Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-08-09
UNCLE GID'S LETTER.

and its leaders. 1t Is better to make a
devious course than to lie down supine-
ly under the heel of the oppressor.
Better that than nothing AS an or
ganization it is neither ecclesiastical
or political but retains the best quail
ties of both. 1t inculcates the highest
morality of the church, the purest
principles of patriotism and the high
est good Of humanity and is irrespect-
i've between man and man, and it
would be strange indeed if just and
unprejudiced verdict was rendered.
1t makes no war on Capital That
is false charge when it is charged
with doing So No set of workers re-
alize the necessity of capital more than
organized labor does. They under
stand the necessity of Capital.
Labor gives value to capital andcapi-
tai sustains labor. Labor only asks
just compensation. The other refuses
to grant it, This is plain truth in a
nutshell But friends, the struggle is
not altogether for wages We want
justice and liberty and humanity. We
want equality with wealth and high
er consideration in the scale of indus
try and morality in the standard of
greatness We are struggling to pre-
vent the Capitalization of common
rights into the hands of a few. We
want to supplant the errors of greed
by liberal application of free and eq-
ual rights TO all. We believe Human
Souls are preferable to dollars. We
want healthy public sentiment in
favor of the hewers of wood and the
drawers of water
We are only political so far as
science Of Government demands. We
stand for truth and justice and appeal
to reason and not passion. We are try.
ing to get at the root of the evils and
eradicate it. We want to place indus
try on a higher plane if possible an6
better and condition of our people
We are striving to blend and bring to-
gether great brotherhood, but bad
men have combined to fight us. The
struggle is not of our choosing Glad
ly would we have avoided any confic
but we could not and retain our rights
That is well known. We are forced tC
resist or suffer loss at the hands of oul
unscrupulons and heartless foe.
We were locked out without notice
Our enemy wants our collective free
dom. We refused to give it up. Sh'
wants us to betray our friends, tn,
} Johnnie Bulls and have nothing t.
do with them We refused We hav
had traitors to deal with Y They hav
hurt us no little. Their manhood ant
honor seemed of no value to them.
pity man who places no value on hi
honor, such men am sorry for.
l long for the time to come whe
honest toll and capital shall shake eac
others hands Oh, / long to see ever
man be q brother and friend, whe
peace shall reign at Tracy and Whit
we'll
Then Scripture will be fulfilled again
The Scripture that many love;
Tis peace and goodwill
AT Tracy and Whitwell
g / am advocating peace with all IN
Y ransomed powers. Let prejudice, hal
t and envy find no place in the heart
u honest toll. Our cause is too sacred
; drag it in the filthy pool of prejudic
I We stand today, robbed of our right
+ but, thank God, we can look all me
S in the face and say we've done you I
! wrong. Labor, friends, is noble al
:, holy in its end 1t honors and hel
q the human race and makes us hone
Christian men
1t is ignorance and greed that fig
us so, combined in corporation, OF
most relentless foe. We have no tin
for trifing men, no time to fool ava
Like thieves they lurk around to ste
and take our bread away, Let us
faithful to our pledge as union M
should be.
Our foes one day will all be gone
debut not in bloody way. Brot
ers, do not be disheartened. We c.
afford to wait. Better wait than gi
up a right. We are surely in the rig
and God will give us the victory.
Don't stab with the pen, brothe
notwithstanding the many proyoC
tions to do so. The lives of some III
l know is of such nature and chari
ter, if given to the public would II
them and cause their children to I
spise them, and they are your oppre
ors May heaven help them to abb
face and repent of the wrongs they
doing this country and many of
people A man who will wrong y
is not a christian. He can't be wi
he dies. he will go to hell just like
the rest Of the wicked. Let us be t
to God and the right Religion me
re- liberty and that is what we are c
10. tending for. stand firm and God bl
You. UNCLE GIL