, 1877-07-29

State, the militia, when actually serving unde
proper authority as au armed force, is alnehao!
IN every particular to the laws and regulation
in use in the regular army OF the United Suites
In the army Of the United States, as in all otne
armies, descrtion IN the face Of the enemy IS III
very heaviest crime that soldier can commit
and thc snevitable penalty provided 1or II
death. Each one of the niilitianeu who thre'
away bis arms and went over to the mob, earne'
thereby the right to be shot to death like tfa
| coWardlY dog that he was and we sincerely trus
| tnat so soon as order is restored propcrly-coI
stituted courts-martial will give him the beneh
OF this right to the uttermost.
CONSEQUENCE or THE Rl0T0Us STRIKE.
| lflroukee H1scousin-
! From 3,oo0,0oo to 5,ooo,00o people on the sea
board cousume beef cattle raised in the West
crn States. OF this number at least 1000, ,0o
are ]aborers and workingmen, and in conse
! qucncc of the embargo on transportation from
tine West to the East, cattle have become ST
SCARCE that the price Of beef has risen three cent
per pound Thatis severe tax on the food OF tht
daily laborer. The mechanics and worlsingmet
/ who sympathizc with riotous strikers wiilthere
fore perceive that though the strikers may gain
/ q little at one end OF the line, worktngmen 1T
the other lose good deal more. 1t is the con-
c1uson Of all history that labor never gains b'
r;otous strike, for it not oulv prcjudices their
cause in the estimation OF the community at
large, but it frequently lnficts direct injury IN
advanced prices upon their colaborers in OTHER
sections OF the country.
THE RIGHTS or LABOR
Vac FORK Bulletin.
Ne are hearing and for long while to come
we shall doubtless continue to hear, a great deal
about the rights of labor. The Tompkins Square
people just now are especially full OF it; but
there is ono right which, somehow or other,
these individuals will not take iuto account, and
that is the rign. of laboFing man or any other
man to own himself and to sell his labor to
whosoever be sees fit without any outside d1cta-
tion or n1eddtng whatsoever. One would sup
pose from the way they talk that nobody ~ this
country had any rights but themselves. They
arc fond OF dcelaiunng about nlonopollcs; but
what more detestable monopoly than this, which
arrogatEs to itself the right to control individual
action, and II the control be resisted to meet it
with violence aud intimidation and bloodshed.
ROTH SIDES.
Ne.o Turk I2centno Post.
When the question OF wrong-doing comes up,
both sides must be judged by the same rule.
The dissatisfied workinsman has no more right
to prevent lis employer from hiring somebody
else than the employer has to prevent the work.
ingmau from working somewhere else. Ifwork-
ingmen engaged in strike unitc,w:th violence
to keep ileu WHO have taken their places from
working, they do as great wrong as al en-
ployer who has declared lockout would do it
ne should organize q band OF rufliaus to pre-
veut his discharged workingmcn from working
anywhere else The men who by violence pre-
vent other men from moving Il train Of cars are
dong the work OF a mDb rs really as IL they
were destroying property. The difference is
only one OF degree.
INDUSTRIOUS OUTRAGE.
Louisville Courter.JoA'n11.
Most Of the gangs OF desperadoes who started
out Yesterday to interfere with honest work
men, and to stop work in establishments where
there is no dissatisfaction or trouble, were ar
rested and are now lodged in jail. What must
workingmcn think OF those who, claiming fel-
lowship with then, and refusing to work them
selves, would raise disturbances where none cS-
ist and force poor laborers, who have families
to support, to quit places which weld them their
daily bread, and With which they have not tile
least complaint to make! DOES any working
man think lie is helping the Worklng1nan>s
party or cause by sanctioning or 6Ynlpat thixinr
with such monstrous outrage and absurd nom
sense as this! It will certainly not bc tolerated.
Is LAWFUL
~. Louis Globe Democrat.
When the strike commenced VIC we're sol
emnly assured by its leaders that it meant no
act of outlawr5, and no interference with the
rights OF private property. It has proceeded
several days, ind what are the results. Scenes
have been enacted every day which In ordinary
times would have sent their actors to
the Pcnitentiary Is 1t lawful to break
into manuiactoryf Is it lawful to inaugura.c
Q reign Of terror among. the honest working
people OF the city, and compel them to quit
the work BY which they are endcavoring to
support their families! If this is Law. let US
have little violence aud outrage, just for q
change.
PUBLIC FEELING.
PffsbIH,r Eop1,neTcl1I Edzftte.
Public feeling strongly demands the restora-
tion to the railroad control over its prop
crty. This demand is the outgrowtt Of the riot
Before the riot, when there WIS peace, although
the strikers undoubtedly interfered with the
freight business Of the roads by persuasion, Il
nothing else, there was undoubtedly sympathy
toward them, though not toward their methods. 1
for this sympathy Is totcard tar. It is felt that
the law must be fully and completely enforced
not for one party or another, but fur tue public
aud itself. The right or wrong in this question
cau be looked at hereafter. but now the law
must be paramount. Such is the feeling now
prevailing.
DISGRACE TO CIVILIZATION.
I.dianapnlis .Jaurn9l
We fully agree with the New York Tribune
that ssThe man who wantonly lights an inccn-
liary fire in 4 crowded city, or bears the seeds
IF pestilence into crowded hall, is not guilty
If a more clearly defined crime against society
han he Who blocks up the channels Of transpor- |
alton upon which all commerce and industry ]
1eoend.'' There is probably not family in the |
State Of Indiana which will not experience some |
orm Of damage, injury, or Inconvenience from |
he present suspension OF railroad traffic. Such !
state OF affairs is disgrace to our boasted !
civilization.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
Boston Fuss.
Capital is powerless to change our current cir /
II it were not, it would have set |
bout it in earnest long ago. Like labor, it is |
arning very low wages, never SO low before in !
his country; and like labor, it is compelled to
,ait Hence labor undertakes an impossibiIity /
n trying to bring about better times by assail !
ug capital. the dullness in trade and industry |
something TINT is out OF the reach OF human |
ingenuity alone 10 reiuoye it. It is q condition, |
nd eau no more be changed by an effort OF the !
gill than condition OF the atmosphere can.
FABLE.
Nfo York Vorfd.
The Goose that laid the Golden Eggs.-A Ger
ain Mau ha1 Goose that laid him Golden Egg
yery day worth about Two Dollars. After
While the Goose could not find much to cat an1
he Egg kept getting smaller. till at
ast it was only worth Ninety Cents.
Good for nothing Goose" said tie
Ian II will kill you ard cut you opeu4 and get
t the Eggs you have in your belly" lie did
0, and. to his great sorrow and di6app0ut-
nent, found Nothing.
iKoral-Let the goose 60 on laying.
DISTRIBUTING WEALTH.