The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-10-23

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| ures are taken to overthrow these condition.
of the present power, whose whole aim is Il
render the weak still weaker. and thus com
pelling them to surrender to the power which
is constantly necessitatiDg them to take fur
ther advantage.
The whole system Of taxation a. Il stand.
to-day, every school boy knows 10 unjust
and is giving the lie to the name Of Repub.
iic. Let any party. Of unprejudiced think
ing men 90, 10 you and / and TreyellicL
nave gone, through the South, and see IL they
feel just pride In the subject there present.
ed. See If the heart Of patriot will throl
with pride and glory at the desOlation which
meets nim ct every torn; PROSTATE COM
merce; hopeless men, women, and children
speaking the same language, wOrshiping the
the party held sacred. Scheming specuIators
are there ready to clutch the last remaining
nope OF the starving and distressed; NO
union OF interests, no cheering illustration
OF Wnat would be when slavery was aboI-
lsneo, In fact no hope from what exists in
the North, Tor they see the utter sel6shness
the Government have rendered them lmbe-
clle. Reconstruction what does it mean ?
What has It meant2 We are certainly at
liberty to judge from the experiment of the
past years, Ia which We see nothing but q
feeling OF the political pulse, and an agita-
ton Of points which might have been dead
and forgotten were it not for these Ralvanic
experiments, which are applied to point.
most sensitive-thus attempting to prove
that the spirit still lives and 10 dangerous
without further reduction.
l tell you, my friend, there is greater dan.
ger in the contempt of mans rights from a
party whose 7ledges to liberty are still fresh
in the minds Of every bonest man. Robert
Il. Lee may, indeed, be turned to az one from
whom the South has something to hope for
yet. His silence is not the reticence which
cunning knsvery and lurking ignorance have
agreed to keep in abeyance-his NAV be re-
garded as that respect to himself and his ma.
tion which every man should regard as hon.
orsble and wise.
While these form q part of the sins of the
Republican party (per Congress), let Us see
the present condition Of Cuba, and trace
directly to the cause, and then drag out and
show the cowardice (of Wall street, which.
in support Of our policy toward Cuba, is the
post within the pillar), which leaves Cuba
trembling in the balance which the weight
Of a feather might turn. Did not the Chi
cago platform proclaim sympathy with all
peoples struggling for republican institu-
tions? Did not the leading power of the
Republican party encourage all attempts at
Liberation What means practical svm-
pathy' for and in such strugglesf These
are dangerous words, and they certainly have
a mighty meaning. Why throw out such a
dazzling, such q glorions bait to the op-
pressed, il it is only meant to embelish the
PLATFORM
Let some skillful artist, from his own
ideality, arrange . picture of this island. and
paint as its companion, Alaska, and hang it
over the speakers chair. This would be
non-committal and an illustration to please
the eye, and thus avoid the danger of so ex-
pensive an experiment as is the struggle for
liberty in Cuba. Still another picture give
US Larkin and O'Brien-the hanging of these
two noble Z" Manchester martyrs' by Eng
land. Give, as in the foreground, that grand
guard of honor whose hearts beat the mufi ed
and more silent tbrobs Of freedom but this,
my friend, was in short, only fuel to be well
dried and cautiously placed ere the torch Is
applied. We need no such picture; it is
already burnt in living lines upon the hearts
and in the souls Of men who onl, wait. as
did the prophets and do the seasons. "full-
ness of time" None know the danger of
premature action more than they do, and oh,
ye boasting Britains, 1t is your weakness and
not your powe. that saves you now. They
know that there are too many towards vet
among ye, and we wait patiently, biding all
that nature requires-her storm and her sun
shine, her summer and her winter-to make
US faithful men, in whom there can be but
nj
aim, namely, Liberty. The Republican par
ty knows better than to declare the Fenian
organization "s harmless set Of men, who
have no head, no power, and only party
banded together for certain political pur-
more than does it in the hours when those
who lead are peculiarly alone with them
selves. They know that the cloud Is rolling
up, and gathering atoms from every part of
she habitable globe. Silence is the sure ev-
idence in nature, and when a concerted body
moves, In obedience to great center, we
may look for an outburst when ripened, that
no earthly power can withstand This is to
be no handful OF martyrs to be slaughtered
by the way side; no restless Garibaldi, to
strike the cords of old Iron-heart to give
back the key note to tyranny. There is no
romance in this reality, which beats eilentlY
yet surely, in time, and ia time answering
octave to octave, regardless Of space, Of time
and of party. The workingmen of all ma
tiens have a common interest and common
brotherhood, and, blessed be G ID one com
mon Father, whom no king can corrupt nor
bondholder buy. Cinnamon are not rapping
at the golden gate Of the Golden City for
labor in vain, and while fear has psralyzed
for the time being, the better senses of
we know that, in the sober,
second thought, will come up that supply
Of wisdom which will place these men where
they belong, in the great strata of society.
over which the perpetual republic is bound
to rise in glory and peace eternal-progress-
the watch word-and yet arother-while we
are boasting of the great strides Of civiliza
tion, chatting hourly with the s'nobiitv'' of
the mother country, and not only have lain
our trophies OF war on the topmost horn OF
the altar, but have sent out our dove, which
has returned, be,ring choruses Of peace
what have we before US which de6es Chris
tianity, morality, science, sociality, poiticsp
In the very hearts of our cities organized
gangs Of burgl3s who treat with our pro-
tecting powers on the most lib eral terms.
Scorning small aad niggardly measures, they
initiate the great powers Of Silence, and de-
mand terms which are suited to the million
aire. They defy all the genius and power of
the detective and architect, and manage to
be SO closely allied to respectability that their
trade is rapidly becoming legitimate and
envlable. They are a power which, If
brought out into the full sunlight of Justice
to-day compares favorably, and indeed may
De called only another wing of that body
whose mercurisl condition controls the e.
nances OF this great country-they are the
picket scout OF Wall street, and the forlorn
hope of many a dilapida1ed and fast waning
power, who, wishing to save hono Dr. (heaven
save the mark) would aather have the insti-
tuition burglarlously entered than to openly
cheat creditors. Thus the respectsbility
and legitimacy Of the evil which is so rap
idly incr easing.
What wonder with such a state of things,
that the streets Of our large cities are flied