Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-22
WOHKINGMEN IN POLITICs.
Rrnn-n and Brains.

DOCrORrOwN. July 20 Editor Morn
nag NaCr: Don't you think 1t would
have shown at least much better judg
ment in our fellow. citizen "YoricK" if
he had permitted bis brain to have gotten
at least little Drawn before rousing so
much feeling between people who, on
almost every important issue, stand TO-
Gether as one man?
He might nave asked himself the fol-
| lowing questions, which might have re-
leved his mind as 10 the distribution OF
the brains OF this world: Hal he looked
either to the right or to the left, and after
watching those noble iron steedS bearing
away long trains of cars, loaded with the
products Of the land, he might ask him
self did the man who designed this power
| full machine have any brains? DID she
man who nodded it. or the man who forged
it. or the man who finished it, or the man
who runs it, and even the man who fires
it, have any use for brains? He could
also look right 10 the front as those fleets
pass by and ask himself is ii possible that
the men who take the raw material from
the bowels of the earth and shapes 1t into
those magnificent floating palaces have
no use for brains? Lethim go still further,
and pay visit to the splendldiy ap-
pointed printing and bindery establish
ment OF the MORNING NEWS, and
as those mighty presses record
the latest news of the world Tor the en-
ligbtment Of the people he will, am sure,
be convinced that other people have as
much use for brains as even the brightest
disciple OF Blackstone. Through long eX-
perience and close observation find that
the brains of this world are pretty evenly
distributed, and is noticeable in the hum
best lab0rer IA much as in the honorable
profession Of which "YOrick" is the cham
pion. You can select from a dozen labor
ers the SINISTER as readily as yOu can from
the same number OF lawyers. But this is
all wrong. As a mechanic | protest
against the idea of class. 1t ia at vari-
tance with the principles of our great
country. Is not the humblest citizen on
the same elevated plane, politically and
socially?
But why talk OF lawyers, why talk OF
working men? Are we not all fellow
ctizensP What sense is there in the bone
and sinew of the land wanting to separate
themselves from those whose lot in life
cOmpels them 10 labor over books or &C
counts? AS for lawyers hunting Cor the
Offices. in my little political eX-
have found it very difficult
to get the persons who are pre-
terred by the people to accept the offices,
| and remember but a short time ago that
a certain little lawyer had to do as much
harG labor, riding through the wilderness,
even to the neglect of his own business,
simply because his fellow citizens
| wanted him to serve them
in the State Senate. Then
let peace again reign in the land, and let
those petty little differences disappear,
and let US praise God that we live in a
| country where a man is measured by
merit and where true manhood secures
the rewards to which il is entitled. Our
worthy President, Grover Cleveland, for
instance, as he tolls over his desk until
the small hours of the morning, with his
sleeves rolled up and his shirt open, is ne
not a worthy example OF the honest work
ingmen of this glorious country? Then
let us have peace and let IFS pull together
| like true and worthy
WORKINGMEN.