The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-11-29

In the last issue Of The H-ord, month
ly publication, issued at PRINCETON, Mass.
the organ of the New England Labor
Reform League whatever that may he
and edited by L. H. Haywood. we find
the following
The WORKINGMAN ADVOCATE of Chicago
thinks the discussions OF the League are
not without their advantages hut sees no
unity OF purpose Better acquaintance
with its meetings, ideas and purposes will en-
| able Mr. Cameron to criticise the League in
telhgently Rejecting the majority swindle
it declines to eoerce the minority by votes
l and rarely calls for a show o. hands On its
/ resolutions II truth makes us free why
/ brow beat Others into accepting it Seeking
education, the agitation Of thought which is
/ the beginning of wisdom, the League has sut-
/ hcient confidence and ''unanimityT in its
\ views to welcome a" opponents to its plat
form and secure 10 them respectful hearing.
/ Its work, but Just began, already indicates
benhcient oyerturn, in comparison with which
I AZ former revolutions are insignificant. Its
members think 1t worth while To ontinue To
stake time and money on the advocacy cf
ideas which. however. radical they may seem
( To Mr. Cameron trades union constituency,
are essentially true, and becoming settled NOR
al conN ictions in steadily increasing numbers
of the American =. pile
Now, if we are "a understand from this
that every man or woman who desires,
has the privilege Of expressing their ideas,
on am subject they may select and that
each speaker may present such ideas in a
series of resolutions, upon which no action
is taken, We fail to see what claims the
League has to the expression, Labor Re
form For some years past We have care
fully watched IT'S proceedings, and the ar
gumeuts ot its opponents, and have seldom
found two speakers agreeing on any vital
principle discussed They have jumped
from Dan to Bershebs, and formed mot
ley altering Of incongruous elements. OF
course. III country where free thought
and free speech are the privilege of every
one, Mr. Haywood, ar his cpfttfcses. have
the perfect right to claim that they alone
are capable Of understanding or solving
the labor problem, through spiritualism,
atheism, free-loveism, or any other ISM,
and We suppose We have an equal right to
dissent from their opinions; and if We are
not mistaken the constituency, 10 which
Mr. Haywood so contcmptuously refers,
the trade umonists Of the United States,
are Just as able to give reson for the
faith that is in them. as the members Of
the association which modestly claims that
III comparison with its efforts. ali former
revolutions are insignificant
As a tree is known by its fruits. We sup
pose We may, without subiecting ourselves
To censure. claim that the teachings ~ the
4" H-ooT may be accepted as embodying
the views II the League From the issue
referred to We select, at random, the fol
lowing extracts
The Oneida Community are becoming con
verified 70 spiritualisn The chief Jonah on
board their ship, Jesus christ, will ~ over
board ere long.
Count Chamhord the Bourbon aspirant to
tile French Throne. SAYS France viii sur
yiye because Christ loves her This looks
little promiscuous because the Count
loves her to5, and then Jesus Christ is a Com
muuist. We hope tins love affair viii not
come % pistols between Z. a. and the Count
We print elsewhere notice Of a National
Free Love Convention " be held in Rayenna
Ohio. Dee. eth Our Methodist brethren and
sisters who call signs and groar and pious
boohOoing love feasts should 90 aud listen
to Francis Barry's explanation Of the true
thing The one slave State, which Lincoln >
Proclamation OF Emancipation did not reach
the state Of matrimony- be brought to
the bar Of reason. We hope there VII be a
general attendance, for the questions Of love
and marriage demand intelligent end courage
Gus examination.
If intelligent criticism leads to any
other conclusion than that the foregoing
sentiments and expressions are entirely
foreign ID the Labor Reform Movement
We shall feel much obliged TO Mr. Haywood
Or any Other person, fer the proof. If
they are simply expressions Of bis ildivid-
nal sentiments. We have no exception to
take but that they reiect the views Of the
industrial classes. or that they have ary
sympathy with them. We emphatically
/ ny.
We think we are as well cunyersant with
the views ofintelligent "Labor H. torSeo,
as Mr. Haywood, and have had a. much
association with them and sc challenge
/ him TO give US the name Of a single md
yldual identified with the movement, who.
under his signature, will give them his en-
1 dOrsement
The members Of the New England Labor
\ Reform League can have their hodqs podie to
I their hearts content, but we euter yur
protest against sullying an honorable
\ name or stealing the livery II be- ven 70
serve the devil in.
While admitting these sentiments may
not be radical or progressive. from Mr..
Heywoods standpoint, yet it Is some con
| ISOLATION to know that a Newton. a Hale,
/ a Miller, a Milton and a Scott the men
who in the realms of philosophy, legal
lore, science, poetry and literature ranked
among the Intellectual giants % the world
thought it no disgrace to declare their
belief in the existence Of an overriding
providence.
CUR NEXT CONGRESS.
Before another issue Of tie ADVOCATE