The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-09-26

\ ED. C0URtER:-In your paper Of Aug.
18th, read . manifesto ITO The Com.
mon People" by one who sigme himself
e D." Allow me 10 saw 10 that writer
that IN sbsurdIty Of reasoning and arrn-
gance Of expression his article IL peer
Iess. ll0w any person that can read aud
write can publicly express such mons
irons nonsense in the nineteenth century.
lie certainly . tisagreeable surprise 10
the reading public. Let me repeat the
esseuce Of his argument lie claims that
the wealthy aud influential are endowed
with. and monopolize all the nobler and
superior qualities Of Gods Image. and
by right and might Of their exalted in
lielligencc, wisdom. patriotism and abiI-
ity constitute the natural rulers OF society
aud state, and but for their presence al
Iprogress would cease. civilization re-
lcede and poor humsnity would return 10
: date Of dark barbsrism! The working
class he considers devoid OF al the char
scieristics OF true manhood
naughty contempt lie opposes and orders
the abatement OF their reform move
ments, he demands their return and cub
mission 10 serfdom ~ the only proper
sphere OF the poor and lowly during
terrestrial existence.
Now I hnmbly ask "E. 81 to sseo
down from his lonely, lofty perch, and
for little while mingIc amongst the
common mortaIs ofinferior clay, and lei
him ask which class produced the
nohleat. grandest men in all ages? lie
will then learn n the humble origin or.
the Nazareen the nobIest. highest type!
Of religious reforner. whose teachings
We al adore. though We neglect their
practice. Then again he will learn that
the peers Of literature. such as Shakes
peare, Schiller, Goethe, were OF modest
socisl station by birth and struggling
with poverty when they wrote their in
mortal works. which have inspired hu-
manity 10 IOftier views and action. No
better situated were Beethoven. Mozart.
HAYDEN and Rossini. the great mastera
~ harmony. ilistory speaks OF many
lannon's painters. scuipt0rs, statesmcn \
and soldiers whose cradles stood in the
humble dwelling or . laborer, sradesman
or farmer. The greatest inventions are
The products OF the industrial and agri-
cultural toilers. The great patriots Cfl
American history, Washington. JefIer.
ION, Lincoln. werc not titled noblemen.
nor were they born amid wealth and I,
'pIendor: they-in common with every
rue noble snan-were itni,ued with that
of'y faith and sympathy toward man
Kind that makes heroes Of men In the
,stiIe for libertv aud the elevation Of
humanity. II .E. ~" womld look about
himself he would notice that men of his
iispOsiii0m and We've arc getting ,
carce. and if he ani his like shonld be-
AXE themselves 10 tho woods they
would notice with morii6cation that
he world would move and prosper
Without them.
That there Il something wrong In the I,
ocisl adjustment is clear 10 every living
oul, and the working cIass stand not
lone, when they demand . remedy and
he removal OF cxissing evils. If "E. 5.
would keep him elf posted with current
vents he wouId know that there are
OF prominent men. intel Z
rctuslIv his supcriors NOW engaged IN :
the artificial ohstrmctions that 4
% labor Of its just reward This move I
rent 81 the irrefutablc lngic aud truth Z
: laid down in the famous work .Pro-
ress and Poverty" written Nv Henry
'eorge. Il would bc profitable Tor ~.
\" 10 acqnaint himself with tho new
oliiicsl economy aud tho rights of man
cfcre hc again reviles anh sncers ~ |.
lhor. CuRIsTtAx LAxDvr.r.
Louisville, Ky, Sept. 10. 1880.