The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-02-15

the vsry best tkSt could b., was being dons
for them, by those whom they had elected 70
Office, and who were receiving such bounti-
full pay. Whereas these men, a. genera
thing, have betrayed them ~ fast and as TAR
~ they could, With. mfsty 10 themselves,
and this has been thsik employ ment, 20 wit,
to make all they possibly could, out OF their
Office and position One purpose, In gene
raj, has rulsd the whole: Il has been re-
petition merely, of what existed in the
South, with this difference, the North has
precipitated itself into iniqaity, plunging 10
headlong and perpendicularly, M II were
whereas it must be granted that the South
reached the depths Of her iniquity much
more gradually, for the North 10 even now,
deeper than the South was although her
conscience may not be quite NJ horney, il
being, ss yet, iitsls more In the gristle, but
il would harden and become rs stone, II let
alone, and for this, they are as anxious az
ever the South was, snd plead as hard
for IT,
Why, but yesterday, she was filed with
zeal and fury against oppression, and she
even keeps up the noise still, while she loos-
ems the letters Of the few slaves, 10 place
worse and less endursble manacles upon
the limbs Of all the toilers throughout all
our broad land, ar thus it il hoped to Ell
slave the labor n the entire world, 50 effec-
tually as that hencefortb she will cause capt.
tai little or no trouble, placing her beneath
all the vast armaments, nsedle-guns, iron
clads, immense guns, &c.
Fellow laborers, these ornaments are all
intended for you, and 10 perpetuAte the out
RACES OF capital upon you. There ia no other
use for armies and ornaments save this, to
wit: to render it safe for capital 10 rob and
devour you, rs she is every where doing to
day, throughout the earthl
She is destroying the race by every meansl
Millions are in process Of death, to-day, un-
der der hands, dying By inches by over
work and poverty TOO. The intellect IS es.
pecially obnoxious to her, and she clutches
1t that the first thing, rendering it inpossi-
bic for parents to school their children, bv
her expressions, and forcing them 70 take
them with them into factories and mines, in
order TO help them keep the wolf from the
door,
All this CA be and is, accomplished,
through usury, this refined and as supposed,
generally, harmless principle. 1t cannot be
done without il, and there is no other such
powerful principle, for evil and destruction,
known, as this
The winds, the forked lightning, the earth.
quake which may devour cities, at a single
gulp, are as nothing 70 this, q mere drop 10
the bucket, or that impercept,ble dust, which
does not influence the balance, aud this
principle was chosen and adopted az the
corner stone Of our Great Republic t. found
all our interests uponl Ii il, moreover de-
clared to be sacred 70 our observance, ever
that which it Is utterly impossible for Us q
perform
Well may the bondhoiders abroad doubt
whether the producing classes ID this land
are fools enough To consent 20 this contract
when We come % understand It. We nave
/ Il tie pride not 10 wish TO be considere fools,
as well a. desire to be judged honorable.
Labor will repudIate 10 honest debt OF it,
contraction, but We DO intend 10 repudiate
Capital, henCefyrth, and 10 this end, we cMl
I upon all good ana true hearts, male and fe.
male, out Of employment. 20 engage with u.
Y 10 the Work OF saving our nation
! We have work for ali who can read an
some who cannot even 10 this, If they deslr,
\ to engage they can circulate books and docu
ments. engage IN conversation, so that noui
need lacA employ nent and If the devil at
tesnpts 20 emulate Us be cannot succeed, 70
/ the po~er of OGr truth.
suppose this schene % Mr.. Chases' con
tains m It's womb, more ver.table robberie
and murders, than the same that have beef
committed by all the highwsymen and as
sassIns that have lived tor all time. Ii i
the very essence Of robbery and murder Q
innocence. Ii tempts US all 10 crime, witt
force most powerful. Look ut the increas
OF highwaymen and murderers, at our YER
doors They have appeared at the yer,
gates Of Cleveland, in early evening aud ar
successful /! This will be charged 70 the de
norsllEation Of the rebellion, | know, 4
anything but the right cause, as usual, an,
the remedy proposed viii be, the militar,
4 arm, supported ~ labor and raised agai0s
her ut the same time. The gag will come
IN regular order, anu the press will be Openl,
closed against US, rs il has been and i low
secretly, and ali the arts known to despot
ism, will be practlced upon our posterity an,
they will groan out miserable existence
and more miserable still, will, In reality, b
/ the condition Of the depressing classes. Thei
hearts will be as stone, towards the toIlers
as IN the old world, and the ray of hope the
| there have had in Us, will BE bIotted out an
another dark age, will settle down upon th
world This 10 the intention, and doubles
I British and French gold are engaged viii
ours to secure the result, 50 that our Shy
locks are not depressing US at their (Which i
ours, in reality expense. This French Elk
position has afforded n fine opportunity 70
our Shylocks to stucy oppression. +"
crickets in the wall could speak the,
might make startling disclosures. It il Bro
John Bull and Bro. Napoleon the third
\ would appeal TO such old countrymer
and women as are in this land AMI reques
them to talk freely with their neighbors o.
the expressions they have hsd from, for tht
same, intensifed are being instituted owe
as Let them, one and all, come Up 10 oui
! help, 1. .. to the help Of the Lord against the
LRighty4 The wrongs which are done 10 hi.
Door sfg done 70 himself. be it remembered,
therefore. 1i.ae Lord Of Hosts is with Us
the God OF Jacob Is our gefgse, therefore will
no. we fear although the exfth be removed
and her mountains be cast into the rn.cSat Q
the ses. Ogr whole duty, in tis dreaI
hour consists "a cleaving to the Lord.
our enemies can succeed in separating be
tween our hope, which is God. and US, tn e
will ptsvail, but N we are obedient, 80 d Il
to plead His promises, even any consid.
cradle portion OF US, and.possibly through tn,
intercsssion OF even one or two, our deliver.
ance from the power OF our enemies will b,
7 granted. Let each and all OF US who hav,
power with God act as If salvation TO oul
nation depended solely upon our individual
devotion to God, which includes devotion I,
/ Tho~~. = l.,ex e.p
men outside OF Gods requirements, let it b
observed. 4. NJ. LEONARD.