The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-08-17
Labor, Land and Money.


August osh, 1861
70 the ~ ,r q the woRsiSsNAs's ADvocA1E.
luztns olf e. q 5lisaei oraer Of the past fev
ee'sessas. ..el',,s s,jli " sacl Lanss
M9ness and Lab5r. a. tbass are no" tA''e,
he scEhjusatioss % the soitTtfa r4udaa der,j
it wcs4iId be .carrec. TO term it NJ ,ney, Land
and Y labor; but as We hope and intend Il
hal PC n the Stare, We VIII lesys labor ~
lie aeal, where tue llmented President Lin
coin placed 1t in his tirst congressional mes
sage, IN which he stated, labor j. thr
mother Of Capital" and in his answer to
these who serenaded him CATER his second
presidential ciection,) to whom he replied,
.'Gold Is good in its place, but living, brave,
and patriotic men, are better than gold"
The fruit Of the Crimean war was the re-
lease OF the white agricultural laborer Of Rus
Va, and the fruit of the war Of the rebellion
nas been the full cnfranchisement d the
back agricultural hb3rer Of the United
) ateS. The elevation Of the base O. he Ia
Dor super>tructurs involves TIVE elevation 81
Al its component parts Tile doai weight
around the acck Of the better informed mc.
caanical toiler has cylr been lhe ignorant
agricultural laborer This weigh. i nov
partially remov W., u the anitnosity generated
Nv the former degraded position Of TIE slaves
" the United States can be annthilsted, the
full rights Of ali the laborers of this couatry
will under, and By means q, is republican
iorm of government, be easily and securely
ests bhshvi.
The late war has resulted ia an admission
that al lahorers had not their rights ia this
free ana happy country, previous to its oc-
currence. The present attitude Of the great
body " mechanical laborers, and their fire.
quent conventions, are proofs that they are
lar from satisfied with their presen. position.
Labor uni1ns are instituted to project and
-ccare To man the results Of bis Toll, and
cooperative societies are organized 70 shield
him from the r1paci-Y of the tratticKe and
hnus4 ownsr. F3r this purpose BIZ has ap |
piled 20 aud obta ned laws which should re
guate the time Of labor, but found, b. bitter
Z xperience, that there Is no truth in the old /
song which says, that
Law are male for every degree,
To curb vice Ia others, as well as in me-"
and when he complains that longer labor is
demanded OF a man than il commonly re-
CURED Of The beasts that perish, he is an
swered by the Fhwacken's and squares oi
political economy ana finance, that the IRE
yersible laws Of supply and demand, asl tha
eternal fitness Of things, must compel him 60
work his full term Of ten hours per day, 10
order that he may furnish them with the
means Of az In l5leneSs and luxury.
Il seems singular that those who labor are
rot ia power to fix the term Of Labor il re-
public, aud still more singular that The Law
5 Incompetent to assist them in SO doing.
But such Is the fact. Tue sole end and aim
IL all the labor movements OF the age is
merely to secure to the producer the results
II his toll But this is difficult Of accom-
,Iishment. Whys Because they are ap-
BY Others. The landholder, the
money holder, the Spectator and traficker,
lave each an Interest in the products Of the
uil@r and il the LATER ever obtains his rights
10 mast take them from those who now an
Justly, though legally, have appropriated
hem. Tne onlv way in which he can sue /
ed =, b, attacking tas 40 sy,Lems Oy
neans VI whica hs - ,ielrau led Of the lar /
Argz porti,n Of me iruiL Of MS nau'is II
rne Hrst 10 these u tn lsH.d system. III
Q Iasssl4ssD.s pArs Of Europs ana tue island \
GeEat BItas'ss during the SaxJn PERIOD, !,
be land was mt sid il WAS held oY the \
, - o., subject Unfy % these conditions
'ssst, 10 attsad The king 10 hls military -
slsuygs; ssc0ElI, W ASSIST in building ana
me roya castles; and third, TO
eep the Urdsrs aud Highways u repair.
|uti'r ile Noea1ans iaId was also acid \
D si-,siar ,e.sures. Fsnes sJr ,son-sttensf- Is
nee first cscpt Ia, thea paymcst-or rrnE il 4
ini was demanded an pail. The guills y
, the towns were probably the org;nators !,
ths modern rystew of the purchase and |,
sle "a iand BY tubs system, what should Il
! cs&pmyn bas.k a maaklnd. Is allotted to | \
lDnts fot npaey, 70 the dIsparagemshtIf