The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-23
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resented N thesRs@{id eity Assembly OF.
Knigatsa al Labor than the Mstiloaist,
but s,.e lnealfers OF that organization
were shocked and glieved by the erm.n
delivered totlleen ty their pastor last
sunday evening. He clearly gave the
people TO understand that it WAS the
duly OF ministers to preach theoretical
not pritetie,sl christianity. lie said that
he had nothing to do with the temporal
affairs ofmen. J wonder If ne forgot the
different times tl,atU Christ fed the mustl-
tude? Iwonder Ii he knows how hard ii
is to make christians QUITO people who
are engaged in an all absorbing and lille
long struggle for e%Sistance?
But the worst insult to the noble men
and women of this country who arc
working fol. justice, humanity and the
brotherhood Of man, was vixen he said
that the laborins people We're asking the
legislators to make the rich devide their
riches with the poor. The speaker must
have known that no labor organization
or labor leader in this country, advo-
Gates any thing OF that kind. No one
but anarchists desire to force the rich to
divide with the poor.
The great labor organizations Of this
country do not even ask them to give
up their i'll gotten gains, they are willing
t rat the rich may retain ali they have,
whether they obtained it fairly or IN
fairly. They only ask that the system
which furnishes this country with 1000,
900 idle men looking for work, that
drives hundreds OF women annually to
suicide and thousands TO :; worse late.
be changed.
We only plead for justice, humanity
and the universal brotherhood OF man
We want and should have the aid OF ali
wlo love God, home and country, and
all who have hearts OF sympathy and
charity that reaches out III love toward
the unfortunate and oppressed OF all lla-
tions, to aid us INCUR Efforts to make
humanity better and happier.
We do not want the 10000 who W
one hall the wealth OF this great nation
to devide their wealth with us, we only
ask that they will stop unjnstiy deprlv-
ing us OF the products OF our labor. Vein
tend only to sting the drones out OF our
hive OF industry, and to drive the mon
ey changers out OF our temple OF liberty.
The speaker said that the labOrers OF
this country were the best off Of any on
earth, which is not "a fact, as labor is
better off in Australia and New Zealand
than here. But admitting the fact,
would that be any reason why we
should stand idly by while the pluto
cracy and their tools widen the gulf be-
tween the extremely rich and the ez-
tremely poor, until furnished and suffer
ing millions be driven to desperation,
causing the civilization OF centuries togo
up in the smoke and ashes OF anarchy
rebellion and murder?
He claimed thatlt was not his place
to NEEDLE with politics, then why did he
throw dirt in the face OF Iaborslate5t po-
litical effort by claiming that they were
trying to force the division OF property?
The writer has frequently defended The
churches when tlle poor haYe said that
the churches were getting away from the
people, that it had 10 use for people te
po,s&+Q. render Substantial aid IN III,
support Of the minister, but II such sci
mons as this ara allowed to go unrC
proved b. christians, | will think tina
they were right. Is it possible thai til
ministers OF God are drifting in the dl
century. as portrayed in Caesars Co,
l,rnn1f Where the minister said "Let til
alDsssss groan, why should we trouble on
selves. Let us close our ears to thccrle
Ii nature wanted all to be happy 81
would have made them so. 1t was sal
OF old tune, many were called but lie
were chosen. Our ancestors placed
mythical Interpretation on this te,
but we know what it means:-llany II
called to the sorrows of life, but few a
chosen to inherit the delights OF wealt
and happiness. Mahomet declared tn;
God smote the wicked with misery; q!
Christ said the poor We have hlwa,
with you why, then should we concel
ourselves about the poor? Let us
joice that out Of the misery OF the III
verse we are reserved Tor happiness"
Justice to, the pastor we will say that
CONDEMNED the selfishness OF the rich
well as the poor. Perhaps no wro,
was intended: But the writer believ
that intentional or otherwise, the sc
NOR was n that laboring people a
bound to resent. KNIGHTS OF LABOR,
A Great Disaster.
The purchasing OF the c. 0. D. sto
by john M. Moore & Co.
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