Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-20
WORKINGMEN!
A Voice from the Shops

70 the Workingnsen Of EcG1sUille:
GESTs:-In this mornings issue I see
an article from Mr. J. E. Taylor, ap-
pealing to the workingmen of this city,
in regard to our Trades Unions and
Workingmen's Associations of all kinds.
Now, gentlemen, let me say, l fully ir-
dorss Mr.. Taylor's views, both with re-
gard to political and party issues as be-
ing foreign to our obligations as Trades
Union men, and also his advice to the
Courier man.
From the late issues of the Courier,
strangers to the internal workings of
our mechanical associations, would nat
urally think that we had all sold out to
that JEFF. Dasis.loying sheet. Now, if
there- has been any such bargain and
sale by any of the members of our Car
penters and Joiners' Associations, I
want them to rescind the contract at
once, for it will not go down with me.
/ would further add, that as the Union
political State Convention assemblies at
indianapolis on the 22d inst, it is
doubly important that as many loyal
workingmen as can conveniently attend
said Convention, should do 90, and let
their votes be cast for loyal, honest men,
who espouse the eight hour law through
honest motives and convictions Of right.
If anything in this world could
change me from ahiliating with
the eight hour movement, il would
be for few more such rebel sheets as
the Evansville Courier to espouse our
cause in the same way, and under the
same circumstances that the Courier has
pitched in recently.
sometimes feel good deal like
Samuel Judah, of Vincennes, Ind, said
he felt in political matters about the
year 1886. Prior to that time Mr.. Samu-
Ell judah had been a strong Democrat,
or what was then called jackson man.
Well, it happened that he had profess
sional competitor Whose name was John
Law, also very strong political antago.
mist. Well, sometime about the
above mentioned period, this same John
Law tried his chances for Congress, on
the Wing ticket, against one Ratliff
Boone, Jackson man. The result was
that John Law was badly beaten by old
Ratliff B. Mr.. Law, seeing no chance
to go to Congress through the Wing, or
what was more commonly called the
Clay, party-and to Congress he must
go-nothing was left him but to change
his tactics. This he did sometime after
wards, and came out all right for the
Democracy. A. short time after Law Q
summsrsault, Mr.. Samuel Judah was
heard denouncing his old Democratic
party and extoling the Wing party. On
being asked his reasons for leaving his
old party when it was so vastly in
the ascendency, and when, too, there
were no great political issues at
stake, be said, am q lawyer and never
bothered myself about politics, and as
long as John Law voted with the Wing
party knew / was right if ! voted to
the opposite Of him, and now that Law
has turned Democrat / renounce that
party for I know there is something rot
ten in it. So you see, gentlemen, said
he, am consistent man. Now, work
ingmen, that is good deal like my feel
ing in regard to the Courier and our
eight-hour movement When such
rebel sympathisers; Union and Govern
ment haters as the Courier seeks to in
gratiate themselves in our feelings and
views by pretending to hoist our banner
and at the same time abuse and
bemesn q loyal, moral, and decent,
and well established paper, l say, fellow
workingmen, il ia time to stand from
under. | do not mean to be driven
IRON orr enterprise, and most. cordially
invite all that will and can consistently,