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

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[NNIATI,s MAYa13.. 1871
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q .Jasa1T,I, 30 gHi14D .tlEE ,sla W -,
ing the character Of Masmebnsetts labo
fhks konA fsr enough. I" What makes New
\ Esskna aMefsuf from 0ld ErrIdbd, sut
our cisiksafiouudiif iifsEsas fsoh Esropean civ
hlisstion, 10 that whss the vsrkipgissn bat
Il paid the grocer and his rent On Saturday
hight Ne has dollar lett in bis own hand
fF6st dollsr means that he il an indepeudsn
msmaii It b spring board By which,
\ el6es lilfs ihsdlfu 10 albettsr ievsf IN,
capital that thrNtsDs that itg will fraise
] million dollars and import one hpndrss
I thousand Chipese, meaos to take that dsllal
smy; 7 only My, consider tbe stand. polo
tnf cixlisstios snd Christianity dsnd pro
ggsss, the ela~ aes pis.listss who snn6ertsks
70 take il away ara. doing perlons service
to the State. Now it scsms TO me thai Il
fjnst The line IN which We are moving. j
paiassd 10 you the CONDITION Of the larsel
portien ofsthe two hundred and seventeen
Thousand men and women in this State wbc
are the mill operators That is pot ssy
great matter 10 itself. but intelligence is ths
key 20 ouf future Nov, take that hody
of men and women at eight IN the evenins
after the dan ,srwork. suppose you and
90 into Q house and say 70 them
Look, here, sovereign citizens. sug,pcee
you and I sit down and take a nice inter.
esting chapter of Mil on Political Econ
ony. What shall we say to juicy chap
ter from Mr.. Summers recent lecture on
France apd Prussia, or what think you Il
we turn to the IOO7tb page Of the Con-
! gressional Globe ?'s A fine stomach thew
would have for Il! A capital condition
they would be in 10 study question ~bich
they are 10 decide! You have commenc
| ed the progress by winch one class becomes
dependent upon another. They have got
10 pin their political faith on the decision Of
ofa nsighbor. You have begun the pro
cess by which this mass ofmeu and women
is manufaetared into tie sitting tool for dem
agogues to manipulate. When was in
Europe | found that whenever got int
the company Of workingmen their talk was
Of trihes- You get into an American stage
coach or Car at ten O'Clock in the morning,
and every man has newspaper, or at Ieass
three or four Of them have. Bot I always
notice that this working class that ] observe
IL the cars, morning bsye ne newspapers.
They do not talk much; now and thtn
one asks question. But n is silent csr.
II is ignorance and indifference. But the
time comes when the employer says "
shall reduce your labor one dollar IN ten. y
What is the reason of its'' "a Z sham
tell you; get out" What does " get out
mean? Tabs your wife out Of the corpo.
ration teneeest. Perbsps bis babe il q
day old Take your rich and your poor
ycur hardly of, aud say to them: "Whai
would tn y not submit 90 rather than be
compelled to leave your house to-morrow p
And you would find tSat many Of them
would Submit to great deal before they
would up the rOof-tree The third strand
Of the cable is when you have put yeur fife
and children in the street. Fall River an
swcrs 70 Lowell, and Lcwell cries out 20
lswrenee, sod Lawrence from her misty
prosperity thunders out 10 Valley Fslls |:
" There il avctim to capital !; see to it
that ye starve him wherever be treads. y
" Wealthy men combine until there
is not spot for the haunted victim
TO earn his bread this side Of the
Connecticut River, and it is
6od-like civilization; but let poverty
combine" I Did yon ever zee such
nasty Crispins !" That is the third
strand IN the cable By which selfish cspi-
tai y dragging down a certain class of
Massachusetts g practice slavery, Great
ing permanent laboring class. % that
there is not one chance in ten, compared
with what there was, that the children
of these men shall lift themselves.
What Is the beauty of our civilisation!
u is nothing that is su1l no,hine is an
chored 10 granite, but everything floats
In Europe there 10 rich GLASS tha. has
been there five hundred years hardly
changed; there u lah0riDg class that be-
been there three or four hundred years, and
With one tenth or one fifth exeeption il il
hardly changed There 10 Q man wossh a
million dollars large evidences that his
father Was worth . million before hir.. and
. large probability that his sen vail be
worth million alter bia. Thsre is q man
in Massachusetts, that is worth q million
no evidence, whatever that bis father, was,
snd not BY any means probsbiEty that
bis son viii be, Very likely his fathar, az
IA q case which bave in my mind to-day.
wss pedlsr, ana sis son Win die In he
psor-kousss il 10 this kskedescope of con
slant, change, shifting like tho eolcrs ou q
doves neck. that makes the hfssof New
England. Wealth says: 81 must stretch
out my hand 10 lift labor, for I don't know
bss that ~ own grand son will be working
Cor hiss daily ! broad = and when Wwsskh
thinks. back ssasrasien Ind ssyss .sDvssy
drop Of py blood speaks Of tbs. father whe
gave ne ny education BY daily Toll, ,''--tbai
is bssIsh but you buiid up wealth until Il
iissSotissitg ssd 10 corporation, Il forgets,
and to roMd down lsborluatil n Aas no s<s.
piration, and ttbsrs ~ ne room for the ballot
box. This is exactly Nbat Ne ara doing 10
day that Il what the tendency Of our State
and rivlisstious runs 70 DAY. L know liz
crisisisn made Of % I'M New York iittis
while ago, I.rsad il ssd whsa I got thseueb
| i sad "A pal has no righ. 70 speak d
that Of which be knows nothing 2 IL
comes here and paints very fsneiful, pie
ture of the workin0mer az America Wall