Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-17

Editor Morning Neaos: Some person,
dnd4r the heading of Drawn VS.. Brains"
10 Thursdays MORNING NEWS, asks
What have the workingmen been DONG
WHAT laws have they been violating, or
do they propose to violate, that they have
conceived sue prejudice against law
vets? The Stiffness OF this quest ion Is
almost too potent to notice. l Will state,
however, that the wOrklngmen have viO-
lated nu law, nor do they propose to ViO-
4 late any, and if their action on Monday
hight is to be construed into person al
prejudice against lawyers, he Is sadly /
sea. The wOrkingmen, as a rule, have
Il been constantly ignored. Ii such is fair
n then poor 1Orick" may take as much of
4 tie credit for it as he chooses.
q His claim that lawyers have all the
brains and workingmen nothing but mus
4 Gle is as absurd. There IS well-estab-
lshed saying shat the country is too
much governed" and the fact of lawyers
i having 50 much cultivated brain is the
cause Of il. Were there fewer laws, and
fewer antiquities in them, anyone,
Il though 1901, might run and yet inter-
pret them.
He says the proper rule should be ''the
3 best man for Office" and If lawyers are,
4 by training and education, best fitted for
q the work contemplated, the community
should not be deprived OF their services
simply because they happen to be law
yers. | wonder if he is disinterested in
& tbs matter, or has he not an eye on some
n golden plumb?
| NAV ask where did he get his extra
B scientific knowledge, that workingmen
have only muscle and no brains? Did he
learn that in Blackstone or Story or other
Il eminent writings on law? Or has he
81 combined the elements of law, physics
N and chronology that have made him such
n az enigma 10 this Georgia world? And it
n IS just such as ''pOor Yorick' that have
n aroused the workingmen to an assertion
81 OF their rights.
lie, IN bis wisdom, goes on to say:
Muscle and sinew are the precious
& possession OF our working friends, brains
7l1 mental ability TO the prescribed law
HI !eIs. Both classes are essentially work
!n-men-tae Knights OF Labor with their
hands the lawyers with their brains"
AucA learning certainly makes this in
RI GNdua madw Where did be ever hear
on see Work carried on with the hands
"N0olt the assistance and direction OF
lle CralN? Can hands and bone and
muscle see or dictate how thing can be
N done?
II ID true, the workingmen cannot in
eIfTeJ laws, and the Gulf railroad men
emeuiNer that 10 their sorrow. They were
we goose That laid the golden egg, and
nose whom 'IOric6' claims have all the
oIaas -'t the egg. "There be land rats
auu There re water rats" there be good
A"!ers and there be shysters:" but be-
aus there are il IS no reason they should
~ gwen all tue fat places in the land. 1t
y "' reason thai all else besides must be
.se-a.el 10 back seats while they are
"S"ru continuously 10 the front. And,
g.''D,s, being possessed of such surplus
laN"ut9 OF Drains it is a miracle how
l, manage TO keep their equilibrium.
birmingham, according to this wri-
49, Hot 50 fortunate, hence he has a
IT, .I-ao and IL not top heavy.
,, ~ conclusion, | would ease the pain II
VIII F lQrick' by telling him that the
MI !ellce OF tue wOrkIngmau extends no
Nef against lawyers than a desire to
# -le. nordinate greed for office.
-''.. Mem as men, as gentlemen and
j. "!7''' -ley have no prejudice.
w.. ~ are our eyes aud ears:
a st ur rother.
MI stsr DIR nearness TO our sacred blood,
W -''1.Ag privilege them"