The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-06-19

~ tAE ArilAA ht AilNIAthA lNhIL hFfbFt IN
geiher With the mass Of evij, nee aui ended
60 our report, we have no hesitation in TX
uressing our orin On that the abuses which
have been proved 10 arise out Of the Irac
tee ot plcketlng ought 10 be carefully an
uniformly represstd. We are n0t prepared
70 propose new legislation 90 the -uti cg oI
picketing, believing that the existing IaS "
at all events equal 70 repr-ssIng ht.ran|
abuses and having no definite proposal q.
make as to rrnueIlng IL more ,ffsct-al-
significant LetIer from Member ~ the
NatIonai Labor InI0n 10 SenaIo
Wilson.
Hon HESRY WILSON @ s Senator. Mass
In your barangueS before tDe iab0rir.
mn ind not one word In explanation %
drnunci tlOn " the hi.h rate 0t interest an.
urequal taxation wuen are ue prma
cau>r, a al the uuparalle ed sui-rings nua
crushing them to the dust Yau emo
climb q fame treating down those wsuu
you now pretend % aid by >triNiug nH tw.
nOurs OF labor when ttelf own veto ~,
won without YOU; whil. you are wraviu.
about us, silently Vet c-rtanlt. \ psEgi
which viii make the eight hours bu, Coz .on-
tur starvation an u>urpatrun. adj. ili
such phantom eight hours to de'v, leav--
out 50 many more e. conteup ATE d situa iyf
out Of which will come revuIuti n.
VI, voie- too will be raised Co warn t1.
Lab'r Union ID beware All Such lse-l-nt-
Alas, TOO many times have they breu ".
p'rty men inlo the slauEnterIag-pen ot
meaner power than slavery.
| vel know what this cry Of hushing IL,
storm means 50 DOES Senator VII s0n bu
II is toe late, the material when wears W
deception and corruption has gathered can
| Ret be scattered h4rtulgsaiy, y aFltrg t.iv "a
Senator Wilson at the head e deceived peo
pie. Nay, be not deceived, friends of th,
Labor Umon, We krow our power, ana v,
know also our price, and our uncomprom.s.
/ ing terms are even now PLAIN as the naud
writing on the wall all can read We nee
/ no Daniel, the suh.rlng and ,he toll Of pas
years point it out. Ii Is written on ever,
mini, and echoed from every true heart ID
the land, and albeit a iuw may criHEe an.
be made to keep quiet by promise Of spois
through victory IA which freedom has %,
part Believe me they Will tot stay IN,
storm. The great west with its new artery
binding US as a nation greater and closc
than ever before, viii speak, AID the az
mand Of the people will be feared and fe
even a. the voice Of God.
These are not threats, but existing facts
visible everywhere in the market pl ict. and A
the tiresIde. And even the church. thaI
most conservative Of bodies, begins TO pra,
! that the blow may be averted Aias ful
ness of time will come. Already the Wld,
world heaves with the throes Of a new nati
witty, and the magI of the nations win ye
worship at the shrine Of the mari OF tn,
| Crucifi q Humanity. Apostle Oi Liberty. z
indeed Liberty is more than the colder
dream Of the enthusiast, Or the wild vision.
OF the poet. Ii IS more than gOur amb .tIor
has ever yet imagined Oar u.ht 10 ID.
possession time has not annulIed force ha,
not abrogated usurpatIon has nog fal,.drd
earth has not erased IL; Heaven has not re
voked ii. and Hell can never flea IL Cur.
age all who love the right. Remember G ol
still lives, and u working out His problems
and woe to him who shall attemp % Imped,
His progress. For liberty Is tne breath n
the typnoon 1t Is the glare " tae hgut
| ming; us the roar Of the earthquake l. o.
the crashing Of p0ndvrOus power ca sra
and as surely as the setting sun prep iec,r,
ITS shining glory on the morrow, 50 surely
snail this tyranny Of capital over labor cga,t
IN these United States.
1t L. sad day for the Ttope where sucF
rottenneSs prevails IN tng Senate; v .er,
knaverj rules the house where p4mpere
debility occupies the presldenl4l caair, tnd
cabinets are composed Of c0rfupt Dllit cian
- polIucai ingrates. Tbs fesgerint rotten.
ness wnIch PeTvades ali the pOlitcl atm d
/ pnere Is stencn IN the nastriis of every
honest ma; esp .cially Is it 40 I'D tats tnv
most favored land the SUI ever rose up 81
nat then that is be question. R-v1lI
''On-cominenclng IN an earthquake, viiiIc
a., social, moral, mercantile an relig Gus
y already n the hro : Of iIs BIRTH, ani xll
rest not uutll It will upaeave the very fJun.
| datlOns. followed as II Will he by the nurrt
! cane and the vrtuous wrath If Tile Injured
/ people, that will sweep the debris 10 IN,
/ ocean OF eternal oblivion, au1 Un Ie ruin.
/ erect tie superb structure Of trus repup.i,
whose foundations are lai in the Us 20,
the interests Of the people, an upon tua
/ supreme summit Is inscribed lne mage w1Iti
! democracy, a government Of the people. b,
/ the PEE pie, and FOR tne peoples ~ q
/ The laboring man 70 day ia Americi
whstev-r he may be theoreuc NV. Il prsctI
/ Sf1J pa tu dilu save, at Tue mrrFV ID
corrupt swludlers under the gui,e III resp n
table capitalists. VITA this lauer clas, ar
| you associated aad coniederatei, their agent
iefender, apooSiser.
/ IL shall not serve your purpose that tn,
/ workingmen are like elephants tam "a in n
| liza, havlng all the power and force ueceSsar,
10 obtain liberty, but without the conscious
ness OF power, nor that he masses who's,
lie-bloOd Is now being crusned out by H.
Juggernaut of capital are asleep; tnev vii
Be awakened, and that Ia time, u avert a
least the impending danger TO themselves.
They are fast Consolidating, a will gath
er into one grand army, the interest of eacl
member Of which is the interest Of all an,
before which not even the combined capirs
Of the world can stand one single hour an,
before whose wrath the interest OF thi
money Moloch will tiy Ike chad before ID
gale. ln this contest rem mber the caus
Of mankind is the cause Of God. aud IL ~
shall fight against the people fights agsins
his own destiny. HoRAcs n. DAy.
New York, Nay 2lst, 1869.
/
An intelligent gentleman from Germany
on bis first visit to an American church. ha
q contribution box with a hole in the 10
presented TO him, and whispered to the CO
lector, Il don't got mein bapers, unit can
vote"