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

and merchants are At your back to drive the
n sas:idiasa pres ID d. Iaseres. &c tae mo-
% 3 ..s 30 = : ans asssss.
IT, enoush a. a. 20 know thss you Are Fight.
Rawlings iA We viii sustain yoa 10 the end. 4
xhess people wh1g u represent mil
llo0s Of producers who are sending yol words
Of encouragement from all parts Of the county
--sre the "maicontents, disorganzers, aud per
ee1ls who. like Micawber, are waiting for some
thtng 90 turn up.s referred to By the Washing
ton Republican.
They are the people, who by their energy and
industry have developed the resources Of ouG
country, fought Our battles, and placed rs in
the front ranks Of nations. These are the
.mstcontents' who are waiting for something
20 saEn up that win give pro6tabls employ
aent aud stability 70 commerce aud industry.
The National Labor Union, Of which have
TIE honor to be president, Is IN Organisation
extending to every corner Of the country. Our
object y, and has been, to make war upon a
moHeyed power that IL corruDting every chan
mel Of legislatioB, aud making the people tribu
fary TO it. We believe that our installations
sad liberties are in much more danger nov
tban In the darkest hours Of the rebellion. A
moneyed aristocracy, proud, imperIous, and
dishonest, has grown up in our midst. Fhs
arfstocracy, few " numbers, with vast wealth,
controls the financial policy of the government,
and through the money controls the govern
ment ITSELF This power 10 blasting and blister
ing everything it comes in coatact with. The
,,olicy Of the government has been such a. 70
dFap hundreds nf millions OF dollars from pro
ductive industry and lock them up m non pro-
ductive Investments
Ths rate Of Interest on money is 50 high that
but branches Of legitimate business can use
Il by~it labor u robbed-all wealth is being
gathered together In large piles--the rich are
becoming richer, and the poor poorer Thous-
ands Of workingmen are without profitable eu,-
ployment general dependency every where ex
is.s, and there u no confidence Ia the future.
EKtrsvagsnce on the one hand aud abject pov.
srsy Oh the other, have filed the land with
crime, and national Decentralization 10 the re-
salt
Vast sccamulstiona Of wealth In indivi 'ual
hands has ever produced the EXTREMIST poverty
among the many. Corruption, decay, and final
ruin are sure to follow. The Roman republic
ssh when governmd and people bee tme cor
fhpt The stabilily q our government mus.
rest upon the sirtne usss Intelligence Of the peo-
pc. No republics. government can long exist
after the abandonment of sound mora. principle
Money and monopoly, with the power they give
70 the fes, are dangerous elements in a Tree
government, and it is against tina: we, and YOU,
sirs are making war, and we congratulate you
upon the brave and meRl, woids YOU have
spoken in defence OF the rigfts u the people
Go on with the good wotk. act this monster
sQnirm aud shake its forked tail let the dogs
howl aud show their teeth. Tn people are with
you ard will be with you to the end.
The assemblage was large, and President
Sylys' remarks elected general attention,
and frequent manifestations Of approval.
At their conclusion Senator Sprague respou-
ded as follows:
their fellow citizens OF Philadephia for this ex-
hioifi of their approval OF the words have
uttered in their behalf
Where, away from the national capital, could
better reiterate these words and where bet
ter pledge myself to a continuance az the course
have adopted in the interest Of the nation and
the people, than in this sacred spot, under the
shado~ Of Independence Hall, where gathered
thosr noble patriots who, By their immortal
declaration, hurled their grand words Of def
anee at the monarchical power, and BY a stead
and courageous adherence TO their great princip
lee ana purposes. gave self government and a -
tionality TO a brave and heroic people What
better hour than this TO associate that grand
idea which gave birth TO nation With one no
less grand aud equally sure Of consurnn alton,
which alone can preserve aud perpetuate a ma
tion--sEe idea OF consolidating aud so operating
the accumulated debt, wealth, capital. and cur
rency OF tae government, as 10 antagonize
check, AID regulate the power and despotism .;
private and associated capital, siGisted par
tisan press, aud secret caucu, dictation.
These designated aud combined agencies have
wsxed fat ard strong throu ghout our vast do
I'd lin, ard, in their operation and effect on tn.
business interests aud social condition OF the
masses of the people, have become far more
vicious and oppressive than the worst form OF
British tyranny was ever likely TO have been.
o. t.is subject there Is nothing 70 conceal,
nOtlslpg OF local Or national interest," What il
for DIE bene6t Of the Nprkingmen Of PsansyL
wanna will be Of equal advantage to the work
ingmen of Sorth Carolina. Kentucky. New York
New Jersey, Rnode Island, New Englsnd, and
the great West and Southwest. All will stand
on common ground. $3.50
The principles euancis ss- :, . g1iev46ces tBi
cited by the DeclaA..it0F r. Independence, an
needed, unredressed, prr,,a messengers OF de
structlon, devastAtiou I'D war. Those | pro-
POSE, once in opera d, whilst reforming uu
numbered abuses "a corruptioas, will result ia
establishing permanent peace and prosperity
throughout the land.
As salutary warning, let those who WELD and
control the resources and government Of the
country in the interest OF the few, be not an
mindful Of tue historic character Of that latent
power always residing 10 the people, which, when
their reasonable demands are met with ridicul
and resistance, invariably Yields the torch and
hIzf a
refJrms.
From al quarters the Acknowledgment comes
up that Sprague has uttered some unquesto ned
wholesome truths, and | an constantly congrat
ulated for brave ~ords, bravely spoken. Tue
truth then becomes the exception, not the rule
Does il require an extra amount al privilege
and courage 10 tell the TRUTH Is not all have
claimed in one respect proven truee WheT
one canROt speak the truth to his peers and
the people without creating such criticisms AMI
remarks, how low in our owa estimation mus
we have sunk, when we are obliged thus to speaI
and feel
What food for reflection and regret, wher,
plain truths plainly spoken, clear propositions
broadly enuneiated, instead Of being met man
fully, with frankness. fairness, and well-sus
tanned opposite views and arguments, only bring
forth defamatious and threats, ndicule and re
wings
Labor and the workingnsn are the corner
stones and foundations of society. II broad
massive, and secure, the superstrueture Of gov
ernment, religious creeds. education, and bust
ness. stand on firm basis, and are built on tn,
rock all else forms bat q shifting, sandy foun-
dation, changing and unsteady, finally totter-
ing to the groand, covering all in one common
ruin.
Fer the consideration Of the people Of Penn
sylvAnia, declare that BY the plan | advocat'
there will certainly be secured q reduction II
the cost of money production and living !
shis pre- yea true, than add indie fnitely &c tina
production Of home capital aud labor which viii
enable you 10 develop 70 their fullest EATEN