The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-21

the dollar. and thslf shonidss loe6ed WITH =
pYblIc dsbs which win put Thorn and thelf
sn.a ~. poekds OF shod5y Contractors aad
gr.anbsek yatriats Euthusiassic app'anse
p..cl..d That the first duty tf ths people
.,,n. E,rth ID TO restore The constitutional
Gov.rumeut which the present usnfpsr -
Washington has overthrowni shss whsn s1o
r,ns,itnlion. ~ censtrued by the Supreme
Tonrs ard M administered by every Pfesidens
en-, Washingtcn 10 Buchanan 10 re eetab.
WshsJ the Union will be re established, and
no, mi then. . lAppisusel
g..olref That the war 10 prosecuted for
tha sole aud only purpose Of preventing this
restoration of the Union; that It 10 10 avowed
Congress, and hence oil who support the
war lid In preventing q restoration Of the
Union. and are allies Of the Abolition dis
union party, which for thirty years has de-
cl.red i would, If possible, accomplish just
what 1t has cone and is doing [Applause.
1esolsed, That the time has arrived when
It is necessary to form Democratic Union
party upon an anti war, anti Abolition, State
rights basis, place tho Government back
where It stood before Mr.. Lincoln and his
party demoralised 1t, aud then the Federal
{! Union becomes what It was intended to be-
| q Government to secure the domestic tran
Quiility" Of oil the States, as essential to the
South as to the North, end benefit OF such
transccndent importance IS to be rejected By
| no one of them.
! Reso1red, That the entire financial policy OF
| the present Administration tends to divide
the community into two classes, via: those
| who produce nothing and enjoy all, and
| those who produce all and enjoy nothing
! Iapplausel and that the tirae has arrived
| when the working men must organize for
their own protection; that the evils that
now affiict the trades aud mechanic arts are
wholly political in their origin, and per
! rnanent remedy for them Is only to be found
| in one grand and general "strike" to get the
present Abolition oligarchy out OF power.
tApplause.
Hsso2ced, That we are not in favor OF Abo-
lition or negro equality, and that history has
proved that freeing the negroes is simply a
tax upon the white lahoring classes and
that We protest against the policy which will
allow four millions of negroes to cease the
production of cotton, sugar, rice, etc.-arti-
Giles essential to the laboring classes-as a
gross outrage upon them, and as tending to
increase the price of thase articles to such n
degree rs to allow of their consumption only
by the wealthy and pampered Abolition arts
tocrats, who invest their money in Give.
twenties," where, exempt from oil taxation,
il pays nino per cent. interest, even in war
times! lApplauee.]
.
Ing be requested TO appoint a COMMITTEE
consisting Of thirteen members, Of which
| he shall be the eX Ottlcio Chairman, to draft
au address to the working men OF the Unit ed
States, calii,g their attention to the evils
which now affect thu laboring classes, the
| unequal taxation with which they are now
buriened by the unjust laws OF Congress,
which exempt the rich at the expense OF the
poor--to the national debt, which is at ali
. n,,1
medies or modes Of action to mitigate pres
cnt wrongs and avert new ones SIS shall BE
most likely to ccomplish these ends. ZAP
plauee
The Chairman then stated that as soon as
| the committee TO draft an address shall have
been appointed, the names OF the gentlemen
constituting the committee will be officially
announced.
Chauucey G. Burr was then introduced to
| the meeting, and received most cordial
and enthusiastic reception i-on the audi
! eDce. AS soon as the enthusiasm had sub
sided, Mr. Burr spoke substantially as fol-
! lows:
! Mr. President; On being called up to ad-
| dress this association of working men call
to mind passage Ia Edmund Burke's cele-
brated Thoughts on Scarcity" In which
| that great observer of the relative position
and duties OF the rich and laboring classes
confesses that Not Only States and states
men, but sill classes ana descriptions OF the
| rich are pensioners Of the working class. and
are maintained BY their superiority. They
| are under an absolute, hereditary, and irdis.
psnsabie dependence on those who labor,
and mieCalied the poor and in reality feed
both the pcnsioner and themselves" II is
! pleasing 10 read these compendious e6mis-
si0ns, qyhon tbs news paper organs Os the
Administration are seriously discussing I ie
necessity OF restricting the franchise By &
property gualihcation-When Congress is
passing laws to throw taxation off OF banks
and capital that the whole weight may be
rolled upon the shoulders of labor and in
dl.stry-and when the whole machinery OF
revenues Is being so constructed as TO make
capital the master of labor. What is there
| i'll the present honr that does not mortify
and alarm and make desperate the friend of
! the people and the wellwshcr Of his Coun
trys
The rncEev you reosive tof your labor is
dsp7eoia,ed forty PSF can't from sac coed old
| fashioned D srlocrstic dollar But yonr wsges
+; have not sona up four hundred per cent. Your
real income from your labor does MT keep IN
| sight Of your increased necessary expendi
tures- That 10 the way the Administration
| have mado tbs working classes prosperous -
Partisan contra ssocs raay be prosparous.-
| Those who have tho handling of the public
| fuuGs may be prosperous. 4 good charca to
! s,eal may render those prosperous who are
within the ting, according to Mr.. Lincolp's
| and M. Stewards c3Epr ehension IF prosgsri
| ty. But their prosperity 10 the ruin of the
| m asses The boundess avarice which this
| war iseds ia the eerna, fos of the working.
man; aud it viii crIsi labor hera into The
sams dependant sud helpless condition Of labor
ia tie Cd World, un!ess the working Glasses,
the masses cf The people, thew CT the yoke
which is now being p'aoed upoa their Dessr.
War eEfieSss g fa~ st tbs expense Of the
many I..is is why tie pluni-,iae fsw g.
| wsyd rave IS If possessed Of the dsyil 1T the
| ieas. rnantie3 of Feaes.