The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-06-13
CORRESPONDENTS.
FROM NEW YoRK.
NEw York, June z, 1856

FROM NEW YORK
NEW York, June Z, 1868.
To the Bditor Of the woHKusxAx's Advocate.
Az the time approaches for the meeting Of
the National Democratic Convention, the
6res of party warfare get hotter every day,
and We have here in New York 1.-THE great
stronghold Of the Democracy clubs Of all
imaginable denominations, pulling the party
wires.
Looking at the matter squarsly, it seems
to me quite settled that the convention will
nominate one who is pledged to take care
Of the bondholaers' interests. On this
point both parties are agreed. They know
the interest will come out of Labor, there
fore Tin this case as well az in all others
where Labor is concerned) they unite to
crush 1t. The greenback is good enough for
Labor to subsist on, but If l loan the gov
eminent 80 cents IN paper, take its bond,
and then claim 100 cents in gold, besides
taking per cent. interest till the govern
ment 10 ready to pay me. Then, if Labor
(who really has to pay me) says 81 am will
ing to pay you all that you lent me, in the
same paper you gave me-" forthwith there
is great howl Of "rspudiatiOn" running
through the country.
II ! lend man a dollar greenback, what
would he think Of me if, when be offered to
return it, refused and demanded gold 7 thus
getting two dollars for one. It would GER
tain.J De no more dishonest than the demand
Of the bondholders at the present time but
| can see it as clearly as possible, that be-
tween the two stools, Republicanism and
Democracy, Labor is again to be sold out.
Some OF our strongest radical papers are
advocating Chase for the standard bearer
OF the Democrats. Why2 Because, with
/ Chase and Grant the bondholders are safe.
Can nothing be done to prevent these two
| powerful partiee from using Labor as foot
ball, to be kicked hither and thither, at the
wla of eitherf And where is the boasted
Intelligence of the American mechanic, &c
suffer these things to exist, with his eyes
wide openf Have we five-sixths Of the
peopls fgled and ground down 10 poverty,
~ the other sizth, whom one (onIy one) ball
AW s4k$YY that fve-sixths, for Labor would,
Ens u BY magic, change the whole matter
see two of your correspondents have
Dor platform. The suggestion 10 a good one,
% wrote you Two months ago. Every
Workingman should ut least have the oppor-
tunity to cast his honest vote for honest
Labor.
Let ne inscribe on our banner, Eight
Hours Day, and Q more equal Distribution
OF wealth." by cooperation and co-part-
nership, for on these two things hang all the
suherings Of Labor. Pat them in practice,
and all others will soon ravish our sight.
This 10 . platform that every working man
can stand on. There are but two planks
IN u, but they are sound ones, and will last
through sll time. Therefore, / say, throw
the banner to the breese. There are those
no doubt, who will sag that it is too soon
IL is never too soon to begin to do rsght,
neither 10 il too soon to begin now.
zee that after the Senate got through the
Impeachment farce, they had to be revenged
On some one for their i'll luck, so they chose
"a Eighe Hour bull that was brough. for
4 ward ~ them TO vent their spleen upon the
workinSmen, by declaring that it had no
ffiscda Hear it, workingmen. Read il
l--pondef over it. The United States SEN
Ale that you elected, spits In your face and
IsaysJ0ar most cherished measure, one that
lsyou hare toiled night after night, to see
placed on the statute book Of the nation,
hns no friends therefore, they throw it
EiEnominiously aside. and I, as an honest
chronicler, am compelled to admit that they
Were Justified in doing IL, for you do moth.
inc yourselves towards accomplishing 90
Ekeot cool. Therefore, you cannot ex-
pest that others will do il for yon. When
yDQ again become In earnest las you were
twe o. three years ago) for an eight-hour
INV By congress, they viii soon pass 10, and
tfa operation will become universal.
Some two months ago, there was in New
York an agent from California, who gave
several free lectures on the soil, climate, and
the thriving condition the state was In. The
only drawback to its being a paradise was
tbs want Of labor-both skilled and I'M
skilled. Food was cheap, wages were high,
and chat was better still, paid In gold. No
Gteenbscks required there; whereas in New
YORK neither work, greenbacks, OK gold,
we're TO be had, therefore, how rsach better
woald il be to 20 to California than stay In
Nes York. "Come into my parlor, says the
spider TO the fy,"-those who are unable to
pag their passage can have tickets, and then
Nogk them out when they get there, which
WILL take but Q very short time. Well, some
- r. seven thousand took the bait and
w1nt; Ne now know what Il stated at the
kins1 these men were wanted for. The eight
hoor law was about to he put in force there,
and capital was unable to meet the crisis
without an additional supply Of labor. The
npvs now comes to M Of shs failure That
4 ths word used bv he press Of this citv.
Jhs Tlmes, the most malignant against labor
|of "A the press Of Ney York city, has it on
~ lrout page. IL seems these men were
.tss s.osgh 70 60 and take the places Of