The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-06-08
Address ofthe Executive Commute OF
the Labor Party Of California.

: the Labor Party Of California.
kLEcrons You will soon be called up
ON 10 vote for, President and Vics-Presi
dsnt OF ths United States, for the next en-
SUING term it win be q most importan
election there are already two lots of can
. didstes IN the Held, Davis and Parker. b,
the Labor Reform Party Greeley ani
Brown, by the Liberal Republicans, and il
Ia more than probable that the present III
cumbent, Ulysses s. Grant, will be nomi
mated by the old line Republican party. I,
10 assumed that the Demeeratic party will
fasl te ansmriAate, and hike its great oppo-
\ nent, the old Wing party, pass quietly in.
10 the domain of history.
1t is incumbent on all good and true cit
lxens to now determine for whom they will
caAt their ballots, and be prsparsd % aid
their favorites in the race. An betweeo the
friends of Davis and Psrker ON one hand
and Greeley and Brown on the other X Il
a race for principle, both being Reform pal>
ties, and each seeking to rescue the people
from the wrongs and eNpresaions by which
the policies and measures of the party in
power now weigh them down.
These wrongs arg to6 Numerous to men
tlon in detail, sndtoo gtizpbus to be long
er borne in AilencS hgfA a. gpeat vail has
gone ~ all over 4 jAnd, fufm. the North
and the South, Ne East an The West. 1t
has culminateJfn two RfG Nationxf Con-
ventions, one at ColunsbAHk kDAiO, the other
at Cincimnssi; these nsknkinns adopted
essentially Tho same plat{dkm of principles
and measures to put them N force indeed
90 exactly do they correspond, both Horace
Greeley and Gratz Brown adopted each.
and sought nominations a the handn Of
both Conventions, and bsing defsated by
Davis and Parker before the Columbus
Convention, they fastened to the Cincin-
nati Convention, and worked against Davis
and Parker for their own promotion they
secured nominations contrary to all the
rules of honest public faith, and good
conscience, to support the nomination Of
an honorable and successful competitor;
thus instead Of being honest, unseltish re-
formers, their very tirst public act was to
set ut defiance one of the best established
rules OF honesty in politics, and proved
their greed for Office, and utter want Of
principle In its attainment, and therefore in
the fulhllmsnt Of its duties and functions If
obtained.
Fellow, citizens, for this act alone they
are unworthy OF your votes and confidence;
they show themselves political trimmers
and trfcksters, wearing the livery of Re
form to serve themselves in making dupes
OF the people, and sinking themselves to
the level OF political mounte- banks. In
deed it is historical, that Horace Greeley
has swung around the circle Of the whole
unlon, hunting the Office Of President from
one end of the land to the other, and like
George Francis Train, he has delivered
.-'SAnd and one lectures on his way to
sDS ,nS .T1 maniv House senoHAAt 4UPE PrigAt bold
c6ftni,-rva xIrh Horace Greeley! He was At
tending to his legitimate duties as Judge Of
the Supreme Court of the United States,
when the Labor Reform Convention nomi-
mated him as their standard bearer on be-
ing notified of his nomination, he simply
responded, Il am greatly obliged tot the rep
ressntatives of the industries Of my coun-
try, for the honor conferred upon me the
Office of President of the United States
should neither be sought nor declined by
an American citizen" Like Cincinnatus #
immortal memory, he is ready to leave his
plough to save his country. The Office
sought the man, shall it find himl That is
for you, the voters, to determine. David
Davis is as well informed, as sound in judg-
ment, ~ honest and an capable al Horace
Greeley, and much more reliable as man,
and an Judge of laws and their legitimate
consequences. He is as firm in execution
and M fixed in his purposes a. President
Grant, while in both natural and acquired
abilities, habits and manners, he in . giant
compared with a pigmy. No man can
truthfully say aught against his private or
public character {; he was the bosom friend
Of Abraham Lincoln, shared his fullest
confidence, and has done nothing to forfeit
that esteem.
Democrats, you whofeel the wrongs of the
present administration and know your ina
bility q Q party TO avoid or correct them.
Liberal Republicans, you who have fled
from your old party drill, for very shame of
the frauds, political jobs, fearful and mani
fold acts Of corruption in every depart
ment Of government All fair and right
minded men, you who nee and know that
the political power Of the whole country,
under the administration Of the Grant
party, il welded by capitalists and monop-
olista, and thus the combination Of the
political power with the power Of wealth is
making war upon, and crushing the people,
we call upon You all to unite a. one man,
and east your votes for Davis and Parker
At the coming election, ~ the only true and
honest representatives, Of this great political
Reformation, and thus save the people from
the fraud, peculation, force and oppression
Of the present administration, and from the
machinations and bad faith Of the would-bs
leaders of the Reform Movement, Greeley
and Brown.
Labor Reformers and workingmen, o
each and every industrial pursuit in tn
land you who desire to equalize the wage
of Labor with the income of capital b
secure and preserve the public lands t
actual settlers only to do away with tn
present National Bank system, and issue
National paper currency directly to tn
people, on their securities, at three pc
J cent per annum, the equitable rate Of in
terest who; desire to maintain the nations
credit the eight hour system of labor, jus
} and equal taxation to restore the s0veE
eiQn powers Of the Government, TO the peo
pie. and wrest them from the politicsi cap
} italistie power AoW enslaving the labor Q
I the land whD believe in citizen suffrage
: compulsory voting and secular education
J IN the exclusion Of Chinese immigration an
I importation N competitors TO American ID
4 bor, the one term principle for Prssident an
1 | Vice. President Of the United States, tn
n ..,vs. "a h eIecked directlv by the people