The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-07-14

Back" PoMERoY, the able and fearless
editor OF the New York Democrat. addressed
large meeting of workingmen not long since
at Altoona, in this State. After giving the
laborers some good advice arranging the
Radical party for destroying the Union,
usurping the rights of States. and establish
ing centralized despotisn at Washington.
aud dennuncing the Fifteenth Amendment,
Brick" concluded in the following "red
hot" and effective manner
The people of the New England States de
manded that we must hate the people of the
South that we must DE kind TO the negro. -
Now, let us see what \ CIV England is now do
ing. Instead of opening her shops and eirirg
employ yment to the thousands and thousands,
who, by tie acts Of Republicans are declared
our equals, they are bringing ship load after
ship load of Chinese TO take the place OF white
labor, driving white men into poverty anu com
p,liing the N 10 work for one quarter enough
to support their families. And why Simply
because Chinese labor is cheap; simply oeraise
for SIT per month they can employ mau 20
labor. No matter how many Thousands of
white men turned out of employ ment at
Lynn and North Adams alter how manv
widows suffer- no matter how m'uy orphans
go supperless to he'd no matter how much
wages are cut down the only OH oct of these
loyal Purtans being to make money for them
selves, that they may buy more members oi
/ Congress, enslave more workingmen, and con
troll this government for the benefit of in
famous, accursed aTistocracT. And they call
this liberty For my part, believe ia defend
ing the interest of those " DO made the Coun
try great. The black peop!e Of the South
have not built our railroads; they have not
given us great Statesmen they have not sup
piled us with great generals-although ''the
colored troops fought nobly." desire that
! the white men of the North the earliest. deter
mined, intelligent white laboTers OF the country
shall be protected and l u you as l would
! ask a favor on my dying bed, that you demand
! of the 20 rernment that 1t defends those WhJ
| have made this country what 1t Ia. We will
/ have no more OF this ignorant, uneCu lated,
/ Oriental element, to cheaper. 30 weaken, and
to degrade the white labor Of the country. L
! like white man. anti-A man who defends the
| interests of the white men. l have nothing
! against Chinese labor, but would see The
| nest deserving, intelligent hite laboreT OF the
! country SUPPORTED. Let US see that We stand
! together firmly for the right and the delence
| OF our interests tina; when we shall be called
/ to our home over the river, we may feel that
/ we have done our duty by ourselves and by
! our children hat we endcavored TO relieve
! them from the oppression under which We nov
/ labor that we have done something to restore
/ them the blessings whiIh our foreiathers gave
us-the blessings of that Constitution which
! protected each anu every State alike the blts
| sings OF law that would not rob the poor Tor
/ the benefit of the rich the bles inGs OF an ad
| ministration that will not heap the taxes all
/ upon the labUrer for the benefit of a
corrupt, accursed, ex'ravagant aristOcracy,
| that never came into power until the Repu1lI-
can party stepped into war upon the rights Of
. the people.