The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-01-18

their nrs-danr sxplosiona. vhidh hsys or
risd dssolation b the hones u thounnnds,
and cons ID : Land vhsse sueh cainitiss
arr unknown; where the miaer - euiy ~
csives : hsttsr rsmunsra1ion ~ HI labor,
but "A ! nv years g. Iay By S>ep6h . -
cure farn AID honestsad Of his en-. That
these statements are true, can be cogrobo-
rated by thousands even In our own State,
whose names We win furnish 10 Mr.. King. Nc
desired EEtN IN pT
fMf. Mcdonald had no other claim upon
the miners Of Great Britain than the fact
that he had advised them to smigraks, he
would b entitled 10 their lasting gratitude
That be is regarded - aspublfs bsnslhetor
by thoss Who followed his advice, W know
Iby practical experience 80
That there may BE- found In every commu-
nifty sfassr Of sass'r-do-wslls," 70 where
they may, iss well known fact, and ne be-
lisvs wers they truth Known, the men who,
according to Mr. X, returned 9disappointed
and dejecsed,r belonged 10 that branch Of
the human family. But the most nousensi-
cal expression in his letter, is the statsment
that anumbsrs Of them were unadaptsd for
emigration, and that they went to . land
i which, at the time, vas notoTiously known
TO be scarcely able TO sustain its own popu-
lation." Where the gentleman obtained this
Information, however, we are left to eoujec-
ture, though we can assure him Of one fact
/ that this Is news 10 those ON this side Of tbs
Atlantic the coal fields Of Illinois and
Iowa alone, being more extensive than those
u Of Great Britain combined, while 10 the for.
mer state, there Is as much unbroksn farm
ing land-the richest and most fertile In thu
} world-as is to be found In the length ant
| breadth of Scotland.
To the charge hat Mr.. Mcdonald, in hi
correspondence, has INDUCED in ssspecfa
pleading" Or that his information was OBJ
tanned from a STEW acquaintance" we repl,
that our grumbler displays his ignorance Il
I an unenviaple light. The information re
| ferred to was obtained BY q tour Of inspec
ton extending over three months, among th
: miners of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio
Illinois and Michigan ;.where he was brough
directly into contact with the very me-
whose status, desires and prospects b
!. bad come to examine, and as facts spea
j louder than words, there was n
necessity for indulging in mere tall
1t Is simply from a desire to DO justice, tina
J. we state many thousand "Gcd bless you
! was showered on him BY the "simple unsc
phisticated" men whom he had ensnare
4 across the Atlantic from their "easy, pect
mary position in the Land o. Cakes o
j lone occasion we had the pleasure or meetin
a with 800 miners, nearly ali Of whom WEI
Scotchmen, who had known him in year
gone by-who testified their respect for biz
a BY an ovation Of which any man should fe'
e proud. While as We write there lies on on
desk an address OF welcome, rendered b
- the miners Of more than one locahty-ten
: dered by Scetchmen, too-ons Of which cor
: eludes rs follows.
! With feelings, therefore, inbued with th
deepest sense Of gratitude, honor and respec
= warranted by sincere appreciation OF you
efforts I'm remedying the evils entaiied upon ID
e miner, In pursuit Of his daily dangerous occ'
patton, we, the undersigned, feeling NJ we d
y that we express the sentiments Of thousands
e your warm admirers, cannot allow this oppo
!. Atunity to pass without conveying TO you som
!. slight token of the esteem IN which VIC hol
- your very brilliant intellectual powers, and th
r cause to which they have been devoted"
e to all of which we call Mr.. Kings carefr
e attention.