The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-05-29
FROM MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, Michigan, May 9, 1875

DElhOlIY uIlCnlSdIl, WAY y, 1910.
To the Editor of The woEkINeNAS's ADVOCATE
FRIEND CAMERON | left home April
the 18th, and arrived in your city on the
evening Of the 10th. | found | had no
time 10 visit you at your office, as | had
to be IN Low Point on the 2lst. | arrived
there safely, and met Mr.. Bayne, true
worker III the great cause Of Financial
Reform, and genuine greenback man.
A meeting vas held at the school house At
p. NJ. 1t was crowded At the close
of the meeting a vote Of the people was
taken, and all but one voted for green
backs. | spent the night there and in the
morning left for Macomb. | held meet
ing and spoke there on the evening Of tie
23d at the Court House the meeting was
not large but it was attended by good TT
suits Maeomb is fine town, the county
seat Of McDonough county. Its Court
House is a very fine looking building, but
| don't think much Of the workmanship !,
it does not bear close inspection by the
eye Of a mechanic.
There is one true greenbsck paper pub
lished thor The Illinois Granger, by H.
II. Stevens, Esq. There are other papers
but they are the servants Of party
On Saturday, the oath, | visited Col
chester and spoke there. The hall was
crowded. | spoke again ON Sunday even
ing in the Christian church Every seat
was full. On Monday left for Centralia,
where | arrived on the morning Of the
9th, when | was joined by that prince Of
true men, DIR. NJ NJ Hooton We spent
the day pleasantly visiting the shops Of
chants, as well as the office of the Demo
cratic paper published there. And | as
sure you its editor is man in the right
place. He is truly alive on the money
question. There was large meeting held
that evening, and at the close Greenback
Club was formed and before left the
next morning, 80 members had heen add
ed to ~ St | took the cars for Cairo
and arrived safely spent an hour at the
city of mud and mosquitoes, and crossed
the river on my way to Jackson, Tenn,
where | arrived at one A. NJ, on the
morning of the 18th. spoke that even
ing at the Opera House. 1t was fine
meeting. At its close committee Of citi-
zens visited me at the hotel and requested
me to speak the next night at the Court
House. did 50. 1t was full At the
close of the meeting three rOusing cheers
we're given for the Greenback. They have
two papers published at jackson they
both are fair papers and do credit to the.
town and the gentlemen that edit them
The Sun, edited by Mr.. Gates, is very
outspnken on the money question. Mr.
Gates Is a man Of ability and true to the
great ineerest Of labor. Mr.. II. O Mar
tin Of the Northumberland Blacksmith
Union, was our companion whilst in the
city. He is one Of natures noblemen.
There never was a city that needed recon
struction more than jackson, but not that
sort of reconstruction that Congress has
been wasting So much time about. What
Jackson wants, like all other cities and
towns Of the south, il reconstruction Of
financial matters. She wants greenbacks
and low rates of interest to put her peo
pie to work. Both whites and blacks are
slaves Of the money power. The planters
are paying from 2 to 2! per cent. per
north for money, and when the crops are
grown, the years labor belongs to the
money changers, and this damnable rob
berry is keeping the south III misery, and
putting the dark cloud Of mortgage On
every farm and house in the south. Give
them cheap money, and enough Of it to do
the business with, and reconstruction will
be fully accomplished, and never without.
left Jackson on Saturday morning, and
arrived at Cincinnati on Sunday morning,
took the afternoon train for Shawnee, Per-
nv county held meeting there on Mon
day evening. 1t was large, and | found
seven -eighths Of all the peopls-merch-
ants, operators and miners true greenback
men. then left for Youngstown, arriv-
ing there on the morning of the 9th. In
the evening the largest meeting ever held
in that city took place at the Opera House.
1t was filed from bottom to top. The
Opera House Is one Of the finest | ever