The workingman's advocate., 1867-08-10

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dress which Vie commiti8e appointed BY the
National 1,a0or Congress Of last year issned
TO the f&erkingmen Of tss United States.
lEhEt address, coming from very high autAor-
fity, set forth in strong terms the great
lqdeAtioas involving the present and future
welfare CT the laboring classes, and In il the
following significant langu- ge occurs:
yif there Is one fact more than another ~hich
has Impressed itself upon the attention Of work
ti1gmen during the past year u is the absolute
necessity Of cutting aioof from the ties and
1 trammeIs Of party, manipulated in t,e interest
Of capital, and using the advantages conferred
| by American citizcnship--the balot-to the
turtherenee OF their own Interests aud web
fsreS
We thoroughly iBdorse the foregoing de-
! claration it was tim.ly one, and has
aroused the hearts Of IDiiIions Of men in
America. The vial Importance Of united
action among al workingmen, in support Of
the great interests they have at stake, is be-
ing daily recognized, more and more through
out the land, and they have resolved 10 use
| tie ballot IN future for the protection OF
those ioterests. The policy thus agreed
upon has been rendered essential by the fact
that the Liquidation VI the country has been
heretofore controlled by capital for tse pro-
motion Of monopolies in utter disregard Of
Justice TO the iaborirg classes Smooth
worded, oily toDgued politaessns, influenced
| BY the schemes and wbims " a monied ar
istocfacy, have used the s0frages of work
ingmen fh raising themselves g. power, and
| hen, when re7ping the mo. ar q 6 of office,
| have steer ed their sauls in treason to the
T, honest masses. This tAiog--aorib, south,
east and west--has been carried to an *
tent which is absolutely Disgusting, and We
heartily rejoice that tie p.us,e are at last
determined to put an ED 10 il
/ We live in great gl9siea- lsnf. bu,
it would be grt ater aud far more glorious
one ii hunereth par, Of the attention which
our National and STATE H. gis atures have
devoted 70 the rich bad been conferred urop.
the men whose il-requited toll has male the
nation great; ans now ihe time is c5;H>
when law-gvers should learn that the capi
/ tallsts Of the country should not absorb the
y shle Of public favor. Too long have We
acred 10 America the same ruinous policy
was made by the naughty OIL :-,.,. ri.
urope, " which The wealthy few
70 ket. he labcring classes in
% that policy, the i'm
n 81. more to an a cen
1snever TIC legislature at
TIE dif,rt2.e betseen /.
Ingmen, Us e0aaselioIs
asters; and be Id,d ID Il
the part of the masters
r at least not prohibited
he combinations " wHk-
RI fell under ths lash Far
$50, in Englan0, = !aw vas
ich restricted fam laborers %
rate of wages, under the penalty Ut
sc davs in the stocks and wtrkiu.nan \
tue baldlBg trades were subjected d tine 7
"a Imprisonment, Or boib, al the iiscre-
lon q the magistrate. The excuse giv-
en- tor this odious legislation was, that IA.
"orkinsmen were claiming an advan.e OF
wsges to The ''grvat danger IL the gYsgf nsE
Tor Capitalists and impsy erishing OF all 1ne
commnnlt9 And sgaln, 10 finland, n \
l549, an act was III u ID suppress saen
comblnations OF wOrkiugmen as had deter
mned how much WORK lhey could a, each I.
day, and at what hours and times. ard fjr
such oltence, the first tIae, a ias oi ten
pounds was imposed /; for the ace "a, Esnty
hounds ysnd for the tkrd, forts pounds; I
On alter atiyes beiug twenty DAYS mpris-
~ ent IN the trSt case, the pslioTy in the
ses5c' :, ana the pllory and he ioss ef ga ear
n4 TIE tfiiiu. ouch- was-tue Poucy to~ard
Eorkingrnen adopted bv The British J. ,gisla-
tuse rhen ''its Counsellors were always the
Dasters," end the same detestAble spirit 4
v hich AcluatOd shose "Counse,.crs' Is la I
'I.entab.y prevalent nov in American l. ssis- 4
hton, however free il may be from the bar 4
earous penaities of the oldeu times. /
Ia view 81 tAsas4 fact. and me ya4l imnes--
ance of labor reform, we repeat that the
lime has come who. workingmen. here and "a
-veTywh..e, Shou firmly stand ,eccther
ard use the advantages cInfsrs - by Amer
can citizenship fer u pTOInotion Of their
Jwn interests aud Hare Ias political
parties heretofore haze Use tie la50Ting
classes IN raising aTrlut leInagNgues 20 pow
CT and, now, We say, thar, ''if the ~Ork'ug-
men Cooperate with the political PARTIES al
IA, theY should use them only as means to
Their own elevation And W. say further,
nat, u professional polilicians alone nre 20
es nominated for Office by party convention (;
4 party platforms arc TO he made without 4
fegard " the great questions cf labor reform,
the workiHgmen Of Pennsylvania, and every +
'lher state, should cut themselves loose from 4
1he ties and trammeAs OF party. nlPuiaied I
IN the interest Of capita, and feariessly .
stahd together, upon the merits % heir own A
;suse; determined TO rise, and. Il need lie,
nsyTly fail with it This Is he true and /
iit course by which tie laboring classes \
an accomplish snv good for themselves |
japital, IN the hands Of unsesuPuiSus Oxn-
RS, has been rev, Jog ia usurpas'Ons that 4
mock the high decrees M Heasep, and il IS
De sacred duty q our rOrki.grnvn 20 teach (.
.uat the great end Ut governaset' Is TO spread (
shield over the rights o' all; auc hence We
-aT 70 tteus in the language d Robert
Buraes
ssE...f Abe. .pEeus sssrI e. lo~
4. .sn-'4 1yrantS saii ~ exesy f-.
Libsr,y's IN every Sow.
Lei IA o or der
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