Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-10-06
LETTER ERoM JNo. A. THOMSON,
[Ffom Pomeroy's Democrat.l


We commend to our readers the subjoined,
from the clear head, warm heart and graphic
pen of John A. Thompson, of West Virginia.
Did the ancient political economy which
wiped Sodom and Gomorrah from the planet,
now prevail, we should trsmble for this nation,
but the merciful ruling, that small minority
of true people could avert the doom, would
shed a ray of hope on the otherwise impene,
trable darkness of our future
SUMMIT POINT, JEFF. Co.,
West Virginia, Aug. 9th, 1874.
IreceiVed PomerCy's Democrat, containing
ttRepudiate the Repudiators," and read it
with great pleasure, and hope to read all that
may follow, in the great and good cause of the
people aud the money for the people," This
alone can emanci pate them from slavery
worse in its results than African slavery was,
That was slavery of both labor and person, and
the man could be sold on the block-the thing
was visible and, therefore, of necessity came
to an end. But In the case of the white man,
through the infamous special legislation in IA
favor of the product of labor, gold to wit
the slavery is of the labor only and, therefore,
is not so palpable and visible-for the man
can change place without pass-and for that
reason men may be slower to see it aud re-
cognize it with the naked eye. but think the
masses, as they now feeling it, will begin
to see it too, and to exclaim with Sterne, tOh,
slavery disguise thyself as thou wilt, thou
art bitter draught % In the case of the
white man, through his ensaved labor by a
plundering financial system the slavery is dis
guised but nevertheless the marks and out
ward signs of what lies under, will soon be a
open aud visible as the sale on the block. Do
you not see men for want of employment
driven to crime, and jalls and penitentiaries,
and women TO brothels? When from this
class of slaves will you see men in Congress,
as you now see them from the African race,
and from a pilder form of slavery than this
crushing, grinding, body and soul killing
slavery of these hateful, hydra-formed souls,
or rather devils born of the internal god,
Mammon? ? Look only to the millioDaires. aye
of millions counted by thousands, and you will
see that more has been wrung out of white
men, men of our own race, by this system of
disguised slavery-the slavery of labor-than
has ever been acquired by the slave owner from
the sons of Ham,
To find fair and honest measure of ex-
change of the labor and products of men, will
confer on them greater blessing than the in
ventions of steam and telegraph. Indeed, the
benefits Of these inventions will not be rea-
lized by men in masses, until the other goes
along with them and side by side. Now, they
widen the gulf between Dives and Lazarus,
and nothing will close it in this world or the
next but just money whereby the sons of
toll can be no longer robbed and despoiled as
they now are.
All, then can ride on railroads and send
kilograms. can visit their children in the re-
motest parts of the land and talk with them
by lightning, when no longer the inventions
of genius. that should be the inheritance Of
humanity. are appropriated by the sons Of
ma,nmon with their .simAge of gold" to crush
and grind the life ont of them in hopeless
white slavery. Yours most truly,
JOHN A. THOMSON.