Telegram-herald., 1891-11-02
OUR BATTLE FOR BREAD.
DR.. Jackson's Fifth Lecture 70 the
Working Men
BAD LEADERS CAUSE OF TROUBLE.
Combt tions Of the Glasses ARainst
kAeh Othsr-Ihs straEgie bsswsea
the Two, 10th Fsoiish and
Dangerous 10 Prosperity.

In the i oun alA s.r et Baptist ehurch
last evening DIR. jackson gave Ills fifth
lecture TO workingmen. His subject
. was Glass Warfare The text was
in /. Cor, 1921: 1.-The eye cannot say
TO the hand l have no need of thee,
| nor the head TO the feet, l have no
need OF you-''
He said: The student OF American
History can easily trace the rise OF
the struggle now wagiag between eapi-
| tai and labor. In the days prior 10
and Immediately succeeding the keyo-
luton there was no very rich class
and lew were very poor The tramp
and the millionaire had not yet made
| their advent on the shores OF the new
world. The people who came together
| to form the United States of America,
were hard working. noble hearted pat
| riots who combined in the defence of
their liberties and 10 make "A home for
| the oppressed OF all nations.
AS the population increased and the
| country developed large fortunes were
accumulated. Gradually an aristo-
| cracy of wealth grew up among Us
as proud and imperious as the aristo-
cracy OF blood in the old world.
| The little shops where the employer
| and employe worked side by side fast
| li app arad, and with tn m h. mutual
understanding OF the two classes. Capi-
| tai combined with capital in its own
| interest and the workmen were com
| pelled TO organize In self-defence. The
| struggle which followed and which is
| still raging with constantly increasing
fury has been characterized by n bitter
ness and uncompromising hostility not
! surpassed by any war in the history
| OF the race. To add TO the confusion
! the two hostile camps have been sub
| divided into factions each arrayed
against the other. We have beheld
! the spectacle of the large capitalists
crushing out smaller ones. and organic
ed labor contending with the unor-
| ganized forces until it almost seems
that the great industrial army is fin
| ally to be destroyed by internicine war
fare.
| AS we look out at this bitter con-
! flict now raging about us we wonder
whether Lord Macaulay's prophesy ut
| tered thirty years ago may not after
| all prove true. That sagaciOus Eng
1 lish historian once said, concerning this
| country: Either some Caesar or Ma
poleon will seize the reins of govern
meclt with strong hand or your
Republic will be fearfully plundered
aud laid waste by barbarians in the
twentieth century as the Roman En-
| pire was in the fifth, with the differ
| crce that the Huns and Vandals who
ravaged the Roman Empire came from
l.sxith0-1t, and that y,onr Hurs .and Yam
| dals will have been engeHdered within
your own country and by your own
institutions.'
| These class struggles are certainly
as foolish as they are dangerous. 1t is
| battle between brothers. 1t is q
! contest between friends who cannot
live without each other II there are
to be bostilities at all they ought not
10 be between the CLASSES, but between
the good and bad in each class. The
unjust rich man is the greatest enemy
OF the honorable rich man. 1t is the
! cruelty and heartlessness OF the
6elf;Sh among the capitalists
who are responsible for the
suspicion and hatred with which
all wealth is regarded. The wealthy
employer who is disposed to be just
and generous is robbed OF the love and
|
ness OF the selfishly rich, Who call down
| the contempt OF society upon the entire
class. II is rot possible for tho calumny
OF the socialist and anarchist to do
the noble hearted rich man q 1.-THE
OF the harm that daily comes upon
him by vain display and wicked waste
OF wealth iliiiulgcd in bv silly nabobs.
He Is in danger OF suffering for the sins
/ ~ t.~ oyr
ard generous among the nobility o!
France lest their lives in the days ol
the Revelation. III the wise and good
among the rich will turn their atten-
ton to the determination OF the ra-
pacious of their own Class the need
apprehend no further trouble from so.
cialism and anarchy In America
SO also among the working classes
the bad are the worst enemies OF the
good ard are the chief obstacles In the
way OF labor winning it's Just rewards
The sympathy OF the public has Often
been turned from the entire class and
fear and distrust taken its place be
cause hot headed leaders have defsed
the law or advocated force. The hon.
est and legal workman has suffered
more Mt -the hands of the professional
| agitatc~ than from all the expressions
Of capital. How would YOU like to bs
ruled by such men as he?" said q
thoughtful citizen 10 me after he had
listened 70 a demarogue who profess
cd TO represent tue lahoring classes
and who had demanded most unreason
able concessions. II the workingmer
want justice they are verv likely &c
get Il hv their own heroic endeavor.
But il they want the earth there will
probably he some murmuriac and more
resistance before IN is granted. can
rot think that the great ma Hioritv 81
the men who earn their bread ny the
sweat of thu brow demand any more
than what is Justly their due. II this
he true bow foolish II is 90 put them.
selves under the leadership Of men who
by their Wild denrnciations Nienate
the sympafhies and cut off ia assist
ance of that body of citizens Who hold
the. balance Of power between the con
tending parties.
The good of aIl ciasses are natural
friends ard shosld combine 20 destroy
the Inference ~ evil men whose aim IL
is 70 drive them asunder. The honest
workman and the fair -mindeS crS PIC
er need ekc-s other. They H. + iends
| bande.l toarfher 90 advance the civil
| Ieefit~, Of the aes. II one enflures iesses
the other must suffer. ~ the Interests
~ one Il advanced the prospects o!
the other hrighfens. In the September
| nnmhe. - tsJHs Social Tee~oraisf-' fs
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