The Labor enquirer., 1883-05-05
A MONOPOLY OF OPINION.

A MONOPOLY OF OPINION.
We noticed in the Labor Herald this
week letter from R. F. Trevellick
which first appeared in the Journal Of
United Labor, and for high-grade arro-
gance and egotism it is hard to beat.
The gentleman has just returned from
| Texas, where he has been making
speeches in the interest Of the knights
of Labor. That is good, and we c0ngrat-
ulate Mr.. 7. upon the success of his
tour; but we are not bound by any law,
human or divine, to crouch down and
tremble like a Craten because it dis
pltaseS him that ALL the WOrkingmen in
this country do not believe iHSr as he
does; and we therefore arise to say to
Mr. Dick that we dd not like the con
Guiding tone Of his letter, and we will
run the risk Of being drummed out of
the ranks Just to tell him SO.
We do not step out as the champion
of any man Or set of men who advocate
the use of dagger and torch in America
to-day, because we do not think there
are any such but there are thousands
of wise men who fear that the difficulty
that is growing upon us will eliminate
| in those extreme measures, and are
warning the people to avert such a ca
|
Iamity by the easier and safer plan. If
it is not this class the gentleman is driv-
| ing at, then his TRADE is without a sub
ject and we would respectfully remind
him that it was in the vicinity of the
public buildings at Dublin the dynamite
was discovered, not under the white
house at Washington. But that there is
a possibility that before the people have
their full and entire rights in this roun-
try force may be resorted to, every
thinking man knows; and to avoid such
d catastrophe the true friends of the
people and the government are point
ing out the danger and calling. upon
them to avert it at the ballot box.
Mr.. TreyeIick says he has no time to
waste with any man who talks either
sword or torch in America This is too
bad; man who makes the boast that
he has given the best years of his life t.
the labor cause, has not the time TO
make an effort to remove wh2t he saws
is one Of the greatest curses to the inter
e8ts Of laborers. No, Dick, you put in
all your time rushing around telling the
men they have the power in the ballot
to correct existing evils-they won't
know it until you or some other wise
acre tells them-and let these incen-
Diary, combustible fellows 60 on sharpen
ing their swords and saturating their
torches with kerosene.
We do not want to quarrel with any
man who is working for the cause in
any manner; but when arrogance and
egotsm jumps out and says because all
men do not think alike some are "fooIs
and knaves" we think it's time to set
down upon somebody. All men are not
tame in times of trouble; some are mod
est, and some are radical. John Brown
was fair type Of liberty radicals, yet we
dare say Mr.. T. will agree he at least
haStened the freedom of the colored
man, Wendell Phillips was never any
thing but radical, and we hardly think
the title of fool or knave" would fit
him.
NO man under heaven is more anx-
louS to settle this labor problem peace
ably than the editor of this paper; but
he Is not going to shut his eyes to the
truths OF history and the present ten
dercles; and whether it be settled cne
way or the other he expects to be doing
his utmost, let it be ever so little, for the
triumph of the people; and if it comes
to extreme measures and Trevellick