Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-31


GAZETTE; Ny attention has hccn called
to-day g your little squlb 81 your Issue
Of March n, as q reply 70 communicn.
ton Of Knight q Labor published is
THE GAzErFR OF March 20. In that arFi.
Gle / stated the great fundamental pr,nci.
pies Of republication IN contradistnclion
70 the principles Of monarchy and class
privilege, VIZ That ia G republican Foy.
cfnment Gas ours), based on the eoual
rights and Sovereignty Of tho people. tie
public lands, the money and public hleh.
ways are sovereign properties which be-
long 70 the sovereign people, and which
are manifestly inSlienable, except BY dls
tribuilon In equal or uniform shares and
benefits, without destroying the SOW
ereignty, equal rights and liberties Of the
| people. ! said that you would not "dare
TO dispute them" You have not disputed
them. also specifically pointed out GER
tain laws depriving the people Of theft
equal rights ia these properties, VIZ; The
laws OF congress creating banking, rail-
| way and other corporations and favored
classes, enacted without shadow Of
] constitutional authority and in violation
/ OF these fundamental principles Of our
I government, transferring to them the
properties And in respect 10
such laws l stated, al have
no hesitation in declaring myself against
all laws enacted contrary to the constltu
ton, the traditions and institutions OF our
country In another place asked You
the questions els the possession and
ownership OF the property thus stolen
from the people, zone oil the highest
missions OF the law TO protect ps you
stated Then, follows my conclusion:
''lf SO, the sooner the authority and rlgor
OF such laws are destroyed the betier.n
OF course the way to destroy unconstitu-
tional laws Is 10 repeal them, and this
method ] indicated In other parts OF nv
communication. ! did not in any part of
my communication advocate d disregard
Of even such laws, by violence, land your
attempt to give such colorlng 10 any
thing ! said is mere pervetslon OF what
did say. But, thus perveriing what
said, you denounce the advocacy OF such
! ptlnciples-the principles Of Republican,
ism, or the repeal OF unconstitutional
laws, which? as Nbosh,n "tiraden and
"conmunistic doctrinesv Thus THg
! GAZETTE, assuming rs true character as
q champion OF unconstitutional laws
which rob the people oftheir equal rights
in their common properties and would
hold them sacred, and dsdalning all
rational argument, like other foiled an
tag0nsts In the forum Of reason, de-
nources the advocacy If such principles.
true Republican principles, and thorepeal
OF nncuustitutiona leeislation--as "com.
lmunis &c doctrines.r Our respective
lprlpciples are THUS well defined, and
can safely admit tho matter, right here,
so far as this ridiculous sqplb is con
cerned. But II recalls 10 memory the
article published in THE GAZETTE on the
2lst, entitled, "Ihe Doom OF the Boy.
cott,n which otherwise might have passed
uunoticsd. In that article Tx GAZETTE,
\ under the term "boycott,n evidently
meaning the Knights OF Labor, and all
other organizations which may use it as
means for their protection, pronounces
their tdoom,n and declares ut (they)
/ mustgo.p They are denounced as the
Every essence Of klngcratt aud tyranny
as q "rade and industrial repetition OF
the French revolution" as the "couuter-
part OF the shoeless directorsof the gull
llotine,' etc Ano then we are told at
has been hurledtrom its throne, for should
1t (they) again assume TO invade personal
rights the people will meet II (them) by
/ organization and, either through law or
anti-boycott associations, Danish 1t
1 Qhcm) to lauds Of governmental despot-
isms, where alone IT (they) should find
! lodgment."
All this, it seems to me, may be aptly
| llkeued 10 'ttempest in q teapot The
| editor of THE GAZETTE must be aware
that such organizations and methods
/ never have their origin or existence eN-
1 Ccpt Ia lands Of governmental desp0tismS.
| They arose in France wnen despotism be-
1 came too grievous to be torhe; and,
again, when King Charles and King James
! became too despotic; and still, again,
when King George became too despOtic.
/ Our foolish fathers boycotted his tea,
| whipped his soldiers and drove them out
OF the country. And now, again, since
our legislators have robbed the people of
] their lands, their money and public high
/ ways, and transferred them TO banking,
railway and other corporations and Ia
/ vored classes, and thus reduced the great
mass of the people to the condition OF
yassalage and slavery TO these favored
classes, they have sproutcd out again
! with their "boycottsn and "strikes" And
! You must know that this unconstitu-
! tional legislation, making the rich richer
and the poor poorer, Is the germ OF these
/
! hlct between labor and capital thus de-
veloped.
| Now, Mr.. Editor, l would commend a
careful consideration OF the fundamental
! principles aud traditions OF our govern
ment, and a comparison Of them with
the demands Of the knights of Labor
In the XIV, Nv, XVII and HVIlI.
articles OF their platform. ] submit the
question seriously: Would II not be bet
ter, instead of attempting TO pass laws to
| put all the farmers aud laborers belong
ing 20 these organizations In jails and
pcnitcntiaries, to co operate with them In
demanding the repeal OF the unconstltu-
tional laws that have produced the pres
emit troubles2 Until these demands are
substantially complied with these organ
izations viii remain and maintain their
right to use the boycott. which simply
means, according to the teachings OF the
order, withdrawal Of their support and
patronage from the person or persons
boyc9tted-an their strikes, which sim
ply mesn that they viii cease 70 labor Tor
persons OF corporations when they please. (
These are rights recognized OF all men.
That, in some instances, they have been
abused NAV be admitted, and that they |
viii be abused again Is probable, as a co.
incidence of all heated contests; but II |
you wish to suppress them or the organ
izations which use them, you mus. repeal
the unjust, reasonable and unconstitu-
tional Legislation which gives them life and |
existence And even II, by any means, /
the champions Of monopoly should sue
coed in destroying them, the germs re-
naming, by the natural process Of repro