, 1878-06-08
A Blighting Prospect.

In the east low mutterings OF coming
conflict with that portion of our population
which rs continually at unrest, and which
for wears has been steadily increasing. re-
cruitiny It's ranks from the scum OF the old
world. is awakening IN the minds OF cool
headed thinkers the Thought that sooner OF
later decided check must be imposed upon
this vicious and depraved element, whose
growing strength already gives warning that
the institutions Of our country are IN danger,
and the time not far distant when all re-
gard for the rights of property Will be set al
naught 1t is true that TINS element Is con-
fined to large cities, but those cities are the
seat of our wealth, and through them all
the business Of the country Is conducted
they represent the heart, and, as In the hu-
man frame, so in the social fabric, when
that organ is impaired in its functions, the
body is IN danger of sudden death The
cause of this condition of affairs, the evils
OF which, while apparent To all, Is not SO
easily fathomed To say that it Is brought
about by the vicious legislation Of this or
that party would be but TO give utterance to
the clap-trap OF political demagogues 1t
has its origin outside "f and beyond politics;
it is identified with no particular political
organization 1T is found enthroned even
among the churches, and Is slowly, but none
the less surely, permeating the whole social
structure What then is the cause, To
our mind the solution is to be found In man. 5
attempt 10 thwart and overcome the divine
command, given when Adam, through Eve,
fell victim to the seducing voice of the
serpent The youth of this land has been
permitted to grow up III idleness. aud the
idea has found Judgement in their brain
that to work is to be disgraced. A smatter-
ing Of learning, with, perhaps, but FAINT
and superficial knowledge of some profession,
constitutes the sole armour of thousands of
young men who are yearl y sent forth to bat
tie with the affairs Of life. Failure, disgrace
and poverty mark their career, and, drifting
with the down current, they are soon found
swelling the already swollen ranks OF the
many thousands who have preceded them
This class of persons swarm III large cities,
and amid the haunts of crime ard immoral
ity those IDEAS that take the form OF COM
munism have their birth. Take our own
city, and casual observer will not be called
upon to look far before he will notice upon
the streets OF Walia Walla many youths who
are growing mp III idleneSs, and with no other
ambition save to secure a livelihood without
work LOOK at the men whose occupation
appears 10 be only that OF filling chair in
front Of some saloon door, and you will, in
the main, Ec surprised to find in them men
Wi.o are gifted with Iarc conversational
powers, coupled with Il certain kind of knowl
edge, which passes under the head Of ''smart-
ness.' These men are failures, not from lack
Of ability. but from an utter aversion to work,
which IN their opinion is disgraceful. Now,
should the communism ever rear its CHASTITY
head in our midst, such characters as these
would become It's leaders, demand redistri-
button of property, and 4 general equaliza-
ton of everything The laborer is the true
source of all wealth, the promoter of all
happiness, the cornerstone upon which
society rests; without him chaos would reign
supreme,
And Darkness; be the burier of the Dead
Parents learn your boys to work, instill into
their minds the thought that the man WHO is
dependent only upon his labor is tie true
nobleman, and that he alone is worthy of
respect who produces rather than consumes.
The solution of the difficulty is, to our mind,
in the advice We have just given, which, ii
followed ont, will prove death blow to COM
munism in America