Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-18

F1rr1reS AppEAI-Havfpg read vour answer
% s.E. Inomps0ns letter regarding the Eng
liSh lab lrer, in This mornings issue OF your
Journal take lp my pen to point out, that
appear, D u1c, 20 b. a MISREPRESENTATION on
your part, You Sne.aS Of the English parlla-
neuI having passed last session, q bill 70 pre-
vent The proper WORKING Of cooperative and
other societies. Vow, this is simply untrue.
The act OF legislation you refer 10 was under
taken by parliament al the earnest soil cita-
lion Of trsdes-unions and other workingrnen's 5
tocieJies. PreyicuS 20 this act such so
elatIes had no legal recognition At all, which
was found 10 be very inconvenient for them
gnH-eguGuLy they aglfated 20 have act
passed 20 give them a legal status. Hence this
stct yCu speak or. IN thls act cisuses are en- -
gI1dl. 4 prohibiting 1EGlInlua ion. ratteTluE z
sud other acts Of violence, such as were only
900 common some years ago amongst the
unions and thai Is all the restraint placed
a uOu the unions. II you consider this an act
1T tyrannv 10 the TOrktngmen, you and
difIe~ greatly as to The meaning Of the words
t.ubertv' and tyranny" Before clos
sun would just remark that any one
vino kno Us anything about the political con-
a.fi1n OF tue mother country knows that the
,T,fj-1Ir flassss there now consist OF what are
known a. petty tradesmen and wOrkingInen.
No doubt there stiN exist few abuses In Ia
,-rr 0f the aristOcTaCy, but these exist merely
an su-Frrance aud n the worklngman 80
uiHed IL, be could sweep away crown, aris-
g0rracy, and every mn ng else but' iortunately
FOR Britain her Worklnginen are glitel win
grfsDd practical common sense, and believe In
Tba Gradual redress Of aliases, and nOJ IN NiO-
dent revolutions urged on by ignorant delna-
g.
man has nov 10 complain II are the neces-
,,7ry result of the limited extent and crowded
condition OF the country, and are IN nOWlse
YTNCIT vERITAs.
In answer to our correspondent We
have only to say that in the London
Graphic Of August 3Oth, in one Of its
''home" paragraphs, he will find a para
g1aph that reads thus;
4 great trades demonstration took place last
sam -uay In edinburgh against the criminal
law amendment act. Nearly fifteen thou
sand yg orirmeu marched in procession, accom-
plgied by their wives and sweetheartS, with
pznnerS 1nd devices OF every kind, and no less
IMAM tlirsy six brass and nfe bands, and -FOUR
bands Of pipsrs- One large wagon was
Htt-d up as a forge. and horse-shoes
g.rrrt Manufactured all along the route,
while in another a printing press was
cons autlv at work turning OF pOetical appeals
10 the workman 10 stand up for his rights.
Tie urucessian marched from Brunsneld AN *
% the Queens park, where fonr platforms
had been erected. and here they were ad-
dressed for about an hour by the Leaders IN
Tbe movement among the Scotch trades
azaIusE the tlct 5ettTred 10, aud oTHER sI1LILAEl
Lfirr bea1i1g on The relationship beta1een master
oad SerTGat, trlsicli has recently been paSsed.'
The particular attention Of cur CORE
suondent is called to the closing lines,
commencing with the words "sct re-
Eerr,sd to-" They contain our answer in
brief.