National Republican., 1875-12-27
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'comu.,n critieil ma critieir.d.

Comuf" critcifM Criticized.
| TO the Editor of ths National Repabiiean:
sIR: read this morning letter in your col
umns signed ''Comus,n In which the writer criti-
cises New England people and their manners,
besides indulging In some unreasonable ideas In
connection with capital and labor. A msrited
| reouke, In your columns, to my mind, does
not fully represent the sbsurdity Of the
ideas expressed. 1t Is Just sach articles as
"Comus" gives, and such ideas expressed, that
have caused so many strikes throughout our
country the past year, and which have resulted In
making the laboring men poorer. A great deal
of harsh language against corporations and capI
| tai is used by "Comus," It strikes me, without
| any reason whatever, and have no doubt that II
the writer had better knowledge Of the organ'-
nations which he condemns he would be more
Sinciai sertdom" % al Fail RiVer. IN Soas.faI Mas.
saehusetts, and says that one class was forced to
accept starvation wages or death at the hands
their right TO the results Of their toll" Now,
what does the writer mean? Is it this: that
Fail River had the tight to smash the windows
out Of the mills and demolish the machinery,
probably burn the mills, II Governor Gaston's
police had not interfered? This Is the right
"Comus" claims they had, Tor
THrRE SEEMS TO BE NOTHING
else tangible that is the result Of their toll The
corpor ations at Fall River ran their works when
.Hp 0'n when q as
hpd substantiated, II he desires It. Further.
more, what are corporstionsf Any operator can
ployed, II he desires to do so and has the money
to purchase IT. One would think, to read the ar
owned and run By two Or three M men, M who who sxsr.
eiIee arbitrary rules and whose greatest object
was the complete subsection ofthe lsborinE Glasses
/ certainly protest, knowing them to be false and
pernicious. do mot think 'sprovincial serfdom''
would be recognized in the pleasant villages of
Nav EnQlnpd WHARF thaea large W0ollau
factories are established. To my mind, the i'm
pressions received In visiting one Of those towns
mills seemed happy and ccntsntsd. We are now
passing through q period Of great depression In
tSe ssndsrd to Measure tss tSp Of .hs iabcr
ing classes. Strikes and dissatisfsction do not
exist in New England alone. 1t is q fact, how:
that New England to-day suffers less from the
hard times than any other section Of the country.
IN Lng,ana tnopssnas nave Dsen , tuInea - @ GuI q
nent. In Montreal, q few days ago, bread riot
took tlsce. Does ''Comus" intend 10 infer BY his
ing more than New nsIand! II 90. viii he tell
us what section It is? i am from the section OF
csqPtIy Inhabited BY people that .Co%T," @ ,o de-
listed" Now, always like bluff people, for
THERE Is NEVER DECEIT OR DISHONESTY
about them and being economical is no disparage-
ment. So far as being close-hsted is concerned,
with her public Institutions, speak In such Ian
guage Of the wise and benevolent character OF |
the people that they cannot be disparaged. am
asmuch opposedto fulsome adulation as "Comus"
is, and must say that the SELF praise that anil
mated the speakers at the New England sociable /
was not appreciated by me, for to my mind char /
acter integrity and true nobility are confined to Il
no section. But when "Comus" departs from Just /
criticism, and takes occasion to attack New Eng.
lsnders, and tauntinFly and sneeringly speaks Of i
her Institutions, he commits an egregious blunder
for he is assuming great deal that he cannot Il
sustain. Now, "Comus" refers to the descendants Il
OF Plymouth Rock as those who hung their neigh Il
and It would be we'll for writers to recognize the
distinction between the Pilgrim fathers or Ply
mouth Rock settlers and the Puritans The Ply
mouth Rock settlers ler England in ls2o, re-
The Puritans, or Massachusetts, Bay colony, LEFT
England in 1880, but never separated themselves |
from the English Church. The Puritaus did per-
secute and hang some persons for witchcraft car
which they had learned from the mother Church
tory Of ~ "
THE PLYMOUTH ROCK
descendants, of which New Englanders sometimes
boast. One word more in regard to the great
gulf that "Comus" says exists In New England
between the wealthy and the poorer classes.
people OF New England is simply absurd, for In
no section Of the country is there less distinction
Of class than there. In fact poverty and integ-
rtty are recognized as much II not more in that
section than any other. The larger portion Of the
people living By honest industry, IT Is not consd-
cred coarse and vulgar to till thesoil, or work in
the mills or roll up the sleeves at the anvil. |
think not only those who claim to represent New
England, but people OF all parts Of our country,
should be proud Of the civilization of that sec
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