourself
with 80 much importance 10 the house Of
God, BIZ means Of the explosion through
your nasal Organ-that sounds through the
folds Of your cambria handkerchief so high
above the peals Of the organ, that Crooks
had been the means Of placing in the noun
tain chapel, be built by means of subscrip
tions. You cannot return thanks, and ask a
blessing, even there your heart is ice. Your
wife's heart is as cold as your own; but she
is alive, is clever, is useful to the com
pany." She is unhappy though, and this
may serve her yet. You are apathetic, and
we are so sorry for you both. Farewell.
Improve
TIL W.
Ashland, PS., June, 1859.