Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-02-01
Uncle TOMS Letter

ines Gn6y are smart. ike 10 ulscuSS
questions with straight forward men,
even If we do differ, but when find
out my opponent Is crooked and will
misrepresent his neighbors, get tired
and am tired just now with what
consider a nuisance, who has no re-
gard for the truth or his own honor
and is so full of egotistical freshness
that he would as leave state a false
hood as the truth. Men wanting to
discuss questions with me must not
state falsehoods ON their neighbors and
let me find it out
Some very salty things have come to
nv knowledge which have caused me
to lose confidence for have long since
learned those kind of people will say
ANYTHING or do anything, and are as
lively to offend as they are to please.
Now, am not going to call any name,
but leave you all to guess who this is
aimed at.
l have always believed that God was
INV father and the earth my mother.
and l honestly believe am an heir of
my creator, and legally and lawfully.
according to the laws and command
ments, to enough of my mother to live
| on, and no more. To be plain, be-
lieve every human being is entitled to
enough land to make an honest living
on and no more AS to the political
and scientific economy of Socialism, l
am about as ignorant of that part as
those who oppose the Socialist idea.
never studied the economics of govern
ment, and from what read from the
pen of those who oppose Mr., Brannan,
/ find they are no better posted than
| am, and their arguments are so silly
that l wonder they would undertake to
refute a question they knew so little
about. / know one thing, a scientific.
| economical scholar has never tackled
the socialistic idea Of Improvement,
| and the evolution and development of
| the human family, and not one of
them claims that the republican OF
| democratic parties are vehicles by
which the evolution and betterment of
conditions can be obtained. As I said
am no economical scholar, but I
have lived long enough to find ont the
democratic party is not the party of
sober, decent morality. 1t doesn't
clamor for the uplift of the human
family by moral laws and fights pro-
hibition with all its power. and is re-
sponsible for the lawlessness going on
among the people The democratic
party seems to be the rendezvous for
all the vile and vicious, aud / am not
surprised at good men declaring their
independence of such a rabble True,
did vote the straight regular demo-
cratic ticket in the last election, but
when Hooper was elected and l saw
the attitude of the leaders of the So
called democratic party toward the
prohibition laws, decided not to fol-
low or be led by them any longer. As
to the republican party, let me say, |
don't believe it will do anything to
help the condition of the wage slaves.
/ had rather pin my faith to Socialism
and preach it's doctlines than vote
with an@ for party that has been in
power for the last 80 years without
improving the workingman's condition
in the least While know there are
many spendthrifts among the working
class do not propose to hold them up
as standard to measure the whole
by. hope I'll never become too .g
norant or preiudiced to state the truth
regarding my fellow creatures Now
you gentlemen who are such stick!ers
for your old patty are invited to tell
MS what you and your party propose to
do to better conditions. The Socialists
are not afraid to burt out their ideas
of relief, and let the world know that
they believe in restitution and a CO.
operative system of government, and
if you or any of you do not know how
you lost your birthright and inheri-
tance, you would do we'll to study that
phase of the question first.
Now, this world is going to be to us
what we make it. One thing is GER
tain, if we follow the regular demo-
cratic party, so-called, and it gets full
sway in Tennessee the liquor element
will have picnic beyond doubt. Do
you want vice and drunkenness to
reign supremep If so, vote the regu-
lar democratic ticket If you want
wage slavery to dominate, vote the
republican ticket, but if you really |
and truly desire better conditions for
the workers. vote the Socialist ticket, /
and let this great country of ours be-
come cooperative commonwealth |
for the benefit of all the people, in
place of being benefit to a few men I
who own the trusts and combines. If /
they can operate such gigantic con-
Germs, so can the people. Don't ask
foolish and silly questions on cooper
ative system of government, Not ma
ny who ask such questions know much
about business anyhow. Business men
don't ask such questions, for they
know and are too proud of their knowl-
edge to display their ignorance, No,
we'll not have to wait for the millen
ium to inaugurate cooperative sys-
tenn of government for the benefit of
all. Plenty of men are we'll and fully
posted on cooperative systems of busi-
ness, and wouldn't think of impeach-
ing the impossibilisy of such system.
We have it in some things already and
Socialism will extend the system.
Now, put on your thinking cap and
study first your birthright and then
your Inheritance Do this and l think
the rest will be easy to understand.
Since writing the above I've have
heard that a certain party in Tracy
City has said that John d. Rockfellow
has enough to hire soldiers TO shoot
down all who oppose him. Well, that
makes me stronger Socialist than ev-
er.
UNCLE TOM,
Tracy Citv Teo1