The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-07

Of which Is built upon blood, mi ustice
and outrage. That giant OF corporate
wealth has centralized its power In |
and is impersonated by the eager
iend who eloals as he grinds the lie
of his felloW-men and grimaces and /
dances as they writhe upon MS instru-
ments OF torture.
o. We woikmen o. America, who love |
your liberty aud your native landi We |
great creators Of wealth who stand as
the foundation OF all national good, !
look upon your brothers to-day
Gould, the great fiend; Gould the
money Eonarch, is daacing, ae ne
claims, over the grave OF our order
over the ruin OF our ho mes, and the
blight Of our lives. Before him the
world has smiled in beauty, but bis
wake Is q graveyard Of hopes, cy-
clones path cf devastation and death.
Our ttronk arms have grown weary in
building the tower Of strength, and
vet he bids Us build on or die. Our
Young lives have grown gray too soon
beneath the strain OF unrequited con-
slant toll. Our loved ones at home
are hollow-cheeked and pale with long
and weary waiting for better days TO
come. Nay, more thaa this, the
Rrayeyards ara hiding his victims from
our longing eyes.
Brother workmeD, this monster
fiend has compelled some OF us TO toll
in cold and rain for and so cents day.
Oilers have been compelled to yield
their time TO him for seventeen and
thirty.six weary hours for the pittancs
OF nine hours pay. Othere, who have
dared TO aBst RI their manhood and re-
bel against his tyranny, are black
listed and boycotted all over
the land. He has made sol
emn compscts with the highest
authority in our order and then
has basely refused to fulfill his pledge.
He lives under and enjoys all the
benefits OF a republican form of gov
eminent, and yet adv Gates and per.
petuates the most debasing form oil
white slavery. He Tobs the rich and
poor, the high and low, with ruthless
hand, and then appeals to corrupt and
purchased courts to help him take our
little homes away. He breaks our
limbs and mains our bodies and then
demands that we shall release him
from every claim for damages or be
blacklisted forever. He goes to our
grocers and persuades them not to
give us credit, because We refuse TO be
eTOu nd In his human MILL. He turns
on US a horde Of lawless thugs, who
shoot among our wives aud children
with deadly intent, and then howls
for government help when he gets his
pay in coin alike.
Fellow workmep, Gould must be
overthrow. His giant power must be
broken or you and l must be slaves
forever. The Knights OF Labor alone
have dared to be a David TO THU
Goliah. The battle is not for to-day
the battle Is not for to-morrow--but
for the trooping generations in the
coming ages Of the world, for our chill
dren and our children's children. II
is the QUESTION of the age. Shall we
in the coming ages b. a nation OF free
msn or a nation of slaves2 The CUES
ton must be decided now. The chainI
are already forged that are TO bind UP
Snail We await until they are riveteC
upon our limbs2 Nay; God forbid.
WcTkmen OF the world, marsha
yourselves upon the battle field Work
men OF every trade and cline, on L
tbs fFays Gould and his monopoly
must 20 down, or your children mus
be- slaves. Think OF the little Div,
pants around your hearthetones ths
will be blighted by this curse. Thinl
OF 1.-THE little home he is seeking to rol
YOU OF. Think OF the wife from who's
eyes he has wrung foods Of tears an,
from whose heart he has torture'
drops Of blood. Who can look calml
npon bic peri iy, his outsageH and hi
crirhesg for he has sought to inoit
: felony from among our ranks; he ha
: bought ttsnpefhdy OF vile men TO en-
: tap che unwsry that he might stat
our fair name and gloat over our mil
: fortunes. Once for all, fellow-worh
: men, brouse Let every hand tbs
: oils he lifted to heaven md swear b
Him that liveth forever that thes
) outrsges must cease Let every heal
: and brow be turnel toward our con
mon foe, and let no man grow wear
: until, like Goliath, oar giant is dea
At cur feet eLIL
EXECUTIVE BOARDS,
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