The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-10-12

notes. making fheuNgood Tor all purposes oI
ucae5. and conssftibls into government
bonds, barring frem one 10 three pef cent,
see to 'tEs saSatt Of rom thirty 10 fdtty
dollars for casp person in lhs nation, and
more than ont.half Of our burdens are rollsd
, soff.
As'our space is air. a. y occupied for thi,
\ week, We defer the further consideration q
lthe subject until next issae--and in The
mean time invite directors 10 speak out thai
I'VE may consider wesl = --=- -
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ARs- LINCOi.N AND THE PEOPLES
"a -Fsss MONEY. y'ta.3ssf =
Il has lately tTanspiEal through the New
York journals that Mrs. Lincoln Il in thai
city to sell . latt Of her stin;;sd wardrobe "a
II. sea few dimes vheFeOn to subsisk Thu
effort is the more necessary and disRcult,
since TIE rice .: meal, potatoes, meg warn
clothing, house rent, fuel, &c are now bish
and we fear may soon be higher. That on.
readers may duly apprcci the most touch.
ing and benescent appeal put forth By IN,
4 Chicago Tribune AID other rhilanthropic
! papers iu this behalf, We give as far as We
can, the data, showing the truly deplcfahle
state 70 which ibis lady has been reduced :
IRE ssssts Other huabaf ' re ss-,cris4 70 be
I Nerth 20 Iaese ih%r, Il 'r- &fs@na
Sadrs ss sisd isssiry, now On ,als,- =
Total. ss- slss'oSS
Lest ear readers shopld beinereduIou, as
ss .ae-little amount ct tbs poor weman.-
surplus va robe, W. ssate that according 20
the inventory She uale out ard sent to Der
commission merchant, Mr.. Brady, II Ne '
York, she bad
COST
one White point lace shssl berg, a, - ca :
me Thiis p--ni laee dress anmadS 400
One hsck centre easnrI- hair khANl H.- i0aa
| one Whiis centre eafsers hair saaxl 200
One white point laes parasol cover, IS
This is quite enough to show the stingi-
ness and the ingratituds Of the Republic
can party" as this disnant lady expresses
it, in allowing her to hive on such ward
robe! Bot the "n sgarily piece of bpsi-
ness' in the elegant terms of the Tribaae, is
most shamefuliy ciimaxed when, even this
"niggardly" wardrobe has 10 be sold '
WHere is the poor soldiers widow in all the
land so terribly pinebta to i've? Conceiv.
ing, as we do, in the most pathetic appeal of
the Tribune for immediate aid to Be for
warded, we suggest that we have
in these developenents an easy expla
nation of the reeuse l:fe this slanored and
BELOVED wife Of the late presideDt,' y Aas
been living. No wonder She failed tosmeet
in her drawing the die Of Chicago
I When they called. Her wardrobe was Gin
adequate to the style suteblef to her station
in .society." Especially must this be so since
her 81 600 dress was unmade-rendesi = Il
quite aa"suilable' to use the white point
lace shawl Of So go end the white point
laoe parasol cover Of $3.50, without The
dress Our contemporary then must be right
/ in saying
| CenUess ought TO haze Appropriated to tina widow
and her chiidren the sun fhi Mr. Lincoln wouId have
fecemed h'u Ne rot beer esss-sinst-d gAfs wcaid
new cen little eneegh It's very niggardly piece Of
hus 8 . give them tut months and twent, aays
sA.f-ap act THAT rrVer rtreveh ihe sanction The
N nea
.hoss -ha hTeagas che rssolaiion forNara. moi
properly presenting the natter before the legsal
tody We trus, that 'hsS lfnOis del gati.n irrsspec
uFs q party a. the ensuing session Of Congress vii
ns upon appropriated Of The residue ~ tie fsrv
Whach President Lincoln would have reseiv fsltaa h.
Lived uut his term And in the aleAutiras the f.ispas
80 al rers q Mr. Liucon and those Who received "a
vcr- a. hs hands TESTIFY TO tha RESPECT ~ -
memory and appreciation OF The benskts he conferred
npn Y IN ~ Ha'sihg ~ purses o. eeeabseks and or
Ha-ding them u tbe widow withou. deay Tfer. ed
ne no ietF OF gisHg to- soon wing ar "a
Sn 81 h9n.enod furniture aud nos oering her
pue ~ sae e rlcare the necessares Of IL and mrs-s
70 educate her boy, s hgu tne tha, she received re
>1ch pitiaoie appropriation Tor poor
willow and her minor son, having Dot Sl24,-
200 Of estate. never Gas tie Tribups t-.sIs
SAYS could baye "reeeired d. sanction Of
me gl5iie conscience" We italieiso because
II is a case hat needs it sg
Once more we suggest hat Congress he
called together in special sessior, TO take
immediate action in this case. Anything I'd
avoid the burning disgrace about to csIne on
US. Let the approximation At once be made
Good Lord or ~ Il devil, whichever can bees
manage Andy, avert the day of Yeloes. Il
can't be- however Fpontan eously they may,
blow, it can't be that I've wonld dare INK.
Of the "eonstitution" JUST 50 VITO saeh 4
glorious national appropriation.
Toe misfortune Of our pubic debt, 4.
tra.y grievous ia this eonaectior During
the last month, after s;raining every nerve.
VIC have been able to pay not one dollar Of
The principal. A Providence aiwsys rules
justly over nations as persons; may NOT this
most discouraging failure have come r7on
US by reason orletting this INDECENT widow
thus struggle. Besides, as toe Advtacs q,
Of this CITY has lately shown, the poor labor
er Is not always content with his situativ,,
Providence assign him, qad ne has nosoeeu.
il may be, entirely reasI 70 pa m auditor
al wax i 30 tins preclo appropriation Let
tbis matter DO, daily consiaered,t petitions
circulated, and the special term OF Congress
called, that our heretofore niegardly and
most angratefal representatiyes-espe
from lllinois--may be brought to rep entancu
over this sad affair The course il has tax en-
adds but one more evidence to the doIcfol
iact that We are degenerating. Who can,
Tor one moment imagine that the widow Of
Gen. W ashingten could have been put eFl
vth the poor estate Of $l24, 600, ana white
sharls and dresses worth no more than from
- 600 to $4,000 each Surely cur poor
soldiers wives and all our workingn en- will
learn heneeforth to be content with their
stations, wages and taxes, gladly eontribat-
ing to that fortune which will enable Mrs.
Lincoln TO hoarish in ''ssy Ie suitable to
Ter station IN society,"" s' reTsi % .ea4
THE ADVANCE MOVEMENT. ~
Asa stiii further evidence that fits the ex.
elusive fault ef the working classes thai thev