COMPLETE BOYCOTTING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3585, 12 August 1890, Page 2

COMPLETE BOYCOTTING.

A Qtogyman's Opinion.

The Rev J. Berry, iu the course of a Bermou delivered at Wellington on Sunday evening last,' said:—" Suppose there were in a orowd of people half a dozen murderers, who deserved to be shot. The crowd were not implicated in tho murders, and did not sympathise with the guilty men, , A body of soldiers were sent to shoot these murderers, but they knew no way of separating them from the crowd. Would these soldiers be justiOed in saying, "Rather than let .**- these men go free, rattier than wait until we can isolate them, we will fire grape-shot into the orowd and let it hit at random?". No one would justify that. It would be not justice but blind, pitiless revenge. It was something liko this that Herod'did. He wanted to. kill this infant that was bom King of the Jews, but h,o did not know how to find him, so he slew all the male ohildren in Bethlebenir, under ten years. His reward is everTV lasting infamy. I have, put an * oxtremo case to help you to see what boycotting means. It saya "I cannot get the parties who deserve to suffer, so I will draw a ring round a population, and everyone within that' ring shall feel my vengeanoe." Is that right? Yes, replied one speaker ' on Thursday night, " heoause we shall Buffer too;' if it comes to a fight the working classes willfeelit most." There would be muoh in that reply if the 50,080 men who propose to strike oould take the suffering upon their own broad shoulders, In that case there would be much that we could not but admire. But they cannot do this.. The 50,000 proposed to be oalled out are mostly strong ."y^, men, with stout hearts and limbs, , and Union funds to fall baek upon, What of those in tho brotherhood of labor who are less fortunate, whose work is casual and wages small, and whohave no union fundsatthoir Is it right or just to deprivo these Mr work and bread ? What, I askagailf of weak women and little child-ren-are these to bo cruellyneedlessly struck at? Suppose that this proposed deadlock should cause the death of some—a supposition far I from improbable—is. tho oause so holy and the need so pressing as to' justify that ? These are Borne of the questions that Christians and Englishmen ' should be' ready Id answer'to their, consoieriqe and their God before they bring such suffering upon many who aremnqcentmordel; to reaoii a few who ore guilty."' ''.