The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-18
~ wosKrsa msN IN POLITICS.
a Meeting of Delegates Held In columDls'
( a cenyention to be Held in Aarcn
which win Perfect the orsan'za-
tion for ranO Open and Square
Hight Against Class
KnIe sin South
CaroiiS,s.
rsnae;al q Ns4a and CoEsser.l

sensitjle basis. Inc coninitsS COMM
so,,st;tgtion and declaration OF primer
nla had not been idle during the recess
and when the body met it was founo
;s bst see or six various plans were oe-
FIRE ti,e committee. After considera-
Ia discussion the paper which was
tsans,,t 10 be the ireest from objection
spa the most feasible was adopted, aad
ssbe industrial Union goes before the
world on its merits. It does not ask
sor encouragement through prejudice
i,,,t reason. It sets forth in uneqlivo-
s. al language, without personalities OF
a,.nse its principles and asks and ex--
peets the endorsement Of the iaoorsng
men OF the State.
me organization is not confined 70
labor;ng men of any class; that IS e1-
actiy What it IS intended to avoio.. 70.
Every wage-earner is eligible ana oe-
3 sired for membership. The laoofing
nan. who has never been allowed q
s pronineat part in ssarosina's polities'
: IS { going TO take place. The conmlt- .l
tee : plainly and enphstically expects
to have the agricultural iaborers CO.
operate with il, and shows how their
interests are Identical.
The committee consists OF d. a. w IL
iiarns ]. Cummings, John Hoffman,
nj. Brawley, Jas. P. Cahill, i. ".
BohIman, w. S. Martin, L. w. War
rem, r. g. Ward and ]. Pat Meenan.
On behalf of the laboring men they
have been asSed to represent taey
& have presented a. declaration OF pur-
roses as clear as decisive. They have
called q convention to approve OF re-
sect their plans, and if acceptable TO
carry cut the purposes Of Organization.
s The ball has been set in motion, Wltn
what success the thinking people OF
the State can estimate for themselves
from the preamble and declaration OF
principles. Here they are:
Fellow wage workers and sympa-
4h;zing fellow citizens: Your commit
tee having been appointed to formu-
late . plan upon the basis Of which an
organization, capable of correcting the
evils of which we complain, might De
feel that they cannot DO bet
ter than preface the plan agreed upon
WITH few remarks calling attention
to the grounds upon which we seek 10 70
justify our action.
Speaking Of the possibility OF oppo-
sition to the iniauitous laws enacted az
tie recent session of the Legislature,
Il has been said: :. Your head is in the
mouth of the Reform lion, and SO long
as the lion don't close its jaws i IS
policy to Keep quiet and not enrage II
TO crush yon; such opposition would
~ enrare and embitter the triumphant
S. faction, and you would bring down
upon the corporations and towns per-
hans stricter laws than those which
they seek to escape. 1t would be po-
IficaI suicide to every ambitious man
enlisted on the side Of the minority"
In this manner does the triumph
ant factionn seek to freeze the man
hood in the veins Of those who might
undertake TO oppose its unhallowed
. course! Thus is the Wanted intellect
nal civilization of the nineteenth cen
g fury resolved again into the kingdom
Of brute force! So has it been decreed
: that we shall bow down in homage to
the edicts Of this political Nebuchad-
nezzar!
But surely the God of Hosts, who de-
livered Daniel out of the den of lions,
VIZ deliver us also, who have the cour-
age TO declare our manhood, out of the
mouth Of this ssReform Lion~ How,
then, shall the scriptures be fulfilled
ii, IN the sequel, there be not weeping
and gnashing of teeth"
Hast not been written that "the
Egsl Of mine house bath eaten me up?'
and have they not testified to the zeal
5 of both houses in doing as well as 10
leaving undooe? Witness how sala-
RES have been cut down! Behold the
reduction Of taxes! Mark how the
Rum Trust was defeated! Oh, Probi-
= bftion, requiescat in pace, for when l
have 8 more convenient season l will
call for theen' See how Justice to all
sidesu has been metsd out! What mat
tiers the might Of ten thousand against
the might of fifty! "Damnw Where
fore should corporations and the dwell
ers in cities and towns object to being
lesislated 'sagainst?' Why should
druggists, keepers of hotels, saloons,
restaurants and places of public amuse-
ment complain because exempt from
the burdens of the new ''dispensation?'
Under such conditions as these is it
sspo!icy to keep quiet?" Shall the fear
of ssem5ittering the triumphant fac.
tion,' permit the sword Of liberty to
s&TUSL II lis Sue6IA1 VI tAOs So@to"S Va
..political suicides cause the hand to
tremble as it is drawn from its scab.
bard?
Friends. let Us not "strain at gnats
and swsllow camels";; piops expletives
8 are not issues of vital imports9ee to
the people OF this State. Let them
damn to their hearts content, solong
as he shall not undertake to dam the
ssessasssszeam of individual liberty by
denying equal rights to all, by grant
ing special privileges to any, or by
challenging the right ola judicial ap-
peal, a right which has been toa free
people as '.the shadow Of a great rock
in . weary land.n Its, however, the
violation Of not one, but all of these
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