The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-12-25
that of the Proetorian Guard itself in de-

that of the Pretorian Guard itself in de-
Gliding all matters of public Importance.
We have thus hastily sketched the his
torical record of Roman trades unions as !.
lesson for our people which they should
study well and live up to in the future.
There Is no reason why the American
working people should not become as po-
tent an element in the Government of the
United States as the Roman working men
were in the shaping Of the policy Of the
Roman Empire. If we only realize
overcome are neither as numerous or ~
great as those which stood in the way Of
the advancement Of the Romans. Our
form Of government provides for peaceable
revolutions at the ballot box The indus
trial class greatly outnumber all other
class in America. Whenever the indus
trial classes will agree to work together
| that IS, t. vote as a unit for the men
pledged and known to be in full and hearty
sympathy with their cause.-the working
people of the United States will become
our rulers. There need be no bloodshed,
no riotIng, no disturbance-al that is
needed is united vote, ard the victory
is ours.
The organizations of the farmers and
planters are well advanced towards per
/ feet Dba ,rarLt,..r 4
well organized, and in many trades the or
ganizatlon is effective and strong, and con-
paratively wealthy The leaders in the
farmers organizations and in the organiza-
tons Of trades unions are alive to the fact
that united vote Of the farmers Of the
West, the planters Of the South, and the
worklngmen everywhere, will carry every
thing before it, No political combination
can be entered into which could shake
such an industrial party's hold upon power
81 long as the party was true to its trusts
and placed the interests of tbs farmers
planters and working men before the in
terests of the bankers, land holding coupon
clippers, ring thieves and political Gead
beats and scoundrels. If We only viii
1t III earnest the trades unions Gncludins
farmers and planters) can then become al
powerful as the trades unions of Rom,
ever were. We can make and unmake pre-
sldents at will We can make such Just law
as suits our own purposes, and we cal
choose the judges to administer these laws
Let us then organize, determined to snte
the field in earnest during the Presidential
canvass Of 1876. We want no allies ex
ccr. thc farmers and planters, whose in
terests are identical with our own. lie
Us then labor 70 unite the South and ives
upon the question OF all others which
touches the interests Of these two sections
with equal etect-namely, the monel
question. Let US enter into no alliance
with the Democratic party as such, no
with the Republican party as SUCH but lie
MS raise our own independent standard
declare our principles boldly, adopt an en-
urely aggressive IOllcy, and fight deter
mined to win. Ii We are then true to our
selves, and true to the cause, we canno
tan to carry out our points. With
President, Congress and Cabinet in sym
pathetic accord with the industrial classes
We can obtain just such legislation as ",
ask for, and We can soon place Judge
upon the bench who VIII construc th1s
avs in liberal spirit. Let US then droI
all former differences and work together 70
our own good and the good Of mankind.