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

pared to sustain the actions Of our or
gAnization, as do too many Partisans,
cat all. times and under al circnm-
stances We have no wish to defend
a Labo- Reformer, merely becapse he
is 9 Labor Ret0rmeF, except Re 80
convinced that he has been unse9@y &C.
cused, and that he is therefore in the
right In the history Of all orgsriza-
tons, including Trades Unions, and Of
all political movements not excepting
that now making in the interest Of La
Dor, there are blemishes, just % there
are errors in the lives Of the best Of
men, and no record of q mans doings
is complete, except it contain recount
Of some wrong act, no more than il the
history of any organization perfect, ex-
cept it be found at times winking or
conniving at wrong-for "an men are
fallible." Necessity is an arch enemy
In order TO Judge wisely between
&ccuser and accused, it is necessary
that we look scrutiuizingly into the mo.
tive that prompted the deed. If we
never disrcgsrded this injunction, which
emanates from every well-balanced con-
science, perhaps the ends Of Justice
would be more often attained, and the
moral interests Of the community more
frequently aud surely subserved Ne
cessity 10 frequently the mother o.
crime, and in all such cases the rea
criminal is to be found where exists Tho
primary cause of the necessity. Il
want be conceived Of incidence, and
sinful extravaganza, then Ia the perpe
traitor Of wrong in every way respon
sible, but where poverty results from
oppression, and eliminates in crime
then is the oppressor accountable in the
light Of every Law, either human or di
vine.
A careful review OF the differ
ences between employer and employed
between aggregated wealth and la
Dor, and the causes leading thereto
would unhurthsn many mind Of the
unjust prejudIces it now entertaini
against the workingman's movement
He is struggling against oppression
and though he may occasionally be LED
astray by bad councillors, either in thu
shape Of evil minded men in his owl
social predicament, or Of his persona
jealousies and enmities, be 10 laborint
for an honorable and just ultimatum
and by what he may do wrong, let no
his fellows be adjudged. Trades On
ionism may be q wrong-we haV
never yet claimed that it can be an vi
biased aFbiter at all times, or in NIL cases
In fact, every reader of the ADVOCATE
knows, that we have frequently calle'
their attention to Its manifold imperfeC
tons, yet we support it, for the reaso
that it is the only formidable weapo
just now accessible. And even
Trades Unions are a wrong, and fai
to effect the commendable objects the
profess to, il does not necessarily TO
low that . workingman's party is wrong
or that it will prove Of insufficient pc
tency to accomplish the task at whic
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ran. Let the public deal WIN The IL
Dor question with more candor, an
less desire to belittle it, and berate
when they have belittled it. The pull
lie should be with us in the movement
because oil are to share the good tbs
il bound to be attained by il. Non
are to be injured {; but g few, rank wit
desire to rule or ruin" are to be d
> tered from doing further moral injur
to themselves, and material detrimer
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