Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-02

ne ~ site red right hand has
iu,cneu throats of the citizens of
wn of more than ten thousand
Ina ..tapts over an area OF more than
~ ,-half the Republic, 8 s'anning Ter
itory reach from the Atlantic TO tne
Pacific. These birds OF prey have foul
ed the fairest domain of the world.
They declare capital curse when cap
ital only furnishes them food. They
declare that capital shall employ no
labor except at their behests and on
their terms. The business of the coun-
try must stand still until psralyzed by
inactivity. Millions OF property in
process OF transportation are destroyed
Oy the lawless element-the barbarian
who shields himself behind the
striker. In some cities the strikers are
not tie mob; but in Others they are.
Some did not cOuntensnce the destruc'
ton of railway property; others did.
When the railway train was stopped,
that was the bid for the ruffian with
his pistol and the thief for his booty.
When property was stopped in tran
sit, the dangerous mob-the barbarian
was enIbOldened to begin a war
against that property. Without the
Introductory act, the result could mol
ensue. 1t IL exceedingly unfortunate
that the honest laborer, the manly
| striker, striking for wages, striking for
bread did not foresee the pent-up furyoi
the bloodthirsty communist and allow
him to wait for prexteXt; but he did
not, and so we have had a Reign oi
Terror not exceeded in exeesses, and
not equalled in extent by the most in
famous on the pages of History. The
striker. in debating to capital, has him,
self been mastered by the ruffian ano
shoulder-hitter. He himself has be
come a slave to the barbarian far below
him. Dare he rise and declare his In
dependence of the element OF disorder
and violence, or does the one fade int
the other by such imperceptible grada
tions that he cannot protect himself By
severing the tie? Dare society main
tain itself? Will the Government
demonstrate, by arguments exceeding
ly effective, its power to trample ou
| all resistance to law? Shall 6dr6dTlSn
be transmitted as the heritage of ths
next generation? Shall there be M
security for property? Shall mob vic
ience dictate terms of peace after lnstl
tutiDg reigns of terror? Cannot the la
borer obtain his God-given right t
earn his bread by the sweat OF hi
brow? After he has given the swea
of his brow, can he not get his bread
Shall we permit the principles of re
publican government to become by
word and Kissing among the nations
If we fail to maintain the institution
civilization we shall pay the cost.
we desire riot, we must eat the brea
} of violence. No man can tell hoy
: many millions it will cost before tina
, spirit which is at war with civilize
|, society can be subdued. But it will b
subdued at whatever cost. Security i
person and property is our inheritance
guaranteed by law, and promised b
. reason of our fealty. We do not pro
pose to surrender these without
struggle more desperate than any bal
3 tie field has seen. We do not propos
|, to surrender our families and ou
n homes to the mercies of the ignorai
and insane. We can settle the que
tion, so that the future will unde
e stand the problem, its elements, its sc
J. luton.
g Let every lover of order, of law,
!, Justice, seek to establish these, to uni
them in a holy trinity, and capit
i shall flow in uninterrupted channel
labor receive its just reward and haI
: py homes rejoice in the smile of pro
!. perity.