Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-10
ys4 COLUMBUS, OHIO, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 49, 1864

product or labor In our possession; and we
further contend that our government best
subserves the purposes for which 1t was
treated when it abstains from interfering
for or against the interests of those whom,
by its conditions, it recognizes as equals.
Fifth. We protest against the adoption Of
said law, because that IL is admitted to be
copied from code of English enactments.
We object to 1t as the aim of said enactment
provides for the regulations Of servants in
the employ of their masters; we further de-
mand that it shall not become one of our
la,os for the simple but paramount reason
that it Is not suited to the range of our re-
publican atmosphere; we contend that as
In its construction it was intended to rep
resent the operations of a government
which is founded upon the priuilege Of
classes, let it remain with people whose
three functions of government, namely
the House of Commons, House of Lords,
and Royalty-act as three separate mani
festations Of one power, that OF the aris-
Sirtl. We protest against its passage be-
cause it Is admitted, tolhe an exact copy Or
counterpart of q British law; as American
citizens we objeetto be thus dfagged to the
degraded level of a people Of whom cele-
brated author says-'Less than twenty
thousand landholders hold fourteen mil
lions of the English people in subsection,
and these by their subserviency hold an
other one hundred and fifty millions of the
people of this earth in the most abject
slavery" Therefore, .,,,....
| RESOLVED, That this meeting Indignantly
protest, in the name of the working men
generally, against this premeditated out
rage on their rights. and peremptorily call
on all the honorable members of both
Houses, to spurn it from them as an in
suit. -g1 -.L
Resolued, That should the bill be allowed
to proceed further, the working class
throughout the State are earnestly requested
in addition to other means, to register the
names of all members found voting for the
same, for future action.
Resolred, That the foregoing resolutions
be printed, and copies sent to all the hon
orable members of both Houses of the
Legislature. ...--..,---. ..--
a Hoice-"Three groans for the man that
introduced the bill" Given with force.
THE PETITION.
The following petition was also circulat-
ed at the gates of the park, receiving thou
sands of signatures:
To the Honorable the New York Legislature:
| We, the undersigned citizens of New
York, Workingmen and Mechanics, re-
spectfully protest against the passage of the
bill now before your honorable body con-
cerning strikes, and petition that the said
bill do not pass, believing it to be an i'll
fringement upon our rights, and contrary
to the spirit of free institutions.
Platform No. q. @
| Mr.. Carlisle, upon assuming the chair
briefly stated the object of the meeting Of
the several workingmen's associations al
this time, which was to calmly but forcibly
protest against the enactment of such a law
as was sought to be passed by the STATE
Legislature, in the interest of capital anC
for the restriction of the rights of the la.
borer-the hard-working, law-abiding me-
chanics. He then presented the resolutions
printed above, which were adopted, ant
several short but stirring speeches made.
Platform No. 8.
| This stand, located on the west side of thu
Il fountain, fronting ON Seventh street, wa
appropriated, says the New York NelcS, tt
the German speaking portion of the meet
ing, and from before o'clock, formed the
chief point of attraction for thousands O
the workingmen speaking that language
A large white flag was hung in front of the
stand bearing the word advance" Or
the stand number of the officers of tht
leading German trade societies were seated
directing the movements, and guarding
against the introduction of politics into th,
discussions of the meeting. Here numerous
speeches were made in German, and thu
meeting adjourned at half past six o'clock
the societies retiring in procession, but thu
tables on which the petition was signe(
were well patronized until dark. ..r