Richland beacon., 1874-12-26

"lirst principles" Of GranErrism in it.
| O,-;--~ that. that committee spoke
- men and land holders than as
true Patrons Of lIuSbGndrv. Whose
gun scatter now Well. Mr.. IIemler,
you have done fine, very fire, consid-
ering the cause YOU have to defend.
\ bad cause, makes a bad argument.
March up to the scratch and say
whether yOur Committee Article Gp-
plies to white or black, and whether
a. land owners, vou will enforce con-
tract. that requires Your employee TO
be present on the plantation at all
times, on *Hn>hiny as We'll as rainy
day, that BE- -La!! not leave without
your consent ta 80 hunting or yiei-
ting, that lie must work in the rain, il
the employer has any jobs f1r him to
do that the employees wife md
daughters must wash and scour fur
said employers wife, for ali of which
they may be paid or not (but generally
nol) according TO some fair and lib
Cral contract" that has not a. vet been
hatchcd out of the brain of your sage
Committee. There now ,vou have Use
for y0ur" ilurrah's nest. II, the very
trick, I'VE no doubt, to batch ont a
fair and liberal contract" Indeed
there are more things in heaven and
earth, than are drcamt Of IN nv I hi
los"phy." and that "I!urrah'S nest" is
ere Of EN-. I've no oti"ction to a
"iair and liberal contract" either
when working for wages or part Of
the crop. No. I'vcno objection even
to contract to give my rhDlc time to
any man when paid for it; bat | do
seriously dcmur to being 50 bcdgcd
IN, that ! canrot get of the plantation
without the consent Of the employer.
To these points Mr.. HemIcr affects
to le blind and forcibly reminds me
Of an anccdote about two nciyhbors
who got into warm dispute concern
ing the number OF rats about their
premises SAYS 4 to b. ell wager
Il bottle of wine that | can show Won
more rats in my crib, than yea ever
saw in Your life before Done" savs
b, an take you up" IL can show
you five hundred in two minutes"
So away to As crib they went
"Now," says a to b, do YOU 90
round to the other side, while | shake
the corn on this side, and you can see
them pouring out" b goes round
and takes his station as directed, and
closes his eyes. A shakes the pile
and out scamper the rats by the
wholesale, and A cries out, don't Won
see them? ?" b replies, mary rat :"
a gives another tremendous shake,
and the rats boil out in redoubled
quantities, and he shouts to b again,
"dont you see 'em - b closes bis
eyes leetle tighter and shouts back,
MARY RAT!w SO it is with Mr..
Hemler. We have placed proof upon
proof right before him, We have ar
raved his OWL words right undrr his
nose, and yet, like b in the anecdote,
he shuts his eyes tighter, and cries
out: "NARY RYT!!!"
l do not object to a specific, even
stringent contract, binding both par
ties equally to their full duties, but
YOU must and shaH, and the "Laborer
has not the right without the consent
of the employer" etc, smells awfully
of force, of an extinct slavery system.
Mr.. Hemler goes on and says, what
is the difference, whether you work
for acdJes or part ofthe crop! Let's
see how this will work. | contract
with Mr.. llemler to work one hun
dred acres Of his land for twenty Bales
of cotton, while / am to get the bal
ance. Now what business has heto con.
troll my movements /; / may 90 hunt
ing or visiting ten thousand times
during the year. jus, so he gets his
cotton, he will wisely abstain from all
interference in personal rights.
There is vast difference between
working a specified number of DAYS or
months for wages, and working for a
part Of the crop, no matter how much
may need to be done, how
many bitches may need to be cleaned /
out, or how many jobs may be re-
quired The free white man will End .
time for recreation, to go hunting or
visiting; fOrsooth h. will 90 to church .
on Sundays, although Mr.. Hemler
and his Committee would restrain the
freedom Of their employee "on any
doy" 1t is not, that the laboring
class ought to make plain, binding
contracts, and then work with a will
by wind or sun, rising
early and toiling late to recuperate
theirs and their employers wasted
fortunes, but it is your Jorci3g drjr-
ing, restraining, Orerbeariag methods,
hat we object to- Here is the issue
and we draw you to it Meet it like
men. If YOU have uttered unguarded
language, take it back reconstruct
YOUR Committees Address aud free
il from those ambiguous phrases that
sound Ike the clankings Of the chains
Of slavery. Mr.. lIemler, you have
'ailed to meet the points raised in my.
first article, rs plainly dcduciblAfr1k I
he Committees \ Jlr.-.-r~n agree with |
m en!ighlea->ATurs;ed, and restated t
u4-r~Th's in the present article. and
0 special pleading, no fine spun Ian a
uagr' no side issues on your part. will L
yer deter me from sticking them I'M q
cr Your nose till Won su,.U ,b,,, OH l.