The herald., 1895-12-15

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Geary's division of the 9th corps was
taken from the extreme right to the left
centre, General Ewell OH the confederate
left detected that the line in his front was
weakened. made q vigorous attack. cap
tured it, and held it during the night of
July I'd.
During the night Geary's division re-
turned TO near the works captured by
Ewell's corps, and early on the morning of
duly Sd attacked the confederates in the
position they had captured, and after an
hours hard fight drove them out, re-occu-
pied the position and held it to the end.
This contradcts the statement of Mr..
Ward that the position the union troops
occupied was inaccessible. The positions
were inaccessible only when a sufficient
number of brave men occupied them with
guns in their hands.
On the afternoon of July Sd General
Picket, with fifteen regiments of Virginia
veterans, made the grandest charge on the
LETT center of our line that is recorded in
history. MacDonald's charge at Wagram,
or De Erlon at Waterloo, do not compare
in gallantry and daring to Pickets charge
The brave Nirginians found no difficulty
with the conformation of the country
Many of them crossed our line of battle,
planted their battle flag on the stone fence,
then surrendered to the union troops and
were marched to the rear, prisoners of
war. The l49th Pennsylvania lost 50 per
cent, the loOth Pennsylvania ~ per cent
and other regiments at this part of the line
lost nearly in the same proportion. Can
Mr.. Ward not find some words of praise
for the deeds of daring. for the suiferings
and sacrifices of those who wore the blue?
Can he only extol the gallantry of the con-
federate soldiers by making invidious COM
parsons! |. K. DUNKELBERGER.
Proposed Shylock Extortion Upon Misioror-
tunate Poor People
EDITOR HERALD:-A short time since n
neighbor brought in copy of the Los An
geles Times, ir which was an editorial sug
costing what should be done with the I'M
employed this winter. 1t was proposed to
take them the park, give them five hours
work day (thus leaving them time to
look for other work after they we're done
for the city,, erect barracks for them, and
provide them with food and lodging. This
proposition met with the hearty approval
of the household. the reader being inter-
rupted by commendatory remarks. But
further when reading developed the fact
that i'll return for this five hours work the
Times allowed only ten cents worth OF
food and lodging, "a change came over the
spirit of their Dreams What kind of
lodging and what kind or amount, of food
could be provided for ten cents a day was
beyond their power to conjecture. LOOK
for other work. indeed lone would think a
man would feel very much like looking
after work after working five hours on ten
cents worth of food and lodging; what eN-
toiton! Shylock' 5 demand for zone pound
of flesh was moderate in comparison, for.
if the men lived on that ten cents worth Of
food and lodging. and retained energy 10
continue working, it is safe to say they
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at the end of a week.
Five hours work foril o cents. In plain
language. the proposition is that the city of
Los Angeles take advantage of the hunger
of these men, who cannot get employment
but are willing to work. and eNtort from
them five hours work for that which half
an hour would pay at ordinary wages-rob
them of four-tifths of their labor. And this
the Times doubtless considers charity. Is
il wise thus to impose on the unfortunate:
Can we afford by such gross imposition to
engender feelings of hatred and lawless
spirit in the breasts of those whose mis-
fortunes have almost exhausted hope,
energy. ambition and ability to endure
their hard lot? In these times that TRY
mems souls it behooveS us to be careful
not to add oppression to misfortune and
irritate the already bruised spirits of those
who are driven almost to desperation by
continued failures to obtain remunerative
1t has been said there is time when
patience ceases to be a virtue and, while
kind treatment and encouraging words
may defer that time in the judgment of the
injustice and robbery may pre-
cipitate spirit of outlawry most disastrous
to the peace and safety of the community.
Would it. indeed, be so strange, unnatural
or illogical, if the knowledge that the city
may thus rob poor men of four-tifths of
their just wages should make these help
lessly poor men feel conscience-clear when
rohbing those better off than they of a
fraction of their uuearned wealth? Even
the unemployed do sometimes reason. 1t
is considered a mean and cowardly act for
one man to strike another when he is down.
Is it not equally mean and cowardly to
take advantage of those who are down
to eXtort unjust toll of man
because he is starving, or in danger of
In recent issue of the HERALD the tax
payers were asked to express their opinion
as to what should be done with the unem-
ployed this season. If we would but keep
in mind the Injunction: "As We would that
others should do unto You, do We even so
unto them there would be very little diff
ficulty in deciding what should be done.
That is, of course, considering the present
conditions, which cannot be at once
changed as we would have them.
This taxpayer would suggest that those
who need the aid of the city, he furnished
enough work at usual wages. to pay for
lodging and enough nourishing food to
keep up strength and ambition to seek and
perform more constant employment. We
will suppose this might require two hours
work per day, 90 cents worth; > that
would leave three-fifths of the work the
city could give for other men in need of
But the proposition of the
Times would not only wrong those who
must give five hours work for | 0 cents,
but would wrong others who need, but cam
not have, the four-fifths of the work which
the city gets done gratis. Surely the citi-
zens of Los Angeles do not wish to take
advantage of the misfortunes of their fell
ow-beings-do not wish to rob them of
their only capital, their labor. M.V.L.
somebody Suffers
The man who never worries generally