The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-09-18
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. Sent. G. l86,

To the Rditer Of the WoRKnexAN's ADVOCATE.
| have read the correspondence of d. s. c.,
contained in your Issue OF the 4th inst, with
a great deal Of interest.
ID. 8 g. enquiries " Does it look like En-
Pire 7" and in his correspondence he holds
Grants Cabinet Ministers up for the inspec-
ton Of the workiDgmen Of the United States.
He refers TO Grants treatment OF the John
Mcguire letter, and quotes from the annual
report OF the President OF the National La
Dor Union, M follows:
Mr.. Maguiress letter to Presidents Grant
written nc my request, has proved very valu-
able document The letter was written previ-
GUS TO the fourth of March, believing that the
President was In sympathy with the people, and
would be induced 70 say something 10 dis in.
augural address that would give hope and en- {.
coursgement Mr. Mcguire prese.ted the letter
in person, and asked Careful reading. In =
few days be called upn. the President, and was
surprised to Iearp~snat he had not only not read
the letter s/<n but that he repuGiatsd the whole
labo.~.ovemeut, and was ia fuH sympathy with
Id money power"
he gives six reasons Of IN svowed advo-
cate Of Empire why the Imperials claim the
President Of the U. s. as q member of their
party, no follows
l. Placing 20 many Of the rich and wealthy
men In and at the heads Of departments Of Bur
eaus, and the constant counting Of the aristo-
crscy.
. lgn onng 10 many Of the really loyal and
brave officers who fought to save the nation. bv
not appointing them 70 important positions in
AMI -
the secret councillors and advocates or the
President.
y. Continuing the Office or rank of general of
the army In time Of peace, ut great expense TO
shs people. when We had and needed none. even
IN time OF war-thus increasing the numbers of
nagh rank, Who would be interested in such an
enterprise.
4. Appointing o. commanders of military
DISTRICTS only such generals % are known to be
favorable to the Presidents policy, and his De.
culiar viewa
.. The tenacity with which be insists upon
the supremacy Of military over the civil autho-
risy In several sections Of the union. and il sist
Ink on the trial ~ military courts and commits
sso0s those not belonging 70 or serving in the
army.
9. The refusal to encourage or sympathise
WITH other peoples, 40 the Irish, the Italians,
liberty and RePubiicanism, against the rhraidom
and oppression OF monarchies ard Iordly aristo- |
Gratis and monopolists
de Pertrnently asks, " was their ever nm
In our country which showed
NJ tljila kasAaa Resch- ueertA Se4edvAAt Ane-rsl
running around to all fashionable places,
sourting and being courted BY the aristo-
cracy, the bankers, bond-holders, and other
here was 30 much prodigal expenditure for
display and luxury about the Capital as Low,
and when the people are grooming under the
debt OF taxes, after destructive and mourn. /
ful wsrf"
But no makes no alusion to the conduct \
u the administration in the case Of the set /
Tiers on the Cherokee neutral lands in Kan |
sas, which furnishes mn example Of servIhty \
On the part Of the administration to the |
money power, that has no parallel IN the \
history Of the United States. Heretofore H
D. 8. troops were never used to protect the \
iobber, trespasser, or violator OF law but Il
row il In only necessary that eithers should
DO in possession of large wealth in order to \
secure just such protection ms the nature Of
his operations require.
Ny point is simply this Three thousand /
discharged soldiers (men Of families Of the !
lass that gave Grant victory at PIttsburg
Landing, Vicksburg, the Wilderness, and 10
rOnt Of Petersburg (all Of whom voted to
make Grant president), by the encourage
inent Of President johnson and Senators
Pomeroy, Ross, and others, settled on unoc-
,upied lands l will not stop to enquire
whether the Indian title was extinguished.
These discharged soldiers doubtless felt as
hey had q right to feel, that . 4" loyal" ad-
with Grant at its head, appre- |
ciating the great services they bad rendered
he government, and the sacrifices which
hey had made, would be prompt to do them
simple justice aud furnish them, st least, the
protection due the humblest citizen Of any
civilized government But not so, Grant
and the troops under his command are with
The money power making refreshments up
on the dearest rights Of the aforesaid three
thousand discharged soldiers, hArassing
hem, eating out their substance, and threat.
sning to drive them and their families from
heir homes, simply because they insist on
The observance Of The laws Of the land.
lt was for James Buchanan to use U. 8.
troops for the enforcement Of the bogus
Of . bogus legislature, and under
The Lec0mpt0n Constitution, when Kansas
vas bleeding out Der territorial existence,
but it remained for U. s. Grant to use U. S.
troops to enforce . swindls thousand times
more Infamous than the bogus statutes or
the LecomptOn Constitution, on the most
law abiding. civilized, and enlightened pOr-
ton Of the citizens Of Kansas, after she had
become q great, prosperous and peaceful
State. The ingrstitude here displayed is
more diabolical than any which has hereto
fore been discovered in the human family.
Personally, have the most kindly feelings
for our distinguirhed President, but my duty
70 my fellow workingmen requires that
should cali the attention of ID. 5. O., who
also 10 q discharged soldier and therefore Of
the class most wronged, insulted, and des-
pissed by the minions Of power, to this case