The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-02
lNTERNATlONALIsM AND LABOR,

lNitHNH IlUNAllom ANU lApvH'
In making up public verdict upon
the great events of the last few weeks
Of our history, II should not be forgot
ten that there IL a wide difference beN
tween the internaionala and the hon
cat laborers of the country, between
the international societies and the so
cielies of the laborers, Their aims,
objects, purposes, hopes and designs
are widely different However, inter,
natlonalism may reach and peryNdo the
trades unions in certain localities, The
purposes of internatonalism contain
the seeds of ultimate ruin, law must
90 down, religion morality property
class, distinction, all thrown into ono
common receptacle, Under its bale
rul influence there is to be no distinct
ion between vice and virtue, honesty
and villiany, crime and dutilul obe'
dicncc to law, the Widest and most
unbrdlcd passions OF men, unrcN
strained, owing allegiance to no princi'
pie of right, and responsible to no
power, is TO be the rule Of public acN
ton, and to mould private and pub,
lie virtue. Can anything moro terS
riblo be conceived Are the la
boring masses of tho country pres
pared TO 60 TO that terrible length
If not, let them Individually and as
societies avoid The emlssaries OF inter-
natonalism as they would the plague.
Keep the doors of their lodge rooms rs
securely against the entrance of these
bloody Jewelers. as though they were
wild beasts, or the plague infected un-
loltunates of the east.
Trades union combinations for the
elevation of the laborer and for digni-
flying labor, for the benevolent purposes
of relief, assistance and cement
as well rs the protection of this class
against the exactions and encroach.
ment Of monied corporations, is very
well; can do great deal of good, can
render their membership real service
and add very greatly to the sum total
of human happiness But this can only
be done where the ultimate purpose is
TO serve the sacred cause Of law, religion
and public morality, or at least to work
for purposes not in II state of active
warfare against these benign influences
A purpose to achieve success outside Of
these, carries about with it the seed of
a speedy and sure destruction, and it is
passing strange that men can be found
at this late day, surrounded by the
wisdom of all tho past, and the new
light of the nineteenth century, to
strive for an object so hopeless as the
destruction of society, and the sure
chaos, which will follow the oblitcration
Of the line which separates vice from
virtue, Yet it is so. 1t is not the heroes
of labor who are striving for such res
suits, and where they have been used
to forward the baneful scheme, il has
been an unwilling acquescence on
their part.
The recent general strike and all the
dire evils which have followed in its
train should open the eyes of both
labor and capital to tho danger menacr
ing them from the silent subtle and
powerful combination which carries in
its bosom all the worst passions which
have ever nerved red republicanism to
do its dire work in the years
of The past. These dangerous theories
must not be suffered to extend and
poison society at its very source. Here
toiore the United States has, to q great
degree, escaped these evils, but the re-
cent labor revolution has opened our
eyes to the fact that there is
worse influence at work in
our land than the mere discon.
tent Of the laborcrs, and their purpose
to force better rewards from capital
The circumstance was made clear in
the wanton destruction of property,
which evil is shared alike by employer
and employc. The shedding of blood
wantonly, and the arson and robbery
which rioted amid the general conru-
sion, was the work of the information.
ais. Here is the real danger Let the
government, the laborer and capital
guard well against it,
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