The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-08-21
THE demagoeues and fools who

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under The guise Of friendship. are
attempting to array the laboring men
against the capitalists Of the country.
must count largely upon the igno-
rance and lack OF observation of those
whom they attempt to influence.
The man who never expects to ad-
above bis present position, or
to own anything but tie clothes he
wears and the tools with which be
works, may be influenced by the
wordy declarations of these knaves;
bat be who hopes to prosper in the
world, TO advance his condition, who
has hopes and aspirations for his
children, who in short, is not stupid
" blind to his surroundings, cannot be
influenced BY their cheap demagog-
ism or shallow ranting denunciaiions
of prosperous citizens as capitalists
Men who use their eyes cannot be
hoodwinked By this stale silly stuff.
Who are our capitalists to-day Men
who came up from the ranks by their
own energy, perseverance and econo
my. Who are at the head of our
large business houses? Men who
ran errands thirty years ago. Who
run the great newspapers Of the
land? Men who were formerly
jOurneymen type stickers, when they
were young. Who are the owners
and bosses in the mills, the shops,
the mines? Men who with toll and
sweat and pluck learned all the arts
and mysteries Ct their trades, and
through their skill, and by their in
tegrity gained their positions, and
their means, and the comforts Of life.
Who are the men who OWL the
beautiful fruitful farms, the fields of
abundant grain, the sleek and lowing
herds with which the land abounds +?
The men who grubbed, and mauled,
and toiled early and late, and endur-
ed the bardships and ~privsticns of
pioneer life. Use your eyes and you
will see these facts run into every &C.
cupation and shade of life. The
Divine decree an the sweat Of your
brow shall We eat your bread" has
not been revoked and never will be.
1t is the SONS of the poor men of the
last generation that are the capital
lists, the creators Of public opinion,
leading men of today, and so will
continue, as one generation succeeds
another, so long as the doors of the
common schools are open to all and
labor is free and respected. 1t was
when capital owned labor, when
1000, 600 slaves 10 the South toiled
without reward, and degraded and
impoverished the white labor of the
country, when the demagogues now
striving to stir up strife between CAPT.
tai and labor, sang hosannas TO
slavery, and made or allotted war for
the protection and propagation OF
chsttel labor, for the perpetuation Of
unpaid toll, that labor was wroDged
by the slave owning capitalist. No
people can prosper who fetter labor,
or hold the lash over its back, and
the ields and the workshops of the
South attest it to-day. The labor
question is not one TO be determined
by violence, or the voice OF the dem
gogues. The highest craftsmanship
is requisite, the largest measure OF
intelligence necessary to solve the
problem of which reckless fools SO
glibly pirate. Let honest working
men use their eyes, look around
them, observe their surroundings, re,
member that there is DO divine road
to wealth, that in this country CAPT.
tai must be earned, that it changes
hands every generation, that the rich
of to-day were the poor of yesterday
that here all men have an equal
chance, that to an intelligent deter
mined will all things are possible
and that they who attempt to array
them against men whose positions
they or their children will probably
one day occupy, are simply knayei
or fools, who deserve only tbeil
hearty contempt.