The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-08-29

Dennis KearnGy, the great ag'tator
and communist Of California, has been
to Boston, whore he whridled his IL
|liLerate tongue in %unmGasured dennn-
citation aud abuse Of capital and CAPT
~talists, and things generally as they
now exist. lie had acquired suddenly
a reputation for talent, merely because
his style was novel and vehement,
But sensible people have seen that he
talks in vague and general terms, and
uninteiligeHtly, about evils for which
he proposes no definite remedy, lie
proposes TO tear down, but does not
say how be will build UP He is a
Wild destructive. He would he an
%iconoclast, but has not sense enough
10 tell what he would substitute in
lieu Of what he would destroy, His
unb0undcd laud0tion Of that ambidcX-
trous politician and demogogne, B. F,
Butler, shows that he himself is u
demagogue. The Home Journal would
commend TO his consideration the fol-
lowing sensible remarks Of the Chicago
News;
"a wOrkingman, in the trua sense
Of the word, is u man who makes his
living by the sweat Of his brow--be he
shoemaker or lawyer, stoncmason or
physician, farmer or journalist; no
matter what his calling or profession
may he, if he dcpends either on his
hands or his brains, or on both, for the
neccssaries of life. The man who is
called from his he'd at all hours oil the
night 10 visit the sick is just as much a
w%orklngman "a the man who carries q
bod. The man who spends days in
searching after evidence, and hours in
pleading before the bar, in order to
earn a fee, is just rs much Il WORKING
man as the man who works at the an
vii. The man who, from early morn
ing until late at night, works. worries,
and frcts, in the most lab0rions, the
most w0rrisOmc, the most Iretrul Of all
professions, that he may he able to
place II marketable newspaper before
the public, is just as much a working
man as the man who guides the pillow.
And 30 it is down the long list Of avo-
cations, and up again. Those who do
not in some way struggle ami toll,
either t o make a living for themselves
and families, or to keep the earnings
which they have accumulated llom
slipping through their fingers. are de-
cidcdly in the minority All, then, or
nearly all, being workingmcn, it is as
ridiculous as it is unjust for any mum
her OF tradcsmen (unless their number
includes all) to claim that they, and
they alone, are the w~orkingmcn, and
that those whom they see fit Ia ostra-
else, are not, like them, earning an
honest livelihood. Because a man is
an employer is no earthly reason why
he should not be u workingman; in
deed, if you Investigate the matter
thoroughly you will find tina. the men
who have worked the hardest have
usually become employers. That the
employer should be denounced because
he is an employer, is dishonest and
senseless. There is not a man among
the leaders Of the so called working
mems parties to day who would not
cheerrulIy become an employer, and
the absence of tact, brains, industry,
or inevitable circumstance alone pre-
vents him ir3m being one. This is
plain language, and it needs be. The
chief barrier that divides the poor from
the prosperous in this country is
ABILITY. With it any nal may
succeed. Without 1t he tails. Be
cause he is not blessed with it is not a
good reason why he should curse and
malign those who are"