Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-30
COMMUNICATIONS.

The Prospective Re-Establtahment Of Slavery.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL COURIER:
 Not this time enslavement of the blacks, bat of the whites Neither is it complete enslavement that is aimed at, but only par tisl and-as yet-only partially accomplish ed. Yet, although but partial in it's applica- ton, the enslaving principle has obtained lodgement and is aiming to obtain an estab- lishment. And let a principle but obtain a secure establishment and it will never be at rest till it has become all prevailing A body of men so sagacious as the framers of our national constitution ought to have under stood, at the outset, that if slavery was al- lowed 6. permanent establishment in any States of the Union it would ultimately em- broil the whole in convnlsions and war by persistently insisting on and contending for control and virtual establishment every where.
 If now any body or class of workingmen give over to any master or masters or con- trolling combination their freedom to work for whomsoever they please and for what wages they please, what is that. in principle but a surrender to that extent of their posi- ton as freemen2 No doubt they can do this but what is to be the moral effect? Can they thenceforward go about with the dignity and conscious self-respeot which should properly belong to so honorable class working men?
 Taking this as 8 public question it is not sIl Men have the right, no doubt of asso- ciation for mutual benefit; and such is ostsn- sibly the intent of the so -calisd Trades Unions. But if these so called ''Un- ions" take 1t upon them to intimidate or drive out of employment laborers who will not submit to their control. or if they com bine to injare manufacturers or employers who do not consent to their demands, do they not thereby become liable to action at common law for illegal combination or even for injurious conspiracy? In such case ought not the grand jury to inquire whether such action is not indietable?
 Now that these Trades Unions'' have ven- tured to the extent of asking a national in- corporation by Congress, this grave public danger surely deserves the attention not only of the business community, but equsily of every Wo1KINGMGN.
 An Appeal for the FIower Mtssi0n. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 The appeals for flowers that were so fiber ally responded to last season leads us to hope this plea will meet with equal success. The comfort and restfuI pleasure derived from the fresh fragrance of buds and flowers can never be fully prized by us until we are wearily confined indoors week after week The very words ',out of doors" to-day awaken mind pictures of cowslips and but tercups, daisies and dandelions There ia a soul medicine in lingering these eye-brights and rock lilies, these lilacs white and purple, that are clustering so charmingly out of doors It makes daily life sweeter to share these choice gifts with those to whom out of door walks is a joy unknown. To those sons and daughters of grimy toil, in many dark alley, a few bright flowers left as a surprise by willing hands teach much more of Christian love than many finished sermon echoed from cathedral walls To those who have experienced the joy of placing few prim- roses, or perhaps ''only 8 pansy blossom" in an eZnReiated hand, we need not urge to du- plcate the gift. For as the lustreless eve frightened and the thin hands clasped the frail stems of the delicate flowers, .sYe have done t unto me" seemed inscribed on the