The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

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TIE EtaHr-HoUR LAw-YEws or Con-
0RRssMAN JOHNSON, or CAL1FoRNIL.--On
s q, 18Th tI Of December Last the Mechanic
sIons sSpreSspS Gor te ~
amendment OF the elRht-hour law, 90 that
oficsr. N tbe Covernnaor, so,id ~ .s.ds
is provisions by permitting contractors for
public works TO hire their hands for ten
hours a day In violation OF the law requlr-
,Sss,r M n.ISsns 40 iny.,t ia H. sorm.,,on =,
tho President and Vice President q the
nl.ea s'ates ana tSem Te ~, cnrv !,
them 10 zach with lhe foilovinR note,
dHosaHTcwS. D O. jar. 8. 1870.
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DEiR STA; have the honor Of informing
you that on the 18th Of SENDER, 1850, the
sss; p9 'ss Ds o. nIrssnS.
and resolutions. THE resolutions have been
published
you the sxpresssd viii OF our iabofinG men,
fast friend.
views 70 a he sous se m'1 '0"mu''e' your
Your friend. A. N. wrsH,
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MY DEAR 0nnrnAI.i YouT Latter al tkta
Oh anisS state Uonscii 81 6sIifotnis, has lust
reached ne,
II Is needless for me TO say my sympa,hie.
srs trvipE 10 better thsip sendi,ioni ssa thsp
every move ia the direction Of lesSiIIlng .
proper superintendent AID use Of the twenty
s Tpt og / IooEupSu he attsmpi 81 Govern.
Hitnt ofhciais 10 ovads The oiRht-hour law a.
Insulting 70 the lAW.nAkers, And nnln,ht aha
Ky "a vnr AIM sneS eysslon punish able ~
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H e., st ,rHs 70 IN S9SufntssS S isSor
hithefto psssivs And apoombatIvs, Il now
S rsS.IE constant assaults from capital
,s Aa ov ua "a en@s.i ia,s isai.IssiOS
for thtir projection, capital win Ioon 90 DO
ptofts that the whole iaborinr element Of our
/ eountTv viii lose III inds n ndsnee fali Into
poverty and anaIiy into disGraeo and slavery.
Inamsn Az he oply saYesusrds % our rspnb.
| iickt, InItitutiouG, and composs the refy
fouudationi Of out moral, social and political
| superItruolurr How imporfaal, then, that
/ they Be independent, Intelligent ind thiifty.
| without PROPER reward labor becomes dis
| plTltinE and dnaIly degrading, and Without q
| comes enervAting, IL Injurious to our race, and
| Is destructive o. eyery opportunity for I'm.
| proye me Mt and learning. .#
| : Let us then, try 10 ehnoble our rase and u,
| ErandIEo our oountry By doing ali ID our pow
| or for the elevation Of those TO whose kaepinN
and direction haa been committed our mofAlsi
politics, and future history. UnhAppiiy our
/ 0overn ment has tried 10 make Ours 4 great
nation, Theoretically and Historically. without
providing adsdasts laws for. the ptotee.ionl
elevation, and prosperity Of the induatriAl
| eiasses TO this end has been created aome q
| the grahdest corporate mouopolen tnoWn 10
ancient or modem tines. ,.,,-.,
| As these are liable " become institutions Of
/ oppression, by eHefoising theif aoillly 70 COP
troll every iadua'Iy. We ,PeYPle shonld ~ ~
| warning In time, aud while they may should
| demand pfoteoton.
Any attempt direeuy 70 compel l9ausuiAl
dependence aPon these great monop?iies, ahe
| 20 secure their oontroi snu uomlnAuon Over
labor, would meet with terrible resistance
| from the people.
| without such agitation h VIII bring re-
dress, the result viii be no less disastrou,, be,
cause, perhaps, no intenuon was entertained
| OF inJuring the masses. tits not deslrAble TO
| cripple our public tupfovemenui put " a.,
ffrabis that our lndmtrtd elassea pe aAred
from poverty, lEnoranee, degradAton, and