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sacfiacing principle % aupbass / tk<iG
which. while il has adopsed one ~ tNp 6san-
cial risnks of TIE Labor Unioa, sai1I hauksrs
after the aesh-pola "a kUps, ne good Old
time whom we shall return ID stspcsis b.
sia;Y with tie Fact also staring - II ~
face, that many Of the papers now loadsas
10 their advocacy Of those measures, few
months siaoe denounced, in the strongest
terms. the adoption Of q greenbask rlas-
form. We mention these facts 10 explain
why We hare no faith in the honesty or pro-
fessed intentions OF either existing political
factions.
At the FIRST session Of the Labor Congress
il was determined that the time had arrived
when the workingmen should cut themselves
aloof from party ties and predictions and
organize party in which the claims OF la
Dor should be the paramount issue. II the
above declaration was true two years ago, 1t
is certainly true to-day. The came mon
who controlled the destinies Of the country
in 1856 control I. in 1868. The same causes
which produced the evils then complained
Of exist to-day. The same tricksters who
manipulated the political wires In both par
ties are the came demsgOgues who manipu-
late them to-day, and We defy any honest
man, judging the future by the past, to show
us that the labosing classes have more to
expect from one faction than another. Both
are equally controlled by the monied kings,
by those who have grown rich from the pro-
ceeds Of others labor. The declaration Of
the Baltimore convention was predicated on
the fact that the legislation Of the past, which
had produced the evils complained OF, had
been the legislation of capital, as opposed
to the Interests Of labor, and that the rene
dyr 10 prove effeetual, must also partake Of
a iyg islative character.
To be sure q temporary success may be
game dsunder false auspices, but no per-
lament relief will ever be afforded until the
above declared policy is carried out. Soci-
ETY. must be revolutionized, and that revolu-
ton must be q thorough and radical one,
before the long sought for relief can be OBJ
tanned. We honestly believe that the senti-
menis of the reformer-at present deemed
revo lationary and subversive of good order,
will, when the labor question is comprehend
ed by the masses, be regarded as the princi-
pies upon which our social fabric should be
erected.
But another and important reason why
such a movement would be injudicious on
our part, is that no definite line of policy
has as yet been adopted by the National La
Dor Congress. And, until such action has
been taken, no one is authorized to speak in
its behalf
p. s. Since writing the foregoing we have
received communication from our worthy
correspondent, R. w Hume, beating on the
same question. We bsspeak for it care
full perusal. The letter Of our Brooklyr
correspondent "Kemp," is also from the
pen of one Of the ablest writer's in the United
States. Readers, scan them both.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
FROM new YORK.
NV YoRk, Jolly "a, 1858.
] q be WoaElEanAs,s ApYooArs.

To the Editor Of the WoRKlxonAs's ADyocArx
Your readers viii, have no doubt, be
pleased to hear that the labor question is al
the present time almost wholly absorbing
the attention Of all classes in the empire
city. And, although we are on the eve Of q
great contest in the political world, every
thing seems as nothing compared 10 the
great eight-hour contest now being waeed in
this city between the bricklayers and their
bosses, or, a they style themselves, the
master masons" but In this case, | think
abe word master will turn out to be misno
ner, and that they viii find the journeymen
their eqaal in every respect. This contest
gis = us clear insight into the unscrupu-
lousness Of capital. Here We have 1 Iaw ID
the State Of New York declaring eight hour.
70 Be legal days work We also have i
United States Law which says the same
thing, yet these msu--these law-abidinr
eitissns-to serve their own psrposes, ig-
aore al laws, brand ever man as 4 tyrans
and demagogus who demands that M acs u
the assembled Legislative WELDON, passed "
them and SIGNED BY The governor (for she 90
cial and material welfare Of The people u
ths ststs shall b put ID force and ssisk
fully carried Gus. Ths whole truth he
mated. = -, The workinsnsn lnows sesI
nush 1ew % ailos an5 middl& nan 10 sbs
gorb IN Tie pfolks az 81 linz
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-08-01

Hon. S. F. Cary RESoHlNArED- The
Wo. kingVnen's Assembly ofCincinnati, OHIO,
on srlday, renomirated Gen. Cary, their
pres mt able representative, by acclanation.
MT. Gary represents the views Of the work
lngmen 10 al pats Of the country, now nun-
oering many thousands, who will Ne apt to
watch the progress Of the election in his case
with A. deep solicituds as that Of President
or Vice President.
II Is OF the utmost importance to them
that their platform Of principles should be
endorsed by hIs reelection; thAy will, there.
Tore, feel kindly or otherwise toward repub-
licans and democrats, a. either assist w Sc
curing the desired result
Tbs bold and manly stand which the Gen.
has on nll occasions occupied, has secured
for him hosts OF new friends, and made him
one OF the most prominent members Of the
kortieth Congress. We feel safe 10 the pre-
diction that be will be returned by largely
increased majority Ia Octgber nezt.-Ng--
iion0l Iatelgenesr.
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FROM BRooKLYR, q. Y.
BRooKLYN, July 81.

O0N1aN1 Coty &Ae
To the Editor Of The WoRxrSsxAS's ADrecArr
SIH; Now that the Republicans and Dem
ocrats have declared themselves, the Labor
Reform party and its friends must choose
their part.
In my opinion we shall gain nothing by
dining either party. The Leading men OF
both evidently expect aud desire a return TO
specie payments, course which can never
consist with the welfare of-sthe country
We have always had specie basis, and the
rates of interest have always been high, aod
it has always been in the power Of few
bankers and moneyed men to contract the
currency whenever they have seen ct to do
so thus financial revolutions have been
produced. We do not want to revive such
system. A little done for as BY the party
in power, whichever it Is, il not what we
want. We want radical change FOR the
better in the financial policy Of the nation
and that is the only thing which can relieve
the people from the money despotism under
Let Us form . new part7, taking ground
distinctly on this issue. We should ret n
good many votes now IL the matter were
properly brought forward, and should soon
be in position to be consulted by the now
great political pafs.ss, instead Of going 70
them to persuade them to incorporate into
their creed some small items for the benefit
Of labor. b. organising party OF our own |
We shall excite inquiry and discussions re-
speeding the principles which have led us |
to the separation; We shall hare rallyinr
point. and shall in due season gather % our |
selves the good and just men or both par. |
ties Let ~, rs Gen. Gary proposes, I'M his
recent admirable letter. elect members of /
Congress on the Labor Platform; thus we |
shall prepare for the struggle, and I'm n few
years II We are faithful, earnest and united.
we may reasonably hope 70 win The victory.
: The thing to be done to secure justice 70
labor 4 to institute government legal ten
der paper currency, and make this ths
money In which shall b payable all privale
debts, and all governnent debts exoent
Hhere there has been already a sxprsss
stipnlstion TO the contrary. / womb hsve
lee.l tender paper money issued ID tl,s
>rsdn q the goysruln<nt backed ~ IT.
whois taxahie pyopeSty u tks country. md I
p.y Of ths pnblio debt = Il kecouas an
except u H. eosm uhefo tkars 4 - q.
pseN lrgshIen = ~ = 4 ooln. ~
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CHICAGO. SATURDAY. AUG. /. 1868.
CONTINENTAL MONEY, 49,

The political and financial press continue
to refer to the Revolutionary issues Of paper
(1assignats') as money. The object is,
to aid the bankers and finanejers TO keep
their rotten systems aaoat The drirs Of
tb1n Arguments Isl TO show that an attempt
70 establish paper money, without basing
it upon gold or coin, ignObly failed
Hence, they argue "a though they bad a
just and stable system-when the truth is,
their legaiized robbery is SO lily clad they
can only hide its nakedness by their oJious
monstrosities Of the system. As the labor
reform cannot advance without tho utter an
initiation Of this system, it is well to com
mence the work by clearing ava al rub
bish. The continental, and the nssignst Of
France, were revolutionary issues OF paper
they were both clumsy, hasty expedicnt
to furnish government supplies in times of
great national peril. They were intended
and used as money, but had not the first at
tribute of money, either in form or sub
stance. They answered the extraordinary
uses required, as the currency system Of
which they were born, answers the ordinary
purposes OF business-a present uss, and
the robbery Of the industrial classes. The
assignat was founded upon forfeiture Of
the lands belonging to the Catholic church,
and seized by the state. Instead of putting
these lands into market in the midst Of rev.
olution, the National Assembly Of France
issued lands on the security Of these bonds,
which were called assignats, representing
lands assigned to the holder.
The bond was in the following form
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AcknnWledged.
5. +. Carr.

During the past week we have received
clubs from Nashville, Tenn, Indianapolis,
Cambridge City, Richmond, Jeffersonxlle,
and Logansport, Ind.,. Louisville, Ky,
Brentwood and Oswego, Ills, ami Norris
town, Pa. Will our friends please accept
this as an acknowledgment Of the sums
sent.
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An eight-hour-a-day man, on roins home tbe
other evening for lbs supper, found his vile n.
ting, In her best clothes, on the front stoor
reading volume Of travels ssHow ID this. v ~
exclaimed where's my sspper ST don't
know" replied his wife, az began 20 %. hee.L.
fast At o'clock this morning. ana INV e;ght
hours ended at o'clock this afternoon.s
The ass who Pennsd the above. doubtless
thought he was writing very fanny para.
graph, but only saeceeded In showing tbe
issgth o. bis ears Eight hour wives don't
want 70 set breakfast At six O'Clock in ia
mornings and eight hour men don't general
v cat supper q four o'clock in the amer.
noon. Besides it shows the chsracter Of ths
sneak, % refuse 70 wcmen--whas i claim.
ca ior men-an hour COR dinper. Moeeover
WORKING women who know The vslne a. !
dollar, and there are few. unfortunately vhol
90 = pot' are not very apt 70 dresu up IN sbslr|
pest clothes, while their Husbands - ta;.
ms they lsavs that kind of work "a ~
aone by the nanbyp- smby panied AN.
Who strut our streets ii ailks and To-.
purchased with money 70 which nsnhss)
hoy cor their husbspds ars sntilltt. /
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An ErpIanat,ou wan,ed.

10 the letter our Madison, Wis, coues-
pendent, in the issue of the 95th inst, the
statement was made tbatwhen he eight hour
system went into operation on the United
States Court House, in that city, tie wages
OF the laborers employed thereon haa been
reduced, corresponding to The reduction OF
hours From what source re authority to
DO 50 was derived, after the defeat Of Sena-
tor Sherman's resolution, by an overwhelm-
ing majority, we are unable to say. In or
der, however, to arrive at satisfactory ex-
plrnation, we have written to the Secretarv
Of the Interior, respectfully requesting his
interpretation Of the law. When his an
svsr u received we propose to give our read
ers the benefit o. it. II the express law
Of Congress can be set at naaght by eysry
PEI , understrapper the sooner the mechanics
OF the country known il the better.
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Mr.. Henry Ward Beech ar, in a recent sermon
upon the text "Thou shall not steal" admins
tered . severe rebuke to IT,, Democratic Marty
If they are at all sensitive. lie said al regard
the refusal to pay these bonds of the United
States in gold or silver as being in every dis
guisc and under every possible plea and tro
cious theft"
Any one acquainted with the character
and sntecedents Of Mr.. Henry W ard Beech
er's flock, and lhe unsel6sh patriotism
evineed by them in their "shoddy" contracts
during the war, must admit that no more
appropriate passage Of Scripture could have
been selected for a sermon, and that no man
was better qualified to administer such a
rebuke than their beloved pastor. We are
afraid, however, the most atrocious thief
present was the one who was then stealing
the livery Of heaven TO serve the devil. At
the bar Of God, Mr.. B., who do you think,
the man who commits such an offence, or
the man who advocates the payment Of a
debt in the lawful money Of the United
States, and thereby pleads The cause If the
orphan and widow, win have the greatest
sin to answer forf
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-08-01

Traction Engines, for drawing heavy
wagons over common roads, have been i'm,
ported INTO Canada from England. They
are E0und 70 answer admirably alA--ter VI
perfectly manageable. Thew work 10 and
down kiIl and tr-u corners Just Is readily
as an ordinary team The annoyance 60
horsea ~ found 10 bs very Hifing, aud ID Id
probable that number Of gimllar engines
win shortly b. built In Gauads.
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: .oss = sssd.s = sisr indas'riss i our
a. sasss... fsussss sise 5 =. i sol. !.
W.. optht evsrywhess - b ~ = eoms' labor
of which thsy HFo enrnble. Ne c6serve that
he Kinrs Ctanty Xnpory.sors hays resolved -
t&ke slsps fos ~ eviction q uorkshopa n suf
ncient number - euplog ~ psupers IN The
alnshouse having trades, and also Tor the par
chase of pisce Of ground, IN addition to that
already owned BY the county. for employment Of
unskiIled labor, and for the establishment Of .
dairy, 70 supply ths eounsy buiidiags With mllk
1.-The same 70 be managed ~ pauper labor.
The step b an excellent one, and viii be Cos the
benefit both Of the paupers and The pabiic.--
New York Times, July a.. Ift-5
Ths utilizing Of ssCriminals lAber,v 70 ths
detriment Of the honest mcsnanios, q. at
present praeticed, ~ an outrage without =
palliating feature. n the men of Tie
Empire State are true to the. st interests,
they win put m eEeotusI q4ietas upon The
aspirations Of those demagogues who expect
70 ride into popslar favor by the adoption Of
such programme. Would il not be q
well fer the supervisors and mechanics Of
Kings county. to 60 10 work snd ysmops th.
cassss which prodaesd tLese resulss-pau-
pers ? We think 90.
The shoemakers' Nataonst v'-s~~.
We are glad to learn that - fms. ar..--
session Of this body, which was recently
held at Rochester, N. T., proved q asniG.
cent success. Sixty-oue delegates were In
attendance, and the utmost harmony and
good feeling prevailed. Under the consti
tuition adopted, mo strike win be Recognised
under any circumstance, the society nov
pkftaking more Of q cooperative than pro
tective character. We expected TO have Deer
able to acceps the kind invitation exsendes
to be prcsen hit were prevented from doing
50. We have made arrangements, however
with some Of the most earnest and faithfu
members Of the craft, throughout the East
ern States, BY which tho Knights Of 81
Crispi- may be acquainted with ne state d
their trade. Thanks to our Massachusetts
friends for promised favOrs.
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FROM MARYLAND.

les G1kAf FLOOD --fxMzzsz LOSS or LIFH ARD PRoPKR
TF-TFE LABOR h0vKHRyr-THE CoLLKtToRsEIP OF
THs LIsTMicr-' k1cBO's LKrrBR-THx DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
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ANOTHER RADICAL OUTRAGE.

The "Committee of Five" appointed by
the Black Crook Convention of Mississippi
to cheat the people of that State in the APP
proved Radical fashion, have issued procla-
nation declaring that the Constitution was
adopted at the election. We presume that
the document is genuine as 1t is published in
the Radical organ in this city. 1t will be
remembered that the official returns showed
the Constitution to be defeated by something
over 1000 majority and, upon the announce
ment of the result, there was speedy exodus
Of carpet-baggers from the limits of the State.
Almost every one Of these gentry had been a
candidate for some public office, the spoils of
which they already grasped in their ''trooly
loil' fancy but the disappointment of their
"trooly loil" hopes was too much for them,
they shook the dust of Mississippi from their
vagrant feet, and turned their faces to
more attractive pastures. 1t is to be
doubted that enough of them could now
be found in Mississippi to fill the State
offices and we may, therefore, regard
invitation to these absconding brethren
to return at once and claim the plumber from
which they had been kept by the verdict of
the people. Whether or not they viii res
pond depends of course on the present condi-
ton of their carpet-bags. If they are still
mendicant as well as vagrant, they will eager
ly avail themselves of even this small chance
of concentrating their original plan but if
they are proftably occupied elsewhere they
will not be apt to return to Mississippi to take
place at the Barmacide banquet to which the
"Committee of Five" invite them. Just at
present we do not see how this last and most
fragrant outrage can be carried into effect
The official returns have been published, and
they show the Constitution to have been de-
feated. Several months have elapsed, and no
movement has been made to show that the re-
turns were not fairly made. Brazen as Con-
gress is, ready as it is to commit any wrong
upon the white people of the South, anxious
as it will be to arrive at some sort of
solution of the reconstruction problem
in Virginia, Texas and Mississippi, it will
scarcely be SO fagitiously shameless as to
accede to the demands of the Mississippi
falsify the returns of an election held under
the supervision of its own agents, and under
the operation of its own laws. The case of
Alabama furnished the proof that Congress
would not be banked by any ordinary wick
edness, and that it was quite willing to invent
any sort of pretext in order to compass its
ends. But this would be an extraordinary
wickedness, and wickedness for which no
pretext could be found wickedness which
could not, by the most ingenious sophistry,
be made to wear the semblance of justice.
So the disappointed Migrants and the ex-
pectant mendicants will probably be COM
PEELED to remain yet awhile in the unpleasant
but characteristic paths of Migrants, and to
pursue, for season, the Improbable but con-
genial calling of mendicancy.
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method by which free republic can accom-
plish the purpose of its existence" And thus
it is that, by the usurpatory and proscriptive
course of the dominant party, party spirit, in
its legitimate sense, and as q reciprocating
force vitalizing opposing parties and essential
to the salutary working and even existence of
free government is in danger of being stifed
to death, and the country is threatened with
the fearful necessity of having to choose be-
tween anarchy and the absolute dominion of
an oligarchy or single despot We reject
phasis as Mr.. Motley possibly can, the
twaddle which is SO frequently heard about
the evils of party spirit. But nowhere has
there been so much of this sort of cant as in
Mr.. Motley's own party. Party spirit was
only bad, however, in Republican estimation.
when displayed by political opponents. In
the Republican vocabulary " disloyal,"
"rebel," "traitor" have been the mildest
epithets to describe all who dared to embody
and express a party spirit which ques-
toned the paramount claims of the
Republican party, and proposed, by organic
ing public opinion against it, to drive it from
power. If this republic is to go down, then,
it will be in consequence of the prescription
and murder of party spirit by the faction of
partisan usurpers who have been in ascend
ency for the past four years. And, thereup-
on, the historian would find in Mr.. Motleys
words about the sold republics of the past"
a philosophical explanation of the downfall
of the new republic, of which it has been so
often said that it offered to mankind the exam
pie of the best government that the world
had ever seen. Thus the words would run
aThe American republic may be said to have
fallen, not because of party spirit, but because
there was no adequate machinery by which
party spirit could develop itself with facility
and regularity" How soon may this hypo-
thetical remark be history, as sad, sombre,
immutable as anything recorded by Tacitus or
related by Gibbon!
Let us hope, however, that party spirit,
representing the vigorous and healthful action
of public opinion, will survive the present
crisis, and that it will obtain, hereafter, ade-
quate machinery by which to develop itself
with facility and regularity. And let us not
listen to the shallow and unrefecting smat-
terers in politics who twaddle about reform
ing national State, or municipal affairs, SIM
ply by expelling party spirit. 1t is the cry of
the veriest charlatanism. The expulsion is
impossible while any popular freedom is left to
display itself in public energy.
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The white Radicals Of this city gave them
selves the pleasure of voting at the recent
election, but deprived their black dupes Of
the privilege. The poor creatures obeyed
the orders of their masters and stayed away
from the polls, and this is what the Repub-
ican calls perfect organization! Such an
organization shows that the material of which
it is composed is totally unfit for the duties
of citizenship. Voters who permit them
selves to be brought up to the ballot-box, or
kept away, as their leaders choose to COM
mand, are only sham voters. They might
Just as well be automatic, as living men, for
all the uses that Radicalism puts them to,
except that of exciting their hatred against
the white people. Organization, indeed!
Imagine ten or fifteen thousand white men
obeying the command of few politicians.
and resiguing their right to votel People
who are used to the privileges of freemen,
and who are fit to be citizens, cannot be
driven like sheep, or welded like machines
~~>>
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Clothing! Clothing!
IF YOU WANT THING,
AT LOW PRICES,
wHObHsAbE Oh RETAIL
60 TO
DOwNIN G'S,
No. L Magazine street, Corner Canal.
II Card.
NO. 10 CANAL STREET, ,

NO. 10 CANAL STREET.
Nsw Orleans. Nov. z 1855
having reached the undersigned that the
opened by him for the sale Of BOYS CLOrHIsG and
MEMS FURNISHING GOODS is in some way con-
pected with older establishment be takes this method Of
informing bis friends and the public that the only persons
interested In his business either directly Indirectly
his patrons and his endesvor viii be make
interest bis BY swing good value for their money.
An reports contrary the above untrue and without
the slightest foundation
B. T. WALSHE,
ITO Canal, st. Charles street.
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