The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-30


trade union works roughly, like a good
mary things which in the main accom-.
pish good, aud it sometimes works vic.
iously. The most frequent temptation to
which it is liable is the infringement Of
the personal liberty Of laborers who are
not members Of the union.
The attempt OF the working men OF
New York, union men or not, 10 hinder
or interfere with the employment Of 1t.
allan immigrants is most despicable in.
stance OF this. The Italians have put
out ringing declaration Of independence,
saying that they came to this country
with honest intent, 27O0 OF them, under
~ foremen. I'VE claim to he good and
useful members of society, aid all We ask
is to be allowed to work in peace" The
employers and the civil authorities of
New York ought to be ashamed Of them.
selves, if these men are not given an
equal chance with other men, paid &C.
cording to what they earn, aud protected
while they work, by the whole power Of
the state il necessary. The trades.upious
must understand that they can govern
their own actions as they choose, but
cannot be permitted TO pcrpetrate the
slightest violence or utter the slightest
violence or utter the slightest menace to-
ward other men, With rights as god as
theirs. With the internal government OF
trades.unions themselves, we have no
business. Ifthey are led by demagogues,
it is their own fault if the good worker
submits to equal wages with the poor
worker, it is his own lockout; if they
vote to strike and the minority don't
like it, there is no reason why the mi
nority should submit to it; on all these
points, we refuse to give either our sym.
patty or our indignation. But when
trades.union attempts to control those
who do not belong to it, TO shut boy
out OF his apprenticeship or non.uniop
man out Of his employment or TO block
ade an employer out Of the labor market,
we say its pretentions should be met
with the severest rcprobation, and, if
necessary, with the restraint Of public
authority.
Congress.
The Senate were in executive session
nearly four hours Monday afternoon on
the Canadian reciprocity treaty; the in
junction Of secrecy was removed; the
treaty is now officially made public by
the Senate; the merits of tho treaty
were incidentally debated, but there was
no vote or any indications to show wbeth.
er or not the requisite two thirds to ratify
it could be obtained the treaty now goes
over until next session OF Congress for
final action the President has signed the
new currency bill and it is a law.
lu the Senate, Tuesday, the Tariff bill
was postponed till next December; a
number Of House bills were taken from
the calendar and passed the conference
report on the Sundry Civil bill was
agreed to- the bills for the admission OF
Colorado and New Mexico were laid
aside; the Utah bill was then taken up,
amended, and passed after transacting
the remaining routine business, the SEN
ate adjourned sine die
In the House, the conference reports
on the River and Harbor, Post Office,
and Sundry Civil Appropriation bills
were adopted; report was made re-
garding the robbery Of the safe in the
District Attorneys office, generating
the Government officials; Mr. Garfield
made statement regarding the appro.
priations Of this session, and Mr.. Dawes
followed in statement regarding the
work Of the Ways and Means Committee
Mr.. Cox protested against members
making speeches for political effect at
the end OF the session, when there were no
chance to reply after the disposition Of
some business of minor Importance the
House at e O'Clock adjourned sine die.
Postmaster.G General j. A. j, Creswell,
on Wednesday, resigned his seat in the
Cabinet in letter in which he refers TO
his private affairs as the reason for the
step. In accepting the resignation the
President expresses the deepest regret
that such step should have necessary
the points of the Post Office Appro2ria.
ton bill, as settled in conference and
agreed to by both Houses are that the
postage on newspapers published weekly
or more frequently is to be two cents per
pound that on publications issued less
frequently than once a week, three cents
per pound that the prepayment on them
is to be compulsory after the LIST of Jan.
uary, 1875; that the postage Cd public
documents is to be 10 cents a volume, and
on Congressional Record one cent a mum.
Der, and that in these and all other cases
the postage is to be prepaid. Weekly
newspapers are to pass free through the
mails in the county in which they are
published.