New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-18
The Unlfed Working Meas League.
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bis labor Wi.h gold and silver and rags they purchase
his birthrisht From The date Of such purchase his
life is in their bands Henseforth, he exists only ~
,hsir sufersrce Whenever they may determine that
they have no longer any need Of his services he may
beg steal or perish What matters il to them what Be
comes Of the lawful instrument Of the srsincsron OF
their cupidiiyi has been paid the wages agreed
upon perhaps; that 10 sufficient, stbough q hiss not
now wherewiths to sustain life single day. Il may
die-de-and its bone. perchance the bones of loved
father, or of son Of husband, un5uried enrich
Pot,er's Field. saved By the ssnct!iy Of lswi thcr
consceuces are clean within the pale Of the sw they
are justified before God. And whenever In their wis
DOM The employers may arrive e, the conclusion that
the su in the market has far diminished that they
cfG 20 employ bis services egsin u despite the
Aims House the Prison and lOitcrs Field, he Is si Ia
the market fv sac, they wiring from bin larger
of sDor for smaller rate OF wages than they
ever did before. They offer him the market value OF
bis .bor. Il be does accept, another will, snd ts1
not responsible for the consequences Are not hu
cattle marketable commoduesf Is not II tue Gus
tom among + acers TO buy cheap and sell dear Mast
not Shylock have bis pound Of he'h
IL Is, therefore, 10 The influence az taptsl fgdilN
abor which has bcca admitted into the councils OF the
aooring classes, dividing and dlstracting them, by
splitting them up into many parties as there are
classes Of employers having distinct and exclusively
selfish objects IN view that the failure OF all the efforts
any one of their natural rights should be sttSouted
Toe representatives OF all partes-Nhis Democrsiic
and V0rkHS ntHs who have hled the Legislative Ju
diciA and Executive Offices of Government and 10
whom the direction Of puolc opinion and the framing
OF lust laws have been cOuhded, have Invariably De
syed the trusts reposed IN tneu aud cast the weight
OF their influence in favor and leyslaed in behs Of
Agricultural Manufacturing. Commercial and PROBES
,onal Employers with the sole view Of furnishing the
Capitalist vita home foreign market for the sale
~ tne products Of Labor, and supplying him with 4
convenient cafe and stable currency rnurely regard
les. OF the interests aud weal OF the Laoorer Tor
quarter Of a century have Norkingmen toied and
Troauei through miserable lives, paying more than
thre quarters Of the fair products OF their labor for
room work, aud for tool. 20 work with NrVerthets
indications OF the passage Of laws intended 10 oen'n
them have been very few and far between, and those
only such rs have served decOy 20 lure the abOrer
IA waste bis strength upon weak and pstry election
eering projects which have always been scattered TO
the winds by mercenary emis'sries OF espitalss'
xhsnever they have been deemed worth interfering
with The condition of the a5erins classes has NOT
been improved either by guaranteeing their rsht 10
labor or f-ir day wages Tor TAR day WORK, &c
curing the puncual payment OF the miseraOc pt,ahce
In the shane OF wages tor which they have agreed
% work or By diminishing the hours ot thelf daiy
toll while employm has become more ana more
difficult 10 obtain wages have fallen, and must isli st
lower rents have rsen, and must rise siill higher
snd altogether the evils incident to their condition as
w,ge..saves have Increased tenioid snd must con
auue 10 increase ia augmented ratio until death Is
the order Of the day, aud the columns OF the lroHHts
Cgrers and P0sfs, then published, shall De ne1 WHO
little ese but the titngs Of hecatomos Of brethren
and sisters inundated by the Destroying Angel on the
altar Of Starvation.
The plain truth t. that Representative form OF
Goyernment that makes the Sol marketable com
modify thus reducing the anditss to state Oi auso
ude dependence upon the landlord, 10 the most afro
ci0us that did Or ever could, or ever VIII exist
Under no other form of Government can the proper
ZION of tVr,nts 10 slaves become great or so
large a number OF persons ever become interested IN
the robbery and degradation Of the producer. Want
of work and consequent distress now pervaco the
States Of this COnedrracy even more, IN proporln 70
the population and extent Of territory than tney 90 TOE
Brush Isles In the gaunt poverty and hasgard looks
of thousands In the hunger, rakednes and ignorance
of their children In the OF moral dsDiayit ana
physical exhaustion which crowds our ais with erin
mails and our hospitals with victims OF disease IN the
desperate motives that have impeled Legislators 10
make poverty \ crime sinking the poor stranger VINO
has nos Visible of subsistence to the level OF
elon in the ready aud extensive sale OF tue most cee
brad works of the heartess economists VINO deny 70
the poor the blessings Of conjuga Affection ana even
recommend the painless destruction OF the lives OF
,heir proeeny-in all this distress, desperation and
terror the legitimate fruits OF the Representative ezs
ation of this cOuntry-we read tos evidence VI lhe
imperfection OF our Representative institutions ahu
earn the neyerto gotten lesson bat the spirit OF
Progress can be but very little aided In the accom-
pll.hmsnt of It's mission by the conversion OF land
stealing De.potisms into lsnd stealing Repu5lics
lis not conse quenty, the representation OF WORK
numen or any other men, n the Government OF TINS
S,s,e ar Nation tina, we believe will eject radical
cure of the evils OF which Workingnen have 90 muen
iust reason 10 complain. They have reaped notning
rom IL hut bitter disappointment, beaftess m0ckery
and cruel uersecuton II has pronounced on them the
DOOM of fantaus presented them with the apples oil
Asohatus and marked their degradation inc ueeper.
The work of the sooring classes Is religious political
aud industrial, aud they must IL J0r Mens~oes, ia
The Union of bona ffe Workngmen, employing them
selves making their own exchanges, and acung tose
Their reigousy and politically To redeem the son ron
the grasp Of the csp,ait-tnrougn rIee heeuhs snu
Conventions each man being secure ia 'ne
r. sht of speech or the OF his own ndlsd
usl conyictons-throu the Press, by removal Of Al
Conventional restrictions which hinder Tree access
thereto aud the publication OF pamphlets tracts &c -
aui through the Baotb box BY extension OF the rgn
Of suffrage TO All persons Of mature age and OF SOUND
mind the removal Of all legal disAOihtes "nlcn pre-
vent the free exercise thereof and ts exercise dHeo
Tor or against the adoption Of laws Instead OF the eec
too of representative Law makers-in this NIXON o.
.,en 10 their only hope. There may De- tnere
arr. employers willing 20 aid the WorAingmsn 10 me
s.nulrnt OF his rights and the voluntary osr Oh ln
.ymo.thy AID means should never be refused Bal
While they continue employers their etorts are more
spuropristely "a well as usefuny applied 10 toe "a
structon and enlightenment OF tneir own eisss ~
uediAtors only their services hkey 70 De required
A. med stors they and ought 70 form separate
or xInizsuon. -, l.
he that ruleth hi. own spirit Is greater than u
that takelh city Self government Is inat "nicn va
intended by God. Every established orgsni<auon taa
IT,
| OF the Almighty The supreme Ruler has estsoasnet
| certain Laws OF human growth and development ue
On ,nding the equal exercise Of al the physiesi nteec
tu.l ana moral faculties Of every human being N ~
Or hr oa proper p7soa To these lave each indivifu~
!, under Obligation 10 conform Nonconiofmity there
10 /. treason against Heaven. To a-enaie or deess'
h perform snce Of duEy or the exercise OF rznt 10
| therefore the worst species % lnndehty. WORKING
rn-n then must learn now 10 perform tneir duties an'
10 exercise their rights Individually and organic As
| clas. R0roEra<af Of ALL f0r he 5eneNby EACH #"
| i,ssiffke PERFECTION OF sELF GovERSnENr
Toe long have me Wsrkingmen been iaugn, thAt "
| this country ntey are sovereign S0rre5Hf ies ~
the owners Of gle foot OF the Territory over Nnic
II n, alleged that they exercise sovereignty nor con'e
guenty the masters Of their time or talents out % a
.intents purposes and constructions ~hstsoeFef, ar
the urouerry Of the employers Who FOR TIE ne yeln-
| nave purchased the ~ Of their time and te4-nu
| SJr,reisas Yet subject 10 laws they never 1esfa
| and nobody understancs-neiher the men VINO % -
,h- nor those who execute them nor those VINO sumo
b the violation OF them. No, 10. The RIAL sovereign
10 ,hi, country IN al other counresAre those es'se
| IA society VINO through monopoly Oh the 'oi' acc
musts tie products Of tue labor OF tne iano-ss an
are thus enabled 10 control 10; only me proc
and distribution Of wealth, but the produenon ana Oh
,,ioution ii public opinion also. corrupt Cno'en
| A nercenary Press are always ready 70 DO an
| rork that will psy. And here, as zee" nefe' ~, "
| cnurch 10 not Only dsno. bls On ne oiho stae an
mr. a. everyEnere the WoI kngmsn has not even ."
ofess nor ever will have Anywhere Until the gre.
ruth recognized that the right Of speech "a sor'
:, well a. individual night that shosoes1r so1lss'
M, brother BY that very act yielfs = nhA nc
-eaiv through the same medium be 10 Addresses -
- = -, ~ unicafiOn between msn an1 ma