for him, or for the men that work with their brains_,--that do highly

disciplined and skilled labor, invent, and write books. The reason why the Labor

movement confines itself to a single class is because that class of work _DOES

NOT GET PAID, does not get protection. MENTAL LABOR is adequately paid_, and

_MORE THAN ADEQUATELY protected. IT CAN SHIFT ITS CHANNELS; it can vary

according to the supply and demand_.

 

_IF A MAN FAILS AS A MINISTER, why, he becomes a railway conductor. IF THAT

DOESN'T SUIT HIM, he goes West, and becomes governor of a territory. AND IF HE

FINDS HIMSELF INCAPABLE OF EITHER OF THESE POSITIONS, he comes home, and gets to

be a city editor_. He varies his occupation as he pleases, and doesn't need

protection. _BUT THE GREAT MASS, CHAINED TO A TRADE, DOOMED TO BE GROUND UP IN

THE MILL OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND, THAT WORK SO MANY HOURS A DAY, AND MUST RUN IN

THE GREAT RUTS OF BUSINESS,--they are the men whose inadequate protection, whose

unfair share of the general product, claims a movement in their behalf_.

 

--WENDELL PHILLIPS.

 

_KNOWING THE PRICE WE MUST PAY, THE SACRIFICE WE MUST MAKE, THE BURDENS WE MUST

CARRY, THE ASSAULTS WE MUST ENDURE--KNOWING FULL WELL THE COST--yet we enlist,

and we enlist for the war. FOR WE KNOW THE JUSTICE OF OUR CAUSE, and we know,

too, its certain triumph.

 

NOT RELUCTANTLY THEN, but eagerly_, not with _faint hearts BUT STRONG, do we now

advance upon the enemies of the people. FOR THE CALL THAT COMES TO US is the