The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-23
Brer Gardeners Advice to His Club,

ode agitator an demagogue an
abroad In de land,' observed Brothe
Gardner, as he opened the meeting anC
motioned Butternut Harrington Il
draw in an ace or two of his feet. de
workin' man am bein' appealed to BY
orators an newspapers to turn out t
discushuns an debates an eonven
shuns, an he am walkin' right up tc
de mark. lie am bein' tod by ora
tors: q
| l. Capital am his material enemy.
2. de chief aim of cherry rich man
am to grind the poo man down.
3. Legislation am wanted fur de
laborin' classes to purtect 'em agin
DER employers.
/ 4. The man who Arms II sllillin's a
day has as good right to q brick
house, fine-blooded horses. planners, AM
diamonds as de man who kin draw his
check fur 100000 6t
'Gemlem, we am all poo men and
laboFin' men. Let us reason together.
De average WoEkin' mau was bo' n of
parents poorer dan hisself. He took
to labor in preferahce to purfeshan,
or lack of eddecashun fo'ced him to
i arm trade instead of bloomini out as
a lawyer or doctor. Am dat de rich
mans faultP Am it anybody's faultP
Wasn't it de best thing dat could be
done? BY what right does de carpen-
ter, painter or blacksmith urge dat.
he orter have bin sunthin' else? By
what right does he sot up growl be-
kase de man around de co'ner kin
count dollars to his pennies?
Oar am sartin orators an news
papers dat shed tears ober de condish-
un of de workin' man one day, an
mex mornin' hold 'em' up as better
paid, better dedicated, better fed an
clothed dan de Same class in any other
kentry on airth, which am de solemn
truf. Plenty of men in Detroit make
hundred dollars whar' | make fifty
cents. What of ftp If dey made only
q shillin' whar' made dollar, would
i be any better off? Could drap de
white-washin' bizness and go to
pleadin' lawP OAR am no laws in dis
kentry made fur employers. Why
should we have any fur employees? A
poo mans vote counts lis de same as
de rich mans. What, den, am de
need of a workin' mans candydatep
Put q Detroit carpenter in de White
House, an, would wages be any higher
dan under dc present incumbent, who
is rich an q gentleman? Would rents
90 down, provisions grow cheaper, an
planners go walkin' into cottagese
81 do NOT. know by what right amy
man sots hissef up as de champion Of
de laborin' man. I do not sdiskiEer
why there Should be any complaint
from de workin' men as . class. Each
one selected his trade. If dat trade
doan' flourish he kin blame no one.
Each one has made his own ways IL
he has bin industrious an economical
he has q home OF his own an sunthin'
left over. If he has bin the opposite
he am now howlin' agin de rich. Five
sixths of our laborin' men chew and
smoke. It am q useless an absurd
waste of money. but who am to blame
for ftp Three-fifths of our workin' men
drink beer. II DER money goes to de
saloonkeepers whar' should de blame
rest2 Not one mechanic in ten am
satisfied wild . Sunday suit eostin' less
dan $40. Plenty of 'emown horses an
cows. At least one in FIVE has his own
home. When der wives come down.
town dey are dressed like ladies. You
sec plenty Of 'em. at de theater an
circus an on dc boats, De great ma
iority belong to life insurance lodges
and societies which cost from SIS to $25 |
d year. De mechanic smokes his ten
cent cigar an enjoys it. Dey send |
DER chill'en TO de best skules. You |
hear planners or organs playin' in every |
square. You see lace curtains at cot |
tage windows, an Brussels carpet on
de foers. De agent wild q $12 Bible |
viii sell mo- among de poo dan de
rich Deslaboria' man has. his daily /
paper, and not one in fifty am obleegeds /
to conine hisself to de necessities Of
life. II he am ground an oppressed (
how does be git along so WE'LL II he /
amt ground an oppressed why de
need Of champions and orators an all /
dis fussa Let us proceed to bizness