The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-12-28

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Iok; shairnan 4 ths sompittee
9H " 1ration Of prtneiples, reported the
following oscillations - the result Of TIN
work Of the committee, and asked that the
report BE- accepted and the committee DIS
charged, Stiph ~, IN molten agreed q.
WmRnAs, There are bat two pure forms
of government, the Autocratic and Demo-
cradle; under the fbfmer the win OF the in
dividuAl sovereign ID the supreme law, under
the ixtcSe ths SosS>1Suty 70 vsgted N the
whole people, Ill other forms bsing modi-
aeation It ,ns or the other II these princi-
plea, and that ultinatsly COS Or the cthsr
q these forns must pgsssil throoshout vi
civilizsd nataens, and II isnog ~ The Amer
iosp people 70 dstsrmips whidh Of ibsss prin-
dples shall siumpby asdee
s HEnsAss Thes = atths prpsspt h.ss by
manns of hws csenfing numerous ciaesss Of
tax-sapRpeted smiGsAFiss and officials, by
laws exsnpting IRON tnxnkion, and from
just contributes for tAs mafntsnAnce Of the
government. . lagUs portion sf the wealth
of the nation tbereby crsafiAg . monisd
ar,stocracy-by lave creating monopslies Of
nouey and d ths soil-by iDtrnaI revenue
laws, The most Oppressive and destructise Of
al the industrial iaterests Of the nation, and
By Other Lawn dangerous 10 the liberties and
snbvsnive II thu rghts Of The people, an
unmistAkabls tendency in our national and
State governments towards the AutocrAtic
form, therefore,
Rsselssd, That the design Of the founders
Of the Rspublic was 10 institute govern
ment upon the .principle Of absolute inner
emit sovereignty In ne people, and that would
give 70 each citizen In lAFkest political and
sEessgi0ns liberty compatible with the gosd
order of society. 80
ReoIpsd, Thet III peeperiy or wealth Is
the product Of physicist. and intsllectaul Ia
Dor, that laborers ought Of right, and would
under just monetary system. receive or
retain the larger proportion of their pro-
ductions; that the wrongs, oppression and
restitution which laborers are suffering. re-
salt from the unfair distribution of the pro-
ducts Of labor between non producing capital
and labor
That money 10 the medium OF distribution
to non-producing capital and producing labor
the rate Of interest determining what pro-
portion Of the products Of labor shall be
awarded to capital for its use, ana what Il
labor for its production.
Rssoleed, That the power to make meney
and regulate its value is an essential attribute
Of Sovereignty, the exercise of which IL BY
the Constitution Of the United States wisely
and properly delegated TO Congress, whose
duty it 10 to institute 1t upon such wise
and just basis that ID shah be directly uader
the control Of the sovereign people who pro-
du,s the value il ID designed to represent,
measure and exchange, and that 10 shall be
. correct and uniform standard Of value.
Reselusd, That the Law authorizing the
National banking system is inimical to The
spirit of hbsrty, and subversive Of the prin-
ciples Of justice upon which our institutions
are founded, and without warrant in the
constitution justice, reason and sound policy
demand its immediate repeal and the substi.
tuition Of legal-teuder :. sasury notes as the
currency Of the nation so far q q paper cur
rency Is now used.
Resolpsd, That the exemptions from taxa
ton Of bank capital and government bonds
is species of dangerous and unjust elias,
legislation, opposed 10 the spirit Of our in.
situations, and contrary to the principles Of
sound morality and enlightened reason.
Resolped, That our intsrnal revenue law,
are in letter and spirit opposed to the primer
pies Of freedom and equality upon which ouI
institutions are founded, aud DIX taarsis i
Tflls itsbp rvniNnn Iza1I1esfly . studied dssie,
to shield non-producing capital from - ia
proportion Of the burdens necessary for III
support Of the Government, imposing Their
mainly on the industrial wealth-pr0duoin