Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-22
The Rights of Labor.

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sixteen years. by attempting % engrait thereon
am upsta-t m0nied aristOcracy, than during
thousand years has been wrought in Great
Britain, with its King, lords and commons,
rights of primogeuituye aud entail, ariStOcrlcy
aud al that. Though coustitutlonally consgT-
yatjve, have always SymPathized with The
under dog iu a fight, aud this will perhaps ac-
count for the extreme ground which took, ut
and before the breaking out Of the war, ~ be-
bali Of your section, though 1t was at the cost
Of the newspaper office. away OF IN New Eng
land. which at the time it was my fortune or
misfortune TO conduct "Laborer is evident
lv not practised writer This fact oi it.ell
would be sufficient 10 enlist my sympatlHes
bat internal evidence IS afforded, by his Illus
tration of the bog-trotter's fate, that be 10
fellow-cuuutrymau and, 1s an attentive read
en- OF your paper would be more ur less than
human IL hi,ei 70 side with him, especially
since We have been brought to such pass 10y
slulie,S corporations as u zee 81 many M the
mid,t Of that plenty which 4 bouHtiiul Pr0vl-
derce has vouchs1fed almost furnishing for the
uecess1ries Of Ike.
You remark that 1T beh1evos al, iostrengtheu
tAe arm Of the law, without regard 70 the time
and circumstances Is o. when, 10y whom, and
Tor whom this law was made, aud then,
unWitiilgy. doubtless, add Will Lphorer,'
over his own name take opposite grouud?'
"Full many a shaft, at random sent,
Finds mark the archer little meant
L over my " own name, enter the lists, with
sh;ily,ah VI pen, crreate cllda0 and desire 10
ask. first OF all whether you intended 10 IN
um.date "LlbJrcr by calling upon him t.
appear over his own signature? IL has this
ugly look bu, know enough Nl,esiau blood
COURSES through your veins 70 forbid the
though, tia, You would side with the strong a
-liust the weak, support tl0at,l bond holders
iu their Efforts 10 grind the poor IN their s,rus-
gle Ur maintenance, or DO any thing neon
sis.cut with tie we,leStabhshei reputation Of
the FREE Pass, which it is 70 be hopei viii
forever be what It's name implies. You would
uot willingly, thilk, take rank with the sub
sidized press Of the commercial centres, which
have, with scarcely an exception, rendered
themselves infamous by their attacks upon la
Dor ever since the marvellous uprising of July
last A lesson was thereby taught the sh0dly
aristocracy which their hirclug press Is vaiuly
eudelvJriug 70 overcome. by means the most
puerj,e. such IS demanding an increase Of the
army, % iuumidate American ircemen, and,
IKE the boy who kept a-whisilng while cross
iug graveyard, Insisting that the strike Is all
over But It will not down at their bidding
The Noc York Herald while pretending 10
be tie laborers friend, has steadily sided with
the m1uey-bagS, in season and out Of season.
The New York Tribune ScrcccheS itself hoarse
To- behalf Of capital, and demands more severe
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dance upon those who IN Wall street traffic on
the peoples necessities notably jay Gould,
who when the people exhibited their might de-
ciarel 10 favor Of a monarchy aud maguanj-
mously offered one million dollars 10 see Grant
again IN the White House Well he might ),
Ur four years more Of GrautlSm would have
blukruptcd every nan, woman, and child in
the land Even the World. which claims to be
the leading champion Of Democracy, but which
Is Slli % wear Be,mout's collar, ri gmltizcs
those who two months ago rose IN their nigh,
and majesty. without any concert Of action, all
the way from New York 10 kansas, and ex
h.bitci uHUiiSiIkatly not merely their strength
but what they are capable any day Of doing
the Uorii charaCterizcs these men. because Of
their assertion Of their manhood and their right
o. live, as " q mob, 20" rioters, " rabble. and
"W.iilus" Why, the New York Nation
mou,hpiece Of the d3et'Ipi and Sid-gioved,
Av0rs the proposition Of President Scott. OF
the Pennsylvania Rliiroal. that the Federal
Government shall undertake the work Of
guarding the railroads in the interests Of IA
vorci few They but DO their masters work
un-AuericaA though it te.
such vcual mobs were had for hire
Among the lovIl Greeks;
Such varlets still were paid O. boot
While brave Licinus speaks;
Where'er down Tiber garbage floats,
The greedy pike you see,
And wheres0eer such lords are found,
such varlets still will be-.
By the way, have you real the unique pro-
ductj1n ~ this railway king in the current
number OF The North American Review on
the recent strikes II you have, and there
after hesitate 20 bend every energy 10 be-
half of the oppressed rs against the newly
rich, then we must conclude that. because you
happen 90 live in the Valley Of Virginia. at
The mau,hol the garden spI, Ut America. you
Cal, Oh >ympl,Lize with suffering humanity
This Scott Crlck, his whip over the people
Tie a uabob. as II they were serE but per
hlps We should not marvel At this when he
has been able, by the purchase Of veual Con-
gresham, O. effect wh,'tvcr legislation he
pleased. Though expressing in this paper
great s1.icitule f9r the Baltimore aal Ohio
Railroad during the sl-CJ,lei strike. he did
not hesitate, 10 order 70 overcome the monop-
oily which for maoy years that company en-
inyoi II approach o. the federal capital. 10
purchase bis way here, even to the heart Of
the city, and that through public reservations.
% the dctrimen. u business, the marring Of
our city s fair proportions, and the imminent
risk % human life. Bu, this is only in keep
ing with that infamous system which IA, y1t-
ell away all that vas vt'uib'e Of the public
domain % grasVins, corrupt. and sou'le,s cor
porations. Think you there is sauctity 10 this
injIuity sufficient % bind the people when
they shall have succeeded In driving the rocks
from the eagles nests? By 20 means! Ihad
marked fpr auimadversion several passages in
this production Of President IN mas 4 Scot,
but, even II time were % ny disposal 10 treat
10 adequately. I doubt whether space In your
columns could be Afforded | mus, therefore
content myself with the general remark that
this addition OF his % our literature would be
much more applicable 90 the absolute 90
yernmeut 0i Austria Ur Russia than Repub-
Ecsu America, where. jhluk God the people
have st.. the power aud are determined 10 ex-
ercise % DO their own behalf as against grind
ing capitalists.
The strike az NlrtiasbUrg on the 10Th Of
July extended, without any concert Of action
Whatever, through ten OF dozen States -
Now d must be- admitted that ms ,,,,r;.;,,,,