CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIV, Issue 192, 15 August 1890, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

I o the Editor of the " Evening Mail.''

Sir — In view of the anarchy with whioh we are threatened, may I suggest a Union of " blacklegs," so called, which' might" oe joined by any of the active enterprising young men who could be spared either from their farms or any other languishing indue* try, aud who have a mind to step into the breach at this critical juncture. More honourable service they could hardly desire. I am, &c, Anti- Anarchy. To the Editor op the " Evenin<_ Mail.' '

Sir, — Much as I admire the outspoken and manly way in which the Rev Mr Isitt has advocated the rights of the working classes, and the radical views held by that gentleman, I venture to differ with him on ono point. The rev. gentleman, speaking of the railway employees, says : — " Their duty is to f ulfi. their trust to their employers, and to help to carry the goods consigned to their employers, without regard to any other consideration. In many instances an em-. ployee can only detect the ownership in such cases by making use of the knowledge he gained through the trust reposed in him by hii empbyers," and he asks " is it honorable, just, or manly to use that know.edge to further the ends of the Unions?" I beg respectfully to point out that in this particular instance the employ, is ia the anoma«i lons position of a man serving two masters, and according to Holy Writ "no man can serve two masters; he will either hate the one and love the other, or hold to the one and despise tha other." Now in this case which of the two masters is it his duty to hold with 1 The one is his liberator from slavery, working his salvation, the other his oppressor, and by using the knowledge obtained from his employer to forward the interests of the unions he is but assisting to bring about his own sal" vation. His rules have taught him these taotios, for do they not, in oase of war between two nations, send spies into each others' oamp for the same purpose ? But now the tables are turned I the war is brought nearer home, and what in the one oase was considered a gallant aot, and rewarded with marks of honour, is now denounced as dishonourable, unmanly, unjust. If wa sow thorns we oannot expeot to gather figs t The Rev. gentleman then attempts to draw a parallel by asking, "Is it right that the private feelings of the employee should be allowed in any way to affeat the interests of their employers ? " and he instances a postman refusing to deliver letters to some family who have given him offence. lam truly surprised that the rev. gentleman oannot distinguish between duty and loyalty to a oause affecting tlie welfare of the masses, and private malice, for that is the difiarenoe between the two cases. lam &o„

F. W. _*_iOW_BDA_.