The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-03-07
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Royal Comuissienr; 10 other word.. Tn,
Trial o. Labor Ivy Capital, and The eptIr,
world or ceptal looking 0 with intens.
tense interest the while, but Tam happy u
De able to say that thus FAR there il abso.
lutsly nothing laid 70 the charge of an,
brethren IN tcil, and that as much cannot h.
said OF John Bull, who has Drcsespta1 II.
His manner towards us Is exceedingly often
sive to me. while the manner OF our reDrs
ssntAtives before the commission, is exceed
ingly beautiful, ~ well a. able. an prout
Of them. A disposition is manifested 4
keep nothing back ; 70 make q perfect,
"clean breast Of IT," Labor throughout In,
entire world has deep interest in that trial
would that she was fully awake to the fact
- capital 10 but abe 10 avakening, thank
God, and when fuzzy awake she win max,
common cause and have things her own wav
which will accord with Gods way the world
Overt There is nothing but the ageressio ns
OF capital, or, TO express M in one word
Usury-between us and the glorious millen.
mum, ms set forth in the bible. An the woas
o. earth come from the devil through usurv
There is or can be no other medium. U,urv
Is the very worst kind Of robbery, and We
must not rest until every vestige Of il Il cast
out Of our political system. Cast il out and
three or four hours per day, on an average,
for each individual, viii be nil that ID neces-
'.Iy ~ s-rrs-. IT, world, in princeIy stvle.
WITH present Knowledge and advancement.
But nv object 10 taking my pen at this
time was to say that It Is nv wish that the
same space in your paper may BE- occupied
by facts, relative TO capital. We have the
record, the secret designs Of labor towards
capital, and now let us have the same with
regard TO capital as manifested towards labor
IN this and other lands, for labor has no d.
signs against capital except she il momen-
tArily provoked to 1t BY the example and az
gressions Of capital upon her. These are
unceasing and open, to great extent although
corrected as far ~ possible. We charge tbat
what capital gives il charity, as she calls Il
but really It Is a return Of moietv of stolen
property, not q tyibe OF q tythe "a what
has been stolen in any case We charge
that what capital returns in these circum-
stances, Is yielded through fear Of labor for
capital knc % the power OF labor. aud that
she won't exercise it against her IL she Dos
sessed full knowledge Of the wrongs suffered
at her hands Her heart IL Of stone and III
Der charities come Of fear. Paoperism is al
her work.
We must have definite ideas OF the sitaa.
ton and Of what ~ 10 Dc done and how to 40
u, in order TO make our way successfully out
from under this power Of capital, remember.
ing they would not hesitate to plunge "a H.
70 another more bloody war than that We
have just passed, il her hellish ends could
Dc s1bsersed thereby. 1t is to be hoped
tnat labor VIII count the cost before again
engaging. There are multitudes in the iAnd
to-day earnestly desiring war, ia order that
Trey ray may make fortunes out Of 4 AZ
Thousands have done. They are awake to
the means, the possibilities, and there i no
thing between US and war, at this moment
| save the fact that more wool Ia already taken
oy far, than can possibly grow BY the time
it IS due. We cannot grow it, and grow ever
so hard, 1t will not come, not even If We
delve as they, our brethren, do in the Old
world.
And here is reason why we should not
desire, were il in our power, under present
circumstances, to reduce our debt. because
another would be crc=-sd At once. would
sooner trust = hungry and. unframed dog
With my dinner, than those who now bear
rule over Us. Yes, NJ. Greeley, IL YOU like
l mean you for one, arr. = ---v lanOarous
one t:c, Considering -Eyour positis5lI az me
conhdeace reposed irf you.
by the papers IIs.se he IN now out collect
ing his tax Of <iD0 per night off those be
has betrayed. wish Our na-aAern lab orers
possessed the spirit and discernmsnt Of even
our southern women, not to name t,de men,
w order that they might deal with ssim and
such as he. He would not be thr ea0fng the
North. annually in this way t'ley would
sH~| tear eff HE old sheepskin, and he would
stand revealed, lad -iss1.--s 1le hal not ven
tured from home 50 far, but too late. |
would not be understood that | wish the
southern spirit 70 prevail among ~ prrma
nentlys but merely until the wolves we're all
driven away.
Is rot Mr.. Greedy executing the behests
OF cspitL to the extent Of his abilities, not
small ia this time. This n all wish to
charge him with, and oil mean AZ this time,
to-wit: that he 10 at one with Wall street
and that they together are doing the worst /
can conceive of for the Industrial interests
in this land, and have Jeen, during and since
the war Of the REBELLION, doing the worst
they could for Us, TO make us a by-word
and . kissing among the nations, they hav
ing completely exhausted Us in four years
Of war, who were able TO have held out for
fifty, far better had they been loyal, even
as was labor. She Dent her back TO the bur
den in reality. As to this there IS no mig
take. Never was . camel, in the desert,
more faithful under burdens Capital has
one idea Bow, just one, aud this is the full
benefit OF the paper currency. Everything
dear to us IL comprehendcd in this, and she
knows il vel, and u pressed hard before
the nezf elections, observe, she will cast all
overheard, save this, give US anything and
al We ak, II We are bold enough 10 ask it.;
but be mot deceived, until we have the cur
repcy We have nothing. We will not
get one fsrthins Of it. Il Ia our firm thought
and capital has not vet gwen or offered US to
the amount Of . mass Of pottage for Il.
She dems nded, and our MASTERS gave a
bounty with il They were not satisfied
with gift Of the currency, merely. worth
to Us fifteen hundred millions OF dollars, II
present, and to increase as our population
increases, Tor all time, ut the rate OF forty
dollars for each inhabitnnt IL 10 believed
We o0ald absorb one aud half billions Al
present, 90 great 10. or would be our indus
tries and exchanges W this paper vani was
Isupplied, the most easily supplied Of any one
| of IL our w<asrs.
If any fnancier 10 ready 10 deny that our
national credit or assets is the best con-
ceivsble basic for paper currency
let him dispute il. We are ready
I And again LEI him deny that the best use
We can make Of our gold and silver is to use
| IL mn merchandise in the liquidation Of our
debt. And again let him deny that The
cheapest metal We can make answer our pnr
pose n best for M. We nre quite ANXIOUS
70 dsfend these propositions against the
world, u try ut any rate, and thus expose
our weakness and let the strength Of op-
| ponents appear. -l R ILL.,