The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-03-08


singing where the Corn is Waving. Annie
Dear, or that sentimental song which was
sung with such good taste I'VE Won't Go
Home Till Morning, which | believe was
verified to the full extent in some cases,
but as he is lady's man maybe he might
have gallantsd some young lady home
three or four miles, and lost himself, and
not reached quarters until morning, as
remember was the case OF a gentleman Of
my acquaintance from a small city in
New York State, ON the Hudson River,
while he was absent from home This was
the third hop If the cigar makers union,
and 1t was certainly an affair that they may
feel proud of, as well as they did Of the
two former ones it was an affair that will
long be remembered by the participants.
22ND OF FEBRUARY
Saturday was the l41st anniversary Of
the birth Of the immortal George Wash
ngton it was celebrated here by parade
Of the local military, and suspension Of
business in the general government, state
and municipal offices, and some of our
wholesale houses who could not transact
business on accoont Of the banks being
closed but the holiday was not what it
should have been. The people Of America
cannot do too much honor To- the memory
Of Washington, his birth and noble deeds
should always be green in the hearts Of his
countrymen. Whenever We forget such
men as Washington, and their virtues and
advice, then we are indeed lost irretrieva-
Bile rs free and happy people. II seems
to me that the men We have at the head Of
the government these days such as are now
termed Statesmen, do not seem to heed the
advice of the father of his country, OF any uf
| the founders,of the Republic. 1t seems as if
| the most popular statesman nowadays is the
one that can defraud the people out Of
| the largest sum Of money III some fraudu-
lent railroad scheme or land grant. all Of
which must eventually be paid by the
sweat of the working people. Such a thing
as legisating for the benefit Of the Masses
is never thought Of by these public plum
| derrrs 1t has also become very popular
| for our modern statesmen to pave their
way to high places with greenbacks, which
also must be paid by the sweat Of the brow
Of the workingman Why do such men
pay forty and fifty thousand dollars for a
seat IN the United States Senate, which
yields honest men only thirty thousand
dollars IN six years. such acts III the
purer days uf the Republic would have
made the perpetrators objects Of scorn and
contempt throughout the length and
breadth Of the land. But how are they
met now by the people Why, with open
arms and exclamatIons Of ''Nel done, thou
good and faithful servant, you shall be re
warded with a better position at the next
election. Oh, my countrymen. We who
have been nursed IN the lap Of freedom,
will you look on without concern and make
no effort to save your liberties and your
country from plunderers oh, if this be
the fact, the time Will come when you will
repent your present apathy but, also,
it will then be too late. le who boast Of
liberty and the greatness of our country,
prove, | beseech you, your pretentIons by
frowning down the plunderers Of our coun-
try and hurl them from their high pollti-
cal position, with that powerful engine,
the free ballot while yet you have the
control of IT, Let not the historian Of the
nineteenth century write the epitaph Of
the American Republic. Ny countrymcn,
1t Is with US to save our country from these
vampires We have the power therefore,
| beseech you, let us have the will and pre-
serve our National character as pure as We
received 1t from our fathers, that We may
hand It down To- our posterlty unsuilled-