The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-05-15
FROM MARYLAND.

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70 the Editor of the woAKIAGMlss ADVOCATE
REPUBLIC ON MONARCHY.
C,tEen woIkingm, D, which viii you
choose I The former you have-the latter IS
fcreshadowed 10 events nov uAnspiring. IL
u for YOU 70 say which will become Tie per-
manent institution Of the Western World.
For ntarly century, the people Of this con-
tinent hrve enjoyed the blessings OF repub-
lican form Of government Until very re-
cent period, lL.y we're comparatively free
from internal strife. save what might arise
from . lAudsble smbiion Of party, directed
BY the wisdom Of tmiut ut statesmen, for the
control Of the good old Ship of Stite. TITS
was happy era in the history Of the Re
pulic, and one 90 which every true Ameri-
can. IN bis d, clning years, may With pride
Mold up as a mirror to his children ulir
ror N which they can contemplate the con
centrstsd wisdom Of ages picture over
which the patriot must lament, for The reali-
~ no longer exists-the phantom Of the past
IL al that is left 70 Us. The historian finds
uIHuItutAy tU INC HNuHkDllH WF nAftUnAI
dissolution and rnin-.noral corruption and
social inequalities mark its progressive steps
Promises Of popular Improvements are held
out as the stepPing-stones q ambition the
multitude are pAcI6sd with the nope Of relief
from ignobls wants. aud release from the re-
straints Of public order.
Under such circumstances, violent changes
are inevitable, while reformation il al but
A. =
modern Republics also, the highest fame can
be reached only 10 one OF two ways--by set
ting every scruple a. defiance to attain great
ness, or by holding every earthly aim in con
tempt to preserve virtue. 10 such tunes,
the highest force Of character Is requisite for
good or evil. The genius Of q Cicero and a
Pompey is rebuked by the crisis, and the
sovereignty of Cesar or the death Of Ca
10, is the alternative for towering and re-
solved spirits in times like these. Such a
the lesson taught by history. FviloE
Workingmen, Is such TO be our experience
Is the close Of the nineteenth centary o
witness the dissolution Of the American Re
pubhcy Are we, like our ancient proto
types. 70 pass away, and be remembered IN
history only to be rebuked? American
workmen, IS the blood 50 freely shed Al Bun
ker Hill to be so easily forgotten Are the
Patriot FATHERS who bore the brunt Of Free
dom's battles. and whose hfe-gore stained
the snow-clad battle fields of Liberty, and
whose bleeding feet and coaless backs kept
sentinel at Valley rye, 10 be reb5ked by
the presence Of an haperiHm Are those
principles thrice baptized IN blood-to be
lost TO humaniry, because Of your apathy
Are the American people so lost 10 shame,
I so void Of honor, and so false TO prneiple,
that they will permit the semblance even Of
an Empire TO be raised in their midst That
q portion Of the American people will be re-
coDciled 70 the coange, there can be no man
ner Of doubt. The wealth of the Republic
pants for it; the ambition Of the individual
desires IL corrup. Senate and q VenAl
House Of Representatives have paved the way
for Il bribeh and vitiated press advocate.
it, and the consumnstion Of the grand act
but waits the tumultuous outbreaks which
follow in the wake Of moral corruption and
social prod gscy.
The American Directory which was in
tended, BY the founders Of this Republic, 70
be the American Senate- have gwen the
people q respite. In the interval, let the
workingman, whatever HIS nationality be,
pause and reflect. On the one side stands
no Empire-cn the other, Republic. The
one crushes him beneath its iron heel, and
feeds upon his vitals-ths other embrace.
him with open arms, instils into him III,
pride and dignity Of the God-made-msa, anC
elevates him to his proper sphere In tHe scale
Of social intellectually. BY The one, he i,
made the slave and creature Of NAmmon-
by the other. be 10 raised TO the pserage o
man. 10 ether OF these conditions tn
swcrkingmen Of America must hereafter Ok