The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-07-04

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We hold these truths 10 BE- SELF svident
that ali nbh ord crested equal, thas they krs
endowed hy their Ossatpr Fith. ssrtsins. ins'
liberty and the parsuit Of bappineas;sthst
70 secure thtss rights governments iarssi.,
stitpted among ma, desiyipg thrir just pow
ere from the consent Of the governed ssa u
: That there are but ta6 pure lorna df got
srnnieHt, the Ausocrstit and che DsmecFsfie,
updsE thA former the viii o. ths individual
sovereign 70 the sApEsne Law under fhs lats
ter the sovereignty 10 vested In the whole
pspples ~ other fpFps bpipg . Modification
ot The ons OF ths othSr IL these pripsipiss,
aad sthats nlainasslys enc ro'ths' other Of
thssss iormsl a'ziuss prssuil .shseoghout all
civilized nations, and IL IL nowpfor the Amer
jqal people p determine which Of these prin-
CipIes shs,l Triumph.
That the design Of shs feaadem ,of the Re-
bubble was 70 iastitate . zgoyernmcnt upoR
the principle Of aBse' asS4x6eSs6s sovereign
ty In the people, aud that would give %
IS.oA sisis ,lEssssI ID si "a IA r.ligi.
Of society, and secure 10 each the right to
enjoy she fruits or his. ,lAbas and talents !;
lbst Fhen iafS iab eSSoSsd RESTRICTIVE Of
these ends, they are without moral binding
fsses, &ud isislthS night and daty Of, ne
neople 90 alter. amend o. abolish ,tAs1, end
,ilstifnte such ethtrs, fonnaiing then Upon
The principles OF equity, - 20 them may
ssanl mesCltkely so efsst shsf prosperity
AndIhapr.ress III Il Ub.c -, :.
Prudence will indeed dictate thsi ippor-
tara laws long established sshould NOS be
changed for light and transient causes, and
experience has shown cha, she American
people are more Disposed 70 Rnfer while
evils are sufferab.s, than 70 change the
forms and laws TO which they have been 40
eustomed. Bat when long train Of lseislsr
tive abuses, pursuiug invariably the same
OBJ scs, esiAces design 10 subveft the spirit
OF freedom and equality upon which our in
situations are founded, and reduce them to
. ssase q servfsads, il IL 1sheir right-it is
their duty 70 abelish such laws and provide
nsw guards for their future security. Such
hAs been the patient suffering OF the wealth
prodGcias classes Of the United States, and
such Is now the necessity which const iains
them to put forth an organised and united
effort for maintaining their material rights,
Whichs ga imperillea By the insidious
schemes and unwarranted aggressions ct
unscrupuloas, bankers and usurers hy means
Of unwise and corrupt legislation.
> We further hoId-That all property or
wealth is the product Of physical or intel
lectual labor, employed in productive indus
try and In the distribution Of the produc-
tious Of labor that laborers ought of right,
and would, under . iust monetary system
receive or retain the larger proportion of
thelS productions; that the wrongs, oppres-
sions and destatution which laborers are suf
fering in most departs of legitimate en-
terprise and useful occupation, do not re-
sals from insufiiciency Of production but
from the Unfair distribution Of the products
OF labor between non-producing capital and
That money-is the medium Of Distribution
to non -producing capital and producing
labor, the rate Of interest determining what
proportion Of the products OF labor shall be
awarded to capital for its use, and what to
labor for it's productions that the power 70
make money and regulate lie value is an
essential attribute Of sovereignty, the eyer
else Of which is BY the Constitution Of the
United States wisely and properly granted to
Congress, and il Is the imperative duty OF
Congress to institute il upon such wise
and just basis that IL shall be directly under
the control Of the sovereign people who pro-
duce the value it is designed TO represent,
measure and exchange, that It may be cor
rect aud uniform standard Of value, and DIS
tribute the products Of labor equItably bet
ween capital and labor according to. the
service, or labor performed IN their pro-
dpclion. ylU NNtg st ~ .s.
That the Law enacting the so called Ma
tiopsl Banking. system is q delegation By
Congress Of the sosere IN power to make
money and regulate its value to q class Of
Irresponsible banking associations, thereby
giving to them the power TO control the value
pfAlf the properly in the nstion, aud TO fix
the rewards Of labor in every department Of
industry, aud ID inimical to the spirit Of
liberty and subVefsive Of the principles Of
justice upon which eur democratic repub-
hcan insaisatiDns ere founded, and without
warrant IN the Constitution; justice, reason
and sound policy demands its immediate re-
peal and the substitution Of legal-tender
Treasury notes as the exclusive currency Of
the nation. -.a
That this money monopoly is the parent
OF all monopolies--the very root and essence
Of slasery-rsisroad, warehouse and al other
monopolies, Of whstevef kind or nature, are
the outgrowth Of and subservient to this
power, and the means used by 1t 10 rob
she eplrnFizing, iDdustrial Realth- producing
classes Of the products of their talents and
labor.
That as Government 10 instituted to pro-
tect Ais and secure ,besrjghts OF property,
each should share is just ard proper pro-
pertioD pfythe bsrthhns H&n& Eaacs2des ne
cessary for Its maintenance ADD perpetujtVy
and shat fine exemption from taxation OF
bask capital aad government bonds, bearing
double and bankrupting rates Of interest, i
q species Of dangeroqs and unjust class le-
gislation opposed to the spirit Of eur insti-
buttons. and contrary TO the principles Of
sound morality and enlightened reason.
That our monetary, faancsai aud revenne
laws are in letter and spirit opposed to the
principles Of freedom and equalEsy upon
which our democratic republican institutloag
are founded. there Is IN I'll THAR preyisi04e
ul1llteSbyA 8k01ke0 U181EH to88H&0 nov
producing capital from its Just proportion "
the burthsnsf necessary for the support Is
the Government imposing them mainly Oh
the industrial wealth producing classes,
thereby o6ndenniAE them to lives Of un-
resnunerstsd toll, depriving them Of the orr
binary c0nstniences and comforts Of life !;
Of the time and means necessary Cor social
enjoy nent, insellectual culture and moral
Improvement and ultimately reducing them
to state Of practical servitude. i
We further hold that while these I'M
righteous lsws OF distribution remaiA ID
foses, lsborers cannot, BY any system Of
CT cooperation, secure Their.
nataral rikh6E sJhAtkke 6rsk and most i'm !.
portant step towards the establishment Of
the righss Of labor, IL the institation Of q
5sscseiss sls,al Ia a i.Sor. Thss q eject
this most desirable object money, the meeii-,
um Of uistributfoa Is Capital and labor, 9AlssE
b ipstisfsed apsn spcA = vissAad just prin-