The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-12-06

masses and endangering our free institu-
tons.
Instead Of free American laDor being sl-
evated TO the highest grade Of manly in
telligence, it is too often degraded 10 The
lowest depths Of poverty and misery. For
the purpose Of destroying those evils, or
reforming them, have our leaders struggled.
Men Of thought have for years forseen the
ultimate result Of those growing evils.
The Capitalization of power, sustained by
the products of labor and industry, the L.
ultimate channels Of trade, commerce and
finance, are all in the hands and under the
control Of rapacious men. Our present
panic, paralysing. as it were, every nerve,
every throbbing pulse Of our country, en-
failing every conceivable form Of hardships
and privation upon the toiling millions, is
the result Of this Capitalization of power,
and unless reformation, in the shap of hon
est legislation that will equalize labor with
capital, revolution, sooner or later, il in
evitable. Hence, the assidiOus lAbOrs Of
our reform leaders, to achieve our emAnci-
patton peaceably, by appealing to the work
ingmen, showing them their condition and
how they may be elevated by organization.
None have more need than coal miners
to lend helping hand to this work of re-
formation. If we would reap reward We
must labor to receive it. None Of us will
receive single cent on payday if We have
not labored, and those who have toiled,
not only expect to receive their reward,
but are perfectly entitled to it. Hence,
if we fail to perform our share in adyaRc-
ing the interests Of Labor ReforSa, We are
no: worthy to receive any reward there
from.
The time is rapidly approaching when
We are expected to take part, in connec-
ton with every other organization, in de-
stroying the baneful effects Of associated
capital or powerful monied corporations,
and it behooves us to calmly consider, not
only the relations We bear to each other,
as members IL State and National organ.
izations, but the relation we bear to every
branch Of organized industry.
| earnestly appeal to every miner ia
compare his condition, mentally socially
and politically, disunited, with members
of unions and organizations under the
leadership Of good and true men. But
we never can have a perfect organization
until every man makes the battle his own.
Unite, man to man, shoulder to shoulder,
| like the serried ranks Of well disciplined
army, working under one constitution,
Carefully observant Of your leaders m
structions, obedience to the laws our rep.
resentatives made under our instructions.
| Consider our fellowman's cause our own.
But, aside from this spirit Of jealousy and
envy, that we may be one band of common
brotherhood, sympathy for each other,
sorrows trials and affection in the day Of
need, common desire to aid each other
in the battle of life, ever remembering
that justice tempered with mercy, truth,
honesty and virtue are the essential ele-
ments of success and which, ] fondly
hope, our Local, County, State and Ma
tionaf Union will build us on a glorious
foundation, that, IN the storms Of future
ages, it may stand monument Of earthly
greatness that future generations may
look upon, W n pride, as the glorious work
of their ancestors, never dreaming of It'
cost. The corners stone can be laid at the
Springfield Convention. Let us become
in reality what We have been for long
time in name-one We expect every mar
to do his duty.
| GEORGE KINGHORN,
President, G. c.