The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-05-13

| remember ones, some twenty odd years
ago, when | went ap, and John G Whit
YER was one Of the committee--it wrs in the
Texas days-we went % see Abbott
Lawrence. The party we represented bad
thrown perhaps tbree Thousand votes; we
went to see htin, snd asked him VI be would
express himself as % his position with re-
gard to the annexstios Of Texas. He was
a very polite usan--tbere wac the gentle
man in every drop Of bIs blood. He lis
tened politely, and when be had heard our
statement, he folded his arms and said
I" Well, gentlemen. on the whole / don =
think care to express sny opinion AZ sll. y
Well, We bowed and took our leave. Il
was perhaps six or seven years after, the
party we represented bad thrown perhaps
80, 600 votes-Mr. lawrence was 10 but
we dad not 60 near bin, bot friend came
% us and said: IF you would write
Lawrence a letter he would like 20 express
HE opinion" Well, that was Just TIE diff
erence. Three thousand men went TO
bin On the whole | don't, care % ex-
press my opinion" thirty thousand men
went to him" Gentlemen your humble
servant" aaAll depends upon the numbers
we can rally. Why, gentlemen Of the
Labor Parry do you want these. brains Of
Massachusetts, to which 7 Just alluded, on
your side ! Do you want an this editofial
talent that exbacsts itself in painting You
ridieulously In srgnng your question :? l
viii tell you bow 70 get it You cahnot
get It With 90 many dollars, 1--WE have ros
no disciplined brsins-we have no Hundred
thousand dollars--we have scs no Office
holders TO fix . tariff on. We have bot
10 friends IN che marbIe palace down nd
the bead of State street TO contribute 10
our funds But we know . way to buy
Hsrvard College itself-throw 10000
votes 70 the eighth day Of Novembsr,-
Throw such av6te and the Republican
party would trembls below iss boots. and
We shall get ootof their seIfish fears what
We can not get today out Of their esper-
eeiiy. Well, yeu say necessi, ' knows nc
law We have got no friends Nobody
,esBes 70 us o. tbe wealth. and culture Of
the North said to the Slaves, TAXA Hold
Of our hands snd awe wili drag YOU out. y
Rsgland has learned q lesson from bcffesrs
England site down ou one side or the srbi
trstion table. and labor sits down on ID /,
other, audi they talk The masfer over.
Thst is .Cbvistise oivilisstibH !; that d mat
ural common sense; ecoDotrf, 40 7oss. no
sssse shat is oil right But how stausis
Massachusetts, to-day p WY, here is can
Iiisi The forces of society are ouly two.
There IN The msn that sells money sSd the
manifest sslls timeAjass two. Together
ftbeysre pair Of sciseOfs the eject IA
elsctriesL Sepefase them, and thew are
uosl worth chips Itiscivil'wW. Rnelapd
is beginning to learn the lesson tbst tbey
must not be divided. Bot hsrsis cspital
almost irresistsblf, maHsed ID i'm ten nill.
ions Of capitahle for that railroad. and .
hundred millions far those Jbanhs. ~. |.
hundred other millions Of ca pital ior tbo.e
iAetorss itissinost irresistable. ih.va.
just. BY fhe real Of the States eood fame,
lsttings Msssac chusetp lead n III
great crusade 10 VIZ DE slave And haayvHipne haayvHipne
done i, espissl practically goes sbd I,s: ssss
81 will 90 and put my toes on the e1rtrssr,1p s,1
linsief legal Hghse I dc0't cane wbst vi, you
teH ne fbshs1lty d6u't are III 4 tbe
interest," q civilization. / don't csre F.,
chat poor IeIlew . sppeSi. fdave Z le6 4
sighttO make sncsey. Here ! atanndd 80 .-
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