The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-15
AT the 0ne-Sided Attitude of
Our Social and Political
System.
Some Clean Cuts at the Venal
Courts and Judicial
Officers.
The Patriotism Of the Citizens Who
Take the Gold While the Workers
Get the Lead.

ana see
What gay distress what splendid misery
| Whatever fortune lavishly can pour,
The mind annihilates and calls for more
God is just and merciful; we are all
born Of him and consequently equal and
should be 80 tire ted BY the law. As our
81 Heavenly Father is impartial to his peo.
4 pie, and as our earthly fathers are not
partial to one child to the detriment of
the other, 80 should we all be as one
{ grand family, recog nizing no caste or
aristocracy, but that more noble emuIa.
ton of who best can work and best
agree.
The laborer is worthy of his hire, and
|: his rest is sweet, for he has no bonds or
mortgages and his investments don't
worr7 him.
NNalth covers a multitude of sins and
no m,tter how 1t Is obtained, whether
by shylockism, perjury or open rapine
its potent power is felt for good or evil
among all classes of society throughout
this broad land. Its possessor immed;-
ately becomes a person of importance
and is quite looked up to for miles and
miles aror nd. judges and juries pander
to the wealthy and the learned gentle
man of the law will arise in court with
an air of offended dignity and in bis u.s.
ual stentorian tones proclaim the inno-
cence and standing of his client, no mat
ter what crime he has committed, while
the poor man has not leg to stand on,
for he has no friends, no money nor po-
Utica. influence and therefore cannot as.
sist anyone, not even himself, during
the coming campaign.
In these davs of appeals, defaults and
tampering with witnesses it is as hard
for a poor man to obtain Justice in snt
at law against his more fortuna adver-
ssry as it is for camel to pass through
the eye of needle, Even the verdict
ofjuries are sometim mes set aside for not
being in accordance with the law and
facts IN q case, when in reality it is be-
cause the verdict Of the people was not
in harmony with the wishes of some
man of wealth and political Influence.
From the cradle to the grave the poor
are prosecuted and oppressed, Nhile the
wealthy are courted by all classes Of 80
cietv and are favored and sustained bv
the law. Even the solemnity of death
does not end all for often the deceased
body which should rest in peace forever
and be sacred to all men, is snatched from
its final resting place andi is profaned and
mutilated in the subject room of some
medical college. Is not the dire misfor-
tunes incident to life of poverty suffi
cient in such cases without being still
further. pursued to the gloom of death
and the tomb. If the law sanctions the
advancement of medical science am the
! fly aspirations of the few must pre-
dominate, we suggest that if the favored
sons of Galen must have human ca
davers to further scientific investigation
that they choose them from among their
own ranks or from that their wealthy
neighbors. Will mans iuhumanitY to
man ever cesse2
Let us hope TO hail that season
By gifted minds foretold,
When men shall live by reason
And not alone for gold;
When man to man united,
And every wrong thing righted,
The whole world shall be lighted
As Eden was OF old.
The laws appear to have been made
to restrict and punish the poor only. the
rich make the laws and are often the
violators; for, being of their own man-
ufacture, they know how to manipulate
them 30 as to avoid the responsibility.
If a rich man receives a bribe, steals
railroad or land grant, by proper dis
bursement of a portion of his ill-gotten
gains he goes scott free and his reputs-
ton asa prominent citizen is estao-
lished, for he is no common person.
But if a poor man is forced to steal a
ham or loaf of bread TO keep his loved
ones from starvation, he is cast into
prison Immediately and forever dis
graced, because he has no friends nor
influence, and the majesty Of the law IN
such cases must be sustained at all haz.
ards. When q policeman encounters
pampered soRs Of fortune as they paint
the town red, their influence is sized up,
they are given good advice, carriage 10
called and they are sent home on the quiet
to the c0mfolts of their own hreslde.
On the other hand, should our wstchtul
guardian encounter some poor and un-
fortunate son of toll, the patrol or tramp
wagon is summoned and he is dragged
in and landed in the "bowels" Of the
Jail o. shot down in cold blood, like the
poor and poverty stricken James Frtz-
gerald.
Slayer Swain was backed bY the law
and was not going to take any chances
on his hugh mass of intestines, especi-
ally as he had been trying from the fret
to make reputation for himself of tail
ing bad man" nsfono tins
The brave soldiers whsesds to no
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