, 1865-12-13

| Railroad EItottl1ns and Government
| bonds.
OTTAWA, December 10. 1865.
Editors Chicago Tttbune: -,
The next great political Issue to be canyassed
md decided In Illinois, and indeed throughout
The great Northwest, evidently WIN be be.
tween the people and the vast moueycd md
railroad nonopolies by which the hard csn-'
inGs ofthe working classes are absorbed. to
use no haIshcr word, by those who sttoll not
neither do they spin." And this contest will
not be confined to the Northwest, for, the
mechanics and factory operatives of New
York, Pennsylvania and New England arc d..
rrcuy interested in the question. and
will enlist In the Aght- The shoe
makers Of Abingdon and Lynn, the wcayers
OF Lowell and Lawrence, IS well as The iron
manufacturers and nachinists Of New York
and Pennsylvania aro the consumers Of West,
ern bccf, pork, butter, 1our and wool, while
the West consumes their manufactures. and
every dollar added to the freight upon these
articles Se.ween the producer and consumer,
above fair pricc, Is an additional burden upon
both rlasses, which they nrr unable and ourht
not to bear. The interests Of all working men. /:
East md West, whatever their specific cm.
ployment, are then identical, and not con.
1lctiuE, and they should make common canse
against the great Barking, Railroad md Com
mcrclal combinations Of the country, and not
ailow themselves to be. a1rayod against esch
other, thereby neut1ali1lng their power and de-
lcat11g thelr common cause. The movements
lately instituted in Morris aud DcKa,lb, In
Illinois, and at Hudson, Wisconsin, and Mt
other points tn the West, are In The, right
direction and will 60 forward. Stealing and
swindling under cover Of laws and charters
lobbied through the legislatures. by stealth
and bribery will not be submitted to by the |
io{ling millions Of the country much longer.
The people hare dccrred the destruction Of |
slavery, which Was d system Of unblushing 1
robbery and theft, directly petpetrated "
the rich and powerful against the poor and |
dedeneeless under the sanctions Of law and !
religion. The people; saw the inIquity I
through the sham .de!enccs Of Bible and Con-
which were 1aterposed, and swept !
away the refuge Of lies under which slavery
hid ITSELF and .'yested rigAts'' of railroad
monopolles, Which are 50 boldly put forward
as defence to The Wholesale robbery Of the
farmers Of the Northwest, and the mechanics
Of the East, Will ere long, be where the
Divine rights" OF Shareholders are. Let not
I be render infer that the writer charges the !
men me-. ~ho enjoy the huge fortunes, wrung out
q ihe sweat of labor, By these mouopones,
with being worse than other mcn-afl men
are alike But the mischief is, thai by means
Of these corporations, these *.rested rights"
TO ROB and steal by wholesale, secured by
fraud md bribery at the hands Of. those who
were chosen as the people's representative.
in some instances. men possess the power, to l.:
pile up princel J fortunes in year .by a lax
of half ihels original value upon corn, beef
Ehcai, etc.; 3ts-twhish ought 70 BE- retained
i be proclaimed fearlessly, .thst lafge
noneyed interests Of The country have beens
or years projecting organized md CON
ettsd movements against the Industry Of |