The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-31

We do cot hold ourselves responsible for any opinion
>prcSsed by our Correspondent
FROM MICHIGAN.


PONTIAC, Jan. 2l 1874.
e. the Editor q the wokANsN,S's ADrocArN
Two or three wears since when a body Of
well-dressed Orangemen wished to parade
IN the city al New York. the authorities
held that this right Of parade was sacred,
and must Toe maintained at any cost. Sol
dlers and police were detailed to guard the
procession, aud several lives were lost IN a
riot. Nov see the difference, when the
unemployed and halt-starved workingmen
attempt to show the world their condition,
they are denied the right, and are beaten
and manned by the clubs oi the same police
that defended the Orangemen
The NV York dailics IN the interest of
the monied power can hardly conceal their
gratincation The Trib'tae says that the
red flag of communism = was tralled in
the dust" Suppose there were red flags,
whose business was it They can be
found at every auction room. II testing
We're not out of place, IT might, perhaps,
with some truth be said. that the red flag,
like that of the auctioneer, implied that
the whole procession was for sale, body
and mind, by the week or month The
skill and energy If ten thousand men were
here offered 10 the capitalist at his own
price. and not wanting them he beat them
back INTO their kennels And tins out
rage did not take place III Russia, but IN
the first city Of The great and glorious
republic And to show the character Of
the authorities that directed the on
slauaht upon the workingmen, We find than
one most high and mighty IN the respect
able gang Is now serving term at Black
well ; Island for immense felonIes; another
has lust escaped by ''the skin Of his teeth;
ana stIll another has run away to Canada
to escape prison, while an immaculate
sheriff and his deputy have Just been fined
and imprisoned for presumably acceptInga
bride from the escaped jall-blrd What a
commentary on respectable government
How truly does this outrage show the real
estimation III which workingmen are held
by their 'superiors
While riots cannot be tolerated or de-
Tended there was not the least Indicate II
that 4 riot was intended. The procession
was uuarmcd, and made no resistance. Tbs
police had 1t all their own way No riot
was feared but 1t was feared that pro-
cessiOu of ten thousand unemployed men
might show the world too much Of the
inner mysteries Of our bogus republic.
Why should emigrants come to country
where thousands are unemployed, and
ruthessly dubbed because they attempt
to make their wants known
But this New York outrage means more
than appears on the face Of 1t.
1t Is meant to give workingmen taste Of
the wholesome discipline in store for
them, II they persist III their trades unions
and other conIrIvauces, to resist the author
Ity of their masters The momed power
has sent forth its ultimatum, Of ''uncon-
ditlonal submission by labor to capital.
The blow aimed at the men Of New York
was intended to strike every workIngman
throughout the nation. 1t is the beginning
Of the new era Of force Labor is to be
reduced % utter bondage The omnipo-
tent capitalist smilingly demands Of labor,
what are you going to do about it E
And that is really the great question.
Every workingman must familIarize his
mind with the Idea 81 social reconstruction.
There Is 10 help ior him under The present
division If society. The capitalist al ways
Vas ana always must De the natural Ell envy
W. th- worhugman. CAPITAL and .bor
must he united at any cost.
j. r. BRAY.