New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-23

which attempt to draw voters away from e of supe
rares are instigated by men of letters or Oh sup0
rior education. A., bovn been
efforts to organize all manner Oh The
parties-as the Ant-Slayery parry parry, mar.
Temperance party. the Know.Notning TORN p1r
ty aud more recently the ClvIi no ataJ with the
marty None of these parties originates W. INTO
fCnoyant and poor. Every one was plous .no 49,,
heing Inv respcctabe aud educated nlen' tmo sprl
they all appealed to The lgnorhnT m The past. and
cess All such parties have iaiied IN 'uG 49, 49, and
must fail IN the future. MOI thal s.,' rfornn
drnnkenpess were not great eNis netu'uis Sioverv
ron bnt that was not the way 10 90 IT, ,o "rr
Ilon' S"allv abolished aud iutemperance mas p'on
r,o,tIv mitigated, but thus mas uot peoI' uu'o 10
shese sneciai parties. nor 10y the extreme M
hove had their own ends IN view " ,'lo ou"v
- .Gsct these reformatons 10y pf"hlui!ut!
laws The varions antl-Slavery orkan@ '.oa,s
absolutely strengthened slavery Tor l"iN ,,""nJ
and n was the attempt of that institution 10 IL
;"sslf into the free Territories when causeu ~ ~
9 ruction That which was aimed AZ s"N..' ~
struclion helped it; that when auh.u ,aJ itsclf
tension broge it down. slavery uesl'"S Wv
Whan slavery failed e. GET itsclt INTO tne ma
non OF Cahrorula and other NeS'etn - mon
taders of the pro slavery party ~ rreie1t
most of tn Southern states went out Vn mat
Now can tel YOU exactly w4at pIoolp 10 tha cen
mo'0mS"" ,eSoa census showing such q
ss sue in favor OF freedom, 'ia o
ssyerv' with It's old any, Democracy, T 49,.
longer anle ~ thN whole secret of the beginning
~ p.hsit,on Up 10 that time the Tr0-siayeIy
people by uniting with tne eonrths of our
vo,va axisience but the census Of 1860 showed
tbat Ibry oould nope 10 do this no longer.
~ mike about the strikers here ana elsewhere
! ali Son | have thought great deal about TINS
onestion OF strikes lately There are TWO sizes W
NE ouesiion. Capital from Its very ma, ure Is az
Cressiye IL will 30 Just IS lar us ~ uaio " w
hsansn labor and grind down the laborer, anu see
oreat danger arising to the country from thls'
so soc great cause alarm In the exlsteceo Oh
nnlous and in the organization OF stlkes-a DANGER
which is aggravate by the accssslons our laoorlng
men receive to heir number from abroad-acces-
siOns of men educated TO hate capital ana 10 inaAe
war Il on 1t. And yet, despite tuls grave conuiIion
of aoirs IN our legislation have never yet recog-
nlzed the importance Il assmlatlng capltai anu
labor Ii Is shame that our OoVernlnehI mas
utterly failed III any effort to harnonlze the lntel-
ests ofthe two. How to accomplish tnls Is worthy
of the careful attention OF our Oest statesmen: a
GREAT deal which has never been thought Oh niIgnU
hr done IN this direction. ,
"a great deal has been said about soul /
less corporations winch, to a great eA'ens'
has been true. The object .O OF tbro SUil
his # often attains great power. 1his power ~
nor often used wisely and rarely II ever
Labor as rule, IS Da tlent, bui IL mas With y,
ments leading too frequently TO VlOlatlons OF peaoo
and order There are demagOs ues every where "no
take advantage Of these elements anu irequohti!
demde the laDOrer into rulhous strlReS,, siIlhes
1,aIiy rninous 10 the employers and the labOreis
Themselves We all aUnOr aud dreau YnCH law,
oud vet IN more than onehalt OF the cases Oh ~
low
tL,uS IL done IN tie wrong way. W nle stIlHes arc
darGerous II is 10 I've depOred that there are occa-
sionoI IONS Tor them Ia most cases the ne
maids IF strikers are exorbitanf, though sometime
they are undouUtrdy just. As an example Oh tne
former may mention the plumbers srKc, IN winch
~ a dav las demauded. Coming down TO this re-
cent strike however, the demah"s OF Inc men VINO
handle freight are not large, nor so 1T as can
inLoe unreasonable, yet my feelings are so Strongly
against such combinations tnaj yesterday reIuseu
somewhat reluctantly y, to maze cohtrOu lOI
Inc suuport OF the families Of the freight stnhtiS
And vel | believe II would have been Dttttr I0r
both parties il he appeal of the ab0rers lOr an au
vsI,ca of tlree cents an nOur had been granted. ,
Returning, however, to our orSlla, TOPIC
want 10 say again that consider TINS matter OF the
eoucatlun of our people a suUJect OF tine sraVeSt III
MORT auce-one winch demands immediate attention
Nnle there is an element OF ignorance among our
people there is danger of its use by educated de-
sIpl,Iuc dishonest IN u. Not hat universal educa,
non is an UNQUALIFIED good. An educated criminal
il much more success dUl tuan an uneducatod Ohe'
An eaucated bad man Will do us more harm, per
Laps than hundreds, even thousands, OF ~,
nora nj men, Guiteau "A pretty fan example OF
,hatr-yet this Is exceptional ne True saiety OI
the county lies in the llOeIal education OF the
masses The great danger of the country lies IN the
rapacitv and amDitOn OF the educated Shylocks
aud dema gogues who nave ignorant classes AT mana
to become their tools. The 20 ucauon OF the masses
is the hrst great duty Of the Government and OF the