Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-06-29
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UNCLE TOMS LETTER.

J. NJ. Lucas may throw ont his ia-
salts, slurs and .insinuatious, but his
| little ex+ Uncle Ton" plsiuly wants
him to understand that he'll never ba
ablato provoke any discussion from
| him. Wig, I've never in my life car-
( Ell TO recognize a traitor and reese
| gaie and man who According to his
! own confession orp07as wOrkirr men
I n their efforts to better their conait-
/ ion. Such a man ought to be rot only
| beneath little 2xf fellows notice,
bat all other honorable men who have
! the love of humanity at heart. Ee
bates Methodists Mormonism and So
eialism ten times more, and the union
be just can't stand at ALL Discuss a
question with Judas, a Benedict Ar
noid9 Never A 2x4 scab and black
leg beats traitor all to hollow, so
this ends the matter with "Uncle
| Tom, and no more mention will be
| made of Lucas, and I'll promise to
not even read what be says, and I'll
so further and say I'd give up the
Mes rather than read his produr-
tions, l know how deserters and trai =
4 tors have done ever since | was boy,
and / frankly say they have been
known to leap an enemy against their
former friends Old folks haven for
gotten the CO.'S and guess union men
know how traitors and renegades have
treated them in their struggles to bet
| ter wages and secure more of the
wealth they created. Union men know
how they have been lied on and mis-
represented and plots laid to destroy
their unions and bring odium on
them. Yes, traitors and deserters
have put in appearances all along the
line and cause lots of trouble.
Well, Representative, ~let's
shake If we can do anything to better
conditions and .uplift men we ought
to do 1T.
To my friend Barnes I want to say
you are nearer right than those who
declare against Socialism and misre-
present it. | think Christian Social
ism is one of the finest themes / ever
thought on, and can't see how men
who claim to be christians can reject
it. My notion and belief is that our
duty to humanity is of vast Importance
and if we can in any way better con
ditions we ought to do it, and be-
lieve the Bible teaches it in plain, pos
tive language We want purer and
better system of government, and we
believe such thing il possible, and
we believe along the line you believe,
but not altogether, yet we know that
God has declared that he will set up
kingdom on earth that will break in
pieces all other Kingdoms, but | don't
think you and are in anyway releas-
ed from praying and working for such
kingdom to be brought about. So
here is my hand in brotherly love aud
friendship. hope and pray that the
called and chosen of God may become
a unit in the uplift of humanity. We
are advocating brotherly love and
Kindness, while our opponents rate us
as anarchists, and everything else that
is mean and low down. | had rather
be two by four being than be man
who is so full of hatred and malice
that [ would become Judas and
hypocrit and spew forth falsehoods and
misrepresentation, as the opponents
of Socialism do, and assert things ev-
erybody knows is false. When Christ
came the leaders Of the people expect
ed him to come as a king, but as He
didn't come as they expected, they re-
iected Him. No living man can tell
just exactly how universal brother
hood and uplift of the human family
is going to be brought about, yet that
is no reason why we should not pray
and work for such a thing to come tos
pass. A universal kingdom, a univers-
al brotherhood means to help each 9TH
er as we help ourselves, which no man
can dodge. Socialism is higher or
der of morality and politics, putting
into practice of christianity. We care
nothing about the rawlings of traitors,
renegades and jackasses, but we do
love the men and women who stand
up for just and righteous govern
ment, whether they agree with us in
all things or not. This is our ambit-
ion, pure, clean democracy where
none. shall modest nor make another
afraid. Of course. devils in human
form will fight any and all advance
ments for good. The war on the liq-
uor traffic is proof of that The love
of profit must be destroyed to stop the
manufacture and sale of the accursed |
stuff. The man who can devise a plan
that would destroy the profit in the
liquor business is the man most in de- |
mand.
UNCLE TOM.
Tracy City, Tenn.