The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-01-16
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Thanks to Mr.. james for bis answers =.
my questions. | would take this oceasio.
to humbly pay my respects to the new irm
Of Cameron & Sylvis. This NM: n ,
Strong rsthtUrSsment bto3 sAe 3 Mvoc,,,
which, however, waa ineEer, beIieUe,,Waot-
ing il power As president 81 the Natio0.
81 Labor Uuion, let as an il Ssimo ma
ltfEfssr and 'Fs@sIe'' before MI SsIaeiri'ly
obey him.
II notice you compliment me WftAG u
tract from letter of mine, in g0is edi,o.
rial under the title Of The False Ana N,
Truce in the ADvoeAyE Of the 2Sth ult RI,
am aware that the suhjSct cailei for ii.
As that extract was declaration az N.
underlying principle Of my long correspond
ence 10 the ADVOCATE, and az il seems "A \.
called into dispute by your cplrebpOnaent
Mr.. Hewitt, of this city, in Bis remarks a
you in his communication I'm the ApvocArV
Of the 18th, it may not DE out Of rlace
nor ber deemed as invading your domain
IL reply tsto the point" And after bavs
given my views you can give us yours, unles.
You do it before, with, no doubt, great al.
vantage to your readers. What We want |,
light on the subject, though perhaps NAV
fail 20 convey il.
Applying my principle to tRades lualtns
would assert lin effect overagah ythad5hey
should not be the means of crowding Other,
down, outside Of their organiEa ions, 70,
the purpose Of beneitting themselves. an
plying IL to indiYiduals, thew should not "a
the means of cr0wding Others down. Til.
| conceive, both are the means II doinr
when they Will not admit any man WORK
in the same place of business with their mem.
bers, or with themselves, On account Of Biz
color. The question, upon such examine
ttioni 40 Ighate made IL, 10 oneeHf CASTE
though M. Hewitt makes It one of race. |
cJneeive there is no jifEereu e ibet&sen thu
two-because if the coopers of lhls#ciy
considered the black az TIE suEs1of race
there aSuld probably b ind " AnE.of will.
ingness en- tbeir part tRaNogk ,Filhu black
men. 50 ft is, as il aprears 70 me, Cues.
leion Of caste. Nov this gninR tpf caste d
what we are trying to break d0WR. Hpot,
the poor man, on this scOfe, HasSh0 '6lAims
that the rich man has not We are seeking
TO put this thing Of caste down, by making
all, as near as we can a.ike-thrOughg giving
IedpUAhg1 hnd manners to the huhble, and
by contesIing the claims OF the haughiy.
pAAd this We tare seeking TO- d0 thIOdeh a
more, eeualy distribution Of wealth. And
she latter va are seeking to hFiuk about, /
NAV say, through the application "a the
pm ii pte or equality Add ibis ptineipe
Ol eQaaitY. We are seeking 70 "T.aohsh ",
Too ahUtlIer pri1c ple-thal BeHsS0Aape
10 acF upon toe principle Of heaey9lppm
we must All come upon . his4er plane han
we have lived upon ir llr pas1. Here IN
the sE3cAsn < POINT. Toe guisciPs7 taat Ws
arrrav4 - n tns .sLzsss.tasts sre 1isss-s rla-
w our niads ID live bv. Ard this mAlling
Gp OF our minds fain would believe y
grad Ially gaining ground smung mao. pR
savage loses his savage pIu. hsw
ceiyes "a education. The ase- aatisA
~ Maynard a. he was when ng #N HN
man 1t has been 1eclaged ua -sFsHl wv.
t0re, ! may say, in lao less An tt Lilo n-
n~r than a General Jackson A4 44s.A.a
&C., that This union this eQualization) "
mtnk md huSt and shall b. AaAhed. Bh
70 must De done by love, w refusing 70 On
press. = AL nature, Lmay not err a. ssFng,
feeches love. Look Ak tfss be.u N tuff aGsvsst
Tiook up in the summer sSy--se % The
quef W0ods-Bee thespr0risigu ofa ratts
upon the tail OF venomous snake, 10 warn
Its victim away before the fatal bite. Every
thing teaches love, / may say, as the only
means Of happiness, which happins-si IA 100
only national end of life, to the individual
a. least, and why not to the Rnoe-of man :
Ii Tod did not mean that oppression should
De done away, then &C seems to me, thers
would be held up 70 our view the end Of Eho
human race itself.
- What should we think Of th6 @hite man
or'wonan who should 70 cot OF q street
car, or cBange his or her seat in il, because
colOFed man or woman hagpanodH 40 eet
In 10 70 take their seat z Aud Though. thaf
colored person might have delicate feeines
about obtrudIng himself or herself im the
car with white people, should thsyi there
Iore walk from one end of the city 10 the
otner IN pursuiLof their avoeaIions Why
!n en- should oar friends of the cooper nm
ION IN New York refuse ko work by the hide
q BLACK man ftl the WORKSHOP? Why
should l refuse to work BY his side Al the
deskf Why should the LAWYER refuse 70
Practice az the same bar-or .he minfster
'slase % minister in the sans pull pisg
'N-Ang YET may betbat tns -aagrOds weuld
consult their highest interests II they were
q emigrate to their fatherIand in Africa
Or-thAt there il. some bnA yaf aswarGmiOu
between the black and white races that mast
1ot De overstepped, such AZ marriage. And
= may be that the negroes might hnd their
highest i~terest and happiness Though tbeg
might mott la forming tneir Dwn industrial
SrgRnlIntiOns. IL il the prInciple ws arEu.-
~, and principles 1 nave said are Yef fss
Iefieve,) TO be obeyed-a5 least IA 4 far .
reateF degree than they havebseu.
What. is the opposite Of all this \ IS
,aste, 10 il chattel slavery, it IL eNtasMna-
fCu of one race By another, il il las think
md have said the fnaI extal4nkaa.ipn "
heAwbite race itself, a. wel4'as evwyEaca
q the globe. IO EOIyAhlkfxaE
And here | Will change the subjeafA ~
le, ~ say that where wsakened.or declining
1cihbs Ithake their JfaEaI nj skAie, AS IS
9sWA hndRes ~ by Fessaaip %gappression bY
orce u arms, FOR il they did not, 10 race,
may be supposed, would ia cold blood e.
erminate another, or even seriously invade
ts riGhts.a TRbe. Rlantea. oDsjustice, and
n "AO ronO hmSy ~ may TANy w b%eJN--
OUT enemy, ID % way o1s OF diffrulEy,Alf y
) notiu. esery case y way 20 preserve The
eace. So where the stronger nations make
peiT fatal misfak 81 IL IN -oppDevsin-,F fOr
hey no lesS psspafe The way for thtiflOwn
(I heIieve) by so doing
; And all this, think FeasqRablH to say,
ecause, to come down to he point again,
be same s5Eit. which would xii az races
ill create CATE and rice gersa,,, Therques'
ion at issue then, j. which is the night
piritto be put 10 practice. assert EhA'
be Benevolent prlnciple is the right one
Though have made o long letter, Iwodla
ID before closing that ! was gratiasd y
&c the peace principle 90 promptly brougn'
inward, as In the letter Of your cUrrsspon-
emit, p. Bickler To see such resolutions
assed az he Brussels Labor Congress-
bOws that they begin to understand thelr
W, material interest,", and to-aet aecerding-
7. And II il shall be carried out On M
lrgest scale, IL will be the most etfectual
heOkmate 90 aristocratical assumption fna'
believe) has ever happened since ~
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