The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-09-25
Written for the ADvocATs.
h New DispensatlOn for Labor"
NUMBER ONE.

Interest and profits have been good in
thgir day. and are necessary to The advance
m nts of nations. Avarice has done more
th&n philanthropy::to aid progress. But so
lckg as society is divided into capitalists
art workers, employers and employed, it
mttters little how much wages sre given to
thk workingman. By the Law Of interest and
thk chicanery of trade the money ultimately
gtks back to the capitalist. Where are the
" bounties" so literally given to volunteers
in the late war! They have all gone to the
capitalist, through interest and profits. All
til vast expenditures of the war, amounting
tcNthOusBnds Of millions of dollars, have be-
cdtne vested in the hands Of the capitalist in
le5s than eight years. IL will always be 90
OIL der the present social sySsem, let the ami
mll creations Of wealth be what they will
Tie toiler has the shadow, and the capitalist
tbk substance.
kAs an advance from monarchy ~ q Poll
tikal Republic is a natural advance. o. a de-
v&oped Political Republic and progress into
Social Republic, or to retro! grade 70 des
pAtsm. All experience shows this TO be in-
eEtable.
fThe peculiar financial condition Of the
cduntry resulting from the late war, and
o(r immense paper circulation, has render
eI it necessary to publicly discuss the
Question of capital, and this discussion has
\ to thorough exposure of the rotteness
OI the whole existing financial fabric. IL
bps shown the producing classes that " CAPT
SO called, is a delusion, a sham, IN
vknted to extort interest and profits from
S1me classes for the bene6t Of Others. IL
h1s shown the work ing man, whether he toIl
Of his farm or in the workshop, thas it il
j4st as easy for him to become capitalist
AID employer as it is for those who already
Occupy that position. 1t has proved the way
r. a social Republic that shall form per
fkct and everlasting basis for q true politi-
chi Republic, ana New DispensaiiOn for
Ikbor. All political Republics have hereto
fire persisted because not based o. o social
Mpublic. aud the latter has had no exis-
1nce because time and progress had not de-
VklopeG the knowledge and agencies essen
tkal to its success.
What is this Social Republic ?
l Ii ia simply a social and political condi-
Con Of the people based on the great princi-
hes Of liberty, equality and frateruity-li-
yerty, because all are free from social a
kell as governmental despotism-C qaality,
because there is but one class, every member
bjvidual and collective wealth--fraternity
because sOcl,ty is a brotherhood Of labor,
With no division Of classes TO crea.e anita
kOnisms Of interest.
But What is our present Political Re-
public
[ Il Is condition of political and social
piscord. We are divided INTO parties, war
fing for and against liberal and despOtic
PRINCIPLES The many are the political and
ocisl slaves of the few. 10 voting We are
Sike herds IF cattle driven into opposite
kbambles The toileTs are divided and osn-
aIuered. The Political Republic restP o. the
Eome despotism Of the bank, the factory ard
be workshop. Glasses are slaves 70 all
others. Bread and meat are king. All prln
kiples 20 down under the Weight % oar ne
.es-ities. The awakening working man j.
esmOthered under his tolls, and becomes pas
Dive through the wants of bis faml ~.
Z Under the existing social system, Poll
teal Republic is lie. No such thing, in
pts true sense, ever had existence. All Poll
kical Republics, like limited mOnsrcbies,
lare but class governments. The many vote,
ethe few make the laws Who ever heard Of
a " workingman," so called, elected a. pre-
ksident, or sent to Congress, or given "a
foreign mission to show to European ki=gs
ithe calibre of American workingDanY"
What " workingman" was ever governor
gof State So lOog as a man is in the
ranks OF labor be is alputaW in regard 70
political and social inducements. lie con
gtinuslly hears unmeaniDg Orations about the
IS dignity Of labor, I" bot no orator ever tells
him that this great Political Republic is
false, that his mental and dependent position
lis false, that be ls enVelOped in false ideas
land wages from the cradle TO The grave.
There can be no Social or Political Re-
public without social changes that will sub
vert the causes of the existing inequality Of
|cOndiLion. 1t is useless to 70 back 10 the
lorigin Of this diversity Of condition. What
I'VE have to do is 10 devise means TO put m
|snd to it.
Social inequality 10 continued simply be-
lcsuse of the unequal manner in Which the
results of labor are divided. There will al
ways be inequality where one class eceives
interest GDd profits derived from the labor
|of another clsss. These are the leaks that
sink the SOCIAL ship. II all men labored,
eiIber for themselves or for wages, the d.
Versity Of talent would produce bus triHiDg
pecunlary irregularity. Bot when one mao
employs others he expects profit from each
mans labor. 1t is these profits, and the in
Ierest on them, that makes him rich while
the workers continue poor, for oil interest
and profits necessarily come from the earn
ings Of labor. Inequality Of condition gen.
crates inequality OF social and political pri-