Evening star., 1869-06-28

Of the Charter Asked fo4.
In response 20 an tnvftsuoh isgued By q com.
mittee Of one delegAss from each printing once
ontsids of the Governr1enf establishnent, about
one hundred and sevsnty Ave printers antas-
onistic to the admis sion, a. . member Of the
Typographical OnIon. of Lewis II. Douglass,
the colorsd printer employed at the Govsrn-
ment Printing Once, assembled at Coombs'
and Tenth strss,s. On entsfine the hall IL Was
required Of each man 70 subscribe his name to
a list ~ the door, which plodged each man TO
dimenity which nov .Sists 0On smOns % the the
printers, and also to abide the action OF the
meeting. The meeting was called to order at
aei,aS eight O'Clock BY M,: A: T. Cavis, on whose
chairman, and Mr.. b. q. White chosen secre.
tary.
Preliminary to the regular bust ness, on
press were admitted.
Mr Cavis, from the committee appointed to
prepare an address 20 the President Of the
National Union, setting forth the grievances
complained OF reported that that duty had been
performed. and the address would b read by
Mr.. Robert II. Mullen Mr. Mullen then read
from the stand the following address
10 the Prcsident Of the National typographical
SIR: We whose name. are hereun.o attached,
present dimcultes, the perpetuhy OF our
Union, and the future we'll being of our craft,
demand prompt and decided action on our part
o
fellowship with us, and who are using the
privileges of that fellowship for the enthrall.
ment OF our organization; who are determined
10 subvert it's principles and use our organiza-
tIon for political purposes; who utterly disre.
gard their obligations as printers; who have
arrayed themselves not only against our own
subordinate constitutional requirements, but
have issued a protest denouncing the National
body for its verdict IN a case carried before
them, and who boldly avow the purpose of
defrauciDg the ne-tniru majority Of their
m hp nj nv n ad,on ira
ard preventing the transaction of its business,
unless the Superintendent Of the Public Print
ing is permitted to dictate TO the Union. and
unless we consent also to array ourselves
against the National Union by accepting to
mbership one who has been sOlemnly de-
clared to be an "avowed rat" point us to you
as our only hope OF succor
Our Union, as now manipulated, fails in
every purpose for which Ii was organized. In.
stead OF protecting its members IN that highest
Of human rights, that which enables and
makes rs worthy Of the name of mantle
right to be governed by the dictates Of our own
conscience-it serves but as the detective to
make known TO those whose purpose 10 our
overthrOw-who are the friends Of the Union
employed in the Government office, and en-.
sures their speedy dismissal from employment
In the place OF harmony and united action for
the protection of the Nom bers of the Union we
now have discord and the widest and most
dlsgraceful proceedings at our meetings; and in
the place OF a bright and un n.arnished escutch.
con we shall soon have a tarnished shield to
present TO our fellow craftsmen, and the men,
bers Of Columbia Typographical Union, No.
lOl, who bear q true and faithful allegiance to
our constitutional obligations and to the proper
authorities, are doomed to bow their heads in
shame and confusion before the other subordi-
nate Unions, because OF the reproach which
Will soon haye fallen upon No. l01, unless you
will consent to respond to our appeal, and in.
terpoee your own right arm. i'm vested with the
power Of the National Union, to protect MS
Our members are deing discharged froE the
CONGRESSIONAL Printing Office for their fidelity
TO our Union, while others. whose highest
claims are founded upon political consIdera
tlons, are brought forward to fill their places
without word Of protest, and IL is demanded
OF us that they be made members OF the Union.
ments or not, and who present themselves to
our Union while the paramount pledge Of po-
lltlcal suoserviency is yet warm upon their
lips; and the doors of that Office are virtually
closed against members Of our organization pos.
sessing cards Of our Union, unless they can sub.
scribe to the politlcal acquisitions made upon
ceased 10 be a Union ONCE.
The public press is teening with our private
affairs, while employers are combining to crush
Us, aided by the perversion Of the powerful ma.
chInery which the Government has erected
here, and they will be emb0ldened to ask more
and rore because Of the willingness which
has been evinced TO accede to their demands.
We, therefore, whose hearts are true to the
allegiance we have sworn, and whose hands
aIe ready to uphold our principles, and who
are prepared to stand by our Union and to mp
dearest wish is to preserve and perpetuate the
organization, hat it may not only be q blessing
to us, but also to those that may come after MS,
and that they may be handed down to our pos
terity bright with the glorious struggles of
their fathers and predecessors, appeal 10 you
sir, as the highest authority known to US, and
diffic ulties which environ, and the evils which
threaten Us. even though the revocation OF the
charter Of No. 10l and the granting OF a new
charter be necessary TO do so
uyo n fsH Hap
we respectfully subscribe ourselves. in con.
vention assembled.
The address was adopted, and the Secretary
instructed to forward copies to the President OF
the National Union. and 10 each subordinate
Union throughout the United States.
Pending the signing Of the report by the
We're several printers from the Government
Printing Once present, who, while they
heartily indorsed the address, and wsuld abide
signing il, as il set forth that the Government
Once was virtually out Of the Union. This
req uest he Mr.. q hoped would be granted. as
their embarrassment. The request was unani.
mously agreed to.
The members then proceeded to sign the
address, the first name on the list being. at his
own req uest as the oldest member Of the society.
Capt. L. b. Robinson. About one hundred and
forty names were obtained, and the chairman
OF each office was requested to furnish the list
for further signatures OF those in their respec-
tive ofnces who were not then present. When
johnny" Burns, the legless printer, who ten.
oered bis resignation as a spie setter, dt the
Government Printing Once the Monday fol.
lowing the last regular meeting Of the Typo.
graphical Union, signed his name, Mr.. Cayis
proposed three cheers, which were given
After the address had been disposed OF, Mr.
Cayls spoke at some length in Justification of
bis course throughout the affair which now
agitates the printers, and asserted that the
movement now being made wsuld ultimately
triumph. he referred TO q statement made In
the EVENING STAR a few days since, that be
bad made an infiammatory speech at ODD Eel.
lows Hall, after the ad djournment Of the Typo.
GRAPHICAL Union a week ago. and appealed to
the me mbers present to know If such was the
case. Since the publ alton which appeared
IN the STAR he had travelled over the whole
ground OF his remarks at the time alluded To-
and had not one word to take back He was
TOO well known, he sald, to be damaged by
any thing the STAR might say about him The
case OF Douglass would have beeE decided be-
lore this II the vote on his reception had been
permitted by the Government hands Win
reference TO the question Of color. Mr. Cavis
cnaI ged that the society had never fought il ON
that ground, but that the STAR and other
newspapers had made that the issue. He
wished II understood that the paper alluded
10, Of which Crosby s. Noyes was editor, could
not drivs him from his conscientious conyic.
tons Of duty, for he was not afraid of forty
thousanG STARS, and in defence Of hls rights
defied its influence The Government Print.
Ing Ofice he hkened unto PandemonIum.
and its Superintendent (Mr. Il. M. Clapp1
he said, had been pronounced by the Pres.
iaent Of the Buffalo Union q notorious ,sratn
in the past, as it was his intention to be