The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-07-09
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from ' hat m:ghtiest Of all haman con
y H. he French Revolution, which
Wilson's other valuable achievements,
sno 51i22ided the soil Of France among
nas ~ numerous proprietors than any
mole n If Europe can boast Of, and
couu" made her farmers, artizans and la
inuS mus. n the owners Of their own homes,
OolT Pourbons, the Montmorehcys, the
inc DO the Ia Rochejuelims, with
n a;. 5lue blood and remote ancestry,
lhel event away to make room for
T TTsnbs the dog keeper, Massena, the
noD ,ate soldier, Sauterre, the brewer,
PI 1nondre. the butcher, and Murat. the
LIZ L. Il IS infinitely better that these
hos' -t rovolutions should be accomplish
~ neaceably, and that the rights OF
g P"onle lie vindic1ted without the
W sd P Of blood. such Of course is
~ means to be pursued in our free re-
'nI II;o where all men posses the right
tbo ballot, and it is their own fault
o , inS do not avail themselves effectu.
.uy Of that great instrument OF power
any n1 seIf projection. Let worklngmen
NV courage, when they remember
IN bot srtlzans and laborers accomplish
wa = the dark and oppressive time Of
n. C Fondal AGES. 1t was the guilds--or
!!nioJorn variance, the Trades Unions
u fTondon. Rouen, Florence, Milan,
a I,twerp. Bruges, Liege. Amsterdam,
nlnntfort and other cities Of Europe,
jnselv organized and firmly united,
.orcbinp each under its own banner,
u mo redress If grievances and the
'U,ospTvation Of rights, which preserved
Cow sharks Of liberty in the midst OF
G"t tbicl. dark pail Of tyranny and
losnotism which hung over Europe
'inrinr he middle ages. 1t is to them
Uni oai' me nucE they formed, around
which newly asserted human rights
m;abt Gather, that We owe much OF the
boSsted liberty Of the present day.
T T preserved and handed it down
com one 10 the other as faithfully and
IayotcdIv As does the Aztec devotee
Iis sacred fire, and it is more to the
anlds Of London than to the barons Ct
Rnnymede, that we owe the free nsu-
tutions of our country.
Let the labor unions then be strength
.neJ increased and perpetuated, tor
IN them is the hope Of liberty in our re-
nnblic NJ, for the son Of toll alone, but
IN men Of other calhngs and Occupa-
honS Workingmen must ever remem-
Lrr that the result depends upon them
selves-upon their own almost unaided
eyertions, for the vindication and pres
eryation Of their rights, for from cap
ital and capitalists, and their attendant
duBkeys, they have nothing to expect.
Where money the mighty, in the hands
Of the well organized and powerful.
few. is on one side, and poverty and
the MANY poor on the other, nothing
but union, close intelligent, determined,
yigilant and energetic, can hope to
prevail. Therefore keep, cherish and
add to your labor unions.
Mr.. A. c. Cameron, OF the Work
NmAN's ADVOCATE, was the next
speaker After referring to the mag
nituLe of the interests involved, and
the crisis through which the country was
passing, and showing the necessity for
the producing classes, at this iuncture,
forcing the issue, and compelling those
asking their support to define their 20
sition, be presented the following res
olution, which was unanimously adopt
cd, by standing vote:
Resolved, That the producing classes Of &.
Clair county, in mass meeting assembled hereby
publicly declare that in future they will urder
no circumstances support any Ca didates for
Congressional or legislative honoIs, who have
not unequvocally endorsed the principles o. lie
Natilaal Labor Union, and pledged that if u eu-
ted they will use their utmost eudeavors to put
.bem into practical effect
tie was followed by Mr.. john Mag
wire, Of st. louis, who offered The fol-
lowing
Resolved l., That in order 10 furnish proiec-
ton TO American manufactures, it l. the duty
Of the government 10 supply the medium ct ex-
hsnge or the means of the payment Cfthe ma
serial and tie labor which produce those man
uIlctue-, Va Sufficient security at the cost only
VI lie production Of the money taken, and of
Tue agency w.ich distributed it that for the
American government, the agent Of the people,
10 Issue the medium Of exchange or the money
lOAen oil commerce, and then delegate its con
lrol snd disposal to a few citizens combined IN
der cover o. figure Of speech, and csll
baker, is TO inauguratc usury or interest, which
1Ot only deyOuIs the profits OF the manufac-
'urer bua puts his merchandise as we'll as all
Ciher the wealth Of people, Of every sort,
within the absolute control Of few citizens
who produce nothing and that to delegate this
attribute q sovereignty by the agent who alone
Is authorized to exercise it, is like the assign
ment Of legislation, beyond their legitimate
cope and power.
hC7"lved 2, Tha. American manufacturers,
AIDED by the issue Of the money token in this
'se, can defy competition and rule not only il
'he domestic, but in oil the foreign m rkets Of
'ne world It is the cost Of the use of the money
oxen after is issue, imposed by the legislation
o. nation on its citizens engaged in manutsc-
l"fes, That rules either for or against their sue
vess u ~ cost, a. in America, be exorbltant,
ue American m.nufactUitl IS necessarily under
S''o by h's British rival, who is furnished the
money token by bis wise government AZ one
u'rd, one fourth aud Of en- one-ftIh the rate ex
acted Of me American operator; the reason
and the remedF, when disclosed are palplble to
common intelligence, and are irresistible, kept
10 lhe irsenslte bIgotry If blind usasr and
con mercal superstition.
Mr. VIM. Allrecht next addressed
the meeting in German, after which the
assemblage dispersed with three cheers
for the cause, the speakers and the
principles Of the National Labor
Union