+-------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's note: | | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected. | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ PRICE 25 CENTS. [Illustration: Decoration] The Negro Laborer: A WORD TO HIM --BY-- WILLIAM H. COUNCILL. [Illustration: Decoration] PREFACE. Many friends have invited me to deliver addresses at various points upon the LABOUR QUESTION. Being unable to attend all the appointments, I have concluded to reach them through the following pages. The LABOUR QUESTION is one of vast importance to all good citizens, and continues to increase in magnitude with the growth of population. I claim no superior foresight or wisdom, and ask only a careful reading and that appreciation which the following remarks merit. W. H. COUNCILL. HUNTSVILLE, ALA., December, 1887. R F Dickson, Job Printer. Huntsville, Ala I. THE LABORER. 1. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.--GEN. III-19. 2. Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth and subdue it.--GEN I-28. 3. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.--GEN. XI-7. Nothing in the Holy Scriptures is more prominently set forth and persistently impressed than the duty of man to labor. In the quotations above made, it is clearly seen, 1. That labor is ordained by God, and therefore dignified. There is nothing dishonorable about labor. The man who is ashamed to put his hand to any kind of work which will bring a support to his family, has the wrong idea of labor, and will soon or late come to poverty or the prison. None are exempt. All are commanded to work, and the idler is an enemy to the state, a burden upon society, and a dishonor to his God.