The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-11-06
TNE BALTIMORE ELECTIOr.

AASAA rhO AeteyfuHt1 OemOCIauc weekly
journil published in Baltimore, in which
it is dssumed that all who do not agree with
the friter's version Of Democratic faith,
are Opposed to the spirit of American De-
mocr5cy, and in alliance with their more
succdbsful enemy, the Republican party.
VIII / not openly ayowing it's designs, the
artici is undoubtedly an attack upon tho
wOr4ngmen's party and principles Of that
city.
TITS not our desire or intention TO vindi-
catepr defend either Of the political parties
Of q Q day, for we are convinced both are
equtly corrupt, and regardless Of the inter-
estskof the producing classes. Neither do
we Propose to attack them. Their dissolu-
toni is among the certainties Of things to
coLk. Their great idols-Gold AMI Bonds,
viii swallow them up, and we need but to
awAt our time to announce their final dis
solution But when their repres' ntatlves
unJ srtake to play the part Of friends and
ADV ers to the working men, we deem 1t our
du n T. expose their hypocrisy. The article
RETIRED to is case in point. A short time
srrEe, an address was issued by the Execu-
tivi Committee of the Republican party OF
dyand to the workingmen Of that State,
in Which tue most lavish promises were made,
prIgided their candidates were successful
tbs document excited the ire Of the Tele-
qrkm editor, who, anxious to counteract any
fa4orable impression which it had made,
trek ted his readers to Heightened philippe,
wIitten in his usual volubIe style, inter-
spSrsed with a profusion Of adjectives and
all sive epithets. We should not refer to
thk article at all. however, did it not aim
tolconvey the idea that the labor movement
inl Baltimore is bogus affair, gotten up
uIthe interest Of the Radical party, the fall
silly of which statement no one knows better
than the editor Of the Telegram. Through
oft, the existence of wOrkingmen's party
IA that city is entirely ignored, and those
edsaged in it referred to il The following
manner
r That even a minority small minority Of
a body of men like these, who feel their power,
k9ow their rights, exercise the duties and pre-
relatives Of citizenship, appreciate those duties,
k kow their own needs by experience, and learn
II wants, convictions and sentiments OF their
f9lows, by a collision of ideas denied to the
pkmpered children of ease and afluence should
pS rmit themselves to be blinded by radical clap
tap, Influenced by fawning demagogues, or de-
ctived into enduring the excuses Of a faction
Eat has not one sympathy or interest in COM
Ron with theirs, we confess our utter inability
ID understand. Yet we see around US every
(5Ay, not particularly in this State but through
J Dr. the country, bodies of workingmen, osten-
4bly organized for their own protection, made
| de dupes and tools of a faction, that has con-
4stantly warred upon and slaughtered every in
tsrest that was valuable, every institution that
| fas dear to them, and which has proven itselI
heir especial foe, while it pretended to be their
Especial friend, despite the treachery exposed,
fauds detected, and despite the lessons that
| ben so intelligent and deeply interested should
Fave learned, from the past and the present, it
certainly appears startling that even the small
Ast minority Of them should still confide in, en-
Horse or countenance party that uses them only
70 their injury, and carresses only to degrade
Very good, sir. Now allow US the pTivi-
iege of making our remarks general, and aP-
ply them to the Democratic party also, fo=
both stand in the same relation to the work
sngman when the matter Of interest is con-
kdered. The small minority to which you,
Iefer Is more other than the woIkingmen' q
party OF Baltimore, which promises to be a
lthorn in the sides Of all political parties IN
ttbe future, and against which you, under
Sthe cloak Of assailIDg the workingmen o.
Sthe Republican party, turn your guns up
ION the labor movement in general. Do you
llnot know when you speak Of "bOdies Of
lworkingmen organized for their own Irotec'
ltion,' &C., being made the dupes Of faction,
that you are uttering wIllful, unmitigated
Efalsehocd, for the purpose Of covering the
disgrace that has overtaken the Democratic
party in your city, Again, do you not know
Ryou are classifying when you speak Of the
l"small minority Of the wO1kiDgmen being
blinded by radical clap. trap." Look at the
great States Of Pennsylvania, Ohio and the
New England States, and najority q the
Western States giving large mSjoIites for
the Republican party. Such facts indicate
that the majority OF workingmen have
been "gulled by radical clap-trap" in late
years, as the great mass Of the producing
classes were "guled'' by Democratic sophis-
try in former years? But when either party
~, e. =.
terests 10 make it appear that the working
mems party is in league with the opposition.
1t may be the Republican party here, or the
Democratic arty there; it matters not which
It is merely a game Of bagattlle-lhey are
all tarred with the same stick. And this
appears tc have been tho gst Of the article
| before US. Tae writer, however, has not the
moral courage to declare an open warfare.
He dare not open his columns 10 discussion
Of the merits Of tie Workingmen's move
meat in that city. He prefers to assaiI il IN
q cOWardly indirect manner. BY the course
be has adopted, 10 defend our friends from
bis assaults, we should be required to &c.
fend the policy OF the Republican party-a
task which We do not propose to undertake.
However We understand The animus OF his
attack, though we had gwen him credit for
possessing greater amOupt Of manhood and
common sense. We know he operates IN
der "CLoUD," and that may account for his
lack of comprehension, which IN fact has
become so completely befogged that he has
forgotIed his owe sentiments, expressed at
the time that the workingmen Of Baltimore
held their grand mass meeting in Monu-
ment Square. Then, this same editor devot-
ed two columns Of his paper in praise Of the
movement and the righteousness of the
cause, and took occasion to warn politicians
that the workingmen throughout the coun-
try wonld sOnn he in noSitrnD N bn.I fhcro