The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-09-19

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We hsla thsss Eu1hs y y sslfsevidsns.
fhab Ill 1sui ore auneod sqaa, thas they aFsl
endowed BY their Ogsaeos WITH esrtsin ina
tesabse Figh<5; .that emeng them are life,
libeftgra1a ~ poysait Of happiness; that
20 secure thsse rights governments ara iu-
ssienfsd among men, deriving their just
powers from the consent Of the governed.
That there ere but two pure forms Of gcv-
sEument, ehe Autocratio end the Democratic;
unaw Ne former the will Of the individual
sovereign b tho supreme law, under the lat-
Ter the Sovereignty 10 vested In the whole
people, Ill Uthsr forms being modification
Of the one or The other Of these principles,
and that ultimately one or the other Ut
these forms must prevail throughout oil
Civilixed nations, aud Il 10 nov for the Amer
loan people to determine which Of these prin-
ciples shail triumph.a jig
That the design Of the founders Of the Re
publir was 10 institute government upoa
the principle Of absolute inherent sovereign
" OF the psople, and that would give 20
each citisen the largest political and religi-
Gus liberty compatible with the good order
~ soc: ty, and secnre to each the right TO
enjoy the fruits Of his labor and talents /;
that when laws are enacted destructive Of
thsse ends, they sre without moral binding
force, and il IL the right and duty OF the
people to alter. amend or abolish them, and
institute such others, founding them upon
the principles Of equity, - 70 them may
seem most likely to effect their prosperity
and happiness.
Prudence will indeed dictate that .iDpor-
tant Laws long established should not DO
changed for light and transient causes, and
expenence has shown that the American
paople are more disposed TO suffer while
evils are siderable, than to change the
forms and lava to which they have been ae-
customed. But when long train of legisla-
tive abuses, pursuing invariably the same
object, evinces design to subvert the spirit
OF freedom and equality aron which our in
situations are founded, and reduce them TO
. state VI ssrvitnde, il 10 their right-it ID
their duty to abolish such laws and provide
new guards for their future security. Suef
has been the patient sStfering OF the wealth.
producing classes OF the United States, and
such il now the necessity which. c0nstraini
them to put forth an organised and united
effort for maintaining their natural rights
which are imperilled by the insidiou.
schemes and unxarranted aggressions Of
unscrupulous bankers and usurers By means
Of unwise and corrupt legislation.
We further hold-That all property o.
wealth 10 the product OF physical or intel
lectual labor, employed in productive indus
try and in the distribution of the produc
Z asa,a Of IL hn~ hat tohapopa nnRhk 0f rIRhf
and would, under q Just monetary system
receive or retain the larger proportion %
their productions; that the wrongs, Oppres
sions and restitution which laborers are suf
fering in most departments of legitimate en-
terprise and useful occupation, do not re-
suit from insuficiency Of production bu
from the unfair distribution Of the product
Of labor between non -producing capital AM
labor.
That money is the medium Of Distribution
to non-producing capital .nd producin
labor, the rate Of interest determining wha
proportion Of the products OF labor shall b
awarded to capital for its use. and what :
labor for its productions; that the power
make money and regulate its value is q
essential attribute Of A'vereignty, the exer
} else Of which is by the Constitution Of tn
United States wisely and properly granted :
Congress, and it Is the imperative duty Q
} Congress to institute it upon such Q wis
and Just basis that ii shall be directly unde
the control Of the sovereign people who pre-
duce the value il 10 designed to represent
measure and exchange, that it may be COZ
rect and uniform standard of value, and dis
tribute the products Of labor equitably bet
ween capital aud labor according to tn
; service or labor performed IN their pro
4 duokio0~ ~ r-.se- -sss d
That the law enacting the so-called Ma
ti0nal Banking system is a delegation b
Congress Of the sovereign power to max
money and regulate its value to class Q
irresponsible banking associations, thereb
giving to them the power to control the vAlu
Of all the property in the nation, and 70 q
tho rewards If labor in every department Q
industry, and is iDimical 10 the spirit Q
liberty and subversive Of the principles q
, Justice upon which our democratic repub
lican institutions are founded, and wIth0u
warrant in the Constitution justice, reasO
and sound policy demands its immediale n
peal and the substitution Of legal-teRde
Treasury notes as the exclusive currency .
the nation.
That this money monopoly is the paren
OF all monopOlies-Ihe very root and esseBc
OF slavery-rsiiroad. warehouse and MI 0the
monopolies, Of whatever kind or nature, a.
the outgrowth Of and subservieot 70 Tn
power, and the means used by II % r0
the enterprising, industrial wealth prod1cinl
classes Of the products OF their talsats IN
labor.
That as Government Ia insulated 10 pro
tect lie and secure the rights VI property
each should share its just and proper prO
portion Of the burthens and sacrifices nv
! cessary for its maintenance and perpetuiEy
and that the exemption from tsxAtion .
bank capital and government bonds, bcarin,
double and bankrupting rates Of interest.
. species of dangerous and unjust class V
! gislation opposed 70 the spirit OF eur iassi
\ tutions, and contrary to the prsnciplss o
sound morality and enlightened reason-
That our monetary, fnancial aud rsvsna
j laws are in letter and spirit opposed 70 I'm
i principles of freedom add equality upes
which our democratic republican institsEssal
are founded. there ~ in all their pr0vIHssml
4 manifestly studded dssign % shisld non
4 predicting capital from is jsss prsportisa q
the burdens necessary Cor the suprc.. 4
the Government imposing tesm mainly o.
the industrial .wsslth-prsdscing sl&esns
thereby oondenning them 70 lives u NJ
renoneratsd toll, depriving shsm OF the CO.
4 binary coavGniencss and comforts 81 hfs
4 Of the time and ncaas Necessary for spssH
eejoynsat, intellsctaAl culture asd msrs
improvement; and ultimately reducing thsn
to :. state OF practical servitnds.
We further hold That while these uB.
! righteous laws OF diswibation rsmain IA
fores, laborers cannot, BY any system q
Coordination CT cooperation, secure Then
natural rights. That the 6rst and most im-
portant sSsp towards the essablishmsst a
the rights Of labor, ID the inseit1tion 81 Z
system of true cooperation between non
prodacing capital and labor. Thai TO sBss'
this most desirable objees, money, The msdi-
ON Of distributioa 70 capital and Labor, mus
DO instituted upon saeh wise and jass pris-
cipls that Instead Of being powsr y osa-
traIis, tho wealth in the banda or q fsw