The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-04-25

- lonEer sxists; the plAcs u the negro can
b supplied BY ths dsrman snd Irlsh emil
grant, and The necessity ~ nsgrolabor will,
WITH time, pess away. Thus fhs negro, M
Htu<aily improvident and incident, Will be TO-
duoed 70 peuperism, and the extinction OF
the race hecomss question Of time and mot
Of net.
II 10 true this will mot take place Ia day,
: month, nor . year but every decade Of
time, ~ it rolls around, will make il, TO those
Who choose TO observe 1t, more percsptable,
and the unfortunate negro, like the poor LIN
the sver-ccnqusring Caucasian. Why then
should the white man fear his competitionf
70 do 20 10 weakness incompatible with his
nature. Leave the negro 10 work out his
own salvation, extending TO hir, eli rights
and privileges 70 which his nature, relation,
and condition entities him. Let M Judy
and understand ourselves, and closely scru-
tinizs the motives Of meE, particularly poll
ticsl leaders and demagogues, and the ghost
Of negro competition need no longer haunt
The mind Of the white woEcingman.
POLITICAL couorIox.
The political fraternity Of this locality were
10 0 state Of feverish excitement during the
past week. The city conventions Of both
parties are TO meet in this city in May next,
and wire-pulling and log rolling has been the
order OF the day for several weeks past.
The democrats. however, opened the ball this
week by holding
PRIMARY ELHcfIoNs
in the several wards Of the city for the Sc
lection of delegates to the city convention,
- a. 20 nhnnaa 1alawa -, h. - nr.x,
vention. The elections were conducted with
spirit, and the voting run very close in most
Of the wards. Hacks and omnibuses were
In free use, and at some Of the polls the
young Democracy displayed their expert
ness in fsticuffs, and put the gentlemanly
police to the painful necessity OF taking
them under their judicial care. This was
scene first Scene second Of the political
arena was enacted by the Bond wing Of the
Republican party, holding primary elections
in all the Wards for delegates to city
convention, to choose twenty one delegates TO
the Republican or Radical State Convention,
which il to meet here in Nay next. In this
delegates, and In the Convention which met
here yesterday, negro man was elected as
Vice President, and out Of the many-many
too, who are able and eloquent in their
way-but one was elected to the State Con-
vention. In this little episode there 10 food
for reflection. What consistency is there
in eIecting negroes to political Conventions
In State in which they have no right to
voter It is but hooking their helplessness.
| Il would be far better and wiser, and fal
more philantropic and charitable to treal
the negroes in their true condition at least
a. e So i. uak I'D
| This party, while they were yet in power
suffrage, and it 10 base hypocraoy for THU
party now, to invite those men to participate
in political proceedings, in which without Z
change in the organic law Of the State they
have no moral nor legal right to interfere
Such procedure may satisfy the sel6shnest
and ambition Of would be leaders, but it re
minds one Of the boys and the frog, it maj
be fun for them, but 1t may be death to thu
negro.
woRKIEGKsN's AUXILIARY.
At the regular meeting Of the Working
mems Auxiliary Association held Wecnes-
day evening last, several new names were
added 20 the list Of membership. Messrs
Meetef and Murphy were appointed . com
mittee to draft rules and regulations for th,
government Of the Association. The Assoc
citation is thriving and the treasury steadily
increasing.
\ TRADE AFFAIRS.
Trade matters are quiet. There was
goodly attendance at the bricklayers Assoc
citation at their regular meeting the othe
evening. The report Of the National Don
vention was distributed among the members
The other trades are moving along in th
usual routine Of business. Yours, ETC.,
! VwurTAa