Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-19
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Inc fosterer OF Explosives More Destruo.
tive than Dynamite.

fnhi Nphltt TEX, Dec. ", 1SSa.
To the Editor OF the Gazette.
Before me Is a newspaper which ~.
ierring editOrially to She Knirhts ~
nanoh says mo secret coaclayc OF IN.
pllhulpleu conspirators viii ever improve
the condition Of the masses. - etc,
DO not think that mean 10 reply In
sn,s' 10 90 SO would be i0llyas blank as
Is ule Ignorance displayed by the writer
.uereui' cite II merely TO Illustrate a
'oU prevalent weakness m human nature.
noNee mas said that "prejudice is the
greatest preventive Of progress But
p,eluulce, generally born Of ignorance,
Otten arises from misunderstanding
misunderstanding aud its offspring, mis-.
representation, are the sources of much
" uhe sttiie, bitterness, hatred,
uissensions and tragedies of life
IN the great home circle, or in the coun-
CHS OF the nation; In hamlet and metropo-
lis among individuals, communities. SEQ.
uons, and nations; in public and in pri-
Vate me- misunderstanding plants its
deadly explosives which In time burst
iorth IN blight, wretchedness and blood
sheu. Between lovers, man and wife,
among neighbors aud friends, what mis-
cry, crime, wreck and ruin has misunder.
n
words OF timely explanation would have
prevented Between two friends mis-
understanding arises il may be haseless
oiien senseieSs, One thinks himself az
grloyed; the other in conscious innocence
resents the imputauou rs an In
suit. elimination brings recrlmi.
nation, until the dagger or
other deadly weapon laws one or both
IN tIfH "a
dren orphaned, families bllghted and dis.
graccd, while the friends OF the parties
oft foster and perpetuato the hate en-.
gendered-Sonrcc OF family ieuds and
yendettas indefinitely.
In everyday life and everywhere mis-
understanding breeds more misery and
crime than does natural deprayity and
Nlciousness. il is the greatest bar to
progress aud human elevation. II di.
vides society into sections, cliques and
warning factions, with hatred in their
hearts and blgotry in their brains It
prevents association, the greatest factor
in social progress aud civilization. Il
breeds suspicion, jealousy and hatred.
In political, religious, social aud indus
trial relations the same element evolves
the same evils. With what RESULT Instead
OF the manhood OF men we have the
frenzy of tends; instead of the fraternity
of friends, we have the discord OF
demons; instead of the peace OF paradise,
we have the hate of hell. Misunder-
standing is everywhere at work.
The Republican believes that the
Democrat lisa traitor, q rebel, wishing,
waiting and only wanting the power to
disrupt the Union and re-enchain the
negro. The Democrat as firmly believes
that the Republican in plotting to destroy
democratic institutions and establish a
centralized despOtis m--mperialistlc In
effect, at least, II not IN name; that in
public affairs hc is utterly INSCRIPTIONS,
mendacious and dangerous. Believe
both, and there is not loyal, true sup
porter and citizen Of the republic ON this
continent A few years ago one
section OF this country sincerely believed
that L. 5. Grant was human butcher,
whose chief delight was the destruction
Of life and property, with all the fierce
ness and brutality OF an Atiila, only lack
ing his capacity to equal him in dcyasta-
ton and plnnder. The other section re-
! lSiou,ly held jefferson Davis rs the In
carnatiun OF every human Wllainy, that
slavery was the sum total OF everything
hurbIr0us and brutal, and That jefferson
Davis was its embodiment and representa-
tive, the inspiIcr Of Writ and torurer-
in.chief at Andcrsouville.
Grant has passed awaSand the sorrow
ing sections We'd with each other IN pay
inc fearful tribute ~ his bier. Davis, old
and gray.haircd, is to-day lettering
towards the end of "litc's narrow verge
Tell us, you who judged those men so
harshly, where is, or was that Aendsh-
ness you talked OFF, Misunderstanding!
Misrepresentation!
The Protestant plously believes that
the Catholic Is an idoal0r in practice,
susceptible TO foreign influence, secret
plotter against Republican institutions,
an enemy to education, liberty and light,
bitter foe 20 freedom and free Thought.
The Catholic charitably ascribes these
charges to the natural dcprayity OF the
Protestant, whose lack of moral scruples,
he believes, arise from the absence OF any
fixed religious convictions; that the
Protestant, recognizing no religious au-
tholity but his own egotism and ignor-
ancc, is blindly cropping where passion,
prejudice and self interest may prompt
leading ultimately and inevitably into
hopeless heresy and inhdelity. He whom
they Doth profess 10 follow, tcllN lnem 10
love their enemies, but He does not tell
them to Islander their fellow-Chrls-
tians. Holding such false and
senselessly absurd views and
opinions of each other, no wonder
the miserable murderous bigotry which
so often crops out, so venomous and vile
as would disgrace the snake-worshippers
Of pagan lands. Misunderstanding Mis-
representation The workingman be-
lieves that every movement and every eff
fort of the employed and capitalist wheth-
er individual or associated, IS for the pur-
pose of robbiug and enslaying the lasorer.
The employer and capitalist is as fully
convinced that every organized effort OF
workingmcn is either yeiled anarchy or a
yillainous crusade against vested rights
either scheme 10 coniiscate by mob
rule, or plumber by mob violence, the
property of the rich and distribute II
among the proletariat Every financial
reformer is 10 his estimation a "repudia-
tor;" every land Ieiormcr an
agrarlan; every LABOR reiormer
II not communist Is at best