The Life, Speeches, Labors and Essays of William H. Sylvis: Late President of the Iron-moulders' International Union; and Also of the National Labor UnionClaxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1872 - 456 pages |
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Page 171 - They never fail who die In a great cause ; the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to the city gates and castle walls ; But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and
Page 249 - leave them otherwise free to follow their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned, is the sum of good government/
Page 239 - This note is a legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt, and is receivable in payment of all loans made to the .United States
Page 240 - This note is receivable at par in all parts of the United States in payment of all taxes and excises, and all other dues to the United States, except duties on imports ; and also for all salaries and other debts owing by the United States to individuals, corporations, and associations within the United States, except interest on the public debt.
Page 160 - few States in which there is not a constant effort in the population to increase beyond the means of subsistence. This constant effort as constantly tends to subject the lower classes of society to distress, and to prevent any great permanent amelioration
Page 171 - city gates and castle walls ; But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and swelling
Page 183 - Slaves who once conceive the glowing thought Of freedom, in that hope itself possess All that the contest calls for, — spirit, strength, The scorn of danger, and united hearts, — The surest
Page 322 - public interests, with those of private establishments in the immediate vicinity of the respective yards, to be determined by the commandants of the navy-yards, subject to the approval and revision of the secretary of the navy.
Page 303 - contentment, and happiness, a ready market for all the surplus productions of our industry, innumerable flocks and herds browsing on ten thousand hills and plains, our cities expanding, whole villages springing up, as it were, by enchantment, our exports and imports increasing, our tonnage, foreign and coastwise, swelling and fully occupied, and our rivers animated by the perpetual thunder and lightning of countless
Page 31 - and practical experience teaches us that it is a power but too often used to oppress and degrade the daily laborer. Year after year the capital of the country becomes more and more concentrated in the hands of a few, and, in proportion as the wealth of the country becomes centralized, its power increases, and the