Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-07-09
UNCLE TOMS LETTER

Should be guilty of changing my
religious and political persuasions ev-
cry time the moon changes. whose bus
iness is it except my own. But for.
tunately, or unfortunately, I've al
ways voted the democratic ticket until
two years ago Then / voted the So
cialist ticket and expect to vote ir
again when an opportunity offers. My
religious persuasions are of the Meth
odist order and kind. which is my
own business and is my own right.
As to the charge fought the union in
its organized capacity, that is a lie
from to 2, and the man or men who
start such are liars, and can prove
1t, and defy the whole crowd Of fai-
sitiers a. to my soldier record. Sena-
tor ! Fl. L. Preston. of Woodbury..
Tenn, the father Of Tom Preston,
Capt Jonathan Nichols. of Murfrees-
horo, Tenn. are both good references
as to my record along that line. hav-
ing served under both in the fall Of
"a, but no Confederate soldier has
ever pleased a low, dirty narrow, con-
tracted republican, and I@Vouldn't
vote for such at all. They sing and
preach independence to the democrats
in order to get the pie That is all the
republican party is.out for. I've no
favors to ask Of the republican party
and none to grant. They are the cause
of the hard conditions as they exist to-
day. and there is.no use to deny it,
and you, Mr.. White. know it. and as
such you can't meet the charge except
by inuendoes, slurs and insinuations.
That is all the argument you have ev-
er offered. Villification iss no argu-
ment. I've lived in Tracy City 35
years and my recordislan opan book
for all men to see and the better ele-
ment are my friends. lam not trying
to curry favor with the narrow, pre-
JUDGED set. whose vanity must be fed
on lies. AS socialist would like to
lift the burdens of the toiling masses,
ikat We Ts-gpt light Ehe minions Of
Caesar with ali their diabolical plots
of robbery and plumber. whose local
Chairman you are. What has your
party ever done to help the masses.
Can you answer and tell the people Of
Marion County l guess they bad
rather see that in print than your cal
umnies What do You propose to. do
/ ask you in plain English, isn't your
party a willing tool Of capital and
don't you, yourself. toady to that ele-
ment in preference to joining the
workers in their efforts to- throw off
the heavy burden laid on them by the
republican party You have taken
lots of space to prove yourself good
friend to labor, but when tested you
fall down and resort to low, dirty
methods to screen Yourself. Your
party is party of plumber and has
grown arrogant and autocratic until
the masses are groaning under oppres-
sion made possible by its surrender to
tho money power and its cruel exact
IONS. Your party has allowed the
asggressions of the money gang to such
al extent that both capital and labor
are suffering a hell here on earth.
Can you deny it, This is not person
al matter between you and l. Your
conduct in the past cuts no figure.
You may have been a terribly bad
man, I don't know, but as the chair
man of the republican party of Marion
County what excuse have you to rem
dei for the conditions of the toiling
masses just want the truth. Are
you big enough and honest enough to
tell it, or do you propose to stoop to a
low, dirty plane to avoid telling it,
Do you recognize honesty in politics?
How about the 'sinalienable right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness :" Where is the liberty Of man.
sir, seeking work. How long, sir, be-
fore man walking the ties can over
take happiness Has your party, sir,
been the cause of these conditions
that has forced men to leave their
homes aud loved ones to hunt jobs.
What provisions has your party ever
made in favor of the jobless man.
What achievement. if any, has your
party ever made in their favor Your
party has never recognized the equal
opportunities of men, and l charge it
as being a traitor to the toilipg mil
lions. Can you prove it isn't2
Mr.. White, personally l am not your
enemys but as chairman of the repub-
lican party, | hope to extract from you
the truth regarding conditions. Isn't
your party at least guilty of neglect
toward the working class Please an
swer. It makes no difference about |
your individual fidelity to labor, or
what you have been. What has your
party ever done to merit the support
of workingmenS
Now, in conclusion, have you be-
come so saturated by falsehoods of
political nature, you can't tell the
truth put the above questions to
you. Will you act gentleman and
answer without villification. Are you
big enough to do So As "a socialist |
I 'refer you to the socialist platform /
and invite your attack on it if you