The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-11-23
A LIBELLER AND HIS ANSWER

containing the following Although among
oar exchanges, Tor some reason or other,
We failed To- receive a copy Of the above
date
Gu readers will remember that lev weeks
ago We Arraigned Mr. 4. &. Cameron, the
editor u the WuFNININA<'S ADNp.ArE tor
hIs Inconsistency, stating that IA one issue nt
his paper he called upun the WurkIng1nen Of
ONO t. place lAbui ticket IA the tield and
IA the very next issue urged them t. support
tie nominees OF the Democratic party, and
We stated that the reasons tOr the sudden con
version was the cheek Of t,rn Thomas Ewing
that was received al the Apyu, NV office
between these ISSUES. The ApNU,'ArE did not
meet the charge fairly, but retorted with u
lot ~ Bllln-Sgate ahu-c. the writer's chief
stock ia trade we have n"w 4 letter before
IS from Horace H. naN, m Inch hc states
that # was present when he opened the let
ter containing money check and he hand
ed me th, letter "a rrad Il was written by
Tom Ewing. It Viii cameron dare DENY
ia, charge Dij he not rercivr this money
- ur mo-
In order that our readers may draw
their o~u conclusions a. a. whether We
met charges fairly, Ne Reproduce
from our hIes Of sept. 18th the original
statement. and our reply
We clip the following from the New Haven
..", Of III, 3l,t INST
Iis hr~t number Nc the WoRkNevAN's ApvostrE
that ,. reached rhi, orcy i"r several weeks. ~
hand yesterday anil Jn 1t We mud the following
Alexander Tr,up takrN exception 20 our styling
hI. fly WArHf NJ The labor movement and retprts BY
Ealing ". lautsni " tI h isn't the first time that
~t have seem bantam MAJ, the feathers ~ from a
iuIghiu p,>t,r
n> h. ~ay Of e,a,iing the statement made IN
"f Aug "a VIZ that during the lat gibeTna
tui1t contest Dhiu. the ADVOCATE called upon the
,,orkm-nyu II that in one the issues Of his
laI~T, o. nominate sU independent Labor ticket, and
the following issue turned one II his political sunier
~aut~. aud beecChed the wurku-lnen IF the Buckeye
Stste vote the pemoyruc ticket the nhueSice tsing
Tie CHECK ~ Cen. Thoms, Ewing DO that reached the
AUluy pffce between these ISSUE, What has Gam
rfHu 81 10 reference tn tins charge The ht~ " his
l,st.er proofs 10 HIS double dealing ana hap
pen Oh b. acquainted with j gentleman Nhp the
check. This same Ewing, u connection with Furtt a
60 oisted Davis the Columbus Convention. and Tor
time destroy the political lAnir orgaHIzatiUn
Cameron has thi~ III SAY IL this charge
that the man who penned the foregoing i a
tO,rutd a siosdsr-r. a Err, and q ,rouroirsi
Cameron SAYS tuther. thar from the first
hour OF his connection With the labor move
ment till the present day which extends over
period ot sixteen wears h- has never re-
eelyst nor asked for one dollar u change his
opinions pro oi ,uH. and t'ieng,s ut, fac, Of
clay u disDrO,. Ais ds-crfr.4 The niles Of the
ADVOCATE prove the above statement In the
CA'oh t. be lie, made out Of whole cloth.
We have too much respect for Gen. Ewing to
believe that he would even make such All
Oder We trust We have too much respect
la ourselves to accept .t. e =r we're Z made
j. ~ let the - -.,.s-- ebl- .raigse he
nzns md AFFIDAVIT "a lAt sgntlaia4l ta ..s,C
the CHECK and We promise to publish has
statement IN full IN the ADVOCATE, provided
the Union will reclprocate by publishing our
reply. No skulking We tell you plainly,
you l.e, and dare you Ur any one else to sub
stantlate the charge Is this evasion any
more satisfactory
Nov, if the above don meet the charges
tdtlly, we should like to know what would !;
but failing u receive a copy Of the Union
Of Oct 9TH, knowing that a knave is
generally coward, and expecting a reply
IL the foregoing, We published the follow
ing request in the ADVOCATE Of Oct. 18th
Wan some u our New Haven subscribers
please send as copy Of the Union, for the
week ending oct jth As it has failed to reach
TINS office,
Up u Nov. 9th, however, 40 further al
lusion VAS made u the matter, when the
article We nov publish, appeared Before
proceeding further, We desire to refer to
the fact that We are indebted To- the court
10y IL friends for copies Of the above
dates and also to the time that elapsed
between our challenge and the reply, ex-
tending from Sept. 18th to Nov. 9th,
nearly six weeks although the slanderer
had dead head pass which placed him
withr few hours ride Of New York-the
hoa.e If Horace H. Day, mis- alleged inform
where -e are told ne spends large
view in publishing it when he did is under
stood and appreciated, and is but character
istic Of the man. The cool effrontery in
charging us with billingsgate will no doubt
be appreciated by those who know the an
tecedents and reputation Of Alex. Troup,
as brsinless and bare faced an impostor as
ever cursed the labor movement whose
whole career has been the career Of an
Ishmaelite who played himself out in
Boston and New York, and who, We are
credibly informed, ia etfectually doing the
same thing in New Haven man who is
eever happy except when aspersing the
motives and villifyiog the character II
Others VINO Is continually prating about
his own political honesty, while he has
boxed the compass in less than a year
who mistakes blackguardism for bravery,
and bullying for true courage who is a
stranger to every noble and manly impulse
and who has fsilel IN every enterprise in
which he has embarked A man who
claims to have controlled the labor element
Of Connecticut, when fewer votes were
polled in gubernatOrial contest, than have
been polled in one precinct in one ward in
a workingmans Aldennanic contest, in Chi
cage. This may sound harsh though Il is
true
But We have done. In future Alex
Troup, 50 far as we are individually con-
cerned, can SANDER with impunity. Here
after We shall place him where he belongs
- o,,tside tie pale Of honorable recognition.
And now, Mr. Horace H. Day, we de-
sire in n few words to pay our addresses to
YOU individually. For the time being the
columns Of the ADVOCATE are placed at
your disposal, without fee or reward,
aither TO corroborate OF deny the state
ment said TO have been made in your let
ter to Mr. Troup. 1t shall be published,
without the dotting Of an ''i'' Or the cross
;no ot a 81" This much We have a right !
10 demand. With all your idiOsyncrasies,
~ cannot believe that you ever uttered or