The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-08-30
AMERICA. THE BATTLE FIELD OF
LABOR,

LABOR,
At period when Europe was con-
vulsed to its very centre by religious and
civil revolution, and oppressed in all manner
Of ways; when tyranny and the clouds Of
oppression hung over the land, and all
seemed to be verging on the eve Of an
archy, il would seem that a superior power
instilled in the mind of the philosopher, Co
lumhus, an unquenchable thirst for adven-
ture. Some power unknown guided his
steps towards the western hemisphere,
where he opened up new world, as
refuge for the oppressed Of all nations.
After series Of battles with the red
man Of the forest, the Caucasian estab-
lshed himself in the Western World. Here
he found peace, plenty and prosperity.
Here the oppressed toiler Of tyranical
Europe wended his way, and here he found
what he 50 much desired and in vain
fought for in Europe. In his new pros
perity he was jealous Of his rights and
privileges, and did not allow the law making
power to pass into the hands Of those
whose interests it was to check the growing
prosperity Of the toiler, and centralize the
wealth Of the nation into the hands Of the
few. This was no easy task. Yet while the
and the aristocracies Of the mother coun-
tries were seeking to make the labor Of the
new world contribute to the already we'll
filled Golfers Of the old world, the spirit
Of resistless independence took root. The
sturdy yeoman, and the hard listed toiler,
and mechanic declared in unmistak able
language that they would not yield to such
exaction. They protested against the re-
morseless cupidity and avarice Of the
home aristocracies, and declared in sol
emn conclave that they would resist,
even unto death, the remorseless ex-
actions Of the parent countries. What
followed every school boy knows. But he
knows it only as a TACT Of history. He
knows that a seven years war followed
that numerous great battles were fought
that a great victory was won +; that
new member in the family Of nations
was called into existence that it was
conceived III oppression, and Baptised by
the blood of Patriotism. Such was the
school boys Interpretation of The first
great conflict between capital and
labor on the American continent; and
even the silvery-headed old man, who
is feebly tottering the downward path
of life, glories in the thought that his
fathers gave to the world great Republic,
but thinks not of the grand principles that
were involved in the great struggle Of 1776.
The great struggle, though abated some
what in intensity, has never ceased-it Is
still and ever going on. The scene of &C
ton, and the circumstances surrounding
it, may be changed, but the fact itself re-
mains unaltered.
The great conflict Of the Bsrons of Eng
land with King John was but one of the
acts in the great drama. The bloody revo-
luton Of France during the fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries, were but successive
acts and scenes in that drama, and the
M limitations, and diplomacy of the kings
~ Rtatesmen Of Europe had but one OBJ
= syisw, and that was to crush labor,
H.vi.g cseeR i subservient to capital.
sr.Iy and aldens II history is well acquainted
Fsi. 9n mp sublime struggles of labor
a". P yrsss ita in Europe in the four
elf zenith and sixteenth centuries.
On ORN Ahenth century the free cities
.csd BY it, Prsssns and "nations and govern
oss Win be soId At. thhed in their places" The
ACTUAL REEtury completed the work,
bile ordered in oOunss Europe became the serfs
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