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Show THE LABOR MOVEMENT. In view of the great labor movements move-ments ancient politics and the old political parties have lost much of the interest formerly attaohing to them, and wo may expect a considerable modification of the averago convention conven-tion platforms and hacknied stump debates of late years. Whether democracy or republicanism can hereafter here-after bring to bear upon tho producing produc-ing classes arguments strong enough to secure their continued support in doubtful. The people seem to have, lost faith in the high-soundiDg professions pro-fessions of politicians and parties, Boeming to repaid the difference between be-tween the two great rival organizations organiza-tions aa consisting more in words than in substance. Last year agreatcflort was made to bring about a change of administration, which it was thought might lead to some financial and business busi-ness improvement. A large majority of the voterB pronounced for Mr. Til-den, Til-den, but th great capital influence was too potent to permit his inauguration inaugu-ration after he had baen legally chosen president. It now seems lucky for the democratic party, or rather the democratic element, that Tilden was counted cut, as his administration ad-ministration and his party would have been held responsible for the labor disturbances, which could hardly bave been avoided nnder any dynasty. Fncy Samuel J. chuckling in bis eleevo at tha troubles of the fraudulent president with the work-ingmen, work-ingmen, and thanking fortune that be is not in the unenviable position to direct the federal army against the starving laborers. Tilden, the great capitalist, might not be the man for these agrarian Units. Hub not the democratic party become emasculated and demoralized through its shoddy leaders, ita lack of diicipliue, and its ipiritless sun-coders, from the opening open-ing nf the war down to the permitted ursurpation of liuthcrford B. Hayes? j Are not the interest of many of its loading men eo identified with the pet projects and speculations of rf;pub lieanism that tho comaum people have little confidence in thi-m? When tlte man ot the producers taken the political Mold there will be nu boy's play in the campaign. As lieu Sutler Sut-ler saye: They know wh.it they want and they will demand it. Vc-t if there was in existence an organized parly in which, the workingmen hud lull confidence, tho engrossing tieiiii-ment tieiiii-ment of antagonism to the policy of the government could he reduced to! a practical issue that might aweep' the country in the campaign ot 1SS0. Tho danger to be apprehended from the great labor movement is that it may ovor-Bhoot its mark by attempting attempt-ing in impracticable issues, thereby enabling the monopolists lo retain their hold upon the the government by appealing to the fearn of the conservative con-servative and orderly citizens against a fancied revolution of violence and iniuaticc. Communism is not a legitimate legit-imate product of American institutions. institu-tions. While we possess tho ballot every public grievance must be brought to and decided by that teat, and in setting the law at defiance we invite a military 'government, us did the mob of last July. The working people will build wisely their political structure, if instead of attempting a new organization, organiza-tion, they seize upon one of the old parlies and remodel it to their wishes. There can be but two eflcclivc parties in this country, and in the main the theory and genius ol tho democracy the working people are contending, while the ropublican party is in the line of legitimate succession from the old whig and federal parties, and iB imbued with many of tho theories that have failed and been repudiated in their application to the government. govern-ment. The present eflort of tho work-ingmen work-ingmen is to throw ofl the incubus which, in tho space of sixteen years, haa fastened tho greatest burdens that were ever inflicted upon a people. Iu doing this they should strike ufrcctly at the organization responsible responsi-ble for these wrongs, and they con do this in the speediest and most efTec-time efTec-time manner by seizing the crganiza-tion crganiza-tion of the democracy and bringing its principles and candidates in full accord with their principles. |