The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1864-09-17

Union has been compelled 10 make: i'm fact
that his whole action has been one Of quasi
hostility to our position, hat other concln-
sion can be dedueed from his course. In proof
OF this, inducements Of permanent situations
were he.1 Jut to several Of our members. con
ditlonal, however, on severing their connection
with, or obligation to, any trade society with
the Interior design, however, Of regulating
their wages hereafter as Mr.. Storey might dic-
tate. The object to be accomplished can easily
be seen. II il in combined, concerted action
our only safety lies. This our employers Nell
know. and hence their anxiety, by specious pre-
fences and iattering inducements to the unprin-
cipled, 70 accomplish their nefarious designs
designs that could never be entertained tilt
treason reared his hideous form in our midst
and are betrayed by the men we have
FosIER-ed and protected.
But with what consistency can they reproach
US for our adhesion 10 Onion principles when
the 1Smss propretors are members Of an or
ganization which dictates 10 every reader ami
advertiser in their journal, and whose energies
would be directed to crush any paper that re-
fused TO be governed by their dicfa. We refer
to the ''Northwestern Publishers Association"
few remarks in conclusion relative to the
baseness Of the transaction Ia the month "
June, 1868, edict issued suPpressing the
"Ch'cago Times for disloyal and pcendiary Lam
guage. With few exceptions that actio On was
in this city. No sympathy was manifested BY
any except the mechanic at his beneh and the
laborer on the street A meeting was called
and the hard -hsted sons Of toll rallied in their
strength, and believing that the order was arbi-
trary and unconstitutional requested its recall
The telegraph flashed the request 10 Washing
to-. and the following morning the prohibition
was removed. A few months later veteran
regiment it, return TO active service, had
atas sufa la.
establishment. That intention came TO the
knowledge Of the employees-and in this its
| hour Of need, these men, now basely betrayed
Republicans and Democrats Printers, and
members Of the n,-ananimously resolved
that they would stand by Mr. Storey t0 the bitter
end, and if need be, defend his property at the
risk Of their lives.
| Mechanics Of Chicago-y0u stood by the
Times in the hour of its adversely your in
huence was unbpught, Jour request did pore
$50 remove that restriction than everv other IN
fuence, and this is your reward Of gratitude
Business men Of Chicago will you patronize
sheet which, while protesting to be the expo
nent of Democratic principles, throws thirty
workmen out Of employment without q mo-
ment's warning, because tney dared to live up to
/ the God-implanted principles of manhood and
I independence. Our motto is 4 Defence It De-
/ hance; our action is self-protective.
! aggressive; our labor is capital, and self
protection is Natures first law We know our
| principles and position are misunderstood we
believe when the public are enlightened we
shall have the cordial sympathy and co-opera-
4 tion OF every right-minded man these evil i'm
pressions fast being removed. and it is
indeed a cheering sign of the times 10 fnd Sir
Archibald Allison, the eminent Scottish histo-
rian, publicly declaring ..t these societies are
not only beneficial BUT ABSOLUTELY ISDIsPES-
. RI MS
I woREINGMANn
Women of Chcago-nothers, wives. sisters,
we appeal TO you. Our course has been
grossly misrepresented. You have been told
We make war on women. We spurn the insin-
uation Why should we. Has God not implanted
those feelings Of love and respect for the weaker
sex strongly in the breast OF the artisan as
the man OF wealth Has his home, though
humble, less endearments than the home of
1 the banker or merchant We leave you TO
reply. While j proprietors Of the Times
parade tine fact hat they have temporarily EN-
ployed some thirty girls simply to accomplish
4 their ends, they do not tell you that by so doing
they have deprived over thirty familses of their
means of support. Wives of mechanics You
who, under the most rigid economy, can barely
make the paltry pittance your husband earns
meet the demands Of necessity, what think you
: of the man (g) who would rob you now of your
daily bread Think you such an one is capable
1 Of generous feeling-of noble action and
yet this is the creature who has the efrontery
to ask for public sympathy under the plea Of
al coating your interests or advancing your
condition
To you, workingmen Of Chicago, it cannot be
necessary to add one word in explanation OF
! our position. This blow, though directly aimed
at the Typographical Union, is virtually blow
at every labor organization in this city Your
independence, your manhood and self-respect,
are equally involved in the struggle with our
own, the aaimus which actuates Wilbur f. Storey
in this crusade is the same which has prompted
every blow that has been struck at labor from
time immemorial Let US, then, all rally round
q common centre; act in concert act as men
who are alive TO the momentous issues at stake;
| as men who know and mean to do their duty.
Let us promptly irown down everything tend
ing to create dissenson in our ranks. Let no
specious pretences blind us let no hattering
inducements swerve us hair breadth from The
path OF dhry-a duty plain as the noondsy
sum- In short let us act as men who know our
rights, and knowing dare maintain them. Let
these feelings actuate US, and we will emerge
from the furnace, purged Of our dross and
strengthened by the trial, and eventually take
| the position to which are entitled, and which
our influence and intelligence demand.
By order,
Chicago FrrocRApHrcAr Ur1ox.