Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-08-19
THE NATIONAL LABOR UNION.
Third Day,

clal queston, anu you cay, WIN rLto, that
the Congress OF the Uni- Sat :, by trans
ferring power 10 co-por. - ,oas winch coatrol
the money OF TIE country, have ere s.ed tn reby
q worse monopoly than the old United States
Bank and you justly compare the fetal policy
adopted by the usURs RS 10 subject our Gov
erBmenf, after the wsF Of 1872, 10 their sway. 10
that adopted during tie iase war. MohIed men
alweys have simple process with necess,.
torres, States, or inGIviduals 10 get possession
OF all their resources. Ii is bond and mort gage
when the estate OF an individual is 10 be trans
fsrred to an individual creditor. When
a great body OF creditors combine aaa
grasp the credit and resources OF a great ma
tion, IN addition TO the obligation OF bond aud
mortgage of all the assets Of the national treas
ury, banking powers are incorpor atsi giving
them sway over the whole financial system
and credit OF the Government BY this pro.
cess they sc. not only interest on tle whole
amount OF bonds. far greater IN amount than
they loaned the Government, out they get the
power 10 tex the people by an indefnite
amount OF loans and paper issues, and so in
effect, national bluks have absorbed all the
Silte establishments. 1t was the attempt of
the Bank Of the United States to subject the
State banks and the States to its DO wer that
began the war against the mammoth in titution
which grew out of the war debt of Isl2."
Mr.. Blair then gives an extended history of
the old United State5 Bank, and concludes his
letter as follows
why may not the Government bank on i's
own credits, its deposits, and its issues of cur
reucy now given to the hanks, and convert
the gains into the means OF pay .ng the national
debt, instead OF surrenderIng all 70 stockhold-
ersl 1.-THE Government Would adopt aud pur-
sue the Kentucky plan Of relief aud bank for
the common veal for twenty years, fortifying
its own credit by laws to the farmers and
builders and artisans, on lleins and on lands
and on tenements, besides personal security,
the colossal debt might be gradually Iidui-
dated by the proceeds. and disappear like an
iceberg in the ocean. But the o her day a preg-
nant hint was given by the Chancellor OF the
ENcleQuer EURlan0 m hi rarly
TO a parliamentary representative of the
Bank of England, who complained thar his
repert on the finances was not accommo-
dated to the interests of that institu-
tlon and the business of men dependent on it,
Mr.. Lowe told him, IN effect that II was not
the duty OF the Government to take care OF the
bank and its dependents, but OF the Govern
ment and the people; and added, Significantly,
that the Government might INK for itself. II
1t bad done 60 rom the battle Of Waterloo TO
this time, ana put the profits into England's
real Bank. Its treasury, Instead OF into that OF
the Bank OF England's shareholders, she would
owe no debt, and the millions OF plupers aud
hand-to-mouth Iaborers that are hec itombs TO
the grandeur Of the oligarchy and millionaire
OF that county, might have some share in tie
prosperity now monopolIZed by the latter. Nd r.
Lowe and his CO. workers for reform in EDy-
land would find the dIsestablls ment and dis
endowment of the Bank OF ngland far mole
efectuai reform for that country than the late
measure with regard 10 the Irish Church. Ana
II would be stlll greater reform for TO dis
esf1bIsh our Nationai Banks and resume for
the people the control of the fnanc : of the
Government. i am, very respectfully. your
obedient servant, L. p. BLAIR.
Mr.. P.Cummings, of Massachusetts,, offered
ne followIrg g resolutions, which were referred
20 The Committee on Platform:
Resolrca, That IA the judgment OF this Con-
gress all trades unlous in every branch of
industry should ende elvor % introduce the co.
operative system-iu trade and mauufactur.-
a. an efficient remedy for many evils of the
present lniquItous system that comedies the
l2borer only pit'ance of that he prod uces and
makes life OF labor little better than a life OF
slavery.
associations or workingmen or women for
legitimate purposes the same chartered rights
and privilege as are grated 10 sociation OF
cfpl'1ilsts. botn from our State and NStional
Legislatures; and we denounce any and all
parties who deny this right as enemies of the
mos 20 end tools OF the money po wer.
Mr.. Walsh, N. Y, delegate from Typograph-
I" Il Union, No g. of tnat city, read the follow
ing telegram, and asked the return OF his ere
dentials:
Delegate to National Labor COnyress, Assembly
Building, Tenth dad ChesnHt streets, PhiladeIphsd.
If MISS Anthony - admitted, you are di-
rocted o withdraw from the convention, and
inform them that IL Is an insult to Union No
6, and that we are opposed to humbu.s.
WILLIAM SrIRK,
President typographical Union, Noe.
An animated discussion fmm, dii itely arose
upon allowing Mr.. Walsh TO withdraw, which
was cnly stopped by the gavel of the CHAIR
man. at ten minutes to l2 o'clock, within ten
minutes of the hour of adjournment. These
last minutes had previously been granted to
Mr.. Isasc Myers, colorod delegate rom Mary.
land, for the purpose or presenting paper on
be lsalf Of his colored brethren.
He said Z" Ii would be an act of great iulus-
tice TO your God-lke charity should 1 a low
the deliberations OF this convention ID cIose
without returning you the thanks Of four mil
ton oftneir right to representation in ms San-
ventlon"
Referring TO his brethren he said -" When
tell you thst all they ask for themselves is a
fair chance, that you shall be no worse of for
giving them Thar chance, that you and they
shall dwell in peace and harmony together
and that you and they make one ste Idy and
strong pull until the laboring man of this coun-
try shall receive such pay for time made as
Will secure them comfortable living for their
families, educate their children, and leave a
dollar for rainy day and old age. Slavery or
slave labor, the main cause of the deprc cation
OF white labor, Is no more. The white labor
ing men OF the country have nothing TO fear
from the colored laboring men. We desire d
see labor elevated and made respectabls; we
desire to have the highest rate Of wages that
our labor is worth; we desire to bsve the hours
of labor regulated, as well TO the interest of the
1aborer as 10 the capitalist. Mr.. President.
American citizenship for the black man is a
complete failure IL he is prescribed from the
WORKSHOPS OF the country" At arother place
that the colored people OF the land desired the
payment Of every penny Of the national debt
seS hen IN. the r.sdns OF the paper had cOnclu
At the afternoon session, the following pre-
amble and resolution, adopted at a regular
meeting OF the New York Typographical |
Union, No. 6, held on Tuesday evening, were
read IN the National Labor Con venlon:
Whereas the President Of this Union and Mr.
Alexander Troup waited upon Miss Anthony,
in New York, in April last, and req uested her l
10 pay the scale OF prices OF Typographical
Union, No. 6, which she agreed 70 do, but has
not done; and whereas the statement made nv
her in the LSbor Congress, in PhiladelphiS
that The IndepeadeHt and other onhces In New
York city are not paying O. high prices a TEe
ReuGlation, - false, and - there are female
compositorS who are receiving ten Per cent
higher prices than are paid IN 1ke Rsuoluton:
and whereaa the statement made by her in the
SAID Labor Union that she did NOT know that
the President Of the WomenS Typoersphscai
Union, NO. !. was discharged from her ofIcs is
false, tne latter lady having had q long inter.
kesetred. That We consider it an insult 70 our
entire orgaAixatod 20 admit her as delegate
70 the National Labor Ooagrses.
IN oenan Of 2,O60 pr. r.ntere. wv. SrIRK,
President n. 7. Typographical Union, No. 6
The foregoing was read BY M. WASH, 70
whom twas addressg0, VINO rad tna doom.
ment was one which would explain iteolf. and
iustify the WithdfAyvAl of the TypozrapbicaI
Union OF the city OF New York. II MO- An.
thony Was retained % the con yeutiou. tbey
non mould a,S wi.Sdr1w she was granted her s1eai
The question was taken, after d,scussion, on
granting members Of the Typographical Union
leave 10 retire. md Aavo refunded TO them the
money they have paid, and decided in the neg.
alive By large majority.
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