Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-15
LErTERs FROM THE PEOPLE.
The Great Beaex.le., w.xeme,,

hELAtf AND kNGhANGE.
btaor MG-.-Again the Grand Army OF
Camp followers that hang on the ragg-s
edge OF the government have ratsci the sfan
Cart of revolt, and shrek 81 taad tina, c.r-
tain citizens of the Dist CT eel - the hare
mas anu propose 10 Ia a the iNd iStriOus
rcing mechanic, who by the weat n his
brow has saved trife that hts an.ilv N, az
not swell The vast national ocean or aup =
ism that has Its rise and fall in the 11.s ,as.f
OF Columbia.
A. the editor or prominent paper, win
you ak the 50 called Labor Relief who
are The peoHle u proposes 20 support by for
aglns upon the povert y stricken TAX payers
of tie capital VIII the " Labor n ,iief''
cast Is benevolent eye IN the direction OF the
unculuNsied nelds that stretch 20 the crack
OF COON" In every directsone observe the
smiling earth thai waits patiently 10 hsvp IT'S
oreast uekled with dainty hoe or sently
sefatcned by friendly harrog. then survey
The shiftlesS, shiverilg gang OF men who
stSrd with folded hafds waiting Ike Tie
Immortal Mcswber. tor something 90 turn
up AK the Mar land farmer. or a Viz
ginia uler of tie soll, or "A long 80 fferlpg
hoUSekeeper OF WASHINGTON an opinion 81
the situation. No macdlin sent ueniS ,i'y;
TO hope or expectation To come of hanlltng
future government apprnpri atoms or mar
ket money wrung In another shape from
the working bees OF the hive, dlstort their
The farmer hard by sees his garden
truck perish unless relieved by thteviSh
hands. His poultry house l. made 10 lely by
ne same vicious means. Amer a SUNNI 7 OF
IIundering ease as proved 10y the desolste
lsnd, the way II opened FOR Colonel Sellers
ara another appropriation" Congress IL
coming the movement" Is already inaug-
urated, The tail OF the lobby T. wagging IN
expectation, aud another 4" BenovOlpnf In
stltntioa" II In the travail OF being horn.
rue Ltpor hehsn proposes TO give work
IN miro Tits - precisely what j. needed 10
make WASHINGTON the grand head cplser OF
psuperiSml Have We not In our midst
shitess strata oi population OF fast increas
ing ratio, whose pockets. like sleeves. are in
CAPABLE of holding less or more II the mau
cams - cents per day Il is gone. II me
amount is - IL shares The same fafa Fec
lesson learned 10 day j. forgotten to-nor-
row, and with each succeeding season ne =
no wiser than before. As citizens Of the pts-
riot, have We hot enough 10 bear from Con-
greSs that has fastened ON our financial
yitals debt that only honest government
thieves can bear. And now comes me 10. La
Dor Relief IN the called name OF Char
iiy, that viii enter tho government tread
mills, and, serpent like. force tue WORKING
bee 10 support tie drone. ph, heaevaIencsi
What crimes are perPeIrated IN thy name.
WHAT snail bS done with the shi Vering
thousands The late Horace Greeley said.
''IrlVe them 10 tue country, and let starya-
ton force them 10 earn their bread" Let a.
send vice 10 prison, and re- pect gble y byerty
10 the slmshouSe. When Col. : al, rs Obtains
an Appropriation" let every man csu ght an
our streets who has no visible means OF SOP
port be furnished with a railroad ticket 10
any point in the Union which suits aim best
accompanied with passport made after tna
Stale department plan, made WORTHLESS N
attempted 10 be used by any other mau. We
can cure neither crime nor pauperism. bat
We can prevent IL. We may nave 70 care for
The young psupers left behind, but the man
If denied the sublime liberty OF making any
more Let women who have no husbands
be provided with work a. thread rates, !" and
the little children be cared for AT the public
expense. Columbia Ly ing-is hospital might
be made 10 serve a useful purpose for a tenn
porary home for waits whose fathers proved
by their absence that they had the Eooi of
the public welfare at heart.
Let rs think Tor a moment what We shall
have TO pay TO keep The " LABOR X slier" ma
chine in motion. The late James Gordon
Bennett ascertained by visiting the different
charitable missions OF New York city that
after the most careful mathematical cslcula-
ZION, that II cost seven dollars 10 distribute
the eighth. In other words, the machine ale
seven dollars 10 the paupers one. A woman
who has been connected with benevolent "in-
situations" for twenty i've years, aud after
donating half a million of dollars, now
proposes 10 establish a society for the pre-
yertion OF charity, as the only safe basis for
the greatest gOoJ TO the greatest number.
How long, Oh Lord how long, will the Dis
trict be disgraced and cursed by the two ele-
ments which feed the fires and keep alive
the horrors OF pauperism? OLIVIA"
Maple Square, capitol Hin, Sept. IA, Is77.