The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-09-03

shown BY Commissioner Wsns 81
live more poorly nov In th,s co,n. 10y
~ -" oeiore the war. Hence st,;kes
consume scanty accumulat;ons |
aVeueo Tor other uses, diminish nro-
~0u"os' discourage enterprise and
o.eed rsncour, between EMPLOYERS and
employed, when often the emnlovar !
% eaten up with interest. rents ana t.v
6 mat he cannot afford the WAGES nea1-
a. ana demanded. If an equitable
ot,,n OF sccruing wealth be e.
.so''Shed between labor and capital.
ne workers, which term includes gen.
ersily employers AS well as employed.
III nave something to amica ably divide.
lnscsad OF lighting as now for the profit
winch capital has carried off from both.
a. me fox IN the table slipped off with
me KID, while the lion and tiger were
eAnauStlng themselves fighting for it.
Inc hnance policy, announced by
me worklngmen, which have cursoriIy
discussed, strikes at the root of almost
all Their grievances, which is also the
FOOT OF the exorbitant privileges Of the
y owners OF productive wealth; class
~somPal atlvely small in numbers, but
powerful IN mind, resource, tact, tradi-
SohS' combinations, and all the appli.
auces 10y which the few have, from The
-Seginnlng enslaved the many; but
u"uer our Government reforms, i'm
possible heretofore or elsewhere, can
De accomplished. In the Republic OF
Athens, by the laws of Scion, no man
who worked for living could vote.
W nile Rome was a Republic, its con
Situlon was such, that it was ruled by
me wealthy paticians 50, too, with
the Republics OF Venice and Genoa.
a. ms day, on the continent of Europe,
the workhnynen can be heard only by
rev0kntion; and in England they are
sMno more independent than when
-AGurth wore the collar of Cedrick the
Saxon. In the United States they are
free to vote as their judgment dictates,
and heir numbers are large enough TO
ace uplish such legislation as they
think for the general good.
But il will be no easy victory-the
enormous privileges which that policy
uptorn without fierce and protracted
struggle. You will be asssiled with
ali the power and arts Of political war
fare all who worship property and
ignore man will cry out against you
The exaggerated and superstitious
veneration for property, the evil coun-
teTpart Of communism is all pervad-
in. and will confront you everywhere
Hou win be charged with agrarianism,
communism and reputation, in disre-
gard Of your expressed purposes. The
owner Of every farm or town lot will
be told that you will compel him ito
divide" the owner Of every bond that
you will repudiate; and the fears of those
who have little will often be more in
tense and unreasonable than of those
who are rich. You will encounter too
the SCOTS and hackneyed saws Of nearly
all the professional men Of finance IN
the land-the men who through all the
terrible panlcs before the war, chung
TO the stupid, and necessarily disas
trous, specie base State Bank system !;
who were Mortified at the issue Of legal
tenders, by which we got, fo- the first
time, a good currency; who would not
surrender or abate their notion, that
there can be no good money but gold
and silver, or their representatives,
though a score of Jim Fisks and a
year of black Fridays were sent
10 plague them for their unbehef +;
by men, too, who think it vastly
important to American people to be
thought well off by the money kings
Of Europe, SO that any future ad-
Immigration can induce them to take
'-TJ 0~@Hother natiOnal debt, at so or
90 cents on the dollar. You will be OPP
posed toe BY the peoples conscience
and loyalty keepers, who glorify the
banks and bondholders as the saviours
of the Republic, to be dealt with as
they themselves may dictate, under
penalty of disloyalty and dishonor,
however oppressive their schemes to
the people, who bear the heat and
burden of the war.
But all the opposition and discussion
evoked will direct public thought to
the evils the masses suffer, and the just
and benifcent reforms they propose.
Labor questions already stir the
world. The war which now shakes
the continent was brought on largely
to postpone the demands of working
men, which already began to threaten
existing dynasties. Here we shall have
no contest but Of free discussion, which
ought, and | believe will, ultimately
give to the labor movement such power
that no political party, however forti-
fed by skill, money, craft and prejudice,
can prevail against.-Very respectfully
yours, Tyox Ew,xc r.
FROM HON. c. w. JULIAN, or INDIANA.
Mr.. SHELDON, Executive Of the National
Labor Union for Missouri, having invited
the Hon. Geo. w Julian, distinguished