The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-11-14
FE ON MARYLAND.

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To the Editor d the woKA .SeAAx's ADVOCATE
| again take the opportunity of writing
few lines to the ADVOCATE, after long
silence during these hard times that try
mems appetites and honesty. There seems
to have been no change for the better since
September, '73, but day by day growing
worse. Our streets are crowded daily with
idle men, seeking employment at any
wages
Some time since the b fillmore Opera
House, burned with adjoining buildings.
The buildings are owned by Gelston Bros.
They are really liberal enough to pay men
for risking their lives upon those walls
eighty cents per day, for ten hours work.
Workingmen what do you think OF
that for Baltimore We may well exclaim
what is to become u the poor people this
winter Goa uuiy knows; the question
no doubt has been asked a million times.
What Is the cause Of all thisl think as
the majority Of the people Of this country
thought last Tuesday, Nov. Sd, VIZ
that Grants administration and the Re-
publican Congress, who have done nothing
for several years past but fill their pockets
with the peoples money, and appropriate
the peoples lands to themselves and their
friends, appointed investigating commit
tees to whitewash their rascality, not for
but to screen them are in a great meas
ure responsible. But long practice Of
the purpose Of exposing their thievery,
rascality, of course, made them bold, and
they done their deeds more openly, and
the people got glimpse Of them, and
opened their eyes, and beheld how they bad
been duped by their faithless and dis
honest servants, and they set their seal Of
condemnation upon them, on the ever-to-,
be- remembered Sd Of November, 1874 |
Not only did the people by their voice cor
denim the action Of Congress, but also tat |
man who would be president for tlree
terms, or even for life-he would not reuse.
The people of Louisiana responded IN
voice Of thunder to the decree of tie ruler
and his Attorney General, who Is now
commander-in-chief of the amy and
navy pettyfoging lawyer, from the
back woods Of Oregon, who wa not manly
enough to retire from the Comet when
almost requested by Senas Of his own
party. man that was PUBLICLY accused,
and Justly too, Of stealing TIE public money;
then. again almost unanimously rejected
for indgeship. A maj IT. remain IN the
Cabinet in England rJder such circum-
stances. would be considered a knave and
a fool WHY even Massachusetts,, the old
Rav State. the cradbm which the Repub-
licsn marty was rssked, revulted against
ali these outrages the ghost Of the San
horn contract staAed from house to house
N the old Bay sate, and aroused the hon
ast Dsonle thers, and they cried ont
. 6,,, iatilin, thou hast served thy O~aptrv
TOO we'll" Had Benjamin served ns
country half as well as he did himself and
chosen friends, his name would have been
a. patriot, but how chang
ed things are now. Gen. Butler might
well have exclaimed on Wednesday morn
ing az Napoleon did after Waterloo:
@ Yesterday, all Euynne bowed before me,
y. 49, ---l..os md a place to lay my
head" He was hail fellow well met, as
long as he was in position to do their dirty
work. But now that he is defeated, he
has no friends. The Democratic party
have gained great victory. But it re-
mains with them whether they will follow
il up by a still greater victory in '76, or not.
1t will require cool and wise generalship
On their part. Getting a majority in the
house 90 unexpectedly may Cause them to
excuses which will again place
them where they have been for years, in the
minority IN Maryland.
The Democrats elect the entire deleQa-
ton to Congress, gain Of two. Some Of
he Republicans are about forming an ex-
,iusive' white organization, and throw the 4
poor negro overheard. They say he has