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LII tue Importation OF these China
mon we thus find ready and salts
factory solution of the great question
of cheap labor;at theisouth; and tho
contemplation of what may bo &C
'complished by Eastern labor horc,
almost inclincs us to indulge in somo
OF the gorgeous dreams of Eastern TO-
nance. And indeed why may not
that powcr, rs Of q magician's wand,
which reared aloft tho pyramids, the
obelislls, tho temples, and other grand
trophies Of Eastern art, lay in our
Western hemisphere tho foundations
deep of tciumphs as enduring and
more bcncficclt.
The social and political aspects of
tho question arc thus presented in
tho following paragraphs from the
Charleston Ne,gs
Conc great objection to the intro
duotlon of Chinese, or any other than
European labor, is, that the introduc-
ton of inferior races must be expected
to have an injurious effect upon the
social and political condition of the
South. The African elephant is
rather more than we can we'll manage.
What should we do with his Asiatic
brother? The Chinese, with all their
quickness, arc utterly devoid Of any
sense of moral responsibility, as we
understand it. According to tho ac-
counts which we receive from Cali
fornia, they will cut throat for hire
with the same ncatncss and dispatch
that they would make a coat or cook
their national dishes of rats, birds
nests and puppies. In their hearts
they arc non.conformists. They will
adopt the European garb rs freely as
they will pocket the American dollar.
But they arc Chinese still, and cling
to their idolatrous tcncts with true
Eastern pcrtinacity. For them the
law has nc terrors, they fear no pun
ishment, and in all their personal
habits arc vicious and corrupt. And
it must not be forgotten that if the
Fifteenth Constitutional Amendment
be adopted it will be out OF the power
Of any State to deny to the naturalizcd
Chinaman the same right of suffrage
which is now enjoyed by the negroes
and the native born and naturalizcd
Americans.
"It will, of. course, be said that the
Cinnamon will have no immediate
political power, and that when they
do vote they cannot we'll debasc the
suffrage moro than it has been de-
based blythe admission to its privi-
lcges of ignorant and irresponsible
colored men. But two wrongs do not
make a r.ght, and the Californians
who know tho Chinaiman far better
than we do, are bitterly opposed to
giving them any political 2ower. On
the other hand, it is certain that an
addition of 100000 or 100000 China
men to our laboriug population would
Immediately change for the better the
condition of the South. 1t would in
crease our crops of every kind. 1t
would make fertile again our dcsolate
fields, bring into cultivation our
abandoned plantations, and give trade
to our towns and cities. The money
profit would be both quick and sure.
What our people have to consider,
therefore, is, whether the remote dan
ger of Introducing another dcbasing
element into our political and social
system is sufficient to make it unwise
to accept the immediate benefit
which would seem to lie within our
|. grasp"
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STRIKE AMONG TIE NEW YonK
HOTEL WA1rrns.-The waters were
getting $50 month, but wanted $35.
The proprietors were firm, and went
into tho highways and byways for
substitutes; and as may DO supposed
collected an awkward crew-who
acted their parts to tho great discom-
fiture but no less amusement of
the guests themselves. The city pa.
pers tecm with "funny incidents" ;"
growing out Of the strike. Here is q
sample: ~
"Two Englishmen called for ported
pigeons. The waiter brought the
birds, but said that he couldn't find
any pot to put them in. Pineapples
accompanied roast turkey, boiled po-
tatoes came with ice cream, sponge
cake hobnobbcd with hash, turnips
were brought in with rice pudding,
and chocolate cake appeared on the
Same dish with st. Louis ham,, At
the close Of their repast they
sent the waiter after some finger
bowls, and he returned with two old
fashioned tin wash dishes half filled
with Croton water, in the centre of
which were floating two bits Of cas-.
tile Z soap. He held the while the CON
fused Britons washed their hands,
when be ted them hen to dry them On his
apron, as the towels were on rollers
ana g lsl:!,,n.k conlkd not be brought to the table.
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when he attemptsthe partof "high
lilo above, stairs' and as for athe
conquered banner" the Southern
people will ever echo tho words of
tho poet-priest":
"For though conquered. they adore it,
Love the cold, dead hands that bore it,
Weep for those who fell before it.
Pardon those who traded and tore it;
But oh wildly they deplore it
Now, who flrl and fold it So"
Messrs. Parker & Thorn son arc tho
agents for this magazine ut Abbevillc,
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The Practical Painter, devoted 10 the
interest OF The painting fraterni,p. is pub
lished by Willis NJ Donald & Co., New
York, at 1ifty cents per annnm.
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R9 Trowbridge & Co. advertise
that all their accounts which arc not
settled during the present month will
be put in the hands of an officer for
collection. =: -: ... ....
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"a We are indebted to Messrs
Walker, Evans & CogswslI, the pub.
fishers, for some thirty copies, in
pamphlet form, of the proceedings oil
the recent Agricultural Convention
We will be pleased to supply our
friends.
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p~, There is, is some probability, prloqlhba /, Of
tho, Irish Church, l7!i Bill falling in the
English Hoyse of Lords. With such
immense popular najoritiea for tho
bill, tho defeat Of the, 4a|ceasue. ll|e would
raise q storm - .s.,!!4 4.4 6 ,,.1f:,.,,..,;,n
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n@- Bonds of the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad, guaranteed by the
State, recently sold in Augusta, Ga,
ut from so to 81 cents on the dollar.
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IA We arc indebted to eur friend
Major John Alexander of the Conga-
rec Iron Works, for late files of for
eign papers.
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ss salads oggest ysrypfaeti.
eabis schsBas fselsSHhg & cotton acs
tory. Read HIS article, gtif tsaiasssss =

: ~ 90 g 6 aasslti ~ h 3 4,
OWsn lying nsti 81 10 M hss cpsnl
stitatsa Dr EeF 81 kiis q g@sas @ q Iasring
his asssaos s, spn M ts s
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lHE CorToN CRoP-ls6s ls69.-A
Charleston correspondent of the New York
Shipping and Commercial List estimates,
the crop of 1868, as per returns at-bales,
2,5Os,24l.
With regard to the protective crop Of
1859, at;er noticing the injury likely to be
done by unfavorable seasons, &C., this
writer says:
We will now LOOK on the other side Of
the question. There has been, Without
doubt, more land planted in cotton this
Spring, than intlses, while plenty Of grain
sIalso been planted, to render. the South
independent. The planters made hand
some profits from their crop of last year,
and have been able to purchase larger
quantity Of fertilizers than has ever been
before imported into the South. The
freedmen are working quietly and we'll all
over lhe Southern States, better than at
any time since the war, and will probably
continue to do So, unless inter(ered with
by politicians for political ends. The po-
s'''on at present is then as follows: -. ....
Number Of acres planted last year. 7, SOC. 600
Ten per cent. increase in area, 1869. 100, ,Oeo
49,. $3.50, 900
DIT the average of bale to 8 acres. q, 75O, 900
Twenty pc: cent. increase in produc-
tive power of land, from the use
Vi iertilizcrs. .................... $50, 600
|
,. CONTRA.
10 loss Of ten per cont from iniury
to crop from cool spring. bales. .230 900
Probable crop Of 1869. -. .o..91O, 500
9,8Q0O1A
The following extract from the Wash
T'nston correspondent Of the Charleston
Courier, may serve us au. appendix to. the,
above: =.
The alarm sounded at Memphis of
conspiracy abroad to extinguisb the cotton
culture Of the Southern States will ba in.
creased by the threats of war. England
and Franco will certainly redouble .heir
ff'r's to procure cotton from Egypt aud
India, if the American cotton trade is to
he disturbed by war. The Radicals do
not expect the South to unite cordially
in crusade against England, and this may
serve as another preiext for the exclusion
.! Southern States and statesmen from
Government councils. Que of the Radi-
cal schemes is to declare non-iutercourse
with Great Britain unless she comes TO the
: Sumner terms iu six months; This would
, serve their purpose by giving to- the North
the exclusive control of the cotton crop at
merely nominal prices, while Northern.
manufactures would take the place of
those imported from Great Britain.
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i is perfectly useless for such wri-
ters to attempt to, wipe ont the foul
blot on the page Of history, establish.
ed blythe barbarous treatment Of Mr..
Davis. He was imprisoned as a trait.
or, and treated as theivilest felon;
but, as his enemies knew, full well,
that conviction in his case was morally
impossible, they sought relief from a
painful ulznecessity, in the2hopethat the
shfeebled system of their'victitn woald
finally snecumB to the slow tortare,
We are not surprised to sfeart tHat,
Stanton IS, Il. declining health, 2 aid aad
That he is seeking cohsolaHosan SIS tits 1Faa 1xFoah,
tthhe, chpprpeh ,tp s., Il Cons es 5ft 'sAagaj
vii, ct ssn length gle cause lgbisRefs 70
be heard, IN the AsPtl lapde lest Ioutcrys 81, tna-
turss ssEeheAiou appetites,ns ,q6s i, T |
i The writer s@rrads TO, ,sshows adj
htter, disregard for tfqt Il. IN styling,
sIsfstsons llagis tssthessa sarah IsbsE9
During thslong itpriod dinf sasssaasistaii itiij
half years. ho wera most conf
'esEps siR estap sh hissg xhia AS his
shared Aptssssh asiSp hun g,sD
'sa Che asoasss and 81 ~
4 sasionas danassa aysMeeSs sillS
sAts that shsp c,csssssli pst ma ,d6a
theita aSiDa q IN a ss3aau aesl.I WI
80 van slaak 4 Sis, sS
I ss essg sslsg is & az l'i
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RIdlcuIe vs.. Argument.

Buffers financial nostrum, by which piece
Of paper is actually made a dollar-not pro
mise TO pay dollar, but real, genuine, sub
stantial dollar, in spite of the world might be
improved on by a substitution of leather for
paper. Good, compact sole leather, properly
prepared, cut, and stamped would be more du-
rable for small money, and migot be made much
more convenient 10 point of size for change
IL Butler prevails, le' US have the leather tough
for legal tender, by all means- Cincinnati
Times.
This is a specimen OF the balderdash with
which the Bullionists attempt to refate
the self-sustaining arguments Of Butler.
Ridicule 10 ever the resort Of ignorance,
when sophistry plays out: For the infor-
nation az the Times, we will say that the
durability OF the government, and not Of
the material Of which our money is made,
is The point arrived at in the Generals
''incOntrOverEible" paper bill, The Tme'
is witty, but scarcely wise
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The Cause I'm the South.
ORGANIZATION OF ALAsoR LEAGUE ArWA-
TER VALLEY, MISS.

We clip the following account Of the or
ganizaticn OF labor union at Water Valley,
Mlss., on Tuesday evening, April 6, from
the Signal, Of that city. 1t possesses more
than an ordinary interest from the fact that
il is the first effort of that kind which has
been put forth in that State in behalf Of the
National Labor Union
"The meeting was called TO order at "
o'clock on Friday evening, April I'd, by Mr.
John Mckay being called TO the chair, and
Mr.. 5. G. Ledbetter being requested to act
rs secretary. Mr.. Mckay explained the OBJ
ject Of the meeting, which was to organize
the workingmen Of the country, under the
platform of principles set forth BY the Ma
tional Labor Reform Party--Or, as it is
known, the National Labor Congress. AZ
ter explaining the sense Of the meeting, Mr..
Mckay introduced Mr.. IL w. Whitsey, who
tad the platform.
On motion, the lists were opened and D
large number came forward and enrolled
their names, as endorsing the principles set
forth, after which the platform was unani-
mously adopted, and an organization
formed by the election of tGe fol- wing of
fceTs:
Pvesident-John r. Israel;
Vsce Pres5dent-O. Berglund;
Corresponding Secresery-GeO. T. Smith;
Recording Secretdry-fD. d. Manship;
Fmoneial Secretary-W. D. West;
Treaaww-H Gibbon;
Fund Trustees It. w. Whitsey, John
Bell.
Mr.. Israel, President-eIeci, addressed the
meeting in . short, but very appropriate
speech, urging them to duty.
On motion Of Mr.. Qist, q committee Of
three was appointed tSdrsft constitution
and bylaws for thMfoBefnment OF the asso-
citation, consisting u Messrs. Whitsey, Ber-
glund and Gibbon, after which the President
and Mr.. John Bell we're added to the com.
mitfee.
Speeches were msds by II. j. Duncan and
w. A. Herring, on me subject Of establish
ing free library. Che subjec. vas post
poned until the com1nittee on bylaws could
report. -
A collection wastaken up to defray ex-
pc nses Of the meeting and send for char
ter, and the ameuatsof $lIS was collected,
which was paid over to the Treasurer pro
tenn.
Gen. A. VI. West was called upon and res
pended 10 short, but able, speech, making
many important suggestions for the govern
meRt Of the association.
o. motion, the meeting adjourned, to
call Of tHe President.
JOHN MCKAY, Ch'n.
81 fEDszsrxus Sec'y.
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10 situated, held their cancus and put in no
mination @. A. Shepherd, their biggest gun.
We held no caucus, bat rome friend Of the
cause procured tickets with the name Of
PhiIo Barber Zone Of the staunchest and
most outspoken labor reformers in La Sale
County, for the Office Of Supervisor and
after hotly contested SIGHT, our man came
out thirty-tWo votes ahead Of their cham
plon. Glory enough for one day. II the
Iaboring. classes would look to their own
interests and support none but laboring
men, or those In sympathy With the inter
ests Of labor, for oEss, they would soon
break the bonds with which the ShYlocks,
by the aid Of political demagogues, nave
bound them unless they do this, they are
the veriest Of slaves. They are Instrument
tai to their own enslavement, like the dog
that ticks the hand that smites him
w. III. CLARK.
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window glass, whose wares are fast 6ndlng
= market in every town o. importance ia the
Union six saw mills one tack and bolt
factory, besides q number OF machine
shoDs, beadstead ana furniture factnries,
paper mills, woolsn malls, 60.
Quite a number OF them are carried "a
oy co operative labor, there IA also nun
per a stores On the same plan, oil OF which
are ina fiourishing ana prosperous condition,
proving thM such can w done beyond
doubt, and that successfully. I shall Al
another time. Il all 10 well, give yonr rea-
ders detailed history W these stores aud
factories, and Of the mode upon which thsv
are conducted. and the secret Of their sue
cess. fear | have overrun nv allotted
space. w. III. n.
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FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
WaEELING. AprlI y. lSEl.

70 the Editor Of the WOREBoMASs ADvocArH.
] seldom See . communication from this
section in your columns. thought would
drop you an item which night, perhaps, ia
terest some, at least, Of your many readers
I have been . constant reader Of your paper
for more than two years, and with Admira-
ton have watched your strict fidelity to
the principles you forth in the publica-
ton Of your journal. Firm and unwsvering
has been your support Of all just and proper
means for the advancement and elevation Of
the laboring classes Of our vast Republic; at
the same time, maintaining neutrality on To-
cal subjects, which prevented party pFeiu-
dices and united our mechanics and labo--
ers In one grand party. | confess II was
with some reluctance, at the time your agent
called on me, that gave him my name y
subscriber. need not say why-for how
often bad our mechanics come out and sub
scribed to the support Of paper, received
oct one or, perhaps, two copies, then 70
learn Of its failure and the loss Of their
money. Thus. 90 often deceived, we could
but dstrust Your agent spoke Of its hav-
Jog been published q number OF years sue
cessfully; | took q copy home to my room,
read its editorials aud correspondence, and
was settled 10 my own mind that Just such
q journal was what the mechanics needed TO
advocate their interests and support their
rights against strong and growing money
rule OF tyranny and oppression. Next morn
ing, gave my name to your agent, and al
30 weat with him through our shops, using
all my influence TO assist him 10 obtaining
subscribers. The result, as you know, was
the getting Of a large list. As the time
grew longer and the ADyocArE still kept
making its appearance regularly every week.
the men grew more confideat--A After the 81.
ure OF many others--thAt, ut last A. g.
Cameron was successfully publishing
sorkingman's paper; and, notwithstanding
the predict ons Of its fall, sooner or later. "
its enemiea, it still comes, seemingly growing
stronger with increasing age; and, to-day, il
10 the welcome weekly visitor in the house
holds Of thousands OF mechanics families all
over the LAND All honest laborinR men
should feel personally interested in the pub
I1eaticn OF such journal, ana, az such,
should do ad in their power ID increase its
circulation, and thereby assist to ensure sue
cess
"Wheeling," az most Of your readers are
aware is q Manufacturing place Of no rival,
in proportion to it's population, in the west.
Ito entire interests lie principally in lie man
nfactories, twhO has not heard Of Wheel
ins's nails, iron and glass?) surrounded as
1t In by untold mineral wealth which enter.
prise and capital are fast DEVELOPING. 1t
can be truly called manufactor ing commu-
nifty; its population IL about twsnsy- eight
thnuBaud. There is I'm active operation Eve
roih4e mills, smplaying several hundred
men eachi six Hint-glass works and o.'s
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WHAT is MONEY s--No. VIZ.
81 WI 4. sYLvIs.

The advocates Of metallic currency, or
"gold money" tell Us that the material
out Of which money 10 made, must have Z.
value within itself equal TO its legal value.
That il, a twenty dollar gold piece must
weigh enough to make its commercial valu-
as gold as much as its legal value in money,
90 that II the legal stamp were removed, il
would still be worth 500. This, they tell
us, constitutes ne basis Of sound cur
rency that Is, it is money and rests upon
itself-is dependent upon no other thing
to give it permanent value.
Instead Of this being a good argument In
favor of gold ss material for money,
consider il one Of the strongest arguments
against it, and for the came reason that gold
is not a ct basis for money made Of paper,
because it il small in juantity-easily con-
cealed or taken on. Of the country, and
when it disappears Il takes vita il Its value
az money as well as its value as gold. When
gold goes to Eurore to settle balances
against Us, it does not 20 a. money, but as
gold-as billion the moment it crosses the
bolder it loses its legal value, bot 1t does
not leave its legal value behind it to circu-
late as money ito power IS money dies
as money it is entirely wiped out Of exist
epSs, and its place is filed BY nothing else.
A democratic money, peoples money,
a money ct for = republican fo--a Of govern
ment, must be cheap, safe, convenient,
abundant aud ins1portable. Cheap in the
material out Of which IL Is made, and that
material must be owned oh Olutely BY the
government; that 10, IL must be . material
in which there can be no possibility Of
speculation, material that no body will
have except for its legal value. 1t must bear
low rate Of interest,", that 1t may be cheap
to all who desire to use it.
II must be safe. 1t must rest upon some
thing that has positive and permanent valae /;
something that cannot be destroyed without
destroying the government something that
cannot be collected together IN small heaps,
ID : few hands, and hid away Dat Of sight ;
something thss esnnoslbs carried ent Of the
country Money must be 10 . houss balm
upon roek the Foundation upon which It
atsnds n.ss ;. :::-dissrp.:sihls and inmova-
ble-permanent a. ne govsznmmA ilsslf.
These dfs ths elsnsas u safsts. =
/ * nnss " slnysni16k n xsnss u sasy
I OK trnnspertasisa snnal Ill hzlk "a q IL.
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Ave. Aye.Slr.

Alta dinner receAtly tended to John Ar
thur Roebuck, Of Sheffield, England, hs de-
livered himself Of the following advice:
"Beware Of Trades Unions beware Of Ire
land beware of America 2HSAr
1t is only necessary to add that the Trades
Unionists Of Sheffield, had "beuared"
Of Roebuck, BY eonsigning him TO his ma
tive obscuni.y. Up to the day Of election,
he e.: nis best to hooiwink them, but 70 no
purpose. They bad watched his course on
the trades union commission. they knew
him to be an unscrupuloos tool Of capital,
and they gave him his deserts. When viii
American mechanics le-rn to do Likewise
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the year or that they are paid mors than
in proportion u the value or laboriousness
Of their ssryicsss norqf thea othsr fact. TIA
whlle they are sppo>Ine the dimunision cf
tho hoesssf labor fuf Norkingmen. On NE
ground or economy. thsg are sxpsnding
$7s, 900 per session. 70 provide litsls con.
forts and lire their little wallets with pre-
qrisites.
We think there liz sufficient In the bare
history Of the bill to convince anybody that
no reduction in wages was contemplated IN
its passage, and that Secretaries Rawlings
and BOrie, 10 giving to Il that Interpretation,
have Outstspped the bounds Of their limited
wisdom, and arFogstsd TO themselves pre-
negatives, by the constitution vested only in
the legislative department Let working
men everywhere, give vent to their indigna'
ton at this unwArrantsd assumption, 10 thu
shape Of demand for . resentment Of the
arbitrary and illegal orders.
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The Wall or the Womep.

Let no reader Of the ADVOCATE fail 10 pc
ruse the modest and earnest appeal Of the
xorkingwomen Of Boston and vicinity to
she Massachusetts, Legislative. Such wo-
men are certainly worthy Of every neral and
material support which our trade unionists
throughout the country can render.
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For insertion in the present issue, an inter-
esting account Of the fate Of the eight hour
supplemental bill and the action of the Ex-
ecutive Committee in relation thereto, from
the pen Of J. W. Browning, Esq.;-aiso, a
Communication on the financial condition Of
the country, from one Of the ablest political
economists in the country. Both will appear
In nur newt tEr.4
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FROM ILLINOIS.

LcsrASr. April IL, 1869.
! have the pleasure to inform yea. and
shroug- your valuable paper the friends Of
Labor Reform gsnsrally, that the great
csose..of human rights = gaining ground in
LostAnt and sioinity. The Republican
party Of Hope Tewnship. u which L,stant