The Labor enquirer., 1883-05-12

| in all probability they will recover im-
mediately after the coronation, and will
be able to attend his funeral on the third
or fourth day after the coronation cere-
monies are over The curtain will rise
on the twenty-seventh of this month
San Francisco Truth. -
The true voice of the Irish people to-
day is, we believe, that any and every
means are legitimate as against the hor-
rible system that En- gland has institu-
ted to enslave the masses over which
she holds sway. 1t is simply question
of judiciousness-not'o of morality-even
with those who are not so out-spoken as
to the methods of force to be employed.
We say force advisedly, for long ago
every thinking man gave up hope of
gaining the smallest modicum of Irish
rights from England except by wringing
them from her in a forcible manner.
: X The lesson to England that is
taught by the Philadelphia convention
is simply this; that she had better begin
at once, and in earnest, not with her
strong hand of the law" business, but
with the work of doing justice to Ire
land-for never again will so moderate
convention meet in America. Never
Irish world.
What would we think were congress
to grant to private individuals all the
lakes and rivers in the United States,
and give them the power Of taxing YES
sells for navigating them, or charging
people for fishing IN them or for using
the water? Every sane person would
rebel against such a proposition );
wouldn't he? Isn't the land as essential
to the peoples welfare as water? Then
why should congress grant land to indi-
viduals any more than it would water I?
To put it in another shape: Why should
land be private property any more than
water? Did you, dear reader, ever
think Of these things? If not, think
them over now, and send US the an
sWers.-Detroit Unionist.
have protest to enter against the
manner in which members of labor So
cieties manage their affairs We find
fault with the usages Of existing political
parties, and vet it is the apathy of the
Workingmen who belong to these par
ties that makes them corrupt. In the
political party all the work is delegated
to a few leaders, who in time come to
look on the rank and file Of the party as
their property, and about the only thing
the rank and file do is to growl, but
they vote just the same on election day.
T. Y. Powderly in Labor Herald
Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, La
fayette, in fact the whole colonial power
from the officer to the rank and file
were nothing other than nihilists and
communists. And in their day and gen
Grafton they were tabooed by the enemy
as such here and abroad. But they were
urged by conscience, and the astonish-
ing victory they achieved was largely
due to that nihilistic moral urgent that
fired intelligence to successfully engi-
neer stroke of diplomacy through a
seven years desperate struggle of blood,
poverty and death.-Voice of the People.
The governor got in a surprise on his
opponents last week by ordering the
Loard of health, lunacy and charity TO
take charge at Tewksbury. The board
lost golden opportunity when it under
! took to kick instead of Immediately
obeying the governor, and helping him
in his efforts to clean out the gang which
has made Tewksbury a hell on earth,
and disgrace to modern civilization.
Partisan feeling seems to have crushed
out all sense of decency in the board,
and "honest Tom Talbot" put his foot in
it with the rest of the crowd. There is
no especial virtue in doing what you are
compelled to do, and if the board, fnd,
ing itself compelled, finally does it's duty,
it will be poor capital for the republican
party to work on in the future.-States-
man.
Those who have observed the signs
that briefly preceded panics and wide
spread industrial paralysis in the past
see at the present time the same omens
as then, and but little ground for hope
that we may now escape the disasters
that have hitherto been ushered in by
similar conditions. Will Americans
bear in mind that when measured by
the wants of nation proftably employ
ed, such thing as general over-produc-
ton is practical impossibility, that