The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-06-04

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shall f9d more enlightened IDEAS combined
With GREATER practical utility. upionism
i6sssncsly denies The great cardinal truth
which Ccspsrstiea ehirisN rasaelS1o chat
woskneR ns& s,be rhsns6ttea 10 wsfkusn.
AOt A. sonethiAg else T. 5ses net efsr. 10
any OF them opportunities for raising them
selves into KttlS capitalists, bnt Il offers 70
all m ahsliofisSsoni of thsif position, !" Co
epsration il. fine thing fud nsul whe Ire
naturally indsifgabls, thriAy, I and uambi
!. .hoousT7not z !. always theF6psat 1ps of ,chasc-
tef, oe i observed in, passing il ,doss
nothing for the less energetc, for de men
who aksile easily and are ceatens 10 live
snd'dis in the saatisa - which thsy iwste
borA Yet tbses, are jRst tha men W want
g elevate, !s tor they form the bulk Of the
wofkingng class. They are, in very bad
odor With the preachers Of the Manchester
schcoa, The APOSTLES Of sslfhelp. To INV
sind stharais net q more degrading can't
than Fthat which inoessantly roars f.om tbe
bps and pens Of these vretchsd instructors.
Men protesting to be Christians, and very
strict Christians e0AProtestant Chnstians
Who hape clsanssd their faitA cf ail medise-
vel eoEFuptions .and rastosed ID scsofaine 60
the primitive model of apostolic timss, whsa
we are told, ,''all that believed were together,
and had all things common and sold their
possessions and goods, md parted them 10
aid men. -as every .marS' had need d''-thsseI
teachers. | say, ars net ashamsd to rslk of
making money and getting en- IN The world,
rs It it were the whole duty Of working
man. Thus it comes to pass. that while
they are bitter opponsnts and calumniatou
q Unionism, they Pstsonise Ce-opsrtticu,
because it enables their model workman to
raise himself, as Lord Shafesbury sxpresssd
it not long ago, "into a good esd oflassf
sstizn. z ..nasA alfxean never sitSi6sa.
But You who are werkmen, and have O listle
practical experience Of the thing. yos do
not want me or any one else to tell ycu that
the men who raise themselves from the
ranks arc very p9ep NOT distinguished by
fine disPositidhs 4 u 2 Esvs6 BY great abilities.
What Is wanted for success Of that sort is
industry, pessetsrsnoe, and Q eerta.n shasp-
meas. often of low kind. i am faE, from
saying that those who raise themselves are
not often admirable men but you know
very wen that they are sometimes very much
the reverse-th.t they are morally very IN
ferior to the average. workman who is con-
tent with his position, snd only desires that |
his work may be regular and his wages fair. |
Now the merit of Unionism is that it meets |
the case Of this average workmaa. Instead |
Of addressing itself to the Sharp, shity
men, who are pretty certain TO take care Of
in any case, It undertakes to do |
the best that can be done for the average
man. And not only %. bot IL attends to
the man below the average in industry and
worthiness: it finds him work, and insists
on bis working; it forti6es his good rssolu-
tons; it strengthens him against tsmpta-
ton it binds. him 10 his fellews; --.in short
it regulases him generally, and looks s4ter
him. Nor Is even this the full extent Of the
difference in this respect between Cooper
ton and UuiOaism. While the beas6is of
the former are sEslusively rsaped BY share
holders, the Unien wins In victories In the
interest Of Aen-unionsts just o. ppch On Of
its own members.
(ro BE CONTINUED.