The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-03-07

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shat III - 1lc equal, thai they ore
endowed " thtI2 1hr with csrt.in Ina
nabls rights ~ 1aong them ere liks,
liberty en4 ~ puf51I@ ~ .heppiness that
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stituted among mss. deriving their Just pow
sss from The consens Of the governed.
That thers are bat tw4 pure iorns Of Rov-
eminent, the Antocratie cad the Dsnoerasie;
under TIN former the wiz % TIE individaAi
scvereign y the suprsAs slsw, under the lat
Ter .As .Ss.ssiEasg = {ssd II w whols
o. the ons q the other "a shsse principlss,
and last ultimately 90 Tor The 0s6sr of
these for-A must prgt>il thrUughout aA
cisilizsd Fe<iopss snh \ ~ nov for the Amer
loan people e determines which Of skess prinr
eiples .skkt tfinnph.
That the design Of The founders Of the Re-
public uas % institute q goverpnent upon
the prinoipleof absolute inherent soversien-
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each citizen the largest political and religi-
Of society, snd secnre 70 each the right 10
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these ends, they are wishoasss moral bindipR
force, and II n the right and duty OF the
people 60 alter. amend or abolish them, and
institute such ethsrs, founding them upon
the prineipl6 of equity, ~, 70 them may
seem uoes iikslJ 70 sfsct their prosperity.
and happinesa-
Prudence wil indeed dictate that smpor-
tant laws long established akosld mot be
changed for night and transien& causes, ard
experience hss shown that the American
people are mos disposed to suffer while
Ell are saGer1ble,1 Dian to- change the
forms and laws 70 which they have been ac-
customed. But when q long train Of legisla-
tive abuses, pursuing Invariably the same
object, evinces design TO subgert the spirit
OF freedom and s4eaiity upon which our in
stitutions are founded, and reduce them to
state Of servituds, it Is their right--it is
their duty to abolish such laws and provide
pew guards for their future security. Such
has been the patient suffering OF the wealth
producing classes Of the United States, and
such is now the necessity whicL eonstrains
them 20 put forth sp organized aud unite
effort for maintAining their natural rights,
which are imperilled BY the Hinsidi0us
schemes and nnwafranted aggressions Of
INSCRIPTIONS bankers and usurers By means
Of unwise and corrupt lsgislstion.
We further hoId-fhat all property or
wealsh 10 the prodact of physical on intel
iectual labor, employed in productive indus
try and in the distrlbations Of the produc-
tions of labor that laborers ought OF right,
and would, under q jnss monetary system
receive or retain the larger proportion OF
their productions; thai the wrongs, OppEes-
sions and restitution which laborers are suf-
fering in most departments Of legitimate en-
terprise and useful occupation, do mot re-
sult from ins .aicisncy Of production but
from the unfair disH :hution Of the products
Of labor between non-prsdacing capital and
labor.
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 10 capital for its use, and what to
labor for its productions that the power to
make money and regulate its value 10 an
essential attribute OF sovereignty, the exer-
else Of which Is by the Constitution OF the
United States wisely and properly granted 10
Congress, and ii - the imperative duty Of
Congress to institute il upon such q wise
and Just basis that 1t shalt be directly u. Ter
the control Of the sovereign people who pro-
duce the value it is des gned to represent,
measure and exchange, that it may be cor
rect and uniform standard Of value, and dis
tribnte the PRODUCES of labor equltably bet
ween capital and labor according 10 the
service or labor per5usmed IN their pro-
duction.
That the law s0xcfing the 90 called Ma.
tional Banking systsm IL delegation ~
Congress OF the sovefeign power to NIKE
money and regulars its value 70 class of
Irresponsible banking assn-' = : -
giving TO them the
&c ell - property n
the rewards Of labor i
industry. ana II infA.
liberty and subvsrsive Of
justice upon which our tsa
lican institutions are founded, 49,
warrant in the Consultation justice,
and sound policy demands its immediate
peal and the Substitution Of laEal-tendGE
Treasury notes IS the exclasiEe Currency Of
the nation.
That this money monopoly ID the parent
OF all monopolies-the very root and essence
OF alavery-rsilroad. warehouse and all other
monopolies, Of Whatever kind or natare, are
the outgrowth Of and subservient TO this
power, and the means used BY il 20 rob
the enterprising, industrial wealth producing
classes of the products Of their talents and
labor.
That as Government 10 instituted to pro-
tect lie and secure the rights Of property,
each should share its just and proper pro-
portion Of the burthens and sacrifices me-
cessary for its maintenance and perpet1ity,
and that the exempt from taxation Of
bank capital and government bonds, bearing
double and bankrupting rates Of interest, u
9 species of dangerous and unjust class le-
gislation opposed to the spirit of our list
tutiOns, add contrary to the principles Of
sound morality and enlightened reason.
That our monetary, financial aud revenue
laws are in letter aad spirit opposed to the
principles of freedom and equality upon
which our democratic republican institutions
are founded, there is IN all their provisions
manifssty . studied design to shield non
producing capital from its jas. proportion OF
the burthens necessary for the support nc
the Government, imposing them mainly on
the industrial wealth-producing CLASSES,
thereby condemning them to lives Of IN
remunerated toll, depriviug them Of the Or
binary convtniencss and comforts Of life !
Of the time and means necessary for social
enjoy neut, Intellectual culture and moral |
and Ultimately reducing then
TO state Of practical servitnde-
We further hold that willis these I'M
righteous laws Of distribution remain in |
forcs. laborers cannot, BY aDy systsm OF
combination CT cooperation, secure their |
natural rights. 4. That the FIRST and most ina |
portant step towards the establishment OF !
The rights q labor, IL the institutiou Of /
system of true cooperation DetReen nom
producing capital and laboE. That to effect !
this most desirable object, money, the medi- |
ON Of distribution 10 eapitsi and labor, meet |
be instituted upon such . wise and ipsk prip-