The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-08-09
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Since your last issue the railroad
troubles have almost entirely ceased,
The railroads as general thing have
acceded to the demands of the strik'
ers, and in some places compromises
have been effected, and now all rail
roads are running as usual. In the
mining districts Of Pennsylvania,
there is still some trouble and coils
sions have occurred between the mil
itary and the miners in which a
good mdny were killed and wounded.
.;.Aside from these troubles, we are
now undergoing a revolution which
is.m test the propriety of our large
bonded debt being guardodby special
Legislation, which exempts the hold
.er, from taxation and pays him in
money different from that which is
used amongtho masses. These bonds
are the things that are making the
mischief. They have been the cause
of the agony of want and business
depression and the destruction of our
commerce,
They have been the cause of the
Erepeated reductions made in, the pay,
of mechanics and laborors during ev-
cry few months of the past four or
five years, and finally eliminated in
the widespread strike of the past
few weeks together with the loss of
| life and property. And while the
strikers were right in resisting any
further encroachments upon their
wages and preventing others from
taking their places at the reduced
wages, it is evident they had no de-
sire to inilict damage upon property.
Unfortunately, however, the country
is filled with a class Of idle and vi
cious men who live by dishonesty
and disorder. The strike of the rail-
road men furnished them an Oppor-
tunity to enter upon q round of
riot and plumber and from every
railroad center we soon had intelli-
gcnce of the work of the tramp and
the thief Anarchy, incendiarism,
robbery and murder followed, until
the whole nation was in terror, and
the bondholder trembledin his boots.
The Republican financial policy
made this army of tramps.
So far as the poorly paid mcchan-
les and laborers were concerned there
has been but one sentiment. They
had the sympathy of all fair-minded
and thinking people, and were sup
ported by sentiment the moral eff,
feet of which must have proved
thoroughly efficient. These working
men had it in their power to have
completely revolutioniaed the coun-
try, but this they RETAINED from do
ing. The government has seen and
felt the strength of the working
men of this country, and it knows
it wouldhave very little chance in
coping with them in awor.
Should these men be forced to again
resist the encroachments of these
mighty corporations which control
State Legislatures, Courts, Governors
and even Congress, it will not be
done as strikers, but as an organized
and equipped army, knowing their
rights will dare maintain them even
against the strong military arm OF
the government. A poor mans IL
Dor is his capital, and he should de-
fond it. The rich mans money is
his capital, and he fears not, for leg,
islation discriminates in his favor.
This question of unjust discrimin'
alton between capital and labor will
sooner or later be settled by force of
arms. Congress has the power to
prevent recurrence Of the strikes
and scenes of the past few weeks, and
to avert u civil war by rcmodying
the causes that has thrown the coun-
try into the present excitement
| That remedy is the repeal of the Re
sumption law, the repeal of the law
cxcmpting bonds from taxation, and
the payment of the bonds in green
backs. As long as these laws remain
as they are, busincssoi all kinds will
be depressed, wages will bo cut, and
men will be out Of employment, and
these sccpeS viii occur, and in the
end the government will be over
thrown. We have confidence in the
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