Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-08-20
WANTS REAL UNIONlSM.


them with a few more facts, not that
] expect to reform them or cause them
to be better men. stated the truth
when | said the union had been the
cause of more backsliding among the
christians in Tracy City than any
thing else. The poor, ignorant, silly
things never stopped to ask the ques-
tion why this was SO; neither have
they refuted the charge, and so it's
left to me to tell the public why the
union has proved a curse instead of a
blessing. l want to be plain and point
out the cause.
First, the principles of the union
have never been lived up to and as
such the union has been prostituted
and corrupted and made a bulldozing
machine by vile and vicious men who
sowed the seed of prejudice until it
swept over Tracy City like tornado.
The perversion of the principles of un-
.ionism has been destructive of the
good it could have done, and there is
no doubt that the alienation of the
men to the union is due to the ungod-
ly conduct of those who proposed to
rule at all hazards
did say that Tracy City had never
had taste of real, genuine unionism,
but we've had lots of bulldozing stuff,
not fit for intelligent people to swal
low. So vicious did the ruling spirits
become that it was impossible to get
good man to serve on the committee,
and some absolutely resigned. Bull
doing is not unionism. Toting a chip
on your head, daring somebody to
knock it off, is not unionism. Radical
aggressiveness is not uniOnism and the
man who acts that way does the union
cause no good, and the man who thinks
prejudice, hatred and malice is good
unionism, is a fool
Yet, sirs, there are plenty of people
who actually believe that unionism
means knock down and drag out, kill
and murder opposition, and they have
some cause for believing this when
passenger trains are fired into and men
walk our streets and endorse such acts,
and say openly it is right. say, to
the best of my knowledge, such con-
halct is not unionism and no real un
man endorses such and will not
bal such. Unionism was never in
d to deprive men of their rights
tivileges, but was intended to
and educate men how to obtain
conditions in an honorable and
way. Unionism means cOncilia-
Apeace and good will, but unfor-
y the scalawags have prostitute
principle and made the union
to many Abusing men at work
It unionism. If we've no better
ment than abuse to influence men,
Ecause is certainly very weak. The
bs that have been attacking me had
ter study the principles of unionism
then try to live to them. When
Fey do this their "Uncle Tom will
J have no occasionto rebuke or criticise
, them This ungodly conduct in the
: name of unioffism is what | am firing
J on This hellish perversion of union
principles has done more to ruin the
union than anything else, and you all
had as we'll admit it. | care nothing
about what scabs may say. "Old
Lads letter shows that his unionism
is selfish and not worth bauble, fol
he says the company told him they
would stick to him and failed Yes,
I've heard that story before and from
company's officials, These scabs
wanted the cream and told the com.
pany so, but the company said, No,
we can't and won't discriminate, and
didn't, and Mr.. Scab seeks revenge
through the union route. Well, they
are not influencing any one. They
proved traitors once before and will dc
so again when it suits their conven
ience.
The principles of unionism are al
right, and no one attacks that, but its
the prostitution and perverting of the
union that is destroying it and nothing
else Men are losing confidence in Il
? like they do other corrupt machines,
= and to say that unionism has been liv
Q ed and practiced in Tracy City woulc
= be telling falsehood, and now, If YOU
/ Uncle Tom has misrepresented thu
matter. show wherein and refute il
10 with proof. | charge prostitution anC
: perversion of unionism in Tracy CITY
. as the cause of alienation and back
y sliding among the christians, and car
be more specific in my charge if neces
sary It's pro and con, vice versa
and can't be contradicted. Now, re
form and quit writing spiteful and vi
! cious letters in the name of or pretend
: ing to defend the union. Write uniol
q letters and not senselesS fire brands
! hurting the union more than they d'
: good.
Some Of you have poisoned You
mind So that You don't seem to know
what unionism is, and you seem q
have no respect for "tother feller a
all. Our best men and best peopl
: know that the old man i telling tn,
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