Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-01

hDu pOiiceueu, WIN plouty " Iuii-eHplOye0
gibbets, crowded courts jails and prisons,
and taxes most ftightful
The perfection. beauty and glory Of all
these things produce an astounding and over
whelming dazzle, with an intensity, i'm.
mensity and erpensity, beyond limit or cal.
culation. 1t follows, therefore, that proud
and stylish city, like Boston or New York,
for instance, aud some smaller New England
cities,) contains more religion, civilization,
law aud order, to the square inch, than per-
haps any hundred miles Of plain, honest,
country outside. The criterion and test is
height, depth, breadth, show, bulk. noise
cost, brag, parade, and avoirdupois.
But where is man, amidst all this 2 Non
est inpentuS He is buried in the rubbish
Real manhood and womanhood are hidden
in the garrett, cellar, kitchen, or shop or
behind the glitter and shadow Of cloth or
title that wealth can purohase--reverend
honorable, general, professor, great mogul.
nabob, grandee, or mugwump. They can
revel in women and wine without limit or
disgrace. They own the splendid mill, shop,
store, factory, or Westinghouse, which are
vastly more important than any little folks
that grub and sweat to produce them.
What is labor Mere dirty stuff, repulsive,
contemplate Behold the farmers, in rus.
tic dress--Irish, Swede, French, Dutch,
Yankee laborers, and all that,
mere lowing cattle. They ply the hoe,
spade, saw, and plane, and live in log cabins
and slab shanties. They raise potatoes and
build houses, and railroads. But then,
money is another matter altogether, and be-
longs to such as luck or accident permit to
get hold Of Through trade or Office, by
hook or by crook, 1t isa financial opera
ton, or maneuver. We sometimes hear
that
"a mans man for a. that"
However, that is mere poetry, aud very
pretty TO talk and sing but the rough, sober
fact is far otherwise, in spite of all or.
story and defamation, or Boosting, religion
patriotism, and civilization. Capital, mo,
nopoly, and soulless corporations control in
all departments, even in newspapers, and
workingmen and labor are in helpless sub
lection.
Yes, say what wo will, il is fact never
theless, that the producing class is actually
driven to beg aud to fight for its simplest
rights. And, though comprising four-6fthI
OF the people in whose hands should be the
wealth and power OF the country, yet prob
ably not a tenth part Of the property OF the
ration is owned and managed by them.
Now, brothers, sisters, workers, am
MISTAKEN Who has the exact figures
You know yourselves, ut least some Of you
how it is, and it is pity and shame
And what is our rcmedy3 Money lords
like Stewart, a Vanderbilt, or a Ton
Scott, and other less conspicuous men, hole
the people as in the hollow OF their hand
They constitute a moneyed aristocracy o
monopoly and strength not easily subdueC
or governed. Their capital is fornidabl.
intrenched behind stubborn walls, as wer
the rebels at Richmond, and never will b
willingly surrendered
Money is the god, and church and STATE
bow subsequently to its glittering shrine
Thus religion and politics harmonic an'
cooperate, represented by popular clergy
men and politicians. The official managers
both ecclesiastical aud secular, are o
the kid-glove, broadcloth, non.producinI
stripe, who fiatter and support each other
while workingmeu stand outside as nomina
cphers, but ut the same time the rea
drudged underpinning Of pack horses 70
the whole tribe Of proud uppertendom
Let no pious worklngman be deceived b
this matter of sanctimonious religion, whicl
is used to sugar-coat the on-producing pro
LESSONS Sweep the whole thing. Polite
OF religion, black line OF distinction mus
run all the way. with productive labor o
one side, and n0n-production on the other.
The working class are largely in the ma
jority, but, like dry sand, they are not &C
hesive or united while capital is Away
united and lynx.eyed for self.protectior
with press and pulpit everywhere in its ia
vor. What a change will be realized whe
such powerful machinery shall be set in me
ton for the rights Of labor But we ma
need few more salary grabs and oficia
swindles, rattlesnake bites and moral earth
quakes, to wake us fully up. Let ther
come, and we will thank the Lord for sue
excellent medicine.
As chattel slavery went up by spontaneou
combustion, through the channel of rebellion
so may the civil and social serfdom of tn
workingman, by means Of labor revolt
ton. The old cotton king abdcated h
tyrannical throne in favor of the more pow
crful muscle Of the greenback monarch
And now, the universal question is, ma
versus the mOney.gOd which shall hold Il
supremacy
That old sik-stocking aristocracy Of a
rogant wealth, speculation, and monopol
may now be requested to take back sea
and a better sort will come to the frol
, namely: The ARIsTocRAcY OF PRoDUoTIN
LABOR. Let their fair banner wave in Il
breeze everywhere. while the faithful labC
clubs shall educate the people up to a fu
understanding
The process of strikes among laborers
now greatly improved. To strike with the ba
, lot does the work up strong. Yes strike
y the brave aud vigorous word. Strike wi
the ballot! Every man, strike for woRI
ING ARIsTocRAcY.
But what about the womeD-the de
Women2 Have they no lot nor share wi
u us2 Some striking must be done for the
a and by them. They belong to the Patron
& though yet DISTINGUISHED. But their day
fast approaching. Hope on
}, The past year has produced encouragiI
changes 10 a few localities to the advanta
l. of the industrial classes. But polite
IS elections are comparatively but small pa
mere weather vanes,-to indicate t
% moral and social progress, The good thin
we hope for are scarcely yet in the bu
IT Capital and monopoly are dominant a
): defiant, with the newspaper press and I
10 pulpit generally IN their interest. So,
l. workingmen, If we have struck once,
- must do it again and again, and never 81
" up.
Ie Champlin, Mimi, April 4, 1874.
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