The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-17
DlssENS|0N.
A Plea for Union Of Thought and
Action and Individual
49,. 'Endeavor.
Dissension the Cause Of the Down
fall Of Kings and
Empires, =
: An Alleged Republics Outrageous
Z Treatment Of a Labor
s Champion.
Pierre Kropotkine's Arrest and the
Causes Of the Fiendish
Outrage.
The Mitchell Guards Show Them
selves to Be Free Men and
The Mitchell Guards Show Them
selves to Be Free Men and
Not Slaves,
To the Editor of The Labor Enquirer.

To the Editor of The Labor Enquirer.
LEBANON, Ohio, February 12.-By one
who keenly senses the dangerous signif-
canoe of this subject, you are most
earnestly entreated never to be lulled
into the fond and hopeless delusion that
proud and enduring victory awaits any
great movement, national, political or
Legislative, the constituency of which is
torn and shattered by internal dissen-
sions. Whether we turn backward the
pages of history to the very dawn Of
creation and rest our mental vision upon
its ancient records Of the rise and fall of
long-buried issues and controversies or
examine the causes, the advocacy and
the triumphs or defeats of more modern
agitations, we shall 6nd that every great
and good cause that has survived the
throes of it's conception, the combat of
antagonism and the oppression of its
enemies, has stamped upon it, in charac-
tiers unmistakable, the lrtesistable and
unwavering unity and determination Of
its defenders and heroic champions
StreHn along the pathway of the mighty
march of ages are the crumbing sepul-
chfes of lost causes, in the survival Of
which the word might have been made
the brighter, better, and mankind the
= happier. Lost, and why? Look upon
the decaying epitaphs Of these moulder-
ing symbols of the past, besieged by the
storms of innumerable winters, and de-
cipher there without a single exception,
the tell-tale word-DIssENsIoN
What extremes of havoc may not be
wrought by discord? How palsed the
energies, how useless the endeavors and
how conspicuous and irretrievable the
defeat when petty jealousies spring up
to impede the progress of any measure
OF reform, advancement and civilization!
Kings are dethroned, empires demol-
lShed, and the whole world shaken to les
Very foundations by the unholy rivalry
Oh ambitious and unscrupulous knaves.
W hat Is this great cause of ours of
"hlcn 50 much has been said and
"rItten-this labor agitation? Is its
{ prime intention the elevation and emol-
unleht OF the few to the detriment of
/ Ule masses? Is it sought to perpetuate
'Ue IaILacy of hereditary influence and
power apeng the monarchy across the
. '"@U Is grinding its subjects under
VIC oppressive heel of bondage and
y. I.~, 'aoon-the English aristocracy? Is
'N"' men have entered into this sweep
ns movement in confident anticipation
sroh t',S'naI gains and privileges? Nf
voo1 'efe be, their real ambitions are
~ uScoYered). No! This is the
b. p'VS cause, defended and advanced
~ 'ne people, and for the betterment of
Ao~ man who takes his place in the
t;oI 0''oIe ranks of roil-not to incite to
's"' uprlSlngs and turbulent warfare,
- enc,o :" peacefully conquer every hostile
lEf inb ''llenV upon the sacred precincts
ks)s llgNtS and freedom, by the re-
esS argument of truth and the harm4
Tben sSpons of law, order and civility.
n di,S disny 50 many apparent evidences
ad 6Is Iu'ent and animosity in the rank
be Won ~ our common cause? What
aer th H'nout leaders and organizers,
sare 0 ~ confused army arrayed
Ssy loo, l approaching hosts of the
oten IHng the guidance and orderO
sa'aSsn II generalship? Is anything
mplete and dishonorable