The Labor enquirer., 1883-06-23

0AupioyCu LII tuc COMPOSING ucpdTl-
ment. .-Pittsburg Labor Herald.
In the silent gloom of his cell, Daniel
Curley's natural thought was to commit
to writing his last words of advice to
her who had been the partner of his
joys and sorrows through life. He.
poured out his soul to her; spoke of the
possibility Of her remarrying after his
death; spoke of the future care of his
children; and conscious of the knowledge
that his murderers would not stoop to
the meanness of betraying to the world
those secrets which he had committed
to paper; as they could perceive them on
perusal the outpouring of husband in
his awful condition to his faithful wife,
he evidently wrote what he might not
otherwise have committed to paper, did
he think the government would be base
enough to abuse his privilege. Mrs.
Curley read that letter in the paper be-
fore the document was forwarded to her.
What cruelty could be baser? The
poor man was sought to be caught in
trap. The cover m ent which granted
this concession speculated on the pris-
oner saying something which would COM
promise some other No doubt the Off
cial who favored him with pen, ink and
paper told him his private letter to his
wife would be kept closed to the world,
as otherwise he would not have written
as he did, But, retaining the letter until
the newspapers had it published, and
then transmitting it secondhand to the,
heart-broken woman was as savage, as
government itself could devise.-Irish
World.
Under any condition of things short
Of rigid system of hereditary caste,
there will, of course, always be men who
by force of great abilities and happy
accidents, win their way from poverty to
wealth, and from low to high position; but
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make this more and more difficult
Jay Gould is probably a smarter man
than the present Vanderbilt. Had they
started even, Vanderbilt might now
have been peddling mouse traps or work
ing for paltry salary as some ones clerk.
while Jay Gould counted his scores of
millions. But with all his money-mak-
ing ability Gould can not overcome the
start given by the enormous acquisitions
of the first Vanderbilt. And when the
sons of the present great money-makers
take there places, the chances Of rivalry
Oh the part of anybody elses sons will
be infinitely less.-Reading Herald.
Money snobism and vulgar ostentation
are taking the lead in society to the sac
rifice of all that is noble in human nature.
Refinement, delicacy Of feeling or of SEN
timent, truth, honesty, principle, soul
and spirit are being sacrificed on the
altar of the Golden Calf. Families, in
which good breeding have been inherent
for generations, are being lost sight of
in the sycophantic following ofmoneyed
families. Their straining after millions
of money, which it is impossible for
every one to possess, or after the glitter
thereof, though false, to the utter ami
hilation of manners and morals which 1t
E is in the power of every one to possess
is what is degrading and disgracing the
social system-Cleveland Messeuger.
At nearly every meeting held by the
coal miners in Illinois resolutions are
adopted denouncing the Missouri Re-
publican, Post-Dispatch and Globe
Democrat for publishing false reports
concerning the actions of the miners
Adopting resolutions is all right. but we
are inclined to believe that the most
, efectual way to resent the insults and
y injury heaped upon the miners by these
capitallstic papers is for the miners tc
refuse to support such libel GUS sheets
or to patronize any man who does help
SUPPORT them. When the miners and
their friends support papers which are
run in the interest ofthe laboring classes
then, and not until then, will they be
fairly represented.-St Louis Advocate
This paper, United Irishman, belongs
to our friends, but no friend or enemy
= ever asks to control a dollar that comes
in for the paper, or asks to control line
that we write or print. If the paper
makes millions, the millions are ours
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