Litchfield enquirer., 1877-08-16

MR. EDITOR. In the New Milford Ga- zette of last week notice long Editori- al headed, ssLabor> and Capital, z which goesSon in avery ungrammatical way. to give approvat 10 all the acts of the strik- CTS during the last few weeks. In an- other column is the following, (without g
 word of comment). ....,................--.
 .:It is affirmed at Scranton upon excel lent authority that certain very promi- nent capitalist, Athe representatiyevofI q Eleading Coal Go of Coal produ6erts in tkia country. said at Capitalists meeting not long since, ,DaY policy in managing railroad | men is to keep them SO poor that they cannot strike. That's the way to prevent strikes"
 Now the pea being acknowledged mightier than the sword. it seems to me that the menr Ewhos wisld it. at the
 head of our local papers, ought to be men of sound m1nd, and men who have sense enough to judge between good and evil. When they preach to their readers: that acts of lawlessness like lteafing up tracks, stoning and clubbing men Nho. are wiling to work. burang cars and car shops. Sc. &c.. is perfectly right and proper, and meets with their endorsement and approval. When. say. they approve of such things as these. is itright for good law-abiding citizens to help sustain their papers2 Is it not rather their duty to with draw their patronage and support? An. ably edited newspaper can exert an in ; fusnce for great deal of good; and, on the other hand. it's teachings if of an in, fiamnatory nature can do great deal of harm. Nov there are two aidas to axer4 question. and Capital is no doubt 1n many instances grinding and oppressive, but public opinion. brought to bear in the right way. can do more to remedy the evil than all the force that has lately been tried, No fair minded man can, for an instant, think of approving of the lawless acts of the last few weeks. Chief Arthur. (of the Engineers Brotherhood) does not approve of them4 He says they had right to refuse to work, but not shade of right on their side when they hindred others from working.
 It seems to me that an editor in discuss ing subject of so great import as the one in question should be very guarded in his remarks. He has many readers who, do'not stop to reason, but form their opin- ions from the. editorials that appear in whatever paper they take. Therefore he should have sense euoughanot to publish or repeat every infammable article that comes to his view. Qike the one above quoted about the Scranton capitalist, un- less he knows it to be fact; and, if found to be fact, the man who is guilty of making such speech should be denoun- lced in the most emphatic terms from one end of the land to the other. He should be made te ssest ph%s d his evil speech and meet the punishment he de. serves. The editor when he publishes such an article, certainly. under the pres snt excitement. should go to the bottom, and give his authority, and be ready to stand by his charges. or else let the mat ter alone. If in want of items to fill his paper let him quote from Artemus Ward or Josh Billings. (This. If not instruct i've, would be perhaps entertaining and certainly harmless s s.as. .~ee '-
 An sditor who is not capable of giving to his readers more sound and pat, t,iotic advice, on affairs that concern the nation. than 'eThe Gazette" can be credited with of late, should, in my estimation. retire frop the field. He5can serve his country best, as captain of river barge. or canal boat. K