The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-02-05

y, moiAiis"'ei, assembly in our CITY
Thirteen unions were reprcsartos
its formation. The following are =; IN
officers ~ "
Mounters. ''oNe
Laborers'. li q
Rec. Ssc;-GeOrge W. Clement, 90
Knights Of St. Crispin. q
Cor. Sew. III. Jefferson off,
graphical. -!Po-
Fin. Sec.-George Mcfarland. &c
Coopers. q
Teasursr-Luke Coon, Of Painter.
The Board Of Trustees and Finaua.
Committee were selected from ron"'
sentatlves OF other trades.
We are in hopes twill prove q l.,
wark Of defence and tower Of stroro.L
for the wOrkingmen Of ALBANY :"
The State Trades Assembly bad;,
annual session in our city the past veal
the largest convention thew ava.
held. They are becoming deyelonsS
year by year. They used to ask smsH
favors from the State Legislature ana
in supplicating tones and humiIiat;ra
attitudes, and for their pains wero
sneered at and their petitions Il
measure ridiculed, or lin mockerv.
given vinegar and gall when thew asEaS
for water; indeed, it's but FIVE or NV
years since one Folger (mark the nance
from his place in bur State Senate
presented and tried to have a bill paraa5
regulating the wages of workingmen
and making strikes a misdemeanor
punishable by law. 1t proved to he
the bugle sound which first called NJ
sons Of toll to arms. The bill did moi
pass, but Folger and Hastings did into
disrepute, and since trades unions have
6ourished, o wondrous change HAVING
come over the spirit Of the reality in
our State Legislature, we now demand
our rights, and, SO, far, they dance at.
tendance on us. We get members q
that body to present bills we wished
passed, and tell them all that if we fail
to get justice at their hands we will
place our direct representatives there
to grant it at the next session. And
we've asked and got the Assembly
Chamber to hold q workingman's mass
meeting. The honorable Assembly Of
the Empire State adjourned to let those
horrid conspirators, those trades union
men, hold a meeting. Did they not
fear Guy Fawkes or next day enter
the hall with fear and trembling? Not
bit of it. There many of them sat
amongst US, and thankful might they
be for this opportunity of listening to
our champion, r. +. Trevellick. Rich.
ard was more than himself on this &C.
casion. Truly he is one Of Natures
noblemen, whose Heaven-born genius
seems by Heaven deputed to battle for
the weak and lOwly, elevating and in
structing the down-trodden sons and
daughters of toll, and scattering their
proud oppressors in dismay, for resist
less are his powers of eloquence as the
mountain wave Of ocean, which, tow
ering high and wide and deep, sweeps
every obstacle in its course. And in
listening to the man tbs difficult to say
where admiration should run highest;
whether for his fascinating elOcutiOn,
his rapid, ready delivery, his sound
logic, close reasoning or tender pathOs,
his flashes Of wit or exquisite humor,
or (for his purpose) cutting deep with
caustic sarcasm, or in his terribly pow
erful denunciations of wrong, or
launching forth in fierce invectiVe
against petty tyranny, or declaiming
learnedIy for the cause Of right, and By
successive shocks, all unimpeded and
even balanced by the master mind, till
tha rampaEt,a Eeasthad., the gaEEisea,s
! captured and conviction carried to the
veriest skeptic. Truly may we cal
him champion. Let u, then, appre
ciate his efforts in our behalf, and dc
our part to sustain him, thanking God
for having raised up such a man 10 es
pouse our cause and carry out his ON
nIpotent design-justice to all.
You will, no doubt, be informed 81
the dOings of our State Trades Con
vention from some better source, and
as our delegate made no report yet,
am unable to interest you much by
what | do know on that subject al
present.
/ don't know what should do with.
out your valuable paper; it fills void
the American press never touch on,
and which is Of all Importance to every
workingman. | fear | have written
too much this time, assuring you my
next will be shorter.
I remain vonr advocate p C