Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-01-08
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htfn to - = iNttrf from lfactl-
cal blacksmith living at Dallas,
Texas Some 0f these DAYS when
Ne visit ths. city Nc shall walk into
tho shop of Mr., Welch, the writer
0f the letter and muss up his impls-
menis OF indaslry right lively; tina.
is, il he will le, us Let Us see, Ws
will dust tho 0indors from tho anvil.
and block; Try tho swing OF his
sledgsl blow up tho fire On his forge,
as We endeavor 10 blow up tho Re.
publieans who are forging laws, aud
sec il We have forgotten our old
business as learned in blaeksmith
shop years ago when wo used 10
pull At the bellows pole for fun, and,
rs = recreation, helped played the
original ol'i s.edgs for an anvil
chorus. This was the time We learn.
ed 20 aake things red.hot. We like
blacksmilhs. They take q mass OF
Iron, black like the Republican par;
~, keep working, blowing, and
striking I'LL they mako II red hot,
and then amer considerable Of
hammering, some filing, and rea.
sonable amount of labor mako
something from the material before
them, which will bo Of use 10 tho
community at large. This ia what
We would do in newspaper. We
would make things rcd.hot. Then
would hammer away with the sledgo
Of common sense till We had accom-
plished something, not only toward
our own support, but for the good
Of neighbors. Dit ctr friends let.
ter
pAtr1, November %, 1869.
". n. Pemer9y;
DnAR slR.-inelossd please End draft On
New York for SOL, for which send your
PoaEHor's DEsocRAr TO tho following
names aad addresses, and much oblieo n
workingman aud Democrat. -
will add 10 this list frcn tirs 10 time;
I, being no trouble at all.
] am simply worktngman, q black
smith, who has not much time TO spare,
but enough TO gather names for your pa.
per from customers who come 10 our shop.
J. l.. W.
Many thanks 10 our Democrat
ic and working friend FOR his kind
interest in ourself and the paper.
We had rather be the recipieht Of
favors like the above, not for tho
money contained therein, so much
as for tho kind words and conf
dcnce expressed by the tono of the
letter, than 10 be u General at the
command ofR great army, unless
from tho latter position wo could bo
of more service TO tho cause of right
than we can welding a pen. There
is to us n blessed satisfaction in
knowing that we have always en-
dcavOred to deserve the confidence
of tho workingmen. We sympathize
with labor from the fact that VIC
always have been n laboror, an car
nest, persistent worker with hand
and brain, seeking not to labor for
the qualification ofselfish ideas or
dissipatcd taste. We would SEQ
those who labor, every xhyrs, hop.
pier and contentcd. Wo would see
them prosperous; we would see
their shops patronized, as is the
shop of our friend in Texas. hy nd
mcrous customers, that industry
might be encouraged and rewarded.
Then we would give to every man
who works, the best and cheapest
form of government. And that gov
ernment is the strongest which rests
with the least weight upon the necks
or muscle of the people.
May our friend live long to strike
for the benefit of Gimself and others,
and whom The DEMOCRAT fills to be
an interesting visitor, or the earnest
friend of him and his sustaincrs,
may they all turn in to make it red
hot for those who rob the people
for the support Of an aristocracy
that lives without labor, protected
by the worst Government the world
ever saw [Pomoroy's Democrat.