The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-06-02

wants to make money. Well, what matter,
20 long - they assist the working classes,
they get paid for their labor, mere for it
with the Union that without 1t, and they
ought TO be willing to pay those who lab or
for them and the Unions interests. Why
should not the workingman have papers to
advocate his interests as well as the banker
Tor the Board Of Trade, q. .. gam blers,
sharks) One Of the great wants Of the age
10 working-elass literature. working class
journsis and newspapers articles are daily
appearing against the working classes. abus-
ing and mis-representing them, and we nave
no means Of replying to their false sllsga-
tons, no medium Of defence except our own
papers. Let US bear ia mind that News
papers and Unions are human institutions,
and are liable 10 make wrong movements
and to err in Judgment, but we must not
grow discouraged and say they are hum
bugs and cheats let US rather try to put
them right, and profit by past experiences,
let each man be proud Of his vocation, his
Union, and its advocate, and commune with
his fellow Sorkmen about everything rela-
ting toit.
s'Let net those blush who have" said Fuller,
''but those who have not lawful calling"
Bishop Hall says, Sweet is the destiny of
all trades, whether Of the brow or Of the
mind" Men who have raised themselves
from an humble calling need not be ASIAN
ed, but rather ought to be proud of the diff
culties they have surmounted. The Iaborer
on his feet stands higher than the noble
man on his knees. Growers are drones in
the workingmans hive, ever saarling ut
the measures Of others, complaining Of
cliques, and endeavoring to destroy CONT
dence in Union. If man suggest some
beneficial advice, they cry him down for
interested motives, for seeking his own ag-
grandizement, at their expense. Still you
must labor for the right against all opposi-
ton, come from what quarter it may.
Nothing upon the earth's surface is vAlu-
able to man until labor stamps its imprin'
upon it, nor can we enjoy anything on it,
until we have labored to obtain it, in how
ever small degree; but Trades Unions
are started that men by associating together
may enjoy liie's benefits without excessive
and ill-rewarded toll, and thus obtain that
which the austerity Of capitalists deny
them we possess rights which we should
unhlnchingly maintain and owe rights to
the employer which we should never
refuse.
Now, that the labor campaign may be said
to be fairly inaugurated. and some gallant
fights made, followed, it 10 true, by defeats,
from which We may learn that workingmen
have themselves alone to depend upon for
carrying on to q successful issue this pro-
tracted struggle, lis well for US to organize
our forces anew. In doing so, we must all
acknowledge that Union organizations are
the true and only sure basis on which to
reorganize the army Of labor; Trades As
semblies, Eight Hour Leagues, and Cooper
alive Societies, are all very well in their
way, but the Union must or ought properly
to precede them all. Wherever you find an
ardent, jealous mover in either Of them, you
will be sure to find an original Union man.
Ii is then necessary that We lend oil our
energies to the full and Efficient organizs-
ton Of our Unions. Once get . thinking
mechanic, well skilled in his trade, inside q
Union, and it is but . question Of time when
he will become an active and efficient worke.
in..the all of the above named organizations.
The Union lie the necessity Of them III, and
we therefore urge, most strongly, on the
members of all Unions, to use their utmost
endeavors to gather ali their fellow mschan-
les into their respective Trades' Unions.
Never allow an opportunity to pass without
exerting your influence on those you know
are good men and yet outside them. Had
all Union men done this from the frst, but
few would be now strangers to them, and
our Unions would be strong enough 70 carry
all just measures without subjecting them
selves to the annoyance Of strikes, and
oftent lines disastrous defeats.
Use then your best endeavor TO win men
over to your side. BY being organized, wa
learn the exact statistics Of our respective
trades and regulate our ways accordingly