Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-03-13


is the law of the universe, and everything
in nature performs its part in harmony
with the law of its creation better than
man. lie was pu, into the garden" to
dress it, and to keep it. 1t was the au'
thority to labor, from the throne OF the
! Creator Of the universe. 1t was the first
law on the question of labor, and if man
had remained in his primeval state OF
purity, labor would never have been sub
iected to the humiliating condition through
which it passed during the FIVE or nearly
six thousand years that man has been on
this earth The fall brought violence
into this world, and might became the
ruling power instead of right. Cain with
his bludgeon struck down the weaker one
and usurped the rights of his brother.
As there was penalty for the first trans
gression in Eden, so there was penalty
for the first violation of the rights of a
brother; and so there have been penal
ties from that time down to this, for the
violation of the rights of others, though
man may not in every instance see them
No right in the catalogue of rights has
suffered 80 much as labor. Governments
formed on the one man power principle,
or conducted by few, retained the mas
terry of all of the avenues through which
man may better his condition-such as
the right to participate in governmental
affairs, the night to the priesthood or
clergy, the right to any and all of the
learned professions, the right to learning
and the choice of an occupation. These
rights were all usurped and wrenched
from the many by the few, and the con-
dtion of slavery imposed on labor. La
Dor was thrust out of all of the places of
trust and honor, and degraded, and the
iron heel of despotism set on it to keep it
down. Great and powerful as it was
physicaly-strong enough, indeed, to
have overthrown governments and king
doms-it was ignorant and unframed and
knew not how to employ its great strength
to effect its release from the degrading
condition imposed upon it. So on down,
down through the various phases of the
governments OF the past, labor struggled
on through violence and fraud, until the
establishment of government in the
Wills of America gave it an opportunity
to rear its head in manhood, and prove to
the world that when the opportunities to
reach wealth and houoJ are open alike TO
all, that labor herself furnishes the high
est and brightest types of manhood
Nowhere in the past or present time has
labor enjoyed the Divine right to parti-
cipate in all the questions that relate to
the enactment of laws for the govern
ment of all questions that concern the
comfort and well being of all, as here in
this government, created by the labor of
the Free States 1t has just come out of
a struggle tliumphant!y with its old enc
my, slavery 1t was the first square
fight that it ever was allowed to have
with slavery, hat demon of human rights
The representative of labor in this
struggle. that has placed it on a perma-
nent basis, is the Republican party. The
Democratic party South was in arms
against labor They were the men who
sought to usurp the rights and privileges
that labor had acquired in this govern
ment. The Democratic organization
North was SO debauched by their South
ern friends that it on more than one oc.
casion felt inclined to take up the blud-
geon, too, against labor The Republi
can organization was the only one through
which labor could combat the foe of free
dom and labor. 1t stood firmly to the
work, and now for the first time in the
history of the governments of the world
labor stands on a level footing with all
mankind. The law given in the garden
of Eden has been accepted and approved
after violent suppression of thousands
of years. To dress and keep the gov
ernment is the duty of the labor of this
country. This can only be done through
organization. The Republican organiza-
ton has restored to labor its lost tights.
and given it the secure foundation that i:
occupies in our government at this day.
The party that has been organized
with Judge Davis, of Illinois, for Presi
dent, and Governor Parker, of New Jer
sev, for Vice President, in it's declara,
tion of principles contains no vital prin-
ciple that has not time and again been
announced as cardinal principles of the
Republican party. 1t is merely an effort
to organize new party with the hope,
and perhaps some promises, that that the
Democratic party will unite with it, and
also support Davis and Parker. Should
this combination be formed, instead of
being composed of men earnestly favor
able to labor reform, it will have grouped
all that element that made war against
labor, and all that class that was in sym.
paihy with the rebellion, which was moth
ing short of an effort to crush labor and
reduce it to abject servitude The corner.
stone of the rebellion was that capital
should own labor. These are the ele-
ments that the friends of the movement
hope to group uuder the banner of Judge
Davis and Governor Parker.