The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-07-06

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Politicians and capitalists are the
last persons to profit BY the warnings
Of history and the omens of the pres
emf. One class is intent upon the
spots Of flee, aud the o'her upor
p.rs nsl gain, and bolh are blinded BY
selfish AID temporary ambition and
lust Of power. Any mao f ordinary
foresight CAP see that the prevailing
gigantic strikes # the working N
in the most prominent industries ar
initiatives Of terrible final results.
Mercantile, manufacturing and m,o
ing interests have been struck with
paralysis. Capital is powerless, mo-
nopoly despis, d, and the signi6cani
fact prevails t'as the heart of tn.
American people is with the bodies Of
men whom the monopelists call
"s,rikers." The people ar now at
bay, and the terrible truth might as
well be told that an attempt to pu,
down laboriDg men by force would
draw to their support huudreds Of
thousands Of sympaihizers who would
help crush opposition to powder.
the French revolution would be but
tribe, furious and sanguinary as it
was, to that which would crimson the
pages of American history. Unless
politicians shall hereafter legislate
for the people at large, and capital
and labor meet on an equal and fra
ternal platform, the time is near when
there will be written "the bloodiest
picture in the book Of Time" The
present inequality Of the working
classes cannot exist long, and he is
wise who heeds the warning of the
"strike" Of 1882. In New York, the
laboring men have asked nothing of
the railroad mcnopolists but that
which has been modestly reasonable.
But the monopolists prefer to see the
whole business community palsied
rather than yield an inch of that
which they falsely regard as their
"rigbts," j. e., to continue men with
families on starvation wages. So,
also, with the monopolists in Jersey
City. Here, the police day by day
have logged the steps Of the freight
handlers; there, not only the regular
police logged that fraternity, but spec
ial police have been sworn in to guard
the railroad depots. Not only this,
but. Governor Ludlow has menaced
the laboring men with the State mill
tia when there was no valid reason
for it. If the police are not able to
keep the peace, then the Sheriff can
be appealed to, and when he has ex-
hausted his civil power through
posse, it is his duty to call on the
Governor for troops, and the Cover
nor cannot act without such necessity,
unless by violating the Federal Con-
stitution To hold the military in
readiness to shoot down citzeos be-
fore the civil power has been exhaust
ed il making the civil subordinate +
the military power 10 time of peacs.
1t will not work in this year OF grace.
Besides, what right have police aud
police specials to track peaceable pro-
cessions or attend upon peacesble
meetings of laboring men at any point
and hat, too, armed with clubs aud
revolvers1 The Federal Constitution
gives the people the right to peace
ably assembly fsr the redress of griev-
auces, and mere suspicion of a riot is
no reason Why the agents of the law
should shadow them as if they are
slaves. It is an act Of menace and of
tyranny to watch them who evinced
from the start no disposition to break
the peace. The action of the super
serviceable police authorities and the
Governor in the Jersey City "strike"
Is open to grave suspicion. 1t squints
at desire on the part of the au-
thorities to precipitate a row when
laboring men protest against starva-
ton wages. IF it shall come to that
complexion capital will be lucky if its
Czars can save themselves from utter
destruction.