The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-17


ago their. Yet, because We have simply
asserted this principle aud refused to yield
to most ludicrous tfort Of Dulld,zing, We
have been denounced not oAiy as IN enemy
o; .a3 priatsrs, bu. Of workingmsn generally
rs an "oppress,f" OF labor &c. How absurd
and mons ,nsicsl this is mu be apparent to
every intel igent readar of the paper who
knows It's tone and tendency Of Independence
aud steady hostility to all forms Or shnms
cor .upllon and concentrated 90 Ser--espec-
tally that IF all monopalie5 and greedy
corporations. The Typ grsphicai un
ion commenced carrying out ia
threats to force tho office TO
reccgnjz' its clsims. Circulars we're dlstrlb.
uted throughout the city calling upon all
friends of the union to discontinue their sub
scriplon to the aper; TO withdraw their
patronage from all persous known to be sub.
scribers 10 the paper, and to especially refuse
to deal with merchants advertising in its
columns. AS u last resort black list con-
tanning tho names Of advertisers in the Post
Dispatch was specially printed 10 Brighten
and bul.dgze them. Despite this conspiracy,
this appeal 10 the principles Of mobism aud
violation Of the right OF citizens to manage
their own affairs, the business of tho Post
Dispatch has steadily increased The circu-
lalion Of toe paper has maintained its steady
and remarkable growth. We are prepared
TO show by our books That during every week
Of this bulI-dozing crusade, ina;igsted by fee,
BILE rivalry and carried on by men never in
our employ, the circulation of tho Post.
Dispatch has increased with natural ratio,
while contracts have been closed with edver
tisers ut an increase of twenty per cent in
nks orr al az 90.
ton, and oil advertisers may call aud satisfy
themselves as to the truth of our assertions.
The Post dispatch believes in tho right of
trained artisans and skilled mechanics 10 Or
ganizs for their own good but the right TO
manage the internal affairs of his Office,
employ and discharge and to direct when
and how labor shall be performed, is one of
the proprietors reserves 10 himself. The
doctrine laid down by the union that it is
Justified in resortiDg 10 "Boycot,ins"
measures TO enforce recognition is tho most
dangerous and pernicous one ever advanced
In this free country. 1t is simply one form
OF mob law, and If encouraged NAV in time
attack every business interest of ST. Louis
1t practically amounts TO this, that newspn-
per is expected to take out license, not from
the estab ished authorities as is the case in
despotic Russia, but from an irresponsible
lot OF unknown men who assume no risks and
share no losses. The Post.Dispatch has re,
sisted rs u matter of principle.
As the Post Dispatch says printers and
every other cas- OF work non have a right to
band thcm,elvoa log ther for sef.proteclion
and for mutual good, but they navo no right
to interfere with the private affairs of
o'her people. If newspaper office
doe, not see proper to employ union printers
the union has no right in Law or equity to
attempt TO force that Office TO employ unioa
men, and whenever i.it attempted swift and
sure punishment for theOutrs,e shoul fol-
low To protec. co pe rations and individuals
from tho "boyco.liog' processes of trade
unions, thera should DO law making the
interfering with private property or any elTor.
of any nature whatsoever 10 irjure or stop
any kind Of business by tho members of any
trade, union ought TO BIZ made punishable
with the severest penalties.
1t is not our province to defend. president
Garfield; the republican funeral is not ours
and we have no tears to shed, but TO every
man with intelligence above idiocy, who has
followed the current of evonts and is at all
posted 1t i, a fact we'll known that Mr.. Copk.
ling 10 the sggfessor in the rupture between
himself and the president, This being true,
the sublimity of the cheekiness of the follow
ing, from the st. Louis Globe Democrat, is |
refreshing:
II cannot be denied that Mr.. Garfield found
tho republican party. on his accession to the
presidency, moro thoroughly uuited and hsr-
mopiuus than II had been since the election
Of Lincoln in 1860. What has happened
since wa all know, likewise who is TO blame
for what has happened. However, it can't
DO helped. and We must got along as best we |
can until 1884, when we shall try to elect
man who will not, as the frs. act of his ad-
ministralior, make a causeess and spitetul
war upon one Of the acknowledged leaders
OF the party.
The Courier journal, speaking of the
spNch Of ex'President Jeilersoa Davis, at
the unwilling Of the statue of "Stonewall"
Jackson, intimates tina! tho opinions uttered |
arc simply those Of tho speaker and not of
the southern people. 1t Is very noticeable
that tho further oil a newspaper is from the
south, the better able il Is to Interpret |
southern sentiment. Tho southern people
can take care Of themselves without assist
ance. The Courier.Journal says:
10 truth the ex.president speaks for him.
self. Tho ,ecomium he pronounoes upon
StoDowall jackson iterates an opinion which. |
like picket guard passing from camp TO |
camp, has traversed the military globe. The
time will come when all Americans shall be, |
proud Of the name ard fsmo Of Jacksopt
The time has already Gene when in,eligene
Americans lock with complacency upon lbs
bsrmlets pencRyric which either side delirh,
10 pay It's heroes Ia the great sectional wnr,
10 that coming festival, which is to cele-
hra.o thu crnwning triumph achieved over
England BY hs American colonists tho 10Th |
OF October 1881, no sectional divisions or
disputes will enter. No shsdow from Appo. |
mAttox will fall across the fare of tho bon
ates or darken the rejoicing at Yorktown.
Tho people will come forth from overy psrt |
ofthe union-from the New England hills
which gave US Stark and Putnam and Allene |
and the rice.0elds aud palmgrovss of the |
south where Green, Marion and Sumpter |
l!eep, and from tho great Northwest, which |