Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-24
CGPITAL'SSYNPATHY
A Comparison Between the POOR
and Wealthy Classes.
LAWS AND CUSTOMS RESPONSIBLE.
Petition, and Illusory Bu'ine's.--Hc'
foims Proposed Cancerou' Grown
OF the Body Polite.
The DrsERrr NEWS BUREAU,
ABB street, s. l..


No fact o. American liicis mjfe dia'
tinctiy revealed at he national oariih
banfhsinterblendiugsympaihiesotlhe
various monetary intefosts Of tire coun'
try. rourn one and you got a response
from the whole eystom OF orr nlLed
wealth, Nltlhat thote is n formal or
pnnisaIlol; lut 40 thorough is the inter
change OF feeling aud opinion by
means OF newspapers and other avon'
uea Of Intelligence that the muliiiorm
interests OF capital are enabled to work
in harmony as though animated by
single purpose.
II T. time that poverty aui want
might btoimo = bond OF union among
the destitute classes, II there we're equal
facilities for intercommunicaiion. bli
.poverty fret hrnnds her victims with "a
helpless isolation. II requires mouuy
20 travel, u read, TO thi D,
10 propagate thought through
the widespread Bud mlny'voirul
avenues Of public opinion. To all
these wealth has abundant access a
thousand greedy voices are constantly
clAmoring for rutaiucri 10 spread
abroad aud advocate the wlshrs aul
policies Of tue moniud clatscH. Bht
from all these means OF enlightenment
and propagandiam poverty Il dubatfri'
Her dcsolAto children hit ia dafLutHi
and Isolation. When they blWlil their
lot or curse their fate, their bitterness
dies upon their own lipf. TAsy cnt-
not MI the papers aud burden tic wires
with their lamentations. Mutn ltt1
eau they organize their common wants
Into combined and harmonious rN'
preston. They cannot canvass tihteri
hold conventions, plead shelf cause
from the platforms aud the ubiquitous
press Of the country. Hence u tue
poor have any rights which arc anita
goniEei by the rich they are very slow
IN obtaining n hearing; they ate slower
still In having their rights recognized
and framed iutO laws and Institutions.
But the poor are, and always nave
been, the masses and mujogitlCs OF
manklnd. They nre the Hubstfntum
and liie.giving roots OF hum lnity. IL
IL from them that society IN fcitushoi
anu fe.lnVigofatcd. Tho tauoH and
insplrcrH OF the race have ntlsod from
tho poorer classes. Whether II be- q
divinely gifted Christ, or Socrates, a
Luther, q Cromwell or n Lincoln, he
has sprung from the common bosom
Of humanity aud not gs au 0utofOr-
ping VI aTlstoetAtic bfllupnce, Neither
do the weallhicst classes possvs, the
power OF Heu'pteservauon anu pto.
gtcte. They become devotCes Of indulg.
aace and luxury, these lenuiug -
weakntSp, Viisneinacy aud selt.exAnc-
ton. Tue royal cOttrie OF Europe aud
the blue.bloOded nobility OF New Eug.
land are fast swallowed up IN the on.
sweeping tide OF human embodiment, n
process that promotes the survival Of
the flttest and writes oblivion upon all
peryersions Of the reciiIuds OF nature.
Having lost their prestige through
the abuse Of wealth and opportunity
they sink In pride aud acknowledgement,
and yield their places 10 some ffesher
upliit from the tossing sea OF human
lite. The fashions, vices, habits and
temptations Of extreme wealth are In
perpetual antagOniHm with wealth,
strength, virtue and prosperity.
Were II not that wealth Ia thoroughly
sympathetic aud has the whole ma.
chinery Of society and government
under it, control; or were it true that
wealth IA disposed 10 advocate the real
merits Of any cause; or tina, the poor
fully understood anu firmly asserted
their rights under our form Ot goyeru-
meni; were either Of these conditions
10 obtain, there might son be such re-
form "a would put oil classes iuto
harmonious relation, and the
highest benefits would entue. Hut
II could only bO In ils more
advanced atagca that society should
conform TO such humane idess. yet
such II tile tendency Of progress; ana
~ IL true In science anu history "a.
also Ia religion that "the meek should
inherit the oRTtn.n When tho meel,
take possession OF the earthly king.
dom, excessive OpuenCs aud pride
aud arlstocratic dominion viii be
swallowed up In the enthusiasm OF
humanity, philAuthropiu 1sll for
tho general welfare, PASSION 40
liberal and generous that no huma u
lower viii be born 10 blush unseen.
No son VI mau bearing tue oler4al
image aud inhefilng the esspucu OF
the Infinite existeuce VIII be- ~ Door
that COPE sunlight and bvnulleuue
shall not an his soul with tbs Joy oi
living aud revealing himself as an i'm,
psrishabis thought Vt tho uudyiug
intelligence.
II ~ uuly III TINS uFOhucf sweep ul
thought that the mimic comedies anu
tragedies OF today anu yesterday mad
true adjustment and appreciation al
cur hands. We think our trouble.
gteat anu our times hard; but "a,
pyramide, five thousand years ago
looked down upon iar deeper tnslAvt,
ment. Tue sun u human hope aud
prospect has now risen higher In IA,
OenehCienl nfmamunt OF divine pur
pose anu human desIiny, As We l0Oh
backward and forward through Ia,
Hget, We see struggling milliuus carry
lug burdens, many OF which are bound
upon them by lheif brethren Wht
have been more fortunate Ia the uir
cumslautials anu happenings ui llic
Whatever the age or the burdens,
those who carry them, and those why
impose them form two dis,iuC
classes Of humanity, the cla's thai
Iules, aud the class thRt Is governed,
There iHa difference in the i1rm uI
government flom time TO time; Uut IA,
essence ~ the same In all ages. There
were governing glasses In the time o
Pharaoh, anu there are today, moi
withdrawing tho declaration o. lnde.
penasgua suts up political equality tul
nll men. no lnr s8 cur own gOyurulnun
~ that VA class, { promotes the speclA
intefssis Of lhHl GLASS.
Us only siuce the war that thj
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