The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-08

of every European nation; men who have
no sympathy with our government or our
selves, who do not even know our language
but who come to America to break down
aud not to build up. These are the men
who have sown the seed that bring forth
strikes riots and communism For
example take the city of Chicago, the late
scene of such fearful strikes and riots Ac-
cording to q recent census it's nationalites
are: German, 22600O; American, 154,-
OOO Scandinavian, $4,000; Irish, l2O, 900;
Slavonic, $4,000; English, 10000; Latin,
10000; Negroes, 5000; Canadian, 1000,
and all Others, 5000, making total popu-
lation OF 650,000. In other words, the
Americans arc in minority of BAT 900,
or as the New Orleans Times puts it, Chi
cago is more Irish than any city in Ireland
save Dublin and Belfast, and more German
than Munich, Dresden or Cologne Chi
cago for oil these disgracetul scenes takes
the lead Of any Northern or Western city,
and believe it is mainly due to her foreign
and discordant population. Four-fiftbs Of
those arrested in the recent riots could not
speak our language and did not know our
form of government. Tell mo that such
men make good oitizcns being naturalzcd
as soon AS thoy touch the soil and breathe
the air of our generous Republic? | can
not believe it. | am free trader in all
else save human flesh, and do believe that
while the population in our country would
not increase quite so fast, our country would
be placed upon a more solid basis of pros
perity if every new conner were required
to bring testimonials from his government
aud had to pay an impost duty, as it were,
before he could land.
SPECULATION.
think much of this unrest can be
charged too to the spectators in Wall
street, and the fact that our government
openly countcnanccs their robbcrirs. Do
not understand me to say that | am in ia
vor of limiting the right or privilege Of
acquiring property by NJ means, that
would be to strike u blow at one of the
Fundamental principles of our government
the right Of private property.
1t is the right Of any man to make as
much money as he can, and to do with his
own what he will, but it must be made hon
estly, without cxtortion or bribery. lie
must not ride into wealth by crushing re-
morsclcssly the weak who come within his
clutches. The enormous fortunes acquired
in this manner have much to do with the
spirit Of envy and Jealousy that is abroad
throughout the North. c.y. 1t is known
principle of political economy and a uni
versal maxim, that in all departments of
trade and commerce Supply and Demand
regulate Prices. Notwithstanding this
principle, in bold defiance Of all precedent
and principle, the Bulls and Bears of Wal
street initiate or deprcss prices to suit thcil
own stupcnduous spcculatons.
Take cotton, the principle product of the
South. We can, with Reasonable certainty
tell the number Of bales that will be made
know tho exact number Of spindes in the
world, the consumption aud demand, and
yat, with all this knowledge, we predict in
vain as to the price. 1t seems to me there
is something radically wrong in this--an
undermining of fundamental principles
aud most of the great fortunes of the North
are made in this way. Honest labor is
absolutely helpless, and bold unprinciplcd
spectators dctatorial masters of the stua.
ton. The toiling laborcr who earns his
daily bread in tho sweat of his brow and
ignorant of these manipulated swindles, is
the one who suffers. Can this bo right?
Jay Gould has moro absolute power, and
is to-day greater tyrant over his GO,OOO
employees than was ever monarch of Me
dieval Europe. These colossal fortunes
enter even our Congrcssio ional halls and to a
ccrtaia extent control legislation, until il
seems they menace our very government
How shall they be controlled and regulated?
Young man of the twentieth century,
answer. This labor trouble has, as yet.
been little felt IN the South, for the rcas
ons that we have no such colossal fortunes.
nor are VIC trouble with tho influx of mixed
immigration but we arc confronted with
the still more complicated qucstion,
| TIE NEGRO.
This is, par excellence, the problem of
the South. The negro, practically as a