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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-09-26


- The Editor q the wosKnG9ls's ApspoAsn.
Dean Elz, Before W 1entsf 80 the dis
egssion Of what cosrss tho woshingmsn
should pursue, lei rs drsll . little longer on
v1.s L called The :. National Blessing" %
thas We may know exactly, Or - near ex-
sr.ly % we may, to what extent We are
blessed, or should say, cursed.
By wey Of preparing the understanding
- that il may take into ne full extent the
great curse with which We are Laden, end
Comprehend fnlly and anderstAndingly The
CREST suormity Of the pssfdious schemes Of
robbery which ere new being psassissd spos
the WORKING masses, 20 vali exanins the
rise and progress Of the Enelish debt.
IL win DO remembered, o. said i'm my
last. the English debt commenced i'm l692,
in the second or third year Of tho reign Of
William I'LL. Il vas in this wise william,
after having been safely enthroncd as King
Of England. sought quarrel with France,
and not having money sufficient to carry it
on, asked loan from the people OF twelve
hundred pounds, on which be promised to
pay certain interest besides paying the
principal within limited time And this
loan, bye the bye, was the origin Of the
Bank Of England, so that the great Bank Of
England, like our National Bank, had its
rise in war and taxation. Here we have the
fact established that the great debt of Eng
Ian d commenced in 1892. We will now
look at its rise and progress.
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FROM ILLINOIS.
NoNHouTH, IT., Sept. II. 1868

~@@b sass9 AAt AOOO.
ITO the Rdisor u the woREESsmAFs ADvooArs.
DxAp oIR,-l approve Tin the main) Of the
Platform {! Principles Of the n L. r. Party,
and see much in your paper which seems
quite proper to be presented to the people
Of tins country for consideration. am Of
opinion that this government has not had
occasion to borrow money since 1916, when
the fret United States treasury notes were
issued !; that sufficient amount should be
issue' from time to time, which with gold,
silver, copper, and nickle coin, should con-
stItute the entire and only currency Of the
United States. Had such policy been pur-
sued, Calhoun would not have urged seces-
sion, nor would the Southern States have
seeded at all, for they would have held
many thousands, IL not millions, Of treasury
notes, and bad at least so much pecuniary
interest in preserving the government
against foreign or internal foes; besides Con-
gress alone has the constitutional power to
coin money, whether Of gold, silver, nickle,
copper or pape- the few treasury notes is
sued IN 1915 or 1916 were boarded up by
bankers and brokers, and all sorts Of State
bank notes, shinplasters and stumptaiI TRASH
had been In circulation, until the farmers in
the West declared that they would take
United States currency only for their pro-
duce, cattle, &c. III the government will re-
instate or protect all the people of the
Southern a. well rs Northern States in their
constitutional rights and issue treasurynotes,
to cancel all national bank notes and paw
the national debt a. speedily az possible &C.
corning TO contract, in such currency as il
was contracted, this government, II properly
managed will in n very short time be in
more prosperous condition than il ever has
been. | am opposed to funding any part Of
the public debt that can properly be cancel
led with treasury notes and gold that may
be from time to time in the United States
treasury, and would make il usurious for
any persC7, company or corporation to ex-
act or receive more than per cent. per an
mum for the use Of money or Indebtedness,
directly or indirectly, in cash or properly,
and forfeit the principal to the government
when such usurious acts are fully proven
make the counterfeiting Of United States
currency or passing the same knowing to be
spurious o criminal offence, punishable by
confinement Ut hard labor for life.
Since your Platform is nearly the same as
that adopted by the Democratic National
Convention Ut New York recently, sanction
ed and approved By HoratiO Seymour, the
Democratic nominee for President Of the
United States, | hope that your organize
ton and all conservative men may soon bin
the Democratic conservative party, and we
will soon send q Sufficient number Of such
men as General Cary, OF Cincinnati, %
Congress to check the wholesale robbing OF
the people and secure to the laboring pro-
ducing masses q reasonable share OF the
rights and privileges Of free people.
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70 BIZ CONTINUED
FROM ILLINOIS.

ALTONl III, OepI- u
10 the EDITOR OF the WoRKIHsAAS's Advocate
DEAR SIR,-At an adjourned meeting 1t
the workngmen Of Alton, Illinois, held On
Tuesday evening, September II, 1855, the
following gentlemen were elected officers MI
the Wo'kingmen's Industrial Association ai
Alton, Illinois:
Decentralization 81 Hyatt
Presidents Aleck WoOdside anl
Thomas 0'Leary.
Corresponding and Financlal Secretary
William Carnsby.
Treasurer-Thomas Hyndman
Recording Secretary-Wm w. Webb.
Board OF Trustees Robert johnson,
Abraham Fletcher and Johl Bryant.
w. w. W..
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dependens-tting. So with q man. or or.
ganigation Of men; when II becomes neces-
sary for their safety, they NAV. initiating
the example Of the ship, strike out upoo an
Independent course. Or disownipR alIegi-
ence 70 their former cehs.r 81 attraction.
they 'azy revclve upon their own sxes--o-
may obey stronger law Of gravitatiORF
they have been under But they mayn.x
do this 10 their own destruction whem A mo-
tive Of self-prrservation animates them.
10 has seemed 10 me that let what NAV ~
called the errors Of q supernatural religion
Be done away, lsbor would quickly begin
to riee OF Itself. IL puts o mans elevation
on himself, and he Ia INFLATED, when wa
remove artificial props and dependsncies
from him. have Thought also that n thu
incabus Of war, and Of too much govern-
msnt. were lifted from labor, IL would begin
% rise In d:snity and power.
But we're we TO remove these restraints
there would perhaps be quite as much dan.
ger that the world would become perfection
lists In practice, ms that vice would run ram.
pant But this tsndeney, even, would be
held 10 whclesome check BY tne knowlsdye
tnas the world would nave acquired that the
best means Of happiness, aud hence the
70 our natures, IN their normal condition, as
possIble-siLee we are not eagles 70 az, bat
rather BRITISH lions to walk 90 the ground.
Capital, then, has been the center, 70 the
skirts of which 'abor has chung anu fayited
oppression. Were all the capitalists dead.
and capital see ttered, labor would probably
for a time be obliged 10 90 to farming. As
IL In Il centers upon capital AMI shows it,
(caprtal's) centralIxing power. The middle
ground seems 70 be cooperative industry.
would observe that IL cannot ssrictly be
said that work for my employer. 1. Is fsr
his business that work His businasl u
the boss-t0 which even be is responsible
Also IL il the Right | work for, ana not fnr
my eDployer-and the Right IL 70, or should
6x r. price Of my wages, or salary, not he
IL | were q mechanic the business could ba
carried on # my employer dad not CONE
fnigh his work shop. III am one of twenty
clerks in q store, the firm employing "a.
might stay away from their establishment Y
long as they pleased-rhe business wouil M
ON. Here is, think, 10 be discovered IT,
true, and tins moral principle Of cO-Operatiyg
labor. But 70 carry out the idea yet fur-
Their, allow that work not for The bushes.
nor for my employer, nor for the right, bu.
for v bat ! get-the money. 1 nave a. g0oI
q right TO work for that as nv employer ua-.
though that equal right does not max t-
thing right OF working for the money with
ont any metes Or bounds to limit tue qaau-
lily Of work Tor, OF intend to possess.
The capitalists are % well satisfied W .l
so operarIon-It comes 10 them with such
| relief after the late frequent strikes, that W
may mistrust at first whether il will wlra
the desired result 70 labor But it Is eertail
that 70 be Of any material improvement I'M
the laborlng clas es cooperation must BE-
general, anu not limited to a few cases
a SEEKsR AFTER TKUIa
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q truth, % CIR % 10 goes, and II is deposited
In the right place and will work even II we
srs TO safer defeat II will not be "a.
Col moves In nysterious way 10 perform
his wcndsrA Lst this b remembered, and
let . no1 lose courage for one y ,menl, even
II these 6hylocks were % succeed for little
time. Thsrs IL rothing sacred about their
work or doings. their laws; for, in order to
do this they must have proceeded according
to the rules Instituted of Heaven and not Of
hell. a they hass done. "If We can be
free by any legitimate means "clause It."
when we come TO be all beared in RepublI-
can slanghter-pens, and our captors are NIL
ready 90 proceed % extremities in their work
Of tanning our hides, We shall get tanned
and NO mistake, before they arc through,
bat, mind you, IL - the Shylock in the lesd
md not we, the masses, tnat are 90 be tao
nerA 10 ie aiiGhf mistake. IL ID the Shy
locks that are 70 do the tanhingi We are
being dnven-n0, led-like % many sheep
20 the slaughter, % that We are more simple
then sheep ever were, for they seldom frisk
or play IN such circI mstAnG :, while we
march With, torch-hghL music ana dancing.
The most simple--yea, insane creatures
on earth are We, who rejoice in the name OF
Republicans
Apamphlet has just come into my hands
beaded. Political Economy" in large
cepitals, and again il proceeds; Paying Of
the Democratic public debt, IN smaller caps,
$l,6Il ,034, 754 43 Making a rough guess,
| think It is made up Of truth and lies, just
about half and half. II is well adapted to
its end, and viii deceive the masses. They
do get up the most cunningly devised lies,
these stylocks, and why should they notS
rhey have the peoples purse strings, and
ID can cost them but tythe Of their thefts
70 execute all their most neiarious designs.
Not one dollar OF all this treasure they are
using so literally against rs did they earn-
not one dollar They certainly can afford
70 be flush, If anybody can.
r. NJ TroNARn
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FHuM NEW YORK.
NEw YoRK. Sept. u, lSG

NEW YORK, Sept II, 1868.
To the sdi,or o. the woRkmanAss Advocate.
There IL much suggested to US under the
title OF cooperative industry. We pause at
the commencement and ask il the old wav
i not the best-the most productive of nap
pieces TO society. When u man works for
wages he 10 relieved from many cares that
would rest upon him II be were to assume
The responsibility Oh business on his own
account, alone or M partner. Under the
old, or present, system, when the hired mans
work 10 done for the day, he may 20 to his
home and leave all the cares of business
behind him. Mingling With his family be
may forget the thoughts Of business till he
10 Summoned to il again the following day.
Usder the old, or the present system, man
may rise In the ranks Of wealth, or not, rs
he pleasss, or M he 10 qualified by his ma
tars % Do We may rise above his condition
M lsborsr ton participation ia the profits
Of basinssa, % partner or proprietor, at
his will-aooording to his qualifications
wages and salaries being merely nominal
thing. But this, which has been the usage
Of past time, We have found has invited op-
preston. 10 would do to continue on in
(" the old way" If the world were honest and
humane. We're it not for war, neglect, dis
ease, and thousand ills, which are but 50
many sacrifices, II may be said, to the pride
OF sristocracy, il might do for the same re-
lasion to exist between labor and capital that
has heretof6rs existed.
r. These evils, however, make Ii necessary
for The poor V Do what the capitalists have
continually been ealing on them 10 do--to
help themselves and the Lord would help
them. And IL seems they are about to do
this; not BY The hard and unequal struggle
OF tyranny 70 maintain every virtue under
shs grinding oppression Of capital, allowing
but . bare subsistence, bat by . greater
emolument from their labor than they have
hitherto enjoyed-by means Of some kind Of
3zsd hnits, across whish capital cannot ex-
tend its greedy arm 70 spoil them.
!, I mbmit that II nature has made mans
ccnJltieb ohs Of poverty, be seems TO have
Z right 10 improve IL II he can, and do "
honestly. Or what nature, has made that
oppresses man, be may set himself 10 un-
psalv Ne same ~ II he has . bad temper,
or severe headache, be may mend or cure
these, n be can or wilt II the capitalist
nav take mans labor, may not that mao
kpsp ~ ewsf But, u may - - with
bsd habit Of long standing, that 10 may bs
dilEcult 10 give up the nsages Of society
svSl - 3bsy ars. "A man mag remain sstis-l
I'D nth the ono ~ il ID known he remains
aAtisfsd wish the other.
We hsvs sssa . ship, whsn her heavy
ka1ssr wes loosen ID FROM the fpisr, and
eoflsd upon ~ dsck, stand out w Zen, ike
: shitt q lils, nst 70 be tnrned back BY
uln1s - swasssr~a sslfscontained-a self
ATT
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FROM MICHIGAN.
GRAND RAPIDS, Sept. 10, 1868.

GRAND RAPIDS, Sept. ~, lSbo.
To the Editor Of the woRkIsonAs IS ADvscArE.
During most OF the time Of my silence !
have been here hard at work in the good
cause 80 dear to u.s. Not one jot or title Of
of my zeal in the cause has abated, rest as
assured. am quickened in my work as
the day approaches the great day Of cleo
ton, which 10 to decide 80 much for the
laboring classes.
The present prospect appears to be that
the false Republicans will succeed in their
nefarious designs against humanity. They
are bringing the po~er Of money and every
other earthly power to induce us to commit
suicide. We are rushing to destruction in
vast dreves in the name Of Grant and CO..
fax and Republicanism, Death to liberty is
at the goal to which we are approaching un-
less God shall interfere and deliver as. l
still hope it will not be too late for us to de-
liver ourselves, even after We fnd ourselves
herded together in the sIaughter-pens With
gates all closed think we can and shall
deliver ourselves, even then. Beyond that
spoints it h not in the power Of these Shy
locks to deceive us n s
They are getting on sximmingly ut present
and chuckling at their prospects. know
the most unblashins lee they express il
they will hut serve them, and they who
know they are hes keep silence.
We are marching on-marching on to de-
struction BY toreh-lisht and music, and in
The name or the tanner boys" and al sorts
Of clap-trap that hell and earth can invent
This 10 the situation af
Chi that the Democratic PARTY we're en-
tirely sound now, financially, and that they
would also own the doctrine Of human
brotherhoo1. The negro 70 in their way 10
ssecsss. There IL no scccsss without award
ing justacs TO him. Cannot the Democrats
zee this 2 Win they suffer defeat rather
than do justice to the negro, and thus prove
true 70 their own principIesf No bypo-
critical expedient can save them but
sincere repentance, in view Of impending do
-. 80 - !, 80. &c. a.f... - -.
49, 80 80 nj. stone MI, ave .hs Demo.
s,s,;c .srtx. II thew viii ALSO turn svav ron
their god Of gold and silver, which the. wor-
shin m common with the ialss Republicans.
/ claim to be true Rspubliza, end dsly
any man living 10 prove ne false os waver-
ing a 10 one q her prineiplss. - defined b.
Wsbssx. He vho .sniss that l I'm Rs-
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EDITOR. =
The prolonged session u the NslbeDal
Labor Congress, nor. assembled Il New
YerA. leyis psegsatsd tn Edi&st q the
Ayoc1ss I'm rsturSzng \ = sarlya day
= vas sptie pate, ~ iss1e Of DE paper
- ben dsIayed ssvp5al hbuss, VIII the
visw ~ s1kbling hin to give bis readers
sach synepeis ;: he proceedings, or Other
information, Is aeh. might deem proper.
Aftsr having shas aweited his arrivrL We
are Obliged to s'7to press (as stated at .
later hour than Lsasl, and without the ad-
ssntAse q his prsssnce. This statement
will eeFtsinly bs aaceassd- by tho readers of
tie paper - an apple apology for any dis
Appoipsnent rss1Itiag 10 them. .#
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-09-26

The following tables show the popular and
the electoral votes for president in 1860 and
1864, together with the number Of the latter
to which each candidate would have been
entitled il the electoral vote had been cast in
proportion to the popular vote:
ELECTION IN 1860.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-09-26

A IA HoPE, Of Edinburgh. has inventes
"a apparatus Zoe heating boilers by pctrSs
leum.. 1t aAsmOksiesa and Deeds no hrs-
men. s-4-l
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lsIE<w a ~ sA1ssuk a - $50
hes nsl.hss hean inpsossd - 80 ksps In
psepe rsnnl1 ss1e. L. - seshnsa Of
AnpriA nov slsansA NO. ~ psrisss The
nsehisxy z Govsennsnt
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-03
ALL LINE FROM .
| ALEXANDRIA 70 WINCH ESTER
THROUGH IN ONE DAY.

s5-essEAo4aA Coaches will leave Aeysndria
;zE4sM8 every TU ESDAY, Thu RSDA Y
and SATURDAY (until further notice. at hree
o'clock a. H., arriving at WINCHESTER on the
same days at p. M, reaching UpperVille at
D. H., in time for dinner ..-
Leave Winchester on WEDN ESDA vs.,
FRIDAYS and SUNDAYS, at 3 o clock n. H.,
reaching Alexandria at O'Clock p. m. same
days, in time to connect with the cars and boats
for Washington and the North.
This line connects with the line from Pied
mont Station TO Upperville, going and return
ing, .....
to the entire route, and will employ none but
the most careful drivers. By strict attention to
the comfort Of all who may favor him, he hopes
to merit the patronage heretofore go literally
bestowed -- p, ,..... 81. -.......
OFF1CEs-Alexandria, Mansion House, Win
chester, Taylor Hotel. -.
VIM WHALEY,
je 29-tf Proprietor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-03

The PUBLIC DEBT The monthly exhibit of
the public debt is not to be issued before Feb.
ruary S. owing to the large drafts from various
departments of the Government and the small
receipts from customs, and The payment during
the month OF about 1000, 900 interest on the
Five. tWenties and 81 bonds The exhibit will
not Re so favorable as thslast one, published
early last month. On the, lst of January tho
Treasury held sos, 100000; on the lst of
February there will be about ss0,0OO,OOO-
For the next two or three montbssth prospect
will be better, as there will be little demand for
gold, and by resolution OF Congress the immense
claims Tor damages by the border States have
/ all been stopped
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-03

REMARKS The market opens very quietly,
the suspension of navigation, and the intense
cold, affecting business operations The offer
1ngs on Change to. day were light, and transac-
tons limited. In Flour there is very little do
ing, the transactions being limited to 8 light re-
tail demand. For good Wheat there is mod
crate enquiry, but very little Offering. We note
sales of fair white at 262 and fair red at 255 -
Offerings of only 100 bushels Corn, which sold
at IO7alC8 for new white and mixed. Several
sales of now yellow at ll3. Rye IDS, and quiet.
No transactions noted in Oats, and quotations
nominal. Dressed Hogs in less plentiful sup
ply, and Poultry scarcer. Good Butter in de-
mand, and Eggs wanted. ...
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-03
Receipts OF Produce, &c, by Railroad.


The following are the receipts produce: &C.,
by railroad, for the past week: -.
o., a.. s. NJ. R. R.-Corn, l6,4ll bushels;
wheat 1872 rye, 655; oats 52s mill feed &c lJ6;
els; onions, 6 bushels; dried fruit, 1900 lbs; ba-
con, 275 lbs; sumac, 1856 bsgs--7eOO lbs; walnuti,
s bushels; apples, 81 bble; tobacco, boxes;
lard, bbls and arkins; fresh beef, 1900 lbs;
hides, bundles; slaughtered hogs,24; potatoes.
co bushels; poultry, II bbls and boxes; butter,
% frkins; egga, Il bbls and boxes; yarn socks,
box; vinegar, bbls; honey, 100 lbs; sundries,
bags lead $50 lbs rags, 900 lbs; bones, 700 lbs;
slaves, $500; spokes, 3UUO horses, COWS, sheep
and calves, 50; barytes IS tons sand, s tons; oId
iron, II, $50 lbs wood, Is cords; lumber, $500 It;
furniture, car load; cattle and sheep, ! car
load and other merchandise amounting to 70
tons Freight sent forward, 900 tons.
A., l.. s. II. r. Corn, 4542 bushs wheat,
1926; rye, "a; Data, PIG; beans, bushels; dried
fruit, a bushels; hominy, q bushels Walnuts
"a bushels; potatoas 20 bushels; Slaughtered
hogs, 2G; hour, l69 bbls; can fruit y bbls; poul-
try, Is bbls and boxes; eggs, bbls; butter, I
hbls; apples, 6 bbls; hay, q bales; wood, 3S2
cords ...
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-03

; The caseaof Geo. A. W Taylor VS.. Franklin
Stearns, upon an appeal from a decree pro
1,ounced by the circuit court of Richmond, has
Fteen fully. argued before the Court Of Appeals
and time taken to consider by the COURT This
case, it will be recolleeted by our readers, an
wolves the constitutionaity Of the ''stay-law.'
A decision is looked for with interest by the
community at large. ID.
The Board Of Visitors of the Military Insti-
tute has been in session in Richmond. The
reports show thatthe Institution maintains the
eminent reputation it enjoyed prior to the war,
and that it is not only now prosperous, but the
Indications are that its future is hatteringly
promising. Oh NIT wax y 49, 'IsL
"A destructive fire occurred at Norfolk on Sa-
turday morning, breaking out in the large bar
rel factory of Storm, Baird K Roper, and de-
stroyiDg 4 hat and its contents, and several adj
joing blacksmith's and cooper's shops, sheds,
&c. Loss about $50, 000.. -
Gen. schofeld has appointed Prof. A. E..
Peticolas of Richmond, Superintendent of the
williamsburg Insane Asylum - f'#
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-03

,ScENE5A THE Soup HOUSE IN WASHING
TON Each ticket. holder in turn is served-un
til Mrs. Jane Harris puts 10 an appearance
when the following colloquy occurs:
Superintendent Mrs. Harris where do you
Mrs HI live at -- 9Th ST.
Superintendent. DO you own the house
you live in? 49,.
Mrs. .H.--(A little abashed.) My husband
does, sir. I...,.
superintendent. -Four story, is it; and you
are building another?
Mrs. H.--Yes, sir. .., -..
superintendent. our husband is employ
ed by the Government, and makes $50 pei
month"; - Hu.- -s.
Mrs. H.-Yes, sir. ......
Superintendent. Well, you cannot obtain
any more soup here. Your case will be report
ed to the committee, Mrs. Harris retires in
disgust. $50 .......-~
A ticket was also presented by woman re
siding on. Sixth street, who has situation in
the Treasury Department. 1t was cancelled
During the day several similar cases were expos
ed and the tickets cancelled.