The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-14

ment are opposed to war and blooushed
Az although you are not compelled u
treat with our committee, that does not in.
VA ldate our right to appnlnt the commit
tee and tu In no other manner treat with
you and do you not think il would be
better to recognize in us de tt'tO body
with which to treat, than to continue this
commercial war T.
The employers thought ~ finally, and re-
solved to sc- the committee aud learn what
demand Was to be made.
Weekly cash payments and the right
to use their money seemed to them
best, WAS the request uf the men
IL WAS ilatly, lnsultmgly refused. The
industrial internecine war continued. 1t
should have never commenced, and would
not had not causes that once led TO war il
high, eInPyual heaven superlnduced it
the laslhenous attempt Of the creature
to dictate tu the Creator.
The men conscious of their supremely
predominant right to control their own
a Is and persons, ln matters not unla " full
refused tO work except under conditions in
consonsnce with their conceptions IF JUS
tIee. They, at the same time, conceded to
the employers unrestraIned liberty, All
equal sovereign prerogatlve to obtain other
hands should they choose to do So. And
'ch they attempted, 10y advert tisement, by
more liberal and generous offers than theiI
own men respectfully asked as u human,
divine right. Still they failed most slgnsl-
ly. lulI nov occurred IN the strife,
presagetul, oninous calm. Three days Of
: nasterly inactivity" All the crash
Every man had left the shops and who had
secured other work, some from the city,
others from private corporations, were, one
morning, summarily discharged without
Warning or explanation. Why Because
they had en,leavored 10 he better men and
make Of their children, ere they reached
maturity better ana stronger pillars Uf
state. How Simply enough. A reso-
luton of the Board Of Trade, Of which
many ot the employers were members, and
some nlanlpulStory ring shufiling, by cor
ruPt mercenary City Council, of which
RelvAs"n was "A member, did the business,
and did it eifectually Hal this result
been the effect Of an invocatory prayer 10
the Prince Uf Darkness, ny a conVocaGIon Of
devils, 1t could nU: appear IN the eyes Of
Just men more helnuusly hideous, more
1espotically, cruelty inhuman, more mer-
sll,ssly savagely barbarous or, had it
been the effect of the magical incantatinn
a wltchcrAft it could not more thorough
y dishearten the men
The second week Of the difficulty ended
very gloonily for the cause Of right
The morning after his departure from
chicago, Richard found himself in the
luurlshing city of Milwaukee. Here,
b said to himself, " | may live III peace,
Is there are no impeditive obstacles to
living honestly before me. He secured
work readily, and was fully settled early in
he afternoon. He then bethought hun OF
'one letter he had received the evening
previous, but which he Lad rot time to
cad. Among them was one thst exerted
lpon hIs turbulent soul u peculiar demul
ent effect. lie trembled and glowed as he
cad
Dttr Sir. Your note reached me . lev
,.-'tiieHr- I---.l--.-. ~. .l.@t IL tilla.i
lie with astonishment | was stuplfied with I
nAzement and might add delight not
lone do | rejoice to learn that my dearest
md best friend has found brother, but that .
he has found one emInently worthy of her,
md found hlM at a time she most needed A
raternAl protection. | must say that Was
much panied by Your ungenerous reference to
he difference Ia our social position. la all
he essential elements oi true greatness your
lister Is my superior, and AIN selfish enough
o desire q continuance Of our former friend .
hip. Inform me where and when | can
Ter, and greatly oblige VIDA GELDAMO. II
T. ). ! am a prophecies. You are gong
q leave the city. Perhaps tbs we'll, but
tM-re better to conciliate enemy, or there
n failing hight him IN his own territory.
v q.
As minute PARTICLES Of irDn fiy, adhere
md cling to = magnet, every attribute
II Richards soul fiew to and centered in
his note. He poured over it, read il a
lozen times, kissed it rapturuusly, read il
again and again, and the more he read and
Alssed it, the higher rose, in his estlma-
.i0u, the writer She was all goodness, all
ovellness an angel
G.,ethe, in his autobiography, says that
he mrs. propensity to love III an uncor
-upted youth takes altogether spiritual
direction. Ii was 50 with Richard he
;ould see nothing but beauty and goodness
IN her he loved 4; but he paid dearly for in
iulging ia these Joyous tran ports, and the
depth vi his PAIN was i'll exact proportion
to the height of his ecstatic flight. One
ia heaven would add Infinite tor
lures the pain of loss tn the damned
soul, and when the utter, absolute hope
lessness " hts passion sasept across the
snind Of Richard ArbJ ght iis pain Vas IN
great indeed
AS MS body lay in deep sleep that night
his wakeful soul sought IT'S affinity. The
man sped through dreamland without
regard to time, speed or distance. He
finally stOod IN the center Of All apparently
boundless but sea a-girt plain /; the earth and
sky seemed to meet ia cOrOnal line,
broken only in the east, where mountain
Gus Irregularities, SURPRISING anything
seen on earth, great curvilineal, isolated
peaka, towering precipiLOusly, threw lOng
lines u shadows ACROSS the plain Through
the PLAIN, swiftly ran deep, broad river,
cutting it .nsO tx unequal divisions. The
plain ON both sides Of the river was Inhab-
tied, but strange to say the smaller divis-
ION was densely populated, unconIfnrtably
packed with suffering, starving mortals,
while in the larger division there were
comparatively few people, who seemed to
ENJOY life In palatlal splendor, in realm
of enchanted Wealth and unbounded lux
ury. Richard walked down to tho river,
and looked across. The first object that
rivited Ais attention was Vida Gelda,no,
who seemed tO be earnestly louking toward
the side ON which he stood. An urlcon-
trollable desire 10 cross the dark river
now took possession Of him, but 20 at
tempt il was death. The expanse OF water
vas wide and the current was swift, almost
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