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In his post, Lamoureux describes how “understanding the history of the temperance movement and more government spending in high risk areas it becomes obvious that the issues that the upper class thought they fixed only made matters worse as they created new problems.” I agree with his statement, that because of the existing detachment between the elite and the working class led to an exaggerated representation of the poor’s interests. In my post, I will pinpoint the central issue as while their the poor’s views were somewhat represented, they were also greatly ignored and at times, not payed attention to altogether.
Wilentz agrees with his statement as he claims, “a feeling of prejudices does exist between the wealthy and the laboring classes. But while Lamoureux did not necessarily cite a reasons for the existent gap between the poor and the rich, H.G.O Colby, on page 304, points directly at the cause, “”he blamed this sourness of spirit on demagogues who declaim in bar-rooms and grog shops, with surpassing eloquence, upon equal rights, when the only species of equality they desire is that the loafer shall share the wages of the laborer” In other words, Colby is directly attacking the good intentions of the Church as in his view, “there were was no reason for hostility between the rich and laboring classes.” As for Colby, both the rich and the poor, “had the strongest reason, for mutual friendship and the most cordial unions.” But instead, the church created factions within this group, that while was in the name of quality, only created a greater divide.