The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-11
From the indianapolis sentinel.
THE GOSPEL OF REFORM.
REVIEW OF THE POLITICAL STU
ALTON
rMr oEl,rER,rIo> OF Parties.


ADDRESS or THE HuN. GEORGE ". JULIAN
uN THE TRIAL oF AMERICAN DEMorEA,N "
"a MA>rERLY ANp EXHAUSTIVE DISCUS
uN-THE TENDENCIES Or THE TIMES ANp
THE POSSIBILITIES uF the FUTURE.
II rs estimated that the steam engine is
nov doing the work which would employ
the whole population If the globe without
II. Improved machinery b. revolutioniz-
ing the business world. The innumerahe
contrivauces for economizing labor now in
use, while they greatly facilitate production.
naturally tend to the concentration uf cap
ltal. and thus to render the laborer more
ana more dependent, while the capitalist
is enabled To- atIaSs increasing wealth. This
Law of concentration Is to-day IN full blast.
pointing To the still further degradation
and helplessuess III the masses. and the
m re complete domination N the few.
Can American Democracy stand So severe
. trial If it, very life Is there no rene
III We are often tuld that this ugly con
ilct between the power 81 wealth and the
rights of humanity will settle itself. Pre-
tended political economists and great party
leaders assure us that the Law Of supply
AMI demand Viii solve the whole problem.
and that government has nothing to do
with lr This is as shallow as II is heart
less. Two great discoveries. says the
Duke Of Argyle, 'haye been made Ill the
science of Government the one Is the Inn
mense advantage VI abolishlng restrictions
upon trade the other l. the absolute ne
cesslty ot imposing restrictions upon la-
Dor. The law Of supply and demand
works very well where the parties stand ON
an equal footing but where one party.
from whatever cause, Is 81 circumstance
that he holds tn" other completely
in his power, the Law Is law Of
death tp the latter The author
have Just quoted illustrates this NY
reference 10 the workings 81 the English
factory system tie shows that the great
mill owners compelled children from seven
TO ten years oid to work twelve hours per
day, IN dens Of dreariness and filth. shut
ont from Gods sunlight and air and treat
"a like brutes, while men were worked
from twelve to twenty hours The Eugllsi
people finally saw that the Law ~ supply
and demand sacrahced humanity itself on
the altar ~ mammOu. They saw that il
made cotton king. as it did ia our Southern
States. and its dehumanizng effects we're
AZ length checked by an act ut Parliament
hNlng limit 70 the hours ~ toni. The sal
truth IS that capital under the stimulus II
modern society, Is utterly deat to
the appeals both OF Justice and
mercy 1t cares for nothing but
its own increase IL has been said
with As much truth as force that the love
OF gam "Nerrldes even the love al lie, and
silences even the tear q death. There Is
too much truth "a the saying p one q our
foremost writers aud thinkers, That the
mere men n wealth, the bankers and brok-
err, are those who exert tn worst Influence
upon inc state thelr maxim i let the
80 az a. WI '.i. il1 anu INC r'cu %
III =.
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lel INV ne
rp re- pREA,HED To- The woRkINGMAv
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y. ii'ii 'iO ~ IAN 'i"1 = Wy H"ii''s ~ ing
anu y0' ''e N'''' luieH' ''as
Il" ~ "'1 +, eng" against mn, ana does
I"-"al- lhls + true lh Al countries
'UF laws OIL property were orlgl-
ually founded M conquest and violence, and
stIll bear some IT the marks Of their be-
ginning. Instead Of taking pans to tenn
per the inequalities which exist in the con
dluons Of men, they have taken pains to
aggravate them. Instead Of favoring the
diffusion Of wealth they have constantly
favored its concentration. Instead Of tax
ms care Of the weak they have all the time
gwen their help e the strong. All this,
as have shown, Is illustrated ~ our legis-
iatiGn respecting the pubic lands, III our
banking ana financial system, IN the mon
strouS power n great corporations, II me
irlsh1iui mohoPoheS III the interest - "a
Noieu cl I'd "hicil nave grown up under
oui ~ y avs anu - 'i'o ueSPoIi0 P'"oi
OI great manufacturing estapllshlhthts
over the lives and the fortunes OF the poor.
Ana yet we are grayely told, IA the lace ~
Iacts IKE these, that the la" - supply and
demand wall night thelr wrongs. Their
present condition OF helplessness Is the re-
suit q systematic and long-contInued
course Of legislation dictated ny capital T.
Out instead OF undoing tins legislation, and
turning the current at last IN favor OF the
working classes, the convenient make
q supply and demand Is appealed to, which
= exactly MA capital wants and al Il
neeos. . do not condemn TINS principle
put ohly It's hlls'pphcatioh. ! would aa,
cept y Y the az ustneht o. our tarin, AMI
IN the exchange 2. All I I, "nich aiS
properly cohiinoulties. l would not aeai
WIN lapor a. Iierchahdise' out a. capital
endowed WIN we sacred right e. have ~
human needs attended =. would treat
me labor market as dinereht IRON every
o,her, since the seller q eomm"dity has
me 3P,lon e sell Or not while the capital