The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-24
almost incredible. Under the alien and

almost incredible. Under the alien and
seditious Adams Republican Court
was esta blished aud the first. family
federals gathered around it, and as a
nest egg for plundeT they laid the found
ations of a navy by q two-vote majority.
An appropriation was made to build a
beginning of small war ships. At first
there was no thought of a hennery at
Annapolis or anywhere else to hatch a
particular brood of officers. The father
of Fenimore Cooper, the novelist, was a
Ifederalist and office holder, and hoping
preferment for young Fenir' ore in the
navy, sent him to serve term as common
sailor before the mast, this being the
| inexorable condition of promotion to
command. But as itwas found disagree
able to the aspirants for tar water fortune,
the hennery was erected, and the hatch
ling of Congressional eggs has been going
on ever since.
N
A similar hatehing coop of the same
Esort Of congressional eggs for the army
was established at West Point, and it
has become famous, or infamous, of late
forthe premature Growing of its chick
ens-nothing to be seen but their strut,
4 nothing to be heard along its walks and
terraces but "Kok-a-kody," am better
than you-as civilian passes by. a
"a Military Academy Why, if even
England has one, she does not fout it in
the face of the world. Her young
lWolseleys must take the fag-pole in
their fists and commence apprenticeship
as f'ensign." Whilst here, not content
with West Point, we have news like
this coming along to us: Z. ..rM M#E
"CHEsrER, Pennsylvania, January 29.-
A committee Of the, corps of cadets of
the Pennsylvania Military academy of
this place were refused permission to
attend a theatrical performance last
night, in compliance with a we'll known
regulation of the institution, whereupon
discontented band of thirtyseven
cadets, while being called to prayers, ran
into the town in undress Uniform and
without overcoats. The academic staff
was c0nvoked, and the/adjutant, with
two officers, was sent tothe theatre with
an official order, which was read there.
1t reduced offending cadet officers to the
ranks and suspends the entire number
from the academy, forbids their presence
on the academic grounds for any purpose,
and they are ordered to report at once to
their homes In various parts of the
country"
This appears to be state military hen
coop to prepare things for the coming
change under General Drum and the
unhanged Beauregard Let us not forget
that every military adjutant in all the
states has echoed back the big beat of
the Washington Drum. Let us remem-
Der that every congressional district can
! furnish, for double pay, 700 politicians
out of place ready to shoot right and left,
as the Drum beat commands them. Let
us remember the street firing drill is not
only reduced to system, but practlced
in Our wide streets 10 put down riots.
This drill" says the Manual Of Exer-
cise, would bring fire along the main
street, that, with a gatling gun or two,
no mob could stand before, and clear, at
the same time, all the side streets on our
flank" or words to that effect.
This is fair warning that starvation
wages is to come first, and a storm of
bullets to come second And the covert
traitors have ample leisure to plot away
in the dark, while those they are plotting
against have to spend most of their
waking hours toiling for subsistence
chat is growing less and less.
But if we only open our eyes and our
hearts to the lightthat Heaven is send
ing down to US, all their plotting will
shrivel up before it. Spread the light
Proclaim the equality of man-the
dignity of his nature the estate, material
and intellectual, that belongs to him.
Get him up to that thought and he will
soon kick the botto m out of the big
Drum.-Irish World.