The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-10-23
TO BE CONTINUED. |
Important Letter from MIR, III. III. DRV to
the Late VIM. HI. SyIVis.

The press upon our space has too long de-
layed publication of the letter addressed t0
our late honored associate, by Mr.. II. Il.
Day, Chairman Of the Resident Committee
of last year, and whU now holds the impor.
tant position of Chairman of the National
Committee of Ways and Means. We invite
for it a careful reading
NEW YoRK, July Is, 1869.
To the President National Labor Union
In further conference, looking TO the ne
cessities of the hour, let Us lose not a mo-
ment, nor fail in the performance Of any
duty, through lack Of untiring vigilance.
The great Republican party stands to day as
the greatest swindle, with Grant az their
tool, that ever cursed nation. say cursed
a nation; and yet, az view ii, 'hs only the
foundation of the greater power from which
is to come salvation and safety, and that
this had to be that better condition might
be made for the future Of these undivided
though weakened States.
Men who talk of peace are leading parties
into conflicts far more fearful than the past
have been, and never in the old feudal times
were there more dangerous examples done
in the darkness than are now enacted in the
face of the large majority Of the working
people. Why, my friend Sylvis, the time Is
not far distant when the people of the United
States will look back upon these days and
marvel at the power which held them in bon.
dage. We may reasonably regard this sta
of affIlrs as one In which the mighty hosts
of Heaven have and are rendering powerless
a greater host on earth, that the great GJG
might outwOrk, 10 His own good time and
wav, miracles more wondrous than all the
past have shown. See the great captain
Grant: few short months and be has no
power lie may AOat on the stream-he will
be almost imbecile-riot and disgrace will
be scenes common to Congress before bis
term expires. No American need go abroad
boasting to-day Of the power Of bis Gov
ernment-and no man need be proud Of the
name. He may cling to the legacies which
patriots left; but in doing so be is only
made nj Ore fully aware Of the imbeciity Of
the present Government. Nothing can save
this Government from the inevitable decay
and dissolution which is now plainly defined
but your new Peoples party, in which the
people throughout the length and breadth
Of the land have a voice, and are not de-
ceived by politicians and a moneyed power.
That party, as inaugurated through your ef-
forts and those associated with you, must
continue its onslaught upon all monopolies
all usurY and unjust taxation, beginning
with railroad swindles, and from them down
to the price Of loaf Of bread and bushel
Of potatoes.
There is and long has been a determined
effort on the part of the Eastern and Middle
States to shut up the the resources Of the
great West, and to compel her to pay tribute
as a secondary power, dependent upon the
Atlantic border for existence and progress
Even now a consolidation Of roads exists
absorbing the currency and placing the
prices OF transportation in the hands ol
few capitalists whose influence controls q
certain radius Of country each side Of said
roads, thus play ing into the hands of men
10 cities along the routes, raising up one ard
treading down another, betting the country
with iron bands and paralyEing arteries Of
commerce which in any way interfere with
their finite sel6shness. The detriment tC
tho lsands and to the country generally by
such mode Of operation is incalculable, and
instead Of a wholesome forward action-al
parts OF the country moving forward II
wholesome ratio-a comparatively smal
number OF places become enriched, while {
vast majority becomes impoverished. Iii
the ofhce of your new party to make an en-
; tire change in all this matter of sectiona
J interest
t The time will come, If not quite now
when those prominent men, who look ou
now with enlarged views TO this end, vii
: hold the controlling places in the power o