The workingman's advocate., 1869-11-27

.clJ ourselves respontlble for any Opin-
We DC ~ our CORES pOndents.i
.urTzRs TO TTE woRKINGMEN
LEI OF AMEHICA,
.ssspENr r THE NATIONAL LABOR
70 ire UNiONs
WASHINGTON, Nov. Is, 1869.

70 oInE UNION.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Is, 1869
might answer your letter IN mono
e. .-s. - But YOU doubtless wish me to
''I'' re.son Why; and that Nill b. ..m,
''''' u. IN. .erie. II letters. do not thir k
I'M .r,tv y. Your combination can be ques
u. .al Tsc Gct that Workingmen verywhere
W. ,e,e.sitv, is in itself an unan>wera
.--rmoat IN favor of such combinations.
,.ry crude notions prevail among work
~ the lie mc'hod of effecting their
,,oo, IS true but the same may he said Of
'' o,b.r body of men tha' ever attempted
..l;lstc their strength for any purpose.
.,,.,;tv /. Ne right Of frcemen. and in the
s,,.es " public m1vcmhnt II must find
.s.;or until the object of combination is
I, loercd Thau the wild v'garics of foolish
and the impracticable ideas Of theorlstsI
~, ,nbord,natd d to he common vii, and the
,ls bojv agreeing as 70 essentials aud con-
i.r =, disagree as % n v 'Sentlais, presses
70 He achievement uf its purp ,ses.
T., those Mo a-sIil You f'r lack Of isinm,
,o ,b,t rhrv ,hsm, Ives possess it, or hold
!, Y. ,eace unrl hl development has civent
.onr movemcnt lie form AID purpose" YourI
.--,p,pts Ar interested in The existing order Of.
.,;.ns--tLer sneak in behalf Of capital and
.ouer organized, against labor without power,
,.,,.a unorganizsd Capital co1S"l dated in$
hanks railroa is aud ether gig,n' ic corpora-s
,;ors WELD All the posers of government, whileF
a. .r,.r dsv sees N. gulf grow wider vhicht
,..;3os ,be yot,rirs wealth from thOSe whc4
~ i u l;ve TIE process Of aEgregatinst
,rssltb /, the hands Of the few and Of reducing.
ho.e vi toll into cl SIS, goes o. more rapidly
d. ,bc United States 70 day than il ever did int
Nv ciIlized cimmnnty On the face Of thief
..rb AIN all ,bor there il profit saith Solo I.
man. and al the profit which aecumulates inf
orr couptry grows out cf the labor Of tie pco-,
Mo-. vet We see it 'hlossly appropriated by1.
l.a;.l,tors municipal councils and congresses!
- enrich tbe wealthy ana impOverish the poor
Tba l,us Arc everywhere made IL the Interest,"
~ Canital-Propeit J. everything, Man isk
u thing L i not time that u the axiom- oit
!. .IiticaI economy which trent Of the accumula Il
ion of wealth. " had added one which loOkfk
" rs eouitaIl' ui-trbHtion amongst those b3
,lcp, II Il crrar,d. instead " capital eXhlustf
;rr al the proft, there will b. some hing shOWUs
40 hclopc 70 labor? And 10 this NAV We nod
sdd the higher cat cepton of , Lie Il science
uhich teaches thtt The nnblest object aud dutK
of Governments is not 10 10 protect prop rtvt
tpt 70 ,ievclop mn That u this great end All
ob.r N ircs r. subrr te; that whatevr$
t.r 4. 10 ameIiortte mans condition, N his mex
cs..s,ily psipful struggle with the f,rcrs Of NJ
rme-ui a'cyer paares suffering or produc"t
NV ~ redues, rducates. ennoul's and litts ~
n,r. he ima-r bis Nak-r, is tn trtnscendt
ar, duty of good government
+ this principle recog,i ized to day? Bv somrs
nerhaps: nut the prevalent characteristic 4
modern po.itirrl acJion is intense se6shnest
Look where We may aud there We sre greed x
wealth snd greed o. power, each at work fof
the 9TH VI and each crushing out the genius anf
manhood Ot the nation. A false standard II
society & created, IN which the tinselled glittcs
a arse med'OCfiry outweighs the highest mOf
al aud intellectual attributes This serves Is
reutraize ne nobe-t ASPIRATIONS and drives tht
best u. from the public service.
The fathers Of th- Republic we're also tfh
founders Of com on &ealths, and r a hcroS,
sce we're insrired nv notle ambition 10 trant
nit free Institutions tn their posterity. Th4y
studied o. f.untation principles Of free govern
inert Nth ms i,Sh eel ana IN so far a. ci E.
Gums atc,s would alo~, >trove 10 eliminlt- n
4 on. tla State governments III doctrines ininsi \
cal 10 rhc prosperity of .ree Institutions, whte I
tiey oretr zed re Union mat these might hate I
strength 10 dure
In rhe liett OF experience, ard especially 5f
hr experi. ncr o. Gret Bri ain, which, brihg /
az norl er country came nearest home 10 thet1; 4
our tor,ftt,rs sought 20 destry the basis of
sr-tocrac, hy Tie abolition Of Primog nitIt'e |
\ 4 ,ua, They we're familiar with the evils I
which grew out OF a class Of Lawmakers aid /
rnlars, vhn could transmit their authority 4
ttrcugn c,n. ration after generation, by hold4g 4
~ "a 1 nv cpoly Of the soil. Hence they 20 \
hit al tirl,s Of robili:y, primogenture aid I
cur.}. ard adopted laws for the equal distrilsl /
lor of ne property If intesta'es amor 2 thtir /
children They strlve 10 subject property ito \
con >tant division and subdivision, 80 that CT BAT
wealth might not he concentrated in a tw
hands, to thp detriment Of the many. T4ey
pass d stringent laws a. inst monopolies, eich .
T'"IF ~ : /. uAiNti hENlal iiiS AuNh bhAohA
std tie lahr az dcclaiming agi 81 them as
prevalent amongst tie ,ally statesmen. Tftse
views determined also The system Of distribst-
ing tie public ards ~ quarter sections am ing
settlers.
TImt tlev had not entirely prevented 9vii
.rt political iuiquity, aud discrimin.tive IT, ifs
,tiuu. is ouly another evidence Of th- inltr-
lection of ail human I'll u IONS The laHt OF
- cial d-velnpm NJ arr to- littl- unierStoO5 by
Ihr Wis y of ma kird, and too slow of gro
grr-s amouT the people to Justify my expeSfa-
IOn Gfpctmiu'ucy in political institutions. SeV-
ersl statesmen Of tie revolutionary era saWt the
germs " iururc di-tusb tucc in th- insttutitn Of
slavery. tut thci- iuhuer c. VS. insuihcieIF TO
aradirstr tuc ,yIl At once; - they did fheir
le,t w pallu ~, w ab fishing the slave tade,
The foreign source Of supply, hoping thus to
Cause q CO di- out. The legitimate fruit 0 this
Hct - The creation of the monopoly OF Sbor
N thr Save States, and a rapid cOnsolidatifn Of
political POWER AZ the hands Of the n bno-
DO iss.
III Y uut \ where land il sctrte any the
population is r.dundlnt az in Great Brtain,
the mou"pOI, Of the soil il he best basis ior a
privileged elias, II a couLtry where thes9 con
dilious ARE rcveJs s-d-wh-re laud is abut dant
and Labor scarce, a monopoly Of the labor : the
best brsi- for a Vrivl' grd cl ss So, slavery
did ior .hr u " States uud III part ot thI Re-
lubic, aNat pimcgenIture aud entail dSl Tor
Great Bit4in, aud thr American nation y last
was OILS saved + ON sHhjeStion to the .slave
prver Iy trvcln ion ~h.ch eventually rtesult
ed in rs iorcib.e over hrOw.
Nor j. this by anv means the las. ph$'e in
which tlc disposition 10 u.pr opnl7 has thoWn
i sclt, il America: uut il has already grown
formidable sine, The overthrow Of the rett lion,
n cou Muarion ~ CspitiI az INST Labor{ This
il tfr rwr-t phase IL which the -pirit OF tnonO-
poly *. ibi,s itself seeking to create y sris-
tcfacy tv III, ,ombialton Of Wealtt aud
Power. Artist bEs'
10 RE CONTINUED
EPnM ENGIANn