The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-24
The Cause Of the .vorlin~,acn.

IL ia stated that the workugmcn have
sloughcd oil the political ulcer which threat
encd to make rotten their comncndubc en-
deavor to obtain Il thorough protection
against the expressions of capital And we
lnay hope that the Trades Unions to bc Or
Sanizcd in This city will he wholly free from
personal malice or partisan leaning
The employers in general will, We doubt
not, he found perfectly willing To meet the
| wolliingmcn half way, and to give them as
hlgh rate oi wages ;ls the profits of their
business will warrant. Thcy will certainly
| he more disposed To do so when they arc
approached in Il friendly spirit. than when
they are threatened with wrath and con
tuniely IL they do not assent ut once to any
demand, however unreasonable, that may
he made upon them. liut capital is selfish
;is labor may properly be. and hard masters
can Inc found who will grind down the poor
lis long as they keep the upper hand This
is human nmtarc-or the capitalists human
nature. And il is in compelling the hard
hearted capitalist to he reasonable and lust
That Trades Unions are especially useful.
Laws are made to restrain the vicious. no,
To oycrawc the good, and if there are hut a
score OF employers in Charleston who will
not give the labnrcr the hire of which he is
worthy, it is necessary that the workngnen
should he banded together for the assertion
OF their claim, as well us for mutual protcc-
tion III this be- not done, there is danger
that the tyrannicul employers will lcaven the
whole lump.
II w;is fcareti chat the workinrm.n, led
asiray by Radical demmgogues, would start
out with the assumption that no cmploycr
would, If hc could prevent il. allow his work
men 10 prosper This peril appears to bc
past, and the prospect is that the Trades
Unions will be defensive. not offensive
formed for protection, and not fu. :,yrrcs
sion.
In MANY cases thc workingmcn do not
earn enough to enable them 10 live i'm COM
fort. This is ns clear rs the noonday sun:
but these men would prejudice their cause
IL, without knowing all the facts they made
up their mind That the employers alone were
10 blame. There should, i'm all such cases.
he friendly conference with the EMPLOYERS.
and if the workingmen are not satisfied with
the result, they may take such other action
as may he necessary. II they strike, the
employer WILL il he can, pay them the ad-
vanced rate. And if what is asked for is
more than the profits of his trade will allow
him to give, the employer will suspend ope-
rntions until the workingmen are convinced
TINT he is in the right. There need not be
any rancor or hate. The working classes.
with justice on their sidc must and will sue
cced.
Let the work of forming Trades Unions go
steadily on. Politics shall not enter therein;
but there must be separate Unions for the
white man and the negro. What is desired
is the prosperity and protection ofail classes,
not amalgamaton Of race. The colored
laborer has the legal right 10 vote, and is
entitled to he guarded against fraud and
wrons-ioing; but the negro is not, and never
will he, the mental or physca! equal of the
Write man.