The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-01
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~ believe the gravity of the industrial
situation in this country is well under
stood. 1t 1T quite evident the delegates
70 this convention are cognizant of the
fact that civil liberty is dead in America.
I have said, and say again, for the last
time. / have appealed to the courts for
Justice and shall appeal to them no more.
The A. r. T., expended forty-fve thou
sand dollars to have the question of civil
rights tested in the Supreme Court of the
United States only to he told that we
have no rights that capital was bound to
respect. Shall we appeal to the Supreme
court again? No. We appeal to this
convention and to the country for an
uprising of all the common people IN
every walk of life to beat back the courts
and re-enthrone the rights of the Ameri-
can people Labor Day is near. What
shall we do?I predict, my friends. that
we will see the extraordinary spectacle
of enslaved labor rattl;ng it's chains and
dancing to the music. From the Justice
of the Peace to the Justice of the SUI
preme Court of the United States all the
judicial powers of the United States are
directed against labor. All the organized
society are against la Dor and labor ex-
poets to emancipate itself, labor itself
must do it,"
Mr.. Debs then told the convention that
much destitutiOn existed among the min
ers Of the once proud State of Indiana
and stated that one thousand under
ground workers and their families were
starving He read the report of the
commission appointed by Gov Mount to
into hn Of irn,
of Indiana and then took up the thread
Of his argument.
''1'he time has not quite come to incite
the populace," said Mr.. Debs, shaking his
fist vehemently. 81 serve notice on the
plutocratic element Of this country that
we are on the eve of another meeting in
Chicago which will be attended by all
branches of labor. That convention will
take up these same questions and will in
stitute agitation and keep it going until
the public conscience and public heart
are aroused. Then will come such an
uprising as the world has never seen.
II did not come to this convention to
exploit social democracy or any other
movement. There is something greater in
this movement than any one element
can manage-the emancipat ton Of labor.
There is no Lewiston here. Each man
is entitled to his own opinion and his
right to express it, each man to his duty
as becomes that man. / am side by
side with you. / am trades unionist
and also socialist. Tremendous cheer
ing.)
whenever the trades unions of this
country decide to do battle with our
to come to the front and take our places
side by side with them and fight with
them.
''Never in my life have been more
hopeful than now. | am not gifted with
gerat visionary powers, but l can see the
beginning of the end. (Cheers.) This
meeting is an inspiration. 1t will lead to
great results. This movement has at
tanned tremendous impetus and will 60
ahead with rush. When the people are
ready. and that is not far off, my
friends. there will be n spontaneous up
rising, the Supreme court will be abol-
ished, Congress dispersed and the sacred
rights of American citizens and Ameri-
can freedmen will be enthroned. Great
applausel plead guilty to the charge of
being radical. l only wish you would al
low me to be more radical still. Support
us, gentlemen of the convention, and /
promise you we will support the attempt
to abolish the government by injunction
and the judges who issue them.
Son bearing arms? hope in the march
of common intelligence we will reach
point where we will be able to settle
these questions without appealing to the
sword or bullet.
* cannot tell. Certain it is, there are
thousands of our fellow citizens suffering
and certain it is this cannot last. The
time will come to incite the populace.
When this time comes you can depend
on me- (Cheers.) / will not stand in the
rear and ask you to go ahead. / will be
in front and say to you, Come on (Re-
newed cheering)
81 shrink from that bloodshed," and
Mr.. Debs paused impressively, but if
this is necessary to preserve liberty and
our rights-in that event I will shed the
last drop of blood that courses through
my veins. Outbreak of cheering)
YPlutocracy cannot buy me; they may
send me to Jail; may ostracize me, or may
hang me; but, in the language Of the re-
evolutionary heroes, / do not propose to
part company with my self respect, indie
pendence and manhood. We no longer
have O republic; there is not a vestige of
it left The judiciary of this country has
placed paddock on my lips, forbidden me
to walk on public highways and de-
stroyed all my rights. I submit because
you compelled me to. I am helpless. / ap-
peal to you and to the country to come
to the front, take this cause to heart and
these questions will then be solved. /
will be free, and so will you"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Debs' speech
the delegates rose in a body, threw their
hats in the air and showed tremendous
enthusiasm.
Patrick Dolan followed in a brief adj
dress.
It was agreed as basis of representa-
ton at the Chicago convention, one man
from each local labor organization and
two from each congressional district,
each man to be a wage Garner
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