Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-25
nEECHEn ON wORKTNGMEN.

Henry Ward Beecher, the notorious di-
vine, is coming to this coast. He comes out
under . $4,000 engagement to deliver a
certain number Of lectures to the benight-
cd people of the Golden State. Beecher
believes in being well paid for whatever he
MAJ do, but he is not willing to accord
the same fair treatment to the thousands of
unfortunate poor in the United States.
He said last summer that bread and water
was good enough for a poor man. and more
recently he has expressed himself in favor
Of . large standing army to shoot down
workingmen who may dare to complain of
their hard lot. Beecher had better be care
full how he reiterates these sentiments in
San Francisco lest he gets the Kearneyites
after him. The Times erieto has this to
gay Of the great humbug and his mission
70 this coast:
We hope for the sake Of the peace and
q~uietness OF our sister State that he will
refrain, in consideration Of the disturbed
condition Of affairs there in relation to the
labor question, from expressing his views
upon that particular subject. A few weeks
AkO< - 0YIlukHtk4. massachusetts, IN an
Grafton delivered at the reunion OF the
Army Of the Potomac, in speaking against
the reduction Of the army, he said we
needed . strong force to kill of working.
men who presume to break asunder the
manacles by which they are bound by an
unjust public opinion. Suppose the tables
were turned, and by cooperation capital
ists we're driven to the wall, would Mr..
Beecher justify b shooting Of the manu-
facturers? Then the working classes
wonld be denounced as arbitrary, tyranni-
cal, and the cry would be, /" Give every
q bread and water" was GOOD enough for
workingmen. Does Mr.. Beecher believe
in the beatitudes OF the Christian religion 2
Does he forget the golden rule, "Do unto
others as y0u would others should do
unto you ?" Workingmen have the right
TO enjoy life and its blessings. The
refining influences Of home are the
results Of education and culture. In this
land this boon Of p~leasurable existence is
suspended from the tree of knowledge, but
according to Beecher's theory, this tree
must be fenced in, and its fruit like the
apple in the fable. within easy grasp, but
when : poor man attempts to grasp it, it
must recede. The comforts Of home can
only be procured with money; besides,
does not experience as we'll rs statistics
prove that crimes and its attendant evils
ind existence and propagation where
squalor and want prevails, thus mourning
= public expense. Is it not then better in
the end to encourage refinement and home
life and cheaper withal. Mr.. Beecher has
elaborated on his bread and water theory
Of last summer. He bases his deductions
ON the principle that imam wants but little
here below nor wants that little long" and
In his ~magnanimity would dispatch men
to eternity and the promised bliss that
there awaits them, leaving to God to do
what such Christians as he were too mean
and selfish to do themselves. Is it a prin-
ciple Of Republican government for one
man to shoot down his fellow because
he asks . fair days pay for . fair days
work7 Such sentiments may do well
enough to express before United States
army officers who thrive on fat salaries,
but they are nauseating to the general pub
lilo, and the great snest hider" will find
them particularly obnoxious to the people
Of the Pacific Coast.
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