The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-10-24

drel The gratitude OF the nation taAos
= strange turn, To say the least OF
III when, ID So tenderly remem-
bers> the services OF men who bought
its bonds at u discount OF 6O per cent.
and them causes the defenders OF the
goyernment:at the cannon's to psy
,tribute 70 THAR greed. lknow that 1t Is
Gso claimed that the law directing the
issue of bonds provided for their exemp=
ton, but are our laws, like those oil the
Medes and Persians, unalteraOIe! AL
sct-pf theias Congress Is no guarantee
that another and different ore on Ihe
same subject, will not be passed TINS Sos
sion. These shylocks calculated every
contingency when they made tneir Pur-
chsses, and while they did not cAlcuiaIe
it, vet they would be pleased TO nave
their inhuman bond exempted forever,
and exact In their favor the pound OF
flesh nearest the heart of the toliinS mui-
titude. ~.
There is but one pathway OF
SAFETY AND HONOR
for governs ents in their domestic pollcy.
rhey must administer justice u their
citizens in the spirit and letter OF equal
i,v; if they do not, point VIII Oe
reached when revolution will darken
the sky and the privileged classes De
compelled 10 WELD to those VINO nave
been borne down by unequal taxation.
Ii NAV be that the unusual ana unpre-
cecented organizations OF the laooring
masses into self-protecLing societies VIII
vet be- the means OF averting from this
country such fearful scenes as ourst upon
france m 1870, when the whole fabric OF
government and human society was IN
voIyed in one common ruin.
By pursuing the proper course
the Workingmen's party Will yet
be the means of reforming and purifying
the public service. Their aim should be
to establish equal and exact justice 10
all men, and exclusive privileges TO
none" When they have done this they
will have removed every cause OF DIS
content. and We will sgain start forward
on an era of prosperity.
DIGNITY OF LABOR
But like all new organizations they
nave danger to apprehend at the outset,
and not the least one to be guarded
against is that OF permitting their organ
izstion to tall into the hands of proies
SionsI politicians. Their is always d
class of oIly-tongued, smooth. handed
politicians watching an opportunity to
he carried by some new, popular breeze
INTO office This class will attempt to
AIIv themselves with the movement IN
the interest OF labor, with the view OF So
curing the support of the workiDgmen.
Dec amstion on the dignity of labor in
the abstrac, IS cheap Indulgence. Inele
are plenty of men who can talk eloquent
~ upon the subject, whose soft hands
n yer did an hours toll. Labor finds is
rue dignity when lis rights and interests
are defended in high places by one who
als 'elL all its privations and sutferlngs,
md knows by experience the simple
annals OF the poor"
The only way the lsboring classes can
secure equal and exact justice Is to select
ne best men from their own ranks as
.leir representatives. The halls OF Con.
gress are filled with men who can talk
ov the hour upon the dignity OF labor,
out whose hands were never
soied by work, and who are
ready to sci themselves to the money
power whenever the occasion offers.
What the lsborng classes want is to
.lect men to shape legislation for them
= hose sunburnt faces and horny hands
denote that they have a real interest in
| BE cause they profess The farmer, who
forces the bosom OF the earth to yield its
annual product for the support OF men
and nations; the mechanic who increases
the value 0. things by bis skiiful indus
try; these are the powers which uphold
our entire political and social structure;
from their hands flow those constant
| ri.ulets which feed and swell the illlml-
! table ocean of our revenues.
Fully aroused TO the true dignity OF
heir position and conscious Of the power
they possess, it is reasonable to hope that
the organized movement OF the working
classes may yet bring about reforms in a
p.aceable way, which might have been
ked out through blood and fire.
II III Nj