The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-07-16

more than mere distributors or fnanciers. L
keep them producers for the common beDe
TIT Of mankind.
Congress has given The southctner apri
cultural labOrer The ballot. He presented
bimself before it-naked They have be
slowed upon him q cravat had they de-
creed the freedom of the soil, they would
have gwen him a pair of bfeeches, which
would have been better. In the words oi
our Baltimore address -"The tools 10 him
that hath the ability and the will to use
them, and the land to him that hath the
skill and the heart to cultivate it,
Under the specious heading Of 'fUsury
and Phnder Woodruff h Clahin's
Weekly defends that shameless iniquity
When werkingmen want information on the
subject of money the last people thew
will apply to wal he "brvkers,'' whether
they be male or female. '''
The proper and natural sphere Of woman
s Der home, but what are those to do who
have not homes who are forced to com
pete with men IN cur shops and factories.
'he rewards Of labor are SO small that our
young men in many instances dare not
marry, and oar girls must work out for
living. The Labor Congress has dore well
in admitting all their rights, for they need
alb in order to defend themselves.
y There is division in South Carolina with
regard TO the importation Of Cinnamon.
After what the Southerners have said Of the
bardsbips they suffered unde. the old slave
system, it must take deal Of cheek" to
propose there the introduction Of another
lot Of barbarisns to civilize.
Boatswain Checks said be would sooner
have been the bye blow Of . gentleman
than have been begotten in lawful wedlock
by a eommoner; but, if there be truth in
the Bible, the son Of carpenter ranks far
higher than the son Of king.
In old times in England, when a noble
had marriage or birth in his family, be
sailed in the people all round to rejoice and
make merry with him on such occasion.
Oar brown stone fronted ones try to keep
all their fun to themselves. Not unfre-
quently, however, their most select circles
are penetrated by tradesmen and mere
funkies. Probably the only places which
may be termed quite free from such intru-
sious Of the poorer classes are the fashion
able churches
From the emigration returns during the
past fortnight it would seem as though the
old world had determined to empty its pop
ulatiOn into the new but az our death rate
IN this city. New York; about doubles
our birth rate, we shall soon be able TO
decimate the influx. If the city fathers
will only dispose Of or concrete over few
moro of our squares and parks it would,
however, greatly expedite the business
The trees in Tompkin's Square even now
appear to be stretching their withered arms
towards heaven. Can it lie that they are
calling down q blessing on the mayor and
common council for their tender care over
tho health a.d Aprpi.S.S of tbs ~ usands4i |
Of children in that locality?
Never mind all that will soon be changed. |
Governments will soon be taught that life |
is more valuable than money. The labor
storm is steadily rolling on both here and in
Europe. 1t enveloPs all civilized nations,
and is now commencing to concentrate.
The statesman does not exist who can con-
troll 1t, or even measure it. In the next
"plebiscite" taken in France it will not be
innocent international wOrkingmen" who
will be imprisoned.
II. w. HUME