The Labor enquirer., 1883-07-07
OUR EXCHANGES.

- Z
than one.-Labor Gazette
The outrage on the Bellville miners
calls loudly to heaven for vengeance.
We are SO indissoluiblv welded to our
present system of government, which
leaves the masses at the mercy Of a few,
that seemingly nothing short of bayonets
bullets and bombs will destroy the hol-
low farce and mockery called American
liberty y!'-Journyman Builder.
An associated press dispatch sent out
from Pittsburg on Tuesday says, owing
to certain supposed changes in the
Knights of Labor. that the organization
is "on the verge of dlsintegration." The
wish is father to the thought in this case,
without doubt. If the agent at Pitts
burg lives until the order Of the Knights
of Labor is "disintegrated," he would
make splendid risk for a life insurance
company St Louis Union. III
Mrs. Maekey, travelling recently In a
French city. inquired the price of a small
crucifx at shop. Fifteen cents" was
the reply of the old dame in charge.
"That's too much," observed the lady,
laying it down. Shop keeper thereupon !:
"Mon Dieu! I offer you the eternal
Deity for fifteen cents, and you refuse p
San Francisco Truth.
Who are the premium tax dodgers of
the whole world? The bankers. They.
not only got the last congress to let them
off from $l2,OOO,OO0 taxes a year, but
managed to steal $3,OOO,O00 as they went
off the tax lists. This is like the man
who begged the gift of horse from a
neighbor, and when he took him man
aged to steal cow This neighbor be-
came furious and punished the thief
but the people of the United States seem
to have decided that the banks may not
only have all they ask but steal all they
can get.-Iowa Tribune.
1 offer a prayer, but the people will
not think it merciful as it is not for the
whole world-only for certain class I
mean those that will aid or abet or use
their exertions against the freedom of
Ireland: May they be raviug maniacs;
may their health decline may their eye
ballsEall out; may no guide with them
remain; may the grass wither under
their feet may their footprints be traced
after they exc out miserable existance !;
may their souls 60 roaring tearing, rum
bling, tumbling, rolling, in blue blazes
to hell.-John Long in United Irishman.
The cigar making trade is very brisk
in Pittsburg at present. Cigarmakers
are in demand everywhere, as evidenced
by the advertisements for men appearing
daily in the newspapers. AS matter Of
course, all receive the advance. There
are but two shops in the city where
proprietors do not pay the scale Of wages,
and the projectors of even these are COM
PEELED to pay the extra compensation to
all new men mployed-union or non
union. We are happy to state that those
who stayed in" when the increase was
asked are still working for the prices in
vogue previous to May 1.-Pittsburg
> Herald.
There is a considerable number of
persons engaged in an active conspiracy
to destroy this republic They propose
to sap it's foundations, and to bring about
conditions under which the republic can
no longer exist. These fellows must
have lesson. The people will have to
take them in hand. They despise the
people as so many sheep. 1t is true that
the people are slow, but when they once
understand that they are treacherously
betrayed by disguised foes, they will of
necessity rise in self defense. 1t will
become necessary then to make the
reform effective. Those who do not
like the natural equality of condition
that rightfully prevails in we'll ordered
republic ought by all means to leave it.
There are plenty of aristocracies to 60 to
without establishing one here. The man
who proposes to destroy the republic for
selfish motives (that he may act the hog
and the tyrant)is the most wicked and
black-hearte of traitors When the
time is ripe for the execution of justice
his life will not be worth so much as
snakes.
Let every freeman take solemn and
binding oath that he will never survive
the republic. "a day, an hour of virtu-