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Excerpt from Railways and Their Employees
In the grand scheme of elevating humanity to uni versal brotherhood, peaceful agencies and lawful methods must prevail, or the movement will degener ate into a disgraceful contest which must utterly fail to accomplish its purpose. Men who are heartily in favor of a gradual and healthy change in the condi tion of the working classes will never submit to dicta tion nor be ruled by the tyranny of a mob, and even if by force of numbers they'should be temporarily overcome, the triumph would be barren of advantages to the victors and of short duration. The principles of popular government hold sacred the equality of rights in man, and whatever may be his condition, he can claim and is entitled to equal protection to life and property. These prmcnples are fundamental and indispensable in the structure of this republic, stand ing like massive columns to support the beautiful temple of freedom. If these principles are invaded the social compact is broken, and the government will be in danger of destruction.
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