The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-04-24

Yes, 10 set before kingl--but N awful
black and bitter report to rot before the citi-
zens ola free republic.
With this vast array Of legal talent in
Oongress. II Il no wonder that the four
teenth amendment to the constitution was,
as u 10 admitted TO be, lame and impotent
conclusion gotten up, some seys Tor the
purpose Of bamboozling ths negroes and in
sulting the women, and that, in consequence
Of its imbecilitY, q fifteenth has been need.
ed to elucidate II and partially define it. IL
10 at the same time well 70 remember that
although this ambiguity in legal documents
10 bad for the nation, 1t 10 in more senses
than one, capital for the lawyers who con-
coct them.
Unlike the generality Of writer's for the
press, make no complaints OF the money
value Of our political Prizes. am told that
the pay Of . member of Assembly in the
State Of New York Is 80 little that man
who has only Il to rely upon, will have to
sell his honor at Albany in order to exc out
his living. When Il IL considered that sim
pie distributor Of dry goods 10 New York
has Melted sixty millions Of dollars in thirty
years, (say three millions per annum,) by
the operation, three thousand collars Der
annum for United States represr- ative,
or tiSe thousand por annum for q senator,
cannot be considered TOO great rewards.
But it may be said that although the pro
ducing classes do not get their share Of rhe
money, they are surfeited with very Ii Der
al allowance Of buncombe They are the
hard listed democracy. the bone and sinew
Of the nation, the glory Of the republic &C.,
&c. The pity Of il Is that these phrases, 20
glibly showered upon US by demagogues,
are not med ums Of exchange. No amount
Of glory will wheedls loaf out OF the hands
Of the baker, nor will the butcher accept q
ton Of honor in exchange for shin bone Of
beet. On the contrary, if our producers re-
ceived money instead Of honor, which Hen
ry Ward Beecher says il is the duty Of our
young men to secure, what is there betWixt
3 glass Of lager and q pew in his church,
which they could not obtain in exchange for
it.
From the data above given have compn
Ell the following table, which, with your
permission, | will call
MAN WEIGHT.
Two black sgriculturisss equal to white AErI-
eulturst-
Two white agrcu turisss equal TO Iaborsr on
roads or factories.
Three black agricu turists equal to one miner.
Two mineru are equal to one mechanic izan-
-Four mechanics equal 10 United States repre-
sentative.
Two representatives equal to one United States
1 Senator.
Elk hundred Unei States Senators are equal 70 one
/ dry goods distributor Of New York
| There are some errors doubtless in this
computation, the most important probably
is that in the case Of The United States Sen
ator's, the pay only continues during ser
vice, whereas, 10 the case Of the dry goods
distributor, the pay is fixture to hun, his
executors, administrators, and assigns for
ever.
In conclusion, l would mention the larger
class Of women workers who are jossling us
in the shops for bread. Their pay, like The
little end Of infinity, cannot be computed,
They are the prey OF the Williams of civiliza-
ton, ard their pittance decreases ia exact
proportion to the heathenism Of those who
hire them. Nothing but the success of the
labor cause can right their wrongs, ar its
success depends largely on their acquisition
Of their political and legal rights. We can
trust our wives, sisters, and daughters, to
help US ut the ballot boxes to overthrow
Tammon, whereas the few Flora McFlm-
sizes who can be persuaded to visit the nasty
polling places, will, in all probability, cast
their votes in opposition 10 their males, out
Of spite. R.W. HUME.