The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-08-04
lNTrBNATlonALlsm AND lABoR.


the great events of the last few weeks
Ct our history, il should not be forgot
ten thst there is a wide difference be,
tween the interaationals and The hon
est laborers Of the country, bstseen
the international societies and he So
eieties of the laborers. Thsa aims.
objects, purposes, hopes aud designs
are widely different However Inter
nationslism may reach and persade the
trades unions in certain localities. The
purposes Of internationaiism contain
the seeds of ultimate ruin law must
20 down, religion morality, property,
class. distinction, all thrown into one
common receptacle. Under its bale
ful influence there is to be no ,iistinct-
ion between vice aud virtue, honesty
and villiany, crime and dntiful obe-
dience 20 law. the widest and most
unbridled passions Of men. unre,
strained, owing allegiance TO no prinai>
pie Of right, and responsible 70 no
power, is TO be the rule Of public ac>
ton, and to mould private and pub
lie virtue. Can anything more ter
rible be conceived Are the Ia
boring masses of the country pre-,
pared to 20 10 that terrible length
III not, let them individually and as
societies avoid the emissaries of inter-
naticnslism as they would the plague.
Keep the doors of their lodge rooms as
securely against the entrance Of these
bloody Jewelers. as though they were
wild beasts. or the plague infected un-
fortunates of the east.
Trades union combinations for the
elevation of the laborer and ior dirni-
lying labor, for the benevolent purposes
OF relief. assistance and encour cement
as well as the protection of this class
against the exaetions and eneroach-
ment of monied corporations, is very
we'll; can do great deal of good, can
render their membership real service
and add very greatly 10 the sum total
of human happiness But this can only
be doae where the ultimate purpose is
TO serve the sacred cause of la,s, religion
and public morality. or at least 10 work
tor purposes not in state of active
warfare against these benign ;nfinences.
A purpose TO achieve success outside of
these, carries about with it the seed OF
a speedy and sure destfaetien, and ii is
passing strange that men can be found
at this late day, surrounded by the
wisdom of all the past, and the new
light of the nineteenth century, TO
strive foran object so hopeless as the
destruction of society, and the sure
chaos, which will follow the obliteratian
OF the line which separates vice from
virtue. Yet it is se. Ii is not tho heroes
OF labor who are striving for such re-
suits, and where they have been used
TO forward the banefui scheme. IL has
been an unwitting scquie scenee ON
their part.
The recent general strike and all the
dire evils which have followed in its
train, should open the eyes Of both
labor and capital 70 the dan ger menac,
ing them from the silent subtle and
powerful combination which carries in
Its bosom all the worst passions which
have ever nerved red republicanis,n TO
do its dire work in the years
of the past. These dangerous theories
must not be suffered to extend and
poison society at its very source. Here
toiore the United States has, to a great
degree, escaped these evils, but the re-
cent labor revolution has opened our
eyes to the fact that there is
a worse influence at work in
our land than the mere discon.
:ent of the laborers, and their purpose
to force better rewards from capital
The circumstance was made clear in
the wsnton destruction Of property
which evil is shared alike by employer
and employe. The shedding of blood
wantouly, and the arson and robbery
which rioted amid the general eonfu-
sion, Was the work of the information
ais. Here is the real danger. Let the
government, the laborer and capital
guard well against it.