The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-20

and weighty comment but this is now no nt time to
association, each for himself interchange and COM
pare TACT with fact, and II he has sufficient leisure,
he d tEs spend wa2 SOe or sSoe T9 hours very useq
that, within the last forty years, more
brought With them, in addition to the Instincts, in
dustres and retnements Of high civilization, up |
wards OF sig hundred millions Of dollars IN specie)
and ttiat, during the same time, only about fifty
thousand Of such emgrants have settled in the
us D bold relief the particulars of another OF those
numerous and astounding contrasts which, many
years ago. were brought into existence between the
great and glorious white freedom of the North and
0le degrading and despicable black slavery OF the
south.
But even greater disadvantages and troubles OF n
public nature, are yet unmentioned. Through the
gross incompetency and corruption OF the Radical
party, majority Of the Southern States especially
those That have most negroes in them, are still so
agtated, chaotc,Eand uninyting, that, whereas
white emgrants from the North and from Europe
ought now to be pouring into them by the hundreds
of thousands they are but tardy finding their way
there by the score The whole tendency of this
perturbed and ill-Omened condition Of things is to
render the heterogeneousness Of the South per-
petua, an incurabe Testing upon the body poll
tic. IL threatens us, on the one hand, with worse
than an ireland, a Poland or a Hungary and on the
on the other, with vier than Mexico, a Jamaica,
or a San Domingo.
Impeled 10y the sincere and anxious hope of being
able to cooperate with you and with others avert
ing at least some OF the impending caamities thus
hastily and imperfectly foreshadowed, | have in
TINS manner, Thought 1t proper to request your eXa-
mlnatiOn OF the aforementioned paper, wherein I
have essayed to point out perils, and to propose
preventves worthy of the careful consideration of
every vigilant and right minded American. With
full faith in all the sentiments here expressed and
implied, and with solemn apprehensons that the
honor and the general welfare of the masses OF our
people We're never before jeOpardzed to so great an
extent in time of peace Respectfully await the ac
tion OF any committee whom you NAV be pleased TO
appoint to confer with me.
HINTON ROWAN HELPER
Mr. West of Miss, in view of the action of the
committee, moved that the Chair appoint a commit
tee, every interest represented in the Congress to
be represented therein who shall draft and prepare
constitution before the next session of the Union
and report thereto.
Messrs. Day, of New York and Mclean, of Mas
saChusetts spoke against the notion and Cogswnll
OF Illinois, in support of It, 1t finally agreed to-
Mr. j. f. Walsh, of New York, presented the fol-
| lowing, which was agreed to-
Rcs0tUcd, That shall be the duty of the President
| to appoint standing executive and advisory com
mittee of five, who shall serve until the next meet
! ing Of this Congress- and until their successors are
appointed, and whose duty it shall be to prepare an
| address to the people of the United States.
| Also the fOllOwing:-
Rcsolred. That the President shall appoint COM
mittee of ways and MEANS consisting of one men,
ber from each State, whose duty It shall be TO pro-
vide for the financial necessities OF this organiza-
ton and otherwise provide for its general interests
| MIR. Cameron of Illinois, chairman of the Commit
tee on Coole Labor, presented the following:-
Whereas, Interested and unprncipled capitalists
are endeavOrng to lower the wages OF the mechanics
and laborers of the United States, our citizens
| by the introduction OF Coolie labor and whereas
our working people, the pillars Of our institutions
are compelled to incur great expense towards edu.
eating themselves and children towards the support
of Government, and defending human rights for the
benefit OF all the world and whereas CoOe laborers
| would be under no such obligations, and would
therefore be able to undersel with their labor that
OF our citizens degrade the dignity of the laborer
and thus LEAD to state of pauperism and vassaaget
| which would imper its continuance and the de-
veopment of our free republican institutions; there
| fore be it
Re8olred, That while we appreciate the benedtsito
| be derived from voluntary emigration, we are op-
posed IN toto to the importation of serve race TO
fulfil contracts entered into on foreign soil.
| Resolved That we demand the rigid enforcement
of the law of Congress of 1862, prohibiting cooe i'm
| pOrtation.
ResolCed That voluntary Chinese emigrants ought
to enjoy the protection of the laws like other citizens!
Mr.. Jessup, of New York, moved that the report
| be received and adopted.
| MIR West of Mississippi, said that he did not an
prove of the words "unprincipled capitalists" and
| moved that they be stricken out.
| Messrs. GazZan of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Hi
nois, Mclean of Massachusetts, Kuhn of New York
and Trevellick Of Michigan, spoke against the mo-
| ton, which was finally voted down.
1t was then moved that it be referred back to the
| committee Not agreed to.
Mr.. West, of Mississippi, desired to withdraw his
| name from the repQrt, which, on motion, he was
| allowed TO do.
The following were appointed a committee on
new political party:-James c. Sylvis of Pennsylva-
MIA; Seigfried Myers, of New York; James Carr, of
New York; Hal. II. Walker, of Alabama; w. j. Nc
| Laughlin, of Massachusetts.
| Mir S. p. Pratt OF Massachusetts,, Chairman of the
Committee on Mines and Mining, presented the fol-
lowing
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MINES AND MINING.
1t is undeniably true that the prejudices of the
workngmen, as well as the manufacturers of the
| whole country, have been unjustly aroused against
the miners of Pennsylvania.
A careful and dispassonate examination of this
whole question will astOnish every far-minded man.
With the press and the in the
interest OF capital it is not strange that the impress
sion has gone forth that the miners responsible
for the present high price of coal.
What are the facts in the case? We find by care
full inquiry that up to the time OF the formation OF
the present organization, known as the w. b. A., the
| miners had suffered outrage and long-continued
abuse in many ways, without the power of redress
The operators had cheated and oppressed their men
| until spontaneous movement placed thirty thou
sand labOrers in line to defend their common rights
| men.
= Among the grievances against which the men pro-
| tested were these:-
The collection of all bills whether they are right OF
+ | wrong. The butcher at the end of each month
handed his accounts into the Office without consult
q ing the miner. The operator charges five per cent
for collecting and the butcher caring to lose
r sells the beef for enough more to make up for five
o | per cent. Next were the doctors bills.
: The physician charges seyenty-fye cents pei
month for married man. and fifty cents for a single
/ ! person. The men not very particular about
this item, still they claimed the privilege of choosing
their own physician instead of having the Ope
o lected at the end OF the month, the same as the
a butchers bill. Instances are related where the shoe
maker took mans measure, collected the bill at the
e OfiCe, and then never finished the job.
e Usually the operators had stores which they com
d PEELED the men to patrOnYe. This, they said was
against the laws of the State, and they felt great,
grieved that they could not spend their money where
l they pleased They say that for years and year,
they worked for two dollars or less per day. while the
d operators were making fabulous sums. Said one
% mmer:-"rhe operators keep us ignorant ana ther
they blackguard us because we cannot read anC
e write"
Ie We would like to devote part of our time I,
y books and papers, but how can we when the pres
e. and the operators are opposed to the "eght-hou
3 aw?' 1t was the universal complaint that the one
III ratOs were not in favor of the miners sending the
II children to school. Thousands upon thousands O
% Ine children Oh miners, from eight to ten years