The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-03-19

the torrent of innovation urged by such
chronic grumblers, and listen to such
weak and fiimsy. excuses as those
brought forward by your Baltimore
correspondent good sense and reason
would lose mSPy of it disciples, and
our rights as fbSeuaan Voaad be destroy
ed ii its vandal course.
That Miss S. B. Anthony was sd-
mitted to the labor Congress is but a
Door and shallow excuse for the delin-
duincies and almost criminal neglect Of
disaffected workingmen in suffering the
cause to languish for want of small
sum from those who make loud profess
sions of interest in the cause Of labor
reform but when appealed to to contri-
butte their share to defray the neces-
sary expenses in carrying on the great
work. they tell you the reason they do
not respond to the call and show that
they are in earnest in these professions,
are-you admitted female into our
deliberations, and You likewise had the
andacity to Outvote US in the congress,
and thus put check on our proscrip-
tive policy, which we had cut and dried
and fostered with so mach care.
Therefore, as q punishment We will
withhold our small pittance in money
and likewise our influence, which il
correspondingly great
Now, we propose to these shaky and
weak minded reformers that we are de-
termined to still persevere against all
opposition, whether from the secret
enmity Of our professed friends, or the
more manly and open opposition of our
political opponents, and that we intend
to demoiish all the fair looking struc-
cures that old fogy politicians have
been rearing for self interest and to the
detriment Of the dearest interests Of
the sons and daughters of toll. We pro-
pose to upturn and analyze the accu-
mulating ruins of the two great politi.
cal parties, and build up in their place
and out OF the reliable part of the ma.
terials of each, q perfect Democracy,
acknowledging equality as the birth
right of all. The honors of this life
varies, but its privileges are the same,
where no trophies can be obtained that
are not won by merit alone, and
where the humblest has the field Of
criticism, and can legally and Justly
pass sentence, provided the criticism be
based on sound and lofty principles.
The way / interpret the Constitution
and Platform of the Labor Reform
Party is-it knows no distinction in race
or color; it is simple as the alphabet,
and as deep as the ocean, and its prin-
ciples durable as eternity; it holds out
protection and secures the rights Of
all male or female, whether native OF
foreign born; it embraces the whole
human family in its ample folds Of
humanity and right ITS careful study
is equally adapted to the high and the
low, the rich and the poor, the prince
and the peasant, in the magnificent
parlor of the millionaire, the counting
house of the merchant, the domestic
circle of the humble artisan. and the
chair of State and if faithfully carried
out in its true meaning would add t
community and nations exalted rank
and influence. But in our onward pro
gress we must expect opposition. We
do not anticipate perpetual sunshine Of
even hope, to pursue the even tenor O
our way unmolested +; some secre1
enemy will cross our path, and through
a viudictve and jealous feeling i'm
pugn our motives, for if the doctrine
we preach is worth q straw to our
selves or the world, our actions viii b.
assailed by class of beings.
W. though toO lifls to be seen,
VIII tease, an gall, ana vent their splsen. t
Yours in the cause, &C.,
i-l r. HoDGK1S.