The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-31


age our city withiao much painataking careaS
they would in their own concerns. And let
us not be deriIect in our duty but be up and
doing working with a will and an energy that
will insure success. A J'NIONI>T.
The Coming Clash.
To the Editor OF The Labor Euquirrr
We are on the eve of a great political reyo-
luton. It is high time for the poor man.
who cam, his living by the sweat of his brow,
to assert his rights The political history of
the past tells us that capital, assisted by
the poor mans vote, las ruled American
politics; has Indirectly built canals and rail
roads by making extensive land grants-IandS
belonging to the maSseS-tO SOuIleSS corpora
tions that would a, willingly trampIe upon
the rights of WieIdeTS Of muscle as a strong
man would crush a viper under his heel
Young America should assert his manhood
and crush the monster monopoly, before it
assumes more m0nStTOu@ proportions, throt-
tie the eviathan in the incipipncy Of his as
sumptive power.
The labor convention which meets in Chi
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events in national politics known to thepreS-
ent century, if capital does not make more
liberal concessions to labor than its present.
course would indicate. Thepolicy Of capital
is to rule or ruin. On this ISSUE it should be
met by the bone and 5inew Of the county,
the hardy sons of toll. The spirit Of Cen
eraI Putnam or a Patrick Henry still lives.
The revolution did not subdue American
liberty. Neither can capital take from the
free voter that which he holds for his per-
sonaI protection most sacrpd his political
liberty,
Brain is not manufactured by capital, but
bought from the ranks Of the Cypress led
through the opposition Of the aristocrafy.
Antagonists can never c~Il,h tie true spirit
Of liberty, Itmay, for time. cripple its 4d-
vauceo, bur ry"Hmally il vIos.> ia its strength
OF intellect .'id force ot argument and NOV les
the world While we would council modeta-
ton. we ~H1Uli uot BE- hild In til" fact that
w~arc mrl, entitled t" ar "rlru upon, bill
Questions il. Wuio. o,r~rEt~ Ju@ our fub
lies are interested.
let us each, Individually. r.t~t Our vote pn
any measure only upon du" deliberations. a
SINGLE oaI."t hay determine Il policy. Thin
I,t u4 now uld always consider thai cur IN
dlvidual vote is worth something and weighs
in lho poIjtu. balance or Tie nation, At
the polls we mcet upon comuon level. The
man who work, fol his dailY bread and tr-
ceiw'~ his h@rd earned portion at pyentide
Gun, at the polls, feel that LIE ioonm equality
with Vanderbilt, with Iiot5.~chiId
After the smoke Of the political struggle Of
1850 had cleared aWaya frWot the wise heads,
the thinkers, men of keen political acumen
began oUtjmng deep Iaid plans for the more
important campaign of lNN4. That the tight
will be a hard one will admit of no question.
Calmly viewing the coming clash between
capital aud labor if net harmonjzpd by a
iudiciou5 press, we might with equal empha-
sis quote the mover Of the declaration Of
American independence. Thomas Paine, and
say: "Thp~e are the times that try mems
souls. QUI NIVE.
For number Of years the Evening
Telegram office Of TINS city was closed to
union printers. and trough several at
tempts had been made to induce the men
to Join the union, ali efforts proved fu-
tile. The proprietor had these men 50
well in hand, that were he to reduce the
Flow price he was paying, it was thought
they would not resist. On Monday
|moruing last. however, these men decid-
cd to ask for tie increase So readily
rranted on the other evening papers in
this city, and on Tuesday morning they
informed the proprietor Of their desire,
and asked foran audience. The Supreme
Grand IL" would not ieign TO listen to
those by whose labor he was enabled to
build mansions and drive fast horses, and
the consequence was that twenty-one
of his staff walked out Of his office.
.. The ever-ready John Armstrong being
on hand when wanted, marched them to
the Tvp6graphicaI Union hall, and all
took the obligation and signed the roll.
7 Rat Robertson did not believe his
men had.cOura9e enough to DO this, but
there is iust where he got fooled. OF
course his sheet appeared, but not a word
about the row: and on being questioned
bv a rep0rter said it was only a private
affair between the men and himself, and
that their places would be filled by
o'clock. They are not filled vet, howev-
er.-TOr0ntO Wageworker