The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-09-05

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liberty and sths pt1rsodt u tapetasssi that
70 ssougs thees vights govsgamsps sr4 ia-
sufsulsd among Deny deriving thetf gpes
powers from The consent Il me governed.
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81 The one q IL otke of thsss prinsipisS
and that ultimately one or Tie other Of
these forms- mast prevail throughout al
civilixed nations, snd Il h nov Tor the Amer
iaap peopls %. dstsEnias vhisA q shsae Prinr
cipies shall triumph.
That the design Of the founders Of the Re
public was 70 institute = governmens npop
the pri6cipls Of absolues inb>rsne soseFeagn-
" Of the people. and that would give 90
saeh. oitissn the largest pcIitacsi and reigi-
ous liberty oonpaEibls With the good order
AZ societv. and secnre 10 each the right %
sp;oy he fruiss of his labor and talents
that when laws are enacted ds~trnctise Of
these ends, they srs without moral binding
force. AID it a. the right snd deys Of me
nsopis to ,sltsr., amend Or abolish them, ana
iussisuse such sthers, foandisg then upon
he principles Of equity, - 70 them p.y
seem most likely 10 e6eet their prosperity
PruJenes viii indeed dictate that iwpor
tart lavs long essabiished shesld NOS be
changed for light and transient causes and
experlcnce has shown 4hes the American
people are more disposed % sa6er wh!is
evils ere siderable, than 70 change fhe
forms and laws TO which they hsye besn -
csstsmsd. Bat when : long trsin OF legisiar
tive abuses. pursuing invariably Ne same
object. eyinces . design 70 subveFt the spirit
OF freedom and equality upsp which our IN
stitutions are founded, and reduce them to
a state Of servitude, is 10 $heiI right Is
their duty to abolish scsh laws and provide
nav guards for their future security. such
has been the patient saflering Of the wealth
nroduoine classes Of the Unitsd States, and
such ia now the necessity whiol constrains
them 70 nut forth an organized and united
effort for maintaining their natural rights,
which are imperilled BY the ins'dious
schemes and unssrranted aggressions OF
masterpieces bankers and Insurers hy means
Of unwiss and corrupt Legislation. -
y WefurtAsr hoid--Thas all property CT
wealth is the product Of physical or int i
lectual labor, employed in productive lnfsus
try and in the distribution Of the prodac-
lions on labor that lsborers ought OF right,
and would, under just monetary system
receive or retain the larger proportion OF
their PRODUCTIONS that the wrongs, oppres-
rsions and diestitution which laborers are shf
fefine Ia most departn ents Of legitimate CO.
terprise and useful occupation, do not re-
sult from ipsufiicienoy Of production but
from the unfair dietribatiou Of the products
of labor between non producing capital and
labor.
= That money ID the medium of distribution
TO uon- producing CAPITA and pFcuacina
labor. the rate of interest determining what
nroportion of the products OF labor shall be
awarded to capital for its uses and what to
labor for its productions that the power u
make money and regulate its value 10 a1
essential attribute Of sovereignty, the exef-
else Of which is by the Uonstirutlen Of the
j United States wisely and properly granted te
/ Congress, and is - the imperative duty o.
Congress to institute IL upon such . wiss
and lust basis that it shAll be directly uadsI
the control of the sovereign people who pro
duce the value it Ia designed 10 represent
measure aud exchange, that it may b cor
rect and 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
duction. Ill
That the Law snacting the so-called Ma
tional Banking system b delegation BY
Congress Of. the sovereign power to make
moaey ADD regulate its value to class Of
irresponsible banking associations, thereby
giving 70 them the power % control thevalut
Of all the property in the nation, and 70 n
the rewards Of labor In every department Of
industry, and is inimical to the spirit Of
4 liberty and subversive Of the principles OF
Justice upon which our democratic repub-
lican institutions are 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. mE 80
That this money monopoly is the parent
of al monopolies-th. very root and essence
4 OF slavery-rsilroad, warehoUse and all other
/ monopoles, Of whsteyer kind or nature, are
the outgrowth of and subservient to this
power, and the means used BY Il TO rob
the entsrprising, industrial wealth-producing
classes of the products Of their talents and
labor. ~ ,&s sA W.
That as Government Is instituted to pro-
| tect life and secure the rights of property,
each should share its Just and proper pro-
portion Of the borthens and sacrifices me-
| cessary for its maintenance and perpetuity,
AND hat the exemption from taxation OF
| bank capital and government bonds, bearing
| double and bankrupting rates Of interest, IS
q species Of dangerous and unjust class ie-
gislation opposed TO the spirit OF eur insti
tutions, and contrary TO the principles Of
sound morality and enlightened reason.
That our monetary, financial aud revenue
nws are in letter and spirit opposed to the
principles Of freedom and equality upon
which our democratic republican institutions
srs founded, -fAere ~ 10 all their provisions
fnAn,festiy 1 studied design 70 shield nom
producing cApital from its just proportion Of
the burtheus necessary for the support of
the Government imposing them mainly on
the industrial wealth producing classes,
thereby condemning them to lives Of un
remuneraied toll, depriving them Of the or
binary conveniences and comforts Of life !;
of she time and means necessary for social
enjoyment, intellectual culture and moral
Improvement and ultimately reducing them
to ! state Of practical servitude.
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