The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-07
The Tailors' Meeting

/ As we write, the tailors and their friends ar,
making some striking speeches at their mass meet
| ing in the Park. We walked among them in tn,
| hope of gaining some further information on til,
subject Of their agitation, but it frutIess at
tempt. In the first group we found a crowd o.
honest looking Germans, alternately listening to
and applaudng an orator ''bearded like the pard,
only infinitely "more so,' who was addressing
them IN fierce German, with violent gesticulation,
like some unhappy man who has fallen among
broken consonants, and is struggling with an
awful catter-to get out of them. Farther on was
another group, above whom Mr. Brisbane was vo
ciferating and drinking cold water. He forb,or,
to touch upon the subject Of their grievance, blu
/ astonshed them with picture of the beauties Or
Association, and by denouncing with deliberate
"woe-woe--woe!" all our merchants, bankers,
| newspapers, and 'fselfsh capitalists He was
followed by a young man who could have been
better employed than haranguing his fellows and
who foundered in the wake of Brisbane, knock
ing his head against theories about which he was
! evidently profoundly ignorant s sat,
! We are bound TO say that the utmost decorum
prevailed throughout. There were some terrific
rbaI assaults upon absent bosses, &C., but moth
ing more. The worst feature Of the proceedings,
however, was demagoguish placard posted in
the Park, denouncing their employers as ''thieves
and idlers,' and informing the world of a new
truth recently discovered, that ssthe laborers are
masters and o,cners of everything they create, y
and declaring the resolution of four thousand men
to go to prison, rather than return to the shop
board, without "the trife of advance demanded
was conceded On inquiry we were glad to find
that the better part Of the mass lamented the APP
pearance of this strange production, and averred
their ignorance of the quarter from whence it EN-
anated. Such an exhibition of ignorance and i'll
temper would injure the best of causes. seg III
Since the above was in type, the preamble and
resolutions passed ut that meeting have been
handed us for publication. We do so willingly,
and commend most strongly that portion of the
fifth resolution which enjoyns upon the journey
men taors "the necessity Of doing all they have
TO do with the employers in the most orderly man
ner possible, and which urges them sto main
tain their position quietly aG
~ sia0 PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS NJ
Whereas, the day has come when the working
men of this country feel it incumbent upon them
to assemble in public meeting to express their
views in regard to the rights of themselves and
their fellow-aborers, and to do their duty as men,
as fathers, and as brothers TO support with their
greatest energies the movement now making
throughout this broad republic in behalf of down
trodden labor; to prevent the Cause of revolution
and blood-shed by mantainin q a living price I"
for their labor; to prevent tie growth Of an un-
wholesome arlstocracy, VIII ose only aim is to ac-
quire wealth by the robbipg of the toiling masses
to place themselves in a position to successfully
combat capital; to bring. labor up to it's proper
elevation, and take thai. position which God in
tended man should fill--truly independent of his
fellows, and above the position of a mere "wages
slave Therefore, belt
1. Resolved Tha.. the laboripq man is entitled
to the full product. of his toll.
2. Resoircd, That it is the duty Of all laboring
men to give ernest and eectual support to every
effort to IMPROVE the condition Of the laboring
classes, provided such effort be based upon strict
justice.
3. RESOLVED, That the demand of the journey
men tailors for advanced wages is just and mod
crate. and meets with o,lr upnrobation
A. Resoiped, That We deem it our duty To sup (
port the journeymen tailors in their efforts and
in order to do so, pledge ourselves ut to pur-
chase any article Of clothing from, or in any way
direct custom TO, those employing ,ailors who re-
fuse TO pay their scale of prices. |
s. Resoiced, That We deem il the duty of every
man, whatever his condition, Il, support and as
sist the aboring classes and Particularly, we re-
commend the various trade associations TO take !
prompt measures to sustain the journeymen ta,lors
Of this city in their present effort and that we
enjoin upon them the necessity of doing all they
have to do with the employers in themost orderly
manner possible ; that we urge them to maintain |
their position quietly, and the employers will !,
come to them Gas the prophet went to the noun
tain, when the mountain refused to come to him.
g. Reso'ped, That the general appliances Of cap
ital Is unjust, oppressive and ruinous to the peo
pie, and should be met by pronapt, temperate,
but unyielding opposition. a.a
q. Rssoired, That the capitalist who takes adj
vantage of the necessities OF the laborer, to force
him to work at starving prices, is no less robber
than the thief
8. Resolped, That it is the de- .ty Of the working
classes, to take immediate I measures to make
themselves independent of tn ose capitalists who
seek to Cypress them, and to avoid the necessities
of STRIKES, while they secu re to themselves am
pie prices for their labor.-N. Y. Sunday Times.
FIRE AND Loss OF LIrE.- -Ne,o Orleans, July
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