Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-07-27
Laber Aeslsss Capital.

and Capital which begun when the
Government commenced q contraction
Of the volume Of currency, has culmi.
mated In deeds Of violence and blood
shed. Our telegraphic columns are
this morning filed with news of the
deeds Of the strikers in four great
States of the Union. These strikers
have the full sympathy ofall the work.
ingmen in the country. 1t is folly TO
deny this fact. While they are called
railroad strikers, the news 10 to the ef-
feet that all classes Of laborers are &C.
lively engaged in assisting them In
their movements. AS far as our OBJ
servation goes, the entire pop
ulation in this section Of the
country fully sympathiEe with the
laborers. 1, Is hard get up feel
ing for the rich corporations who pay
their Presidents, Vice.Presidents,
Managers, Superintendent, ETC., i'm.
mense salaries, and who attempt 10 cut
down the already piiiful amount paid
to the laborers to q still smaller sum.
Some of the officials on these railroads
get as much as fifty thousand dollars q
year, and all Of the higher officials get
salaries out Of all proportion TO the
wages paid those who do all the
hard work. The vast majority Of men
in this country are workingmen, and
therefore 9 movement Of the kind now
going on in the Northhas large amount
of support. The capitalists are few,
and while the law 10 clearly on their
side, II is equally clear that there Is no
way to enforce It, The Governor Of
Pennsylvania cannot put down the
strikers in that State because his mill.
Tia, If be has any, Is drawn from the
laboring classes, and the case is simi.
lar in the other States. The United
States can and will, in time, put down
the strikers, but II will take time TO do
II, for the Government Is totally un-
prepared for It ct this time. In the
meantime, 1t is hard 10 estimate what
will be the effect Of the movement. If
the strike spreads over the great trunk
lines, and there are indications that it
will, commerce between the East and
West and between the East and South
will be virtually closed. This will
cause financial distress unless exten.
sions are granted, and we don't see how
these will be efectual In the cases where
the goods have been destroyed on
which bills have been drawn. The
destruction and pillage Of property is
immense, and the loss will fall, we
presume, on the owners, for there is
generally no insurance on goods ship.
ped BY rail, And. even II there was, no
company insures In time Of peace,
against domestic violence. Thus we
zee there is no end to the complications
that will arise.
The strike will not extend to the
South, and this section of the country
will In our opinion be very little effect.
ed byit. We have large crops Of grain,
cotton, sugar, rice and tobacco, to har-
vest aud transport to market, aud that
duty will furnish employment TO all
the laborers here and more too. We
will quietly go on with our work and
let the North adjust her own dificul.
ties. II men are wanted to fight q
foreign power, they can be had in the
South without limit, but not a cor.
porafs guard can be secured
down here to take part in the
present troubles in the North
SouthernerS do not wish TO aid those
who are violating the laws, but they
certainly will not fight against mer
made desperate BY the fluanciSl folly
Of Radical Administrations, aud thu
tyranincal oppression Of soulleSs cor
poratious. Itis ell the bulldozsrs ant
white leaguers OF the South can do tC
attend 10 their own affairs, and gather
the vast crops now ready for harvest