The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10

penters of New York TO 20 over there and
work year at six shillings day, Englist
money, goes to show that there 10 some truth
n Mr. Bright's theory.
The excessive extravaganza Of modern times
is said to be one OF the causes Of our hard
times. Everybody has been living beyond his
means. There must necessarily come crash.
At dinner in New York, some time ago, when
Gen. Sherman gave as recipe for our finan-
cial embarrassment, the return to simpler
modes OF living, the daily papers said amen.
believe il is our Post Master General who.
finding that he could not, without running 10
debt, support such an establishment In Wash
ington as society there would expect Of HIM,
determined not TO bring his family to Washing
ton. He would live within his means.
Again, it is alleged that legislation in this
country for the last few years has been IN favor
Of capital as against labor. For instance, the
patents on the sewing machines we're extended
time and again more than they should have
been. This made the poor widow who took in
sewing to support herself and little children
pay to the sewing machine company about
twice as much as the machine was worth. The
millers of this country are using an improved
process called high grinding" Some specu-
lators In Washington have secured the renewal
of the patent controlling the.use Of this process.
BY this they expect to realize from the millers
OF this country thirty six million dollars. Every
poor man that eats q loaf OF this bread must
help pay that snug little sum. Then it Is said
that bankers and capitalists by bribery secure
the passage OF laws that they want,-that we
traction OF the currency comes under this head
Then it Is said that the rising OF great monop-
olies has caused all this. A. T. Stewart could
not become the merchant prince without crush
ing out hundreds OF smaller traders Lastly,
it is affirmed that this financial depression is
necessary result OF the state of things during
the war. That this Is the reaction from the
intoxication.
1t IS not for me to here express my opinion
as to the cause Of the hard times. That would
be prostltuting the pulpit to partisan ends.-
The pulpit is the organ Of no political party,
but rising high above all party it is the advo-
cate OF the eternal principles Of right.
The Old World has seen times similar to this
only hundred-fold worse. There is the chart
list of 1S4s in Great Britain. Everybody had
gone into railroad speculstions- The servant
girl who could raiss few shilhpgs invested her
hard earnings in railroad shares. The railroads
became unnecessarily multiplied ana then came
the terrible reaction. In September, IS47, fifteen
Of the richest Arms in London failed.
Chartist societies were organized to reform
these abuses. These were in some respects
similar to our trades unions. They met in
secret session and bad their passwords. On
the 10th Of April they held a great mass meet
ing IN London. Deeds OF violence and lawless-
ness were expected, and the defense Of the city
was entrusted to the Duke OF Wellington. The
bank OF England was filed with troops. Every
bridge across the Thames was guarded by the
soldiers. One hundred and seventy thousand
special policemen were employed that day. The
Duke OF Wellington would not allow the rioters
to parade the streets, and they contented them
selves with sending up petition bearing two
million signatures.
At this time allusion to the terrible times in
Psrs is frequently made. There the mob for
a time overpowered the government. The
knife of the guiliotine was dripping day and
night with the blood of the best men and wo-
men OF France. During the sxty-slI days Of
the commune the mob imprisoned three thou-
sand six hundred and thirty-two that were loyal
to the government. These were taken out OF
the prison from time to time and butchered.
French author gives the following, descrip-
t,va 90 hat .ft kha h.I
surrounded the prison:
1.-Two OF the federals protested that they
were willing to fight but were not butchers
but he (Ferre. the leader Of the mob,) reviled
them rs towards and their comrades jeered
them out Of their scruples. Leaving them ut
and leisurely ran his finger down the pages till
he came to veysset's name. Bring out that
man. he said, and the order was obeyed almost
When Veysset saw Ferre and the
firing party he knew his hour had come. but
with sn affectaton Of ignoring il said: had
twenty thousand francs on me when arrested.
Where are they?' None Of your business.
answered Ferre, besides We will settle al our
accounts with you at once The guard sur
rounded yeysset. You are not going to shoot
that man, asked, half in circumstances. the
clerk. Yes, and you too IL you say zoe much,
answered Ferre. The band halted near the
statue OF Henry Nv. You are to be shot
have you anything to say3 asked Ferre. yeys-
set shrugged bis shoulders, and as they pushed
him back against the railing he said: L pardon
you for killing mo- Fire ' said Ferre, and
a moment later volley rang out. Four men
lifted the corpse-if 1t were q corpse, which is
threw it into the Seine. He
deserved to be struck bv the justice OF the peo-
Pile, said Ferre to the spectators" BY and by
the scales turned aud the communists were
killed in large numbers. The tourist to-day in
Paris, as he rides along the Boulevard, Is point
ed to high ridge running ACROSS il, while the
guide informs him that underneath that ridge
lie the dead communists. The artillery moved
them down like the grain before the sickle
They we're buried in trench dug across the
street right where they fell
U-der the laws Of our ianda person has the
right to accumulate all the property he can,
providing only that he does it honestly. TWAS