The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-06-06


same principle. There is not we'll
honest expressed principle in it.
Hded to show how utterly
Republican party this
all that is desired. The
aged in great war-the
c,1s md caste INHERITED
Ain icsn or brute slA-
robbIng corporations. Both
cry are based upon letting out
Ament for private use. The real idea
..nderlies the whole system is that q
nall class Of men are born to govern, the
larger to be governed. Brute slavery has
nominally persisted 1t is to be replaced by
a consolidated corporate money power. The
first step II this direction is a centralized
government. This enigmAticai platform
makes these two points as distinctly as des-
pots and demagoguee ever make them. The
FIRST relates merely to the reconstruction
policy Of Congress il claims that it secures
equal rights to all That question will be
better understood by examining the second
article.
The guarantee by Congress Of equal suffrage
% All loyal men in the b vas demanded By
every consideration Of pl &c safety, Of grati-
tuje and or justice, and must be maintained
while the question Of suffrage in all the loyal
-tates properly belongs to the people of those
states.
If suffrage e all the loyal states properly
belongs to the people of those states, why
nvt II every other state? If Congress is
supreme on this question in the disloyal, 1t
must be SO in the loya. states. The soyer-
eighty 81 Congress excludes the sovereignty
Of the state. This resolution points to a CEN
Uralized government. 1t is not based upon
the idea that Congress has the right to fix
the qualification Of voters to secure repub-
Aean form Of government, but it il ar arbi-
trary assumpuoh Of 20 yer as applied to the
rebel states This giving Of power to the
loyal states shows the arbitrary character Of
the claim, and is the most dastardly catering
10 the sent ment Of the north that could be
presented. If last falPs vote had not been
against negro suffrage, this doctrine would
never have seen daylight. As tits, it shows
that policy, not principle, governs the Re-
publican party-a party which is so corrupt
can only be supported By men equally cor
rupt, or too ignorant to know their rights.
The Increase Of the latter class was the OBJ
ject Of letting the negro vote.
The third, ffh and sixth articles next
claim atteDs;- they are as follows;
We denounee all forms Of Reputation as a ma
tonal crime, and national honor requires the
payment Of the public indebtedness in the ut
most good faith to our creditors at home and
abroad, not only according to the letter, but the
spirit, Of the laws under which it was contract
cd.
The national debt, contracted as il has been
for the preservation of the union fer all time to
come, should be extended over a fair period for
redemp ton, and il is the duty of Congress 10
reduce the rate Of interest thereon whenever it
can honestly be done.
That the best policy to diminish our burden
Of debt is 50 to improve our credit that capital
lists viii seek 70 lend US money at lower rates of
interest than Y now pay, and must continue to
pay SO long a. equalization, partial OF total, open
or covert, is threatened or suspected.
These resolutions show that republican
leaders do not intend tOpay any attention to
the rights Of the people-their whole aim is
to curry favor with the bond -bolders-stock.
jobbing and gold spectators in their opinion
is q more importance than the rights or the
people. 1t viii be borne in mind that Dor
non OF this Indebtedness is now due, and the
greater portion Of it will become due 10
shoIt time-this Indebtedness can be paid in
greenbacks and stop interest Why not paw
1t then? Because it does not suit the {. an
teTest" Of ths bond holders. Can il be possi
Die that this is free and independent ma
tion. Does the right to pay high o. low
rate Of interest belong exclusively to the
capitalists? Who made these men and their
money 2 Have they or has Congress The
right to make the money and determine the
rate OF INTEREST," If Congress has the right
why must we consult the money changers 10
legislate upon the subject of lower rate Of
interest? 1t is because the nation, under the
lead Of English financiering, has surrendered
The sovereign power Of the people into the
bands Of the fnanciers, and the republican
leaders propose to make this abdication Of
government perpetual.
For this reason the public debt is not to
be paid in greenbacks as agreed-for this
reason the commercial and political press of
the country are busy in throwing dust in the
peoples eyes, as to the real character of
money. They liken it to promissory notes,
and tel the people that money is only gold
and silver, and that il we make it anything
else, IL will be appreciated the Nation
and State wildcat BANKS. Then they will
discourse learnedly upon tho subject Of cur.
rency--it is good if il can be redeemed in
gold. Why must il be redeemed in goldf
Because the despots Of Europe, from whom
We copy, rob their subjects in this manner
they find i the most convenient way to hide
Inc robbery. Gold being commodity very
limited IN amount, by making this base for
money system, instead Of the property
which the money exchanges, it creates anarti.
6eial demand for gold, which it is not posi-.
Die to supply. Hence a class Of Bonds, bear
ng gold interest, are created to supply the
efficiency Of gold. Hence, too, class Of .
men are created BY law, to live on the earn.
ngs Of all other men, by keeping watch of .
be gold market and an accurate account Of !;
Old-hOw much Is wanted OrFoysrnmsntai
uHposes and how much for useful purposes.
Here, then, lies the psezst The Republic !
~ leaders end their snignasloal platlaanl
hev Drpacse under the lsad of the fnam. | a