Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-09-20
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thatthe skboriHg man is not being APP
Observation-Disclosures of the gospel
hare preached ON this subject, not as
did Ell. w. Bdcher, making light of
the working man; but with an eye to
conciliation. Only last Sunday at the
annual conference in Fulton, Bishop
Marvin made a special prayer for the
workingmen and that the trouble now
threatning this country, growing out
OF their being oppressed might be
dissipated by the sun shine oflfortune
and by the appreciation and approba
ton of a working man's country.
/ Now, we are young in years and
experience. and yet We plainly see
one way ill which the working man is
wronged ana which leads him to re-
bellion, and that too, we think, justly.
lItlis this: Harsh and cruel treat
ment. Treatment such as a kind
hearted manwould notshow his dogs
and horses. 1t is not so much. in our
opinion, the short pay, but the over
bearing treatment, that IL this
dissatisfaction among the working
classes. Because a man has plenty
of money and can afford to pay men
to do his work, is this any reason, we
ask, why he should impose his insult
ing language on them, and make
them feel uncomfortable all the time.
Is it any reason for a mans making
abject, slaves out of his workingmen
simply because he is their meat and
bread. IT..
Anyone with a soul as big as a
mustard seed, will answer no.
Is'it a disgrace to work? Is it a
ldisgrace to he a farmer: Is it II dis
grace to be- Il mechanic! Is it IL dis
grace to be a typo! No! "A thous-
and times no. God made man to work
and if he does not work with his mind
or body, he is a miserable failure.
Treat the working man as a man, not
as a dog or Il horse. Treat an honest
working man us the noblest work of
God. If you have men working for
you meet them on manly terms, have
Il kind, social word for them, Give
them your orders more rs demands
than rs commands. If you treat
them in a respectful manne they will
never be insolent to you. When you
meet them on the street, have a friend
ly word for them. When YOU have
your wife on your arm, or with a
friend on Sunday, or ON u holiday
and meet one of them. don't turn
your head away with a, Il don't
know YOU sIrug of your shoulders,
you will gain nothing by unmanly
and unchristian like conduct. Your
men will hate you, they will find fault
with their pay. They don't get
enough 20 afford TO be your dogs"
and they become careless of your in |
terests and Won will lose ia tln II
run by fiattering your false, and pride
and humanity spirit Of tyrany, you
sacrifice your own interests as well
as your manhood.
Thank God in this grand free country
we have no such things as Lords
and Mobiles aid when u man Lords
it over his interiors in wealth but SUI
periors in manhood and sense, he is
treading on dangerous ground.
We want it distinctly understood
that we arc opposed to strikes and
that we tremble at the word commun-
ism, not with fear, but with aplTe-
tension
The laboring mans interests must
be respected. The worklngmen of
the L. >. are the men Of the Il. $.
This country might he flooded with
gold, and ii men did not work and go
on with their various domestic duties
all would be chaos. Suppose the
farmers should all rest one year, how
would the workingmen be looked at
then. Don't you see, w~orkirgmen
are the bone and sinew Of country.
Now, the Press is at fault in. this par
t~icular, as well as capitalists. The
press is liable to expatiate on tho
merits of the wealthy, because, from
them we make it pay, and in this
way we wrong the working man. We
know that the LEDGER is not faultless
in this way, although we try to give
every man his due honor. Men of
office and of public fame have to be
noticed by the press, not on account
of their wealth, but because facts
concerning them interest the public.
But, being a working nan we trust
that we appreciate the vitality of the
working mans interest and the de-
mand he has on the henor Of the pub
lie. If you ask where are the bull
warks of our freedom when the Sc
cret spring which has placed us far
above every other nation both NOR
ally and intellectually, we would
not point you to Il broad prairies
or our public buildings, built on such
a magnificent scale, but to our school
buildings and work shops. Work
either of the hand or brain is the only
true nobility, only true manhood.
If the working man is treated in a
becoming considerate way, he will
not be hard to get a long with; but
on the contrary is very respectful in