The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-11-04

points. Their practicsbility has been dis
cussed for months past in the columns Of
the English press. If carried out there il
no doubt but that they viii prove OF meal
culable benefit to the working classes, but
we have no faith, and we believe the great
mass Of the British work people have no
faith in the offers Of assistance from q
class of men who rel resent emphatically
the most Objectionable, exclusive features
of non progressive aristocracy. To many
OF our readers the Earl OF Litchheld will
be familiar in connection with the Trades
Union Commission, and his far from en-
viable record then made; the Marquis of
Salisbury, though one of the most eloquent
and able of the Tory Peers, has GlsoGys
been consistent in his opposition to the en-
Establishment of the working classes; he
was the leader in denouncing the dis
establishment of the Irish Church, the pas
sage Of the ballot bill, and the abolition of
the army purchase system Lord Henry
LennOx nOnentity; Sir John Pakihg-
ton, a member of the Disraeli Cabinet,
under whose administration many of the
wash-tuhs Of the British navy we're built /;
the Earl OF Carnarvon and Lord John
Manners, Tories of the deepest dye, repre-
sentatives of the landed aristocracy, whose
voices have yet to be heard and whose
votes have yet to be given in support Of
any measure, involving the welfare Of the
masses, proposed by Liberal ministry !;
Sir Stafford Northcote and Claiborne
Hardy-if we mistake not-Colonial and
Home Secretaries of the Disraeli admins
tration. Now we insist it is the height
ofabsurdity to suppose that these men will
support in good faith any measures which
must result in the ultimate extinction of
vested rights and a titled aristocracy. 1t
is tue that some of these parties voted for
ne 'Atension of the franchise as a party
scheme-because upon its passage their
lease Of power depended-but it is also
true that to Gladstone, rather than Dis
raeli-as the originator Of the scheme, the
credit belongs; and although the passage
of the measures above referred to, might,
for the time being allay the discomfort
which is fast spreading, and which is more
formidable than many suppose, of its re-
suits. not doubt need be entertained.
Outside Of the Liberal pdrty-the pLe6idn
eLemeDt-the rOrkingmen Of Britain hare
nothing 10 expect, and ii is to that purity that
they must look for all genuine reforms. Any
other alliance must be unnatural and tenn
p0rary.
To prove that we are not alone in our
opinion, we learn from a recent London
telegram that at a meeting of representa-
tive workingmen, held in that city for the
purpose Of discussing the proposed al
lance
A free interchange of views was had,
and the sentiments of the meeting proved
to be decidedly in opposition to the
scheme, which was characterized by
several OF the speakers as absurd and
ridiculous
1t was finally agreed that as the scheme
in question would tend in no degree to
further the cause of Labor Reform, but
sought simply TO be regarded as a futile
attempt on the part Of the leaders Of the
Tory party to gather new strength from a
combination with the Labor Reform rep
resentatives, the entire proposition should
be repudiated and treated with contempt.
On the other hand a telegram, dated
London. Oct. 31st, makes the following
announcement:
Sir Stafford NorthcOte one of the
alleged sgnatories to the sO-called treaty
between the peers and the workingmen,
publishes letter denying that any OF the
gentlemen whose names have been brought
under public notice signed, or in any way
intimated their agreement with the resolu-
tons. All that he thinks that was done
was the expression Of a willingness of
some Of the peers and members Of Parlia-
ment to consider the well-being Of the
working classes. The movement was de-
nOunced at a meeting of London Demo
Gratis on the 18th of October
Toombs introducing an emancipation
bill in 1860, or Kelly free trade mea-
sure ten years later, would not have
seemed so ludicrous. as the talked of
alliance between the democratic and aris-
tocratic elements If we wish to come q
little nearer home, let us take lesson
from the recent trcachery and bad faith
of those who learn nothing and forget
nothing-the Bourbons of Ohio