The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-22
Senator Wilson to the Work.
ing Men.

lVereQ an OTaClOna DeIoIe CNc 1FaueS
4 Unions of Rochester, N, T., on the inst
After the usual histories patriotic open
e hing, the Senator became more practical
n n The wealth of the country too, he said, il
# not dollar less than thirty thousand
;, millions. Our population from the 4tl
; of July, 1776, to this day,v~has, increased
thirteen fold Property has. increased
more than hundred fold, and it is going
e to increase further Half a century from
this day, those who may celebrate this an.
niversary on TINS very spot, will find the
United States valued at more than So, 000,-
900, 100000, an Increase of a hundred
fold. So, in all the elements of power,
the nation is advancing. 4
But my friends to-day there are eVils in
the country. There are wrongs to- be
righted., Nine years ago, we had Sonr
land half millions of bondmen-to-day
we have not benaman in the country,
land the power of the slave master is
broken, and brokeaaforever. These four
land half millions of bodsmen are Am
ferican citizens to day, and most Of them
clothed with the rights and privileges of
American citizens. But great as,has bean
our advance, we have something more to
do It is our duty tosmake liberal insti-
tut1ons we have anaopportunity that no
other people in the world has, and. that
is to lift up the poor, the lowly,. the de-
pendent, the toiling masses of the coun-
TRY, not only to the rights of citizenship,
but to social, moral and intellectual, we'll
being. How is this to be done2 Not
my friends by looking with jealousy. and
envy upon any portion OF our fellow citi-
zens, bus by accepting I'M the J. heart,- In
the conscience, and in the reason, In SEN
timent and in feeling, the sublime idea OF
the Fatherhood of God, and the brother
hood of humanity by laboring to lift up
the poor and lowly and by extending, the
baud of fellowship to the downmostA on
humblest man in the country, whether, he
be whiteman or in a.foreign land. I
tell you my friends, in all frankness,. that
one of the saddest spectacles ever present.
ed to the American people is the speetacl e
now presented in the capital of this, Re-
public, of class of workingmen laborin g
for the Government, andI tell you that
as certain as God reigns and governs, the
world, such action will be rebuked by all
that is pure and holy in the country, and
will be frowned upon and crushed out
Mr.. Douglas a printer, a. man who served
his country in the field, is.working in the
government printing office in Washington
and will continue to work there as long
as he wishes to. There is another sad
spectacle in the National Capital, and
that is, workingmen are denounced and
branded because they consent to work IN
the navy yard with black, men who assist
ed in fighting the battles of the country !;
but say to you, blackmen will continue
to work there; and, stand or fall, by God
Almighty's help, some of us intend to
flight the battles of the poorest men in
the country, whether black or white.
i These words were received by thfsmem-
i bers'of the trades unions present with
4 loud cheers. The Senator then continue d
!, las follows, concerning the eight.hour
question: The tolling masses of the coun-
!, try need time to sleep, time to work, time
for moral, intellectual and social improve
ment. I have looked this matter over
} with some degree of care, and, unpopular
as I know the doctrine to be to day, !
faccept'it Ibelieve'its wonld be better
for our country if the hours OF labor were
eight than ten. l believe If you take a
thousand men today, in the, yigor OF
E manhood, and let them work eight hours
"a day, they will de more work in their
, lives than they would at larger number
of hours per day. But am one of those
t who believe the country is earning toe
much money altogether. belive we had
: Ebetter make less money and in a more
honest way, and devote more Of our time
to moral, mental and social culture. The
great thing in this country is to raise up
strong, healthy, honest and true hearted
men and women; it is of more account
to this country to raise up men and wo
men with sound minds and sound bodies
!, [than to pileup hundreds of thousands o.
millions of capital. }ThereforeI believe
that we should continue as we have done
to reduce the hours OF labor. x
Large factories are being erected, large
f shops and stores, and public buildings
/ and they are crowding the laboring PEG
). pie to live in cellars and garrets. The
:, more time laborers have, the farther out
! into .thecountry they can go to live, anC
6 the greater will be their opportunity fol
s Improvement of every kind and degree
country. We want capital and labor tt
pc cooperative forces,and every manufac
C tory in the country, every machine shop
S. every large corporation, to do what they
can, and the men who manage them to d.
y what they can, to allow the -laborer tt
g nave direct pecuniary interest in them
r. A terrible, disaster, happened a
n Mast Hope on the Erie Railway on tn
d night of the 18th. There was collision
y between the Engines of the night expires
Il ~ .
/, train and freight train, some seven o
e more cars were destroyed and about
,r dozen passengers killed, or worse still
|: eofne of them were burned to death