The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-01-30
FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILAnELFHiA, Jan. Is, 1859.

fHlLAnELFHiA+ Jan. is, 1859.
I . the Editor u the woEkNeaAS's ADv.cAE
General Buffers recent speech upon the Fl
nancial question before Congress seems 70 have
caused = t@rsisla- s,EassLtAg -ssasa5s tha alrs
bones The desperate and wvIl~sust aimed at
tack he makes upon the chronic aud uas able
theories of the ''bullionists,T has han a very
visible effect upon All interested III the purpet
uation of the existing order Of things, ana the
general CONSERVATION it has caused among
them j. ludlcrous In the extreme The Gen
erals ekno lodged ability AZ a political leader
his kr0~n shreN due. aud he mastery man
ner IN watch he enforced a deferentia attention
from the House, while IT, members we're vet
fresh and unWearied ny previous application To
business, are subjects Of much newspaper and
Conversational comment. Our local press are
Of course united in opposition to it but their
remarks in attempted REPUTATION are very ELAINE
duck" arrangements The Ledger is especially
bitter in iLs hostility to the plan, and afirms
that IL will be universally read and universally
| condemned. u the other papers had given o.
meagTely Of Tue Generals remarks in substauti-
alton of the sdvisability Of bis plan, they had
a. well been never uttered The Ledger il
formed its readers that the spv, ch had been
delivered, but did not as much as pri1t one line
Of it. For the Elasticity Of a currency the
Ledger proposes depending upon the PEOPLE,
only requiring that legislation should in are it,
stability; and asserts that currency if large
enough to be elastic must ever be below par,
taking gold the standard of value All this
proves lamentabIe ignorance on the part Of
the Ledger Of what General BIS. plan really is
The General proposes 10 give to money The o.
" value il i necessary il should have: that con
ferred oy legislative enactment. That money
should have an actual or intrinsic value the
General shows il not only unnecessary, but
hurtfu Of the interests OF the people and, a.
he expresses it, the only remaining relic of
barbarlsm-" This plln, says the Ledger, will
evoke the opposition Of the country banks, BE-
cause they cannot exist ii heir power a. banks
OF issue be taken from them, and for that lea
son : the plan will fail Of adoption" 50 ID il
the banks we are fighting and we expect To ia
cite their opposition for the adoption Of E pa
per money plan will materially affect the
streams of profit now flowing IN upon their pri
vate exchequers and turn the channel OF these
streams to where they Of right belong into the
pockets Of the industry of tie cation A. well
might the Ledger argue against the appoint
ment OF an honest police force, aud offer as a
reason that such course would evoke toe opDo-
sltion Of thieves and law-breAkers generally.
We believe that the people as a people are
competent TO furnish their own money, ard We
propose to discontinue the practice OF giving 20
corporations immense profit for a task thai
We can much more satisfactorily perform our.
selves The Ledger having exhausted its very
limited supply OF argument, the best OF which
ls OF very questionable character, grows face
tlous and INDUCES ia ridieule, all Of which IL in.
cUnirOvertible evidence that 1t is more cha
grined at the Generals exposition Of Its falla
ciss than shocked blythe lad capiLAndum style"
"a which it Is pleased 90 say he delivers MIN
sell The supporters VI the National Labor
Union owe General Butler debt of gratitude
Tor his assumption Of their cause, aud for the
able manner in which he has forced its consid>
Grafton upon The country. | have perhaps CON
menled At greater length upon this speech than
should have done: but am anxious that the
dupiicity Of the Ledger should be made appar-
ent to those in our city who are subscribers to
the ADVOCATE The prCses~ed neutrality Of the
Philadelphia Ledger ID all mocashine. The pa
per, In It's monetary department, reflects moth
ing II not Wall aud Third streetx
The Gas Filters had partial organization on
Saturday evening last, assisted BY Messrs Ross
and Buck of the Painters TIE attendance was
slim owing To the inclemency Of the weather,
and the 0ut-ofthe-way situation Of the hall se-
ieeted for the meeting. Many filters, who
we're prevented BY various causes from attend
ing, have signiied 70 individual members their
ntsntion OF joining. The outlook is more
promising. TBey have resolved 70 initiate the
Steam Fitiers. but are undecided A. 10 Plum
bers.
President Sylvis paid aging visit to Nell
vile on the evening Of the l4th, and sd-
Ire ssed large concuGrse of its citizens az the
nall. Tue people Of Melville have NOT Jet
emerged from the practices OF unciyilizsd limes,
a. the 'store-pAy system" sill obtains here |