Year: 1870

can already he determined nv the quickly developing
fruit Of the young sapng The fathers OF the concern
Of the most inveterate Copperhea, persuaSo" "'
by q few whose names have generally .peeh rc'o" -
our canvassers to the state Central Committee aS
doubtful" OF course II a fiat can b. iouhu "no
from any has voted the JNcP"o.."N
ticket and fancies that s merits not unde7
cause he has not been appointed Minister TO China VI


specor Of Fish, he is at put in the position OF


waxflgure in the show, while the operator tnrns u
crank behind the Meantime the attitude OF the
Copperhead party toward the young bantlng Is best e1
hbited by the solctude shown by the old hen to the
young duck she has just hached II you will bear with
me- | can show the animus OF the movement, and who
are its real projectors well perhaps In any other
manner by recounng OF the dongs OF Its Conyen-
ton Concord, and the manner OF selecting delegates
from this city In tho absence Of authority other
than that conferred by laws the right 10 peaceaby
assemble discuss matters pertaining TO the public
veal one OF our citizens issued zeal" for those IN
favor of the labor movement to select delegates
TO the Convention to be held at Concord. The Sec
retary OF me sefcOnstituted State organization
visited Manchester the following day. and gracously
recognized the call valid, act OF condesenson
asked or reGured But when the citizens IN
numbers had assembled IL was evident that the Dutch
one expected was chosen whereupon the hard aborer
consisting mainly OF Democratic lawyers and others OF
predictions in favor Of labor, withdrew in body and
organized another meeting which should proceed accord





so suddenly become the champions OF temperance labor
and expect they will soon add religion The regular
meeting OF czens selected their delegates and ad.
iourned after having refused to entertain resolution
looking to reputation offered by fuger from the other
meeting said delegates being real lab0rng men.


The selected their delegates from the classes
hest described by the terms Copperhead and sorebead
No one at all cognzant OF the real objects Of the move
ment aud the character Of the sefcOnsttuted State
authorities had any doubt TO which set OF delegates


would be admitted TO the Convention at Concord 1t was


sore puzzle the sachems but they were equal to the
energency An ironclad oath" was invented for the
purpose keeping out the ntruders and but just TO
saw that answered the purpose for no man honestly
disposed the OF labor would pledge him
self beforehand be bound in his political acton by the
edcs such set OF demagogues as contlole the acts
of that Convention In the meantime the real working
men seeing that they were TO be burlesqued or mis-
renresented in selfdefense determined TO organize
Labor League Labor Reform party, as that name
in bad odOr here and TO that are willing 10 trust
the honor Of the wOrkngmen OF this State and II In the
future any platform resolutions are put 1orth Dy
it OF like tenor TO those emanating from the
New gland Labor Reform League we Will not com.
plain If apply them the term nonsense. or any
other harsh lind in tho English language
labor degraded or laborlng men put
TO shame having the OF their fools taken as
the opinions OF the class We recognize no antagonlsm
between labor and capital and sorry there should
ever seem be in any place better understand
ing Of the subject both sides, we arc confident VIII
prevent any such result -


TO that better understanding" we pledge our best
efforts H.


M0nehesler, ". H., Jan. 81, 1870.