The daily gazette., 1877-08-14
voice. his children, they were as-mSeFr

| see the actual. Inc wife Is no less a
lady, but the surroundings have neither
comfort or beauty. She was, but is not
pretty-her voice, once sweet and low, is
loud and harsh. The children that were
innocent and happy as birds of bright
plumage, are impudent and unlovely ga
mihs. Iknow athousafld voices, If they
| were- here, would cry out "that is not
my home; wife, or children" / know
it But your neighbor. 1t was not you,
but the neighbor who destroyed the pro-
perty, who defied law, was there no cause
| for 1t Is there no contrast between the
reality and the wished ufor2 These men
and women are our neighbors in gospel
sense, they think the same thoughts; see
with the same sight, tand feel just as
keenly as you and feel. You know too
that just such experiences, as l have des-
cribed occur every hour Of every day. You
rich shun them, and the proud despise
them.
These are the influences that feed the
hatred between classes, the moral, social
influences that come near to human lives
that separate men, whose elbows touch
every day, as widely as the poles. From
the evil at the top comes panics, from
the bottom comes strikes.
From the sharp contrasts of high and
low, rich and poor must come distrust
and discomfort among class of intelli-
gent. men who know they have created
the. wealth that makes luxury and
ease possible. IA
The same circumstances make capital
suspicious, exacting and aggressive. 1t
has the power and hdstens to use it for
its own profit, regardless of the effect up
on labor. Still they build better than
they know, nature compensates labor by
an endowment of counter qualities; its
distrust and discomfort grow into convic-
ton and faith; a conviction as TO its
rights and faith, in the power to attain
the right, in free government, the early
history of which is not so far away as to
have lost its influence upon the grand
children of the men who fought its bat
ties. In that they have the example of
virtuous resistance to oppression. l dep
recate the destruction of life, and proper
ty. 1 regret deeply that there should be
such lack of moral energy, such want
of organization as to necessitate the re-
sort to savage modes.
1t cannot be denied that these men
have been sinned against, and remem-
ber it is written, .'There is no remission
of sin except by the shedding of blood"
The convictions of the poor are sharpand
positive, they are of slow growth, and
under conditions in which ambitions and
hopes are excited, they run parallel with
custom .and usage; the influence of
custom outlasts disappointment, but
when ambition fails and hope is deferred
the confinement of wrong done there
| and faith in the right TO resist must pro-
duce very serious results. They demand
| only that which reason allows TO be
needed for the fulfillment of duty to wife
children and home, and in prosecution of
this claim they confidently rely upon the
aid of whatever forces work under Di-
vine direction for the good of men.
There is one view of the contest be-
tween capital and labor to which we
come by this thought, that is worthy Of
attention, and that is the apparent
massing of ability upon the side of c4pi
\ tai. It may be that preponderance OF
virtue is upon the side of labor. [ do
not say that it is. But is it not part
of com mon knowledge that the virtue,
patriotism and sturdy qualities which
give permanance TO nations is found in
! It's colt lges, and not in its palaces? -.
You remember the story of the Persian
king whose malady could only be cured
by wearing the shirt OF an honest man,
He searched his kingdom over, to lind
that honest men had no shirts.
In regard to railroad morals and vir-
tue it is nstructive TO know tnat prevl-
GUS to 1868 the directors of New York
Central r. r., made sworn statements
| that the roaes could not earn 6 per cent.
dividends on it's then existing capital.
| c. f. Adams, Jr, is authority for saying
SAC, 900 600 is liberal estimate OF prl-
vate capital actually expended in Hud-
son and Central r. r. Its stock securi>
ties now represent Sl04,853 ,299, anu a
sum somewhere betwe. 4U and 200, 0,OOO.-
0U0. Vanderbilt made dividend equal
| to 81 per cent.
| If this does not indicate the truth of an
| apparent division between ability and vlr-
| tue will cite to Christians, an authority
| from which they at least cannot appeal. =
| Jesus said to the Pharisees who represented
the intellect of tue Jewish nation;
'"Wos unto you, ye deYour widows
bpu ses, ,;-"ye pay titles, bnt omit judg-
m ent mercy and faith, ,"-"your house is
| left unto desolate,"-t the law makers he
| said, "ye bind greivous burdens upon the
poor. Do We not find conditions like
| these to prevail now? ~
JJpon The other side, is it virtue to incur
privation TO pay debt? Is IL virtue 10 en-
dure privatien 10 pay debtsP Who but the
poor do this?
| Bankrupt laws are not made for poor
lmen-I saw significant notice in news
| paper yesterday, like thi5:- =,
& Co., having given up all
\ their property for the benefit of their cred,
itors have been (by the U. s, Court released
from all le0ol liabilities. L thought the
word legal well used. ...- 49,.
The working people are the conservators
of peace. They are the bulwark of defense
of all nations. Labor has no desire to sub
| vert auth ority in this country. The exist
i ence of the Republic is the promise ano
prophecy of an attainment OF the hghes
ideal in government that man has as vel
conceived, IJ....
Ambition prompts men to strive to get a.
near that ideal as possible in the life time o
men that now are. Progress towards it has
hitherto been staIned with blood; 1t may be
so again. 1t will be so, ii its opponents
prove strong enough TO seriously impede
progress
' Tne ideal go -ernment towards which Ia
Dor desires progress is one in which mi mutual
assurance of life, property, business, edu
cation and enjoyment and cooperation II
all things instead of competition"
Remedies.-A higher dfvidual morali
ty, ruling both classes; higher naGura
morality enforced by sweeping declara.
tion of public detestation of the men ano
measures that have created and continue
the causes of public success.
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