The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-05-17
FROM WISCONSIN.
Labor Reform.

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oflIcE % THE
SIAN ENEctrNs 81 riiE NATIONAL LAHoR USIoS
FOR ms StATEGF WISCONSIN,
BLACA RIVER FALLS. Wis. MAY y. ISIS
IT, the Wages L0borer, Il. -. Bor ~ "
Wisconsin:
BROTHER WoRKINGMEN As the State
ENruaive Officer of the National Labor
mon. for the State IF Wisconsin, II be-
cones my duty, rs 1t is my pleasure, to
call upon you t. aid me in perfectIng our
state Organization. Every interest which
We should hold rs sacred demands prompt
and energetic efforts on our part In VAIN
have We looked and appealed to both the
old political parties for equal rights and
even handed Justice There is but one al
tentative lett us-a united effort or AFFECT
slavery The day may come when We will
have to appeal 20 arms III defence Of our
rights but If We but act wisely, and at
once. the praceable remedy IS IN our hands.
We lave the numerical strength, and only
lack a united effort to remedy all the evils
and expressions which combined wealth is
uficting upon us through the old Demo
cratic and Republican parties. In our
ranks are to be found as bright lntellects,
as pure patriots and as able statesmen as
can be found in our state or Nation. Our
pcaceable remedy is through the ballot-boN
The lesson Of last fall teaches us that We
have nothing to gam 10y becoming an APP
pendage Of either Of the Old political par
ties We lose our identity and are lost
sight Of when the elections have passed
over. and are forgotten IN the halls Of the
Legislature and the Executive Chamber.
Had we been thoroughly organized III the
late State campaign, how different would
have been the result Too long have We
neglected tins important duty. mon Is
what We need and must have, and | rely
VA yuu to assist me IN the task ! have be
fore me This am confident you will do,
a. YOU can feel as well as | do that we can
never ID anything without Union. Too
long have We allowed Gissenslons and zeal
lusics to lead as INTO the meshes u our
enemies and oppressors too long have We
listened 70 the council Of men, who, with
living tongues and false hearts, have saught
position that they might better rob and
Cypress ms We must awaken from our
supineness, and prepare 70 defend our
rights -tp meet our common enemy
The complete failure of our State Legis
laturc tu recognize the rights of the work
lngmcn and Its pandermg 70 mOnopohsts
and capital, admonish rs to become UNI
ted The venaity Of the partisan and sec
tartan press uf the State and its crnuchlng
at the feet ii capitalists and whining at
the doors of munopolIsts. leave US without
hope o. "Reminiscences and force upon rs
the necessity ii seeking protection III a
State organization.
appeal to YOU As freemen III name, to
become frrcmvn IN act he no longer the
stepping stone into place ami power ut men
whose ann and acts are those Of plum
der. Cut the chains Of political sla
very which binds you to either the Demo
cratic Or Republican party names wfpsS
cannot be called without associatlng the
idea Of political thieves, liars and robbers
machines used for the purpose Of robbng
the country and impoverlshlng the sons Of
toll.
Ii Is with pleasure that | announce to
yuu that the interest which IS manisfestlng
itself among the worknIgmen Of the nation
never Vas 50 great a at tins time. The
recent developments by the Credit MobIller
Investigation las established the fact that
our government in the nam, has passed
into the hands of thieves and liars, not
only Of one party but Of both Republican
and Democratic identity, who devote their
time in receiving brides, sGuanderlng the
public herltance and stealing the public
treasury by voting themselves increased
salaries AZ the expense of labor and the
homeless Door These, and the multitude
II other facts which neither time nor space
will allow me 10 enumerate, are influencing
your brothers Of other States, and | can
not believe that you will prove yourself
less Interested and active than they, and
therefore call upon YOU to hold meetings In
every civil district IN the State and organ
lie Unions Whenever eight organize for
this purpose, and apply 10 this office
charter vii be granted incorporating them
INTO the National Labor Union, with in
structiun and power to direct the work i'll
their vicinity.
| earnestly solicit the address Of all who
are willing t. become united with this great
National movement, III order that we may
have full and free interchange Of ideas,
and concert pf action, both upon State
and National policy
In conclusion, again appeal to you for
cooperation, earnestly praying that the
God If the poor may direct III all that We
do. and that we may work zealously in the
cause, dispassionately, but firmly, demon
Onstratlng to monopollsts and capitalists,
and political demagogues that we are i'll
earnest, and have firmly determined not
only to check the dangerous tendencies
which are steadily and surely sapping the
rights and liberties as well as the labor Of
the poor, but that we intend to clean out
the Angean stable by changing the whole
system Of our political economy and gov
eminent, 50 that neither capital nor labor
shall prey upon the other that each shall
receive what is its due, and nothing more.
Respectfully,
JOSEPH c. HoREY.