Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-03-30

49, - having Deen announced that Mr.
hionzo u Draper, OF Massac nusetts, would sneak
.ast evening at Willard's Hall, on Labor and
naPital at the hour d. ,signated for the com
ns,son. hI OF tne leet IRE, goodly number of
O'Clock, and the lect, re, nat l;,ns Ign
imnatieeca uoienee began to manifest considerable
NV wea Iy loud lou all. for Robinson" and Others
front % ,h y" Lningham took took position Just i'm
Gsn "a .ne platform, and said
ss,ya W. zen, IL seems incumbent upon us to pre.
ton der We have assembled here by invita-
II. king man from the North ha. to say, laborng
.aer very peculiar circumstances. Let US then
Ssit patiently until we do hear. know the i'm
patience which must actuate every breast That
same Impotence is In my own I went to the
no.ei TO ascertain where Mr.. Draper u.s. He does
NOT Put up at this hotel. -
have ascertained these facts howeyo,. H..
wrote to friend here to advertise that he would
SPEAK TO night And to engage a hall That friend
d as you and ! know, has faithfully performed his
neercea to address US. he does not know.
fEa.seter He himself, believe has gone TO
%ooE at the other hotels
eir. Draper comes here az I understand - +b.
representative of large, oppressed class of our
fellow-Inen. He comes here to represent the
wrongs under which they labor; he comes to give
US idcts from his own knowledge, of thousands of
men and women who have labored in this country
1ot pittance that will not even give us in this
Giy Individually simple support. TApplause
Let us, then, so conduct ourselves-havin in
view the great responsibility which is RESTING
"Pon Capital and Labor; in this country at the
present tme-that we may be able to raise our
voice In the right, when the time comes for us to
! would then that for a short time saw fifteen
minutes. we will walt here and IL then what we
came to hear is not given to u.s. let US retire as he
comes men who know their rights and knowing
nare maintain them. Laughter and applause
" is no. the first time that have advocated the
duse oil the working men, and trust If God
gives me health and strength it will not be the
last time Applause
i.oud calls being made for f B. Robinson that
gentleman took position on the platform, and adj
lie said before proceeding to submit the fe,p
t.mdf As ne designed upon that subject he wonId
~ IN v,nolcauon OF himself that Mr.. Draper
as introduced to him by gentleman of this
city, and although he was very busiIy enoaged on
!hPortaht business, yet he pledged himself to be
.neac ,nat hlSht, and to give him countenance i'm
KresthuhS MS views to the working men of
washington. Those assembled well knew thai
ne On was very suspicious of ANYTHING that
anne from New England. Laughter aud ap
plauseJ Whether il was fault or not no conid
not undertake to explain; but there was soethinI,
tCT 'o' Laugh
However, the motive by which nj,
prompted was an open one. IL was founded rnnon
great principle of Individual rig hts: il was a
P'lnc,ple coevdl with this civilization; it was
based upon the cardinal principle that tho I,ho
rer was worthy of his hire IApplansa ! hnd IN
toe fulhlment OF the mandate OF Him who snata
as never man spike 1t was in justice TO those who
m to
give material aid as well as sympatbv lie rnde,
S'ood tn; the object of Mr.. D. In visiting them
was to solicit from them aid, no matter how small
!" sustain NOSE who are conteDding for a great
principle, ana To protect them from being over
run oy party of sky-larks (Shylocks'9 ian
plause He regretted mu Oh that this sub,ect
"l Labor and Capital was one which the
greatest men OF our country had greatly over
looked. The labor Of a country was its wealth
ana tue laborlng classes were tue bone and sineyv
81 IT, Even in this great country. based as it was
- aHScfl ions f.f 10
industry and tact Its wheels were kept in motion
when retrenchment was to be made the heads of
me woikln 5msn In your navy yards were the first
10 be struck of, instead of the miserable funyi
Laughter ] He concluded by urging the wofk
ingInen never to hesitate in their just and equal
rights.
aeIt addressed the assembly
tie could not account for the non appearance of
Mr. Draper. He had come there that evening by
special Invitation Of MIR. d., who had that morn
ing visited him. Although not prepared even by
momentary reflection, to address them on that
occasion, he could not forbear saying something
IN such cause, when called upon to do so
FROM the brief Interview which he had had with
Mr.: Draper in the morning, and from what he
had read In the newspapers in re ference to the
cause OF which be was part, he could say 1t was
prevail of his mind. and to the warmest sympa-
thiss of his heart. Applause. 1t was cause as
he unders cod it growing out of the msrciIess
oppression bOf labor by the tyrann Il power of
wealth. Ii was a cause which had for its burmese
'o cheer on ard encourage those men Who were
now on taat strike, In maintaining those rights
S winch ~ were inai,enable Applause 1t was in
me the cause OF labor against capital, and al
though he had no agrarian spirit, 1t was one
which he could endorse in all respects But be
did not intend to enter into a discussion Of the
question Of capital and labor; Ii was enough for
him to say that the cause Of labor was one which
ought to be deeply interesting to the mind of
every man who had at heart the welfare of the
country in which he lived. [Applause He
hoped should no
dignity Of labor. because in all sincerity he was
convinced that he felt i'm his heart a greater re-
spect, d more profound love- for the drop of sweat
that glistened upon the rugged brow Of labor
than for the costly gem that glittered in the dia-
dem of royalty. (Ap?lause1
Maj Ben Perley Pocre, about five minutes to
line O'Clock, stepped up to the speaker and
quested him to state that Mr. Drape, had been de-
tanned by indisposition; but that he would be
present in few moments and address them
AT nine O'Clock Mr.. Draper arrived, and being
liver his address
He said he was not prepared to give them a
methodical lecture, but came before them merely
TO present to them plain statement of the wrongs
which the workingmen Of the East had suffered
ne mad been advised not to come to Washington
Cl'y, or In fact not to come to any Southern CITY
to solicit aid for Northern mechanics. He had
been told that the political character of his friends
al honls, ana whom he there represented, would
deoar them from any claim upon their sympathes
or their generosity. Nevertheless at the snlicita
ton Of kind friends, he thought IL best TO come.
He told these parties who advised against his
coming that he believed they were entirely mis-
taken. He told them that he came to Washington
not to make political speech, or to fry any polt-
ical fish; but to come to ask the workingmen of
this place to assist bv their material aid their fell
low-workmsn elsewhere, who were struggling in
defence Of their own rights, and not only for
theirs but for those of all laboring men through
out this broad land-they were engaged in com
mon cause. 1t was the object of the mechanics of
the East not only to secure a temporary advance
lnent In their labor but, if possible, to secure a
hAed and uniform price. 1t was their intention
to dignity labor by making ii a means Of subsist-
ence, by giving the shoemakers of the East the
means OF paying their honest debts, which they
had been unable to do during the past winter
In this strike. as far as he was aware they had
the sympathy Of all classes. He had heard it said
that some of their manufacturers had written here
aud suggested the idea that If the shoemakers of
washington city should contribute toward this
cause, and thus enable the shoeinakers Of LYNN to
secure better price for their labor the quality of
work would advance 30 far that there would be
no demand henceforth for Washington shoes
This idea had, as he conceived, no other merit
than Its originality. Ii was too ridiculous to re.
CURE an answer.
He then proceeded to give a brief history of the