The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1851-01-22
ADDRESS.
TO THE JoURNEYMBN PAINTERS OF THE UNI
TED STATES.


For some time past, the project of calm
together National Convention Of Jo1 nsy
men Printers, have met with considerable
attention aud favors with the Trade in varI.
,us pO tiOns OF the country, Aware Of TIM
act, aud rartakinr also in the general de
sire, the Unions of New York. Philadelphia
aud Boston, about mouth since, Issued
a Circular, requesting The different Socie
lies throughout the county, to send dele
gates to National Convention to b. held
~ New York on Monday. Dec. 2, 1850
consequence of the verl short space o.
time intervening between the receipt OF
the tircular aud tn, meeting OF the on
vention but FIVE Suites have sent d
eeates; viz: New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania Maryland, AID KentuckN.
These delegates met in Convention at the
ine aud p'a'e specified; aud, hrough then
committee, now address You.
Itis useless for us to disguise from our
selves The fact that, under the present ar
rangement OF things, Their exists perpet.
nal antagonisn between Labor and CaPI-
;aI The railors are inv unfairly pittea
against the Employers; Que side STRIVING 70
sell their labor for as much, and the other
striving to buy il for as little, as they can.
In this war of interests, Labor, of is It,
stan is no chance. The power is all oil the
other side. Eve,y addition to the numb.r
OF .borers in the market, decreases cir
mower; while the power of Capital grows
| in a rate commensurate with the increase
of the Capital itself. On the one side the
r.ater number OF dol ar the greater the
ability to succeed in the conflict; OH the
| ,rhpr he greater humber Of lShorers, the
| less the ability to succeed. Aud TO this
the fact that wealth accumula:es, on tn one
| side, much aster, as tie laborers accumu
late on the other, and the utter impotency
, unor5 anrzed Labor in a warfare agaus
: pital 5 already manifest.
To remedy the many disastrous, @riev
ances arising from this disparity of power
Combination, for muruai agreement in DE-
terniag rates of wages. and for concer
action in MAINTAINING them, has beer
resorted 20 in many Trades, and principal!
in our own. Its success has abuhdantly de
monstrated its utility. Indeed while thu
! resent Wages System continues IN opera
non, rs an immediate protection from pres
| / y calaniti"s. it is clearly the only effec'
Ia! m ans which abor caa adopt so far a
extends, il destroys, ompetiton in the la
Dor narNrt un''-> the " rkm. people, an,
produce sort Of equilibrium in the pow
er of the conflicting parties.
Tins being the case, il appears eviden
that an extensive Or4allZalIon, e,nbracin
lie whole country, would secure 10 our owl
II amy other rade, a pOwe which conh
- derived from no other source. The De-
gates here assembled have come togetHe
Ieeply Impressed With his conviction. The
egafG such al Organization, Tot only a
IN agent of Immediate relief, but also es
sen,ial 10 the ultimate destruction Of thos
aauatIra. relations at present subeistn
netween the interest of the employing an
he employed classes. All their action
nave acco dinghy been regulated
view to the establishment Of such an OtgaI
Ia ION. II y have recommended the Il
nation of Societies IN all the cities All
towns throughout tn country. They haS
: reude. ed it obligatory up n all members
the 2 Ofe>sion ira, cling TO ony point Ell
brared in the represe Ataiion here, for Wor
10 have with them certificates Of AIembe
r shi }, from the Society loo tied IN the pIa,
d from which they come They have esta
,shrd a National Executive Nommitte
TO u:ge the enforcement of heir recon- ne
n dations and requirements. They have al
:. instructed that Committee to use their l
d most exertions to have full re presentati,
of he whole untry in the next Nation
: Convention which they have ordered TO
held i, Baltimore, Md. on the 18th Of ne
;! September.
The members Of the Convenion are W
aware that to seen the adoption Of I
II measures they recommed, they mus
!" commend those alone which are best e
l. culated to effect the immediate well-lrei
of the indi idusl members OF the : rat
The establishment Of a general Or4ani:
p tion must he IF ctive upon certain prin
plies. In proportion as the advantages
r the operation of those principles arfeIt a
observed the establishment Of that Org;
y izaIion will! be rendered certain or Doubt
a The principles therefore, recommended
I'd the Conve ton, upon which it urges
D. formation oC Societies TN, ouhout the col
A. try, are such as cannot fail TO enlist
re- their favor th- most potent considerable
oil of of ST interest. Among them are.
First: An understanding in the regr
It ton of Scales of Prices in different localt
b so that those in one place may not be !
or mitted to become so comparatively h
nc as TO induce work to be sent elsewh'
a Second. The enforcement of the p
n ciple OF limiting the number of apprentit
N ny which measure too rapid increase
e. the number of ~orkmen; too little car
e. the selection of boys for the business;
the employment of herds of half wages
the de;riment Of good workmen;
~ be efactnally prevented.
It" Third. The issuing Of Travelling 'er
a Gates. by which those distresses of brot