The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-08-14
THE NATIONAL LABOR CONGRESS


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THE NATIONAL LABOR CONGRESS.
UTIIcK oF THE National LAB "A USIoN,
PHILADELPHIA, July 10, 1865. (
70 all lcaoa u nay tO7i-ern:
Luz AOIIOL Is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT TIE Thru
ANNUAL SESSION OF THE NATIONAL LABOR UNION
WILL BE HELD IN THE CITY or PHmADELPnA, Pa
BEGINNING Al 10 O'CLOCK, A. ~, On THE I611
DAY - AUGUST NExr.
All IIade Unions, all Cooperative Asso-
Citations, all Labor Organizations Of every
Kind, Ia every pant Of the couutry--whether
composed Of men or women-are entitled to
representation, as prescribed in the Consti-
tuition, as follows:
SECTION >. Every International or National
Equalization sball be entitled 10 three repre-
etLtatIyes, State Orgai iz4Ilons to two, Trade
UhItIs md Oh other labor orgauiz atoms to one
leprcstulutSe in tie NatiOu-l Labor Union,
plUNlu,d that representative shall derive their
election direct IRON the organization they claim
20 rep, eseus
Each International organization repre-.
sent'd Is i'qLired to pay The sum of SIS,
and each National organization So Each
10 cal union or Labor Organization of apv
kind, ItpCseutcd by delegate, is REQUIRED
TO pay oNL cLAT upon each member belong
Ing 70 such organ cation. This is a yerv
ANAL ttx--so small that every union in the
land can Fay it without the least embarrass-
ment.
This Will be the most important meeting
OF WoIAngnen ever assembled il this conn.
try. II cur dtfniton Of Workinemen We
embrace all who are engaged in productive
lndusIy; all WIZ are in good faith obeyine
The Divine decree by eating bread in the
sweat Of their own faces, and not living up-
on the honest earnings OF others. Not those
only who open up and cultivate farms. build
clnos, construct rail- Dads, and toll IN work.
sboIs, tut those, also, who BY intellectual
labor extract The I irciples OF science from
'It Si'al afctua Il nature, ard give them
Taclcal fUm If art, ard direct the hand OF
iLCutuY IL sLoTt, every human beng who
py Ly scai Cr Mt,llt ctual labor. contribute,
10 Tie substantial wealth Of the pation-sl
Quteuohs u he way highest national i'm.
l'"i &C Will come before this body Tor con.
sIdeTauOn.
:. IKE adopted a Ilatform in which i,
pnltd Tie great central ideas OF our or.
IaIlEauOn. We must CIscuss and decid,
uI'n Tie test means 70 accomplish our Oh.
jeots ara put cor IrSUciples into practica
UttIHtIun
OuI lueas are not utopian.
Oul lLJeI tlUns are not agrarian
W 10 not scek to pull down. but TO bullC
up.
We want sound national currencv ;s
sued ny The government diI ectly To the neo.
re, al itW late u interest, a thai ali vi,
deere to use it for legitimate rurnose,
caH DC 20 WITHOUT being hWlnuled bv money
shaveIs ana gold gamblers.
We want tLe pubic Lar ds given (not sold
10 email qualities " actual settiers-anG
none UtbeIs.
We want labor department at Washing
ton ior Toe benefit Of the industry of tie
country. 49,
Re want good apprentice and mechan-
ics' lien law IN every State.
We want good PRACTICAL eight-Lour law
in every State.
We want The abolition Of the present sys-
tenn Of prison labor, and the adoption of
one that Will d. Justice to honest men ard
cOnvicts.
We want the repeal Of all the "conspira-
cy law" making It an offence for men 70
belong to ''IIades Unions"
We want Ian, practical law in eyery
state, Recognizing Trade Unions as legally
authorized bodice, qualified to do business,
bCId HOi cry &c and sutj,ct to the laws
VI the land a. other legal bouies.
want ect nOuy in the administration
Of all our afaiIs-netioLal, state and mu-
Iicpal.
We want virtue, not vice; honesty, moi
Tascality stattnsnship, not PARTISAN dem
gogism; brsins, net money, to rule il the
councils # the nation.
Every honest msu in the land can make
conm,n Cause with us upon these issues
LIT N0Ibitgnen everywhere, without regard
to place or occupation be up and awake
busy ID The great work Of organizing Tor the
last gluId struggle for human liberty. Lib
cry hon paEtJ RUE; liberty from unjust
taxation hUeIty iTom the graspiDg power OF
nUL,I tl5 liberty tIUm y talse monetary
hltt,m Lat tLebies the lev TO gather The
wealth q he Luton into huge piles, while
The many work and remain poor. For com.
IlCte ana tntlIe ICIiIcai Liberty, in a land
Wbue Ater'y has long been supposed Il
dwell.
Organize everywhere, and send in vour
dtE gat's 10 Vie conn z convention, and lei
us stnd tUItb al ehanell hliOn proclau alton
that viii caIiy ItntWtd hope TO every op-
IItsstd ILdNldual 10 he Land.
We ale engaged IN a hus e struggle. Hon
es'y against cUIruption-freedon agaips,
yIbDJy- The people against mUnied arts.
tDcIaty tuat is squetz ing the life out az the
naIOu-a monltu power that is fast reCuc-
ing tLe Whole Industrial people Of the coun-
uN 10 Ede vHhstls 10 Contribute TO Wal
st1 eet and It's satellites. Who shall win Let
the people answer.
The c,uvtnJion will meet at 10 O'Clock
M, cn The 10th day OF August, in th,
laIgt Hall, Assembly, Buildings, Southwest
corner If Il nab ana Chestnut streets, Phil
adtll bia. Delegates arriving before thai
day Gun report St The Il flee or the National
Labor Union, $50 Harmony street.
w. II. SYLvB,
President National Labor Union.
Important NOIIce.
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