The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-10-19

pv|Ion g vakraa1 a1d - poor. hoass . |
paopsi< M{ny thse ~ = veil able 70 |
lies.
We are to hass the famous tragsdienne
g Ristorin on nsxt Monday evening Il the I
Academy Of Musies which will nsotnsit6ls
the Withdrawal Of ths BLACK uroct,"
which y prsdussas 10 'Hss style to paying
HOUSES. Tho weather ~ very favorable for
the theatres, and they are crowded nightly.
FKum NEW yoRk. -
s@s Nv Yosk, Oct. Oh, 1867.
Ts the Editsr - ~ wsnEueuxzs Asvccsrs-
Having been hong Interested IN the labor
question, dsrrs 70 commune little With
ths wotkingRss Of Aasries, thsonsh De
columns Of he KbvocArs, papsr devoted
to tho interests Of the Industrial Glasses. 4
i The tondsdlsa ssssrsisg h;s frcsdom. Bet
ii il not 81 he roaEh usage Of taking up
arms that labor V 70 nsht u battles. bot IL
IL intended, Isapposs. to be BY the gentle.
though sffectual means of the ballots fhis
is ito privilege under = Republican Govern
mens but the danger ~ ia that the aris-
tocraey, wheu they zee "the game" vii
rush the country Into monarchy. or do
what they can 70 contract the elective fran
chise. What . rumpus has been made Sc
postscript " this lsstsr) about A. II. Stew
art, Of this place. Why. he 10 the most mia
cradle (lookinel man, perhaps, ever seeu
with sandy and shrivelled lock, and with
a voice like the sound Of fractured tea
hell, or bent and broken pan.
| Mr.. Stewart. il fair illustration Of shs
's one man power" BY keeping on in bssi-
ness after he has got enough (say 81, GOD
he keeps back others, whose turn it ough
to be. What should we say OF the man vb'
eat Up ell the yictnals in the horse, ans
left none for any of the rest We shout,
say be was hog. And SO think il i
hoggish in Stewart 70 keep the field sgains
others as he does.
Il The Chicago Tribune told Us last SPs IN
{for have little more about Stewart 1
say that Mr.. Stewards pathway was strewl
with the wrecks OF merchants ~ho hA
failed in the same race with himself. IL
this very race that we object 81, whose Oh
iect or effect 10 to sweat labor. The Chicag
Tribune talked to US about Mr. Stewart
skill and prudence in saving 90 much (ou
hof labor) We Tor y woald stop his ski
and prudence In saving 50 mitch oct OF "a
Dor. Bat the truth. the Chicago Tri5En
is in the same boat with the rest; his sym
pathies are there, and bis arguments on th
labor question are always TO be taken wit
! | a proper reduction.
4 These fellows get thei. capital and the
turn it against us, ms In the case OF GeorE
Peabody and his donations lately. The
are very liberal with their donations mad
from labor, but we laborers would rattle
use our money in the way we see &c. Thes
donations are for the most part for endow
ing institutions inimical to labor.
i And they talk about natural laws :"
: | is anatural laws" that labor cries on
= against the evils of capital as Is does.
q Andfhey say industry viii be derange
|. IL the present relation OF capital and labs
Il is changed. Let il be dersnged--we haI
n to get our bread and butter II industry
Q deranged.
}. But what Il the meaning of this wor
d &C Capitalists ~ Capitalists exists all q
>. way from Sc - 5000, 900; alas and Il
E. poor will make the hirdcst masters Otter
J. times. Aud laborers do do such thing
v to take advantage of their bosses being al
= der contract, which | think mean bus
!, ness.
d These capitalists say. e Come to Us II "
4. want more wages-ask for it-d0n't 90 il
I to a strike.v With something such propr
ETY. we might say TO sheep, = ask for be
ter pasture. or better sbslser, If you wai
these things.' The shep is physically il
capable OF asking, and the laborer IL moral
incapable-he il (for one thIng) under fen
: Ii is, Mr.. Editor TO trifiing thing to con
: mence printed organ in the cause Of labo
Is The Trades Adr0cdte OF this city was startt
= and went down. One Of the objects Of yo'
II paper, suppose, is to invite calm and di
;, passionate discussion Of the subject Of Ii
: relation Of capital and labor. This shoul
% keep journal going n long time il wcul
. seem. A fault Of the Trades AdeoeIfe vi
q that its correspondents were rather nois
al UOtslefOuSI tuCAf uAhtDA1o-c0 ttscoBA
Correspondents (myseIf fos instancel shoul
lay aside the pronoun l. and forget self, IN
. discuss their questions rs much rs possib
n upon what Is called parliamentary" prii
n cipie-the object being to get at The 'r',,s.
the feweet wosds and IN digiiH a manng
Iwould say OF Ira les Unioas'' let the
. not indulge 10 any over-weening vanity, b.
d let them stand on their dignity and ask notl
+ ing uf capitalists .
One al the Few things | maintain, tn,
shosld be advocated in such a 35grnal !
yours is the dscouraging Of war chat blood
y demon which has been the cause Of al %
L (Iabor's) late woes and which will be th
cause for some time to come. Who ha
. made one dollar to be worth only ffiy cent,
: answer the laboriDg classes themselves
. Let labor not respond TO the call Of capisa
e lists to 6ght their battles. Let it stay Z
|. home Negro slavery wa bad enough, br
II was not to be paid for with white slavery
: Let not labor obey the nod Of eapitsl 10 figb
: and (of course) there viii not be 20 man
! wars. You know the saying ID, eli nm
: will make an ass Of himself hs must not TAX
Il amiss il people ride him." Nov one ,
our protective unioBs'' must be 10 keep 81
people at home during war THIS wall h
4 making those light who shonid--those VIII
i raised che qusrrsl-ths capitalists.
Such = paper 40 labor organ shoul
therefore dlscountenancs The military draf
ltift there il any occasion for saying this afis
: what have above. wy
had intended saying in another plac
] II iaat was against injustice OF NIL Kinds an
= whom We are against that we have got sous
q shihg TO eight for in iabor journai--by Nj
, vocacy-not by the sword, or angry word.
but BY peaceful advocacy and discussion Q
( subjects to get at their truth.
ii And another thing Which should be tn
subject OF Reformation ~ discussed In labo
} journal, and in the cause OF iabor-is Rel
. gicn. 1t perhaps is at the bottom Of th
whole matter. assume that this thing o
krnlirinn IA handle flr caalfa nj To net NOR