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

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Piled 70 brink about such state Of affairs
yet had NJ exposed and disseminated
these Anne Sshs spsrss, ehos,opIyFh el
suffer pndpr The 1890 eo1r snd oasfassl
Gus 1snl.istraln n 60 shsy vssy
Likely voaid bay - w y. ,s.l.
sionisls 81 As go nd, WHO'S objscs vas
to subssrt Gcvstnns6ts -dssifcy lise-rs-
lard its progression, and wrest from some,
whss II had taksn generations 20 acquire.
Tbsy would 'hsss bsen denounced ~ the
blacklist villains, who for self sgrsndise-
nent, proposed . imnerse nations into
bloody war, rapina, and rum. Thns bad
shsy promulgated, md Psepagssed sush esn-
timsnss To- would certainly have jsopasdissd
their own valuable lives, and possibly by|
rashness destroyed the cause for which they
were battling With all their might But the
policy was > wise one. and makes naDifsst
The sound Judgment OF these wise fathers.
They saw that the public rnind vas not yet
schooled to that state o. perfection. and like
all other great events, it required that the
world should be prepared to receive ID, else
Should it produce commotion and paraIy sis.
They therefore wisely sowed the seeda, and
public spirit gives strong proofs that il has
taken root, and that harvest 10 approaching.
Men are beginning to ask themselves why
ID Is that some are born TO luxuriats upon
the fat Of the land-and vet they toll not,
neither do they spin, ssll are they clothed
in oil the robes Of glory, whilst others,
whose form is as well modelled, whOse face
ia as lair, whose parents Is as virtuoas, and
surely the God If nature in his manifold
justice, having sent them alike IN every re-
spect, into the world, never designed that
any should be slaves to the others. No, it,
ia man in his inhumapiiy, that has made it
so. Man in his cunning, has SO legisla-
ted, as to make the greater portion slaves to
the smaller. And yet We have men who say
and maintain that such is right. Where,
ask, is the right, where is the sqaality See
the two children grow up side BY side-the
one enjoying ali the comforts and joys Of
life, the other from ITS earliest scream is fon-
died in rags, and rocked in the cradle Of
misery. Notwithstanding ali the energy and
industry of its parents, from the day Of its
birth the one is born slave TO the other, and
in ninety nine cases out Of an hundred they
remain 50, ill death removes them from tie
scene Of their earthly troubles. Where,
again | ask is the equality, where is the
justicei
Bat, say the public are beginning to ask
these questions, and nothing is more
natural, when We consider we live in an age
Of progress. They are tetaking themselves
to enquire how it comes that the present
systems Of government are right, and as q
matter of course in making these enquiries,
they seek TO learn for what reason Govern
ments are instituted and what purposes they
should serve. Thus they are led to search,
AID in doing 50, stumble upon there, our
best theorists and most reliable authority
Mill, Cowen, RuskiD, dc. Here the seed is
sown, and time will eventually nurture and
ripen it into . rich and glorious harvest,
developing at the same time . safe plan
whereby it should be reaped withal.
True, indeed, men who take the stand
aud disclose path TO such an end shall be
called revolutionists and their ideas treated
as absurdities. But are not all reformers
suchs There has never been an inventor
Of labor-saving machine who is not revolu-
tionary. Is not every man who is striving
to establisna better system for a worse, re
vclu.ionary, and yet his ideas are scoffed at
by those who have NOT brains enough to
comprehend the immense benefits 1t 10 likely
to confer upon the human family. Still in
despite Of the distractions that are thrown
in the way by those Of the Ep icurean degree
who wish to stand stiii, judging we have mr.
rived at the prime of perfection; still the
world is advancing and viii continue to do
80. Men are now openis L their eyes to the
fact that the evils are Of deep-rooted char
acter, and are seeking il there. There has
been blow given to it in the South in the
proclamation declaring the vested rights Of
property in the person Of the slave null and
void. Yet how many declared that those
were his, and he alone was their owner
But how was he their ownerf Only 50 long
~ a majority Of the people said 80. Thus
the South by an insatiat thirst for an ex-
tension Of power lost all. 81 lnay it be with
memorable capital In the north. They hytheir
avarice and thirst for wealth and power over
the masses, thereby may tempt the lion In the
semblancs Of the lamb too far, and Il may
rise and devour them, net In the 81 ape or .
warfare, but by the ballot. The people can
do il and will do 1t, for the inroads u
capital are serving only rs an instigAtion to
the people, from whence all their rights
come. 10 say thus far and no turther-as
the people Of the North once said 10 those Of
the South.
THE NATIONAL LABOR CONGR Ess.
Aynopsis Of the transactions Of the Ne
tional Labor Congress, now holding lls third
annual session in New York, would be pre-
senssd this week, were IL not thas The editor,
doubtless prefers furnishing the proceedings
in extenso next weak; heras, Ia the absence
Of instructions ON the subject from NJ. Cam
eron, We 40 not feel warranted In giving
any (necessarily) inadequate sketch Of the
Important business which has been submit
ed to the assembly, end which has en-
gagged ito attention, however interesting or
momentous they may be TO the Industrial
glasses, and especially to the readers Of the
ApvocArE. Al defeienciss and g short i
comings" w,il be compensated fur NEXT
week, when the editor will b 1t - bsst 10
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