The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-02-22
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endowed by thsEf Ur53 u IN IEltH Ina
lsua5 lesiGAE that ssnong Z sre life,
liberty and Ne parsuik.af ZAP ssas; that
to seearA tAdss lights ecvsrn1 ~ ore In
ssitated among men, dsfising a V just pow
era from the consent Of the govSkned
That there are bat two pure fQE1Ns of gcF-
eminent, the Autooratic and the DSuocrntia;
under the former the win Of It'd ipdlyiduni
sovereign 10 the supre+,e Law, uhdtr the lat
ter the sovereignty il rested "a the whole
people, all other forms being . application
Of the one or the other Of these principles,
and that ultimately one or 4osher Of
these forms must prevail thrq]ghout all
eiyiiiled nations, and Il 10 new a Nc Amer
lean people 70 determine which q fess prin-
ciples shall triumph.
Tha. the design q the foandss{ ~ the Re
public wss to institute . goss1nens upon
she principle Of absolute inh sren< e6pereign-
y in the people, and that webb give to
each citizen the largest political &6d religi-
ons liberty compatible with the good order
OF societn6mHd secure to each ~ right to
enjoy The 1ruits Of bic labot an talents I;
that when laws are enacted de1|ructive OF
shese ends, they are without molhi binding
| force, and Il 10 the right and ddky Of the
people, 70 alter. amend or abolish them, and
institute such others, foandi1g {6en upon
the principles Of equity, ~ to chem may
seem most likely to effect their prosperity
and happiness.
Prudence viii indeed dictate tbet lmpor-
sant laws long established should not be
changed for light and transient crl ses, and
experience has shown that thesA american
people are more disposed 70 sqllfr while
evils are sufferable, than TO- Gknge che
forms and laws 10 which they b been &c
eussomeds But when long trsin ct legisla-
tive abuses, pursuing invariably The same
object, eviBces . design TO subverE the spirit
ofIfreedom and squality upon whach Our in
,titutions are founded, and reduEp them 70
a stale of servitude, il 10 their sright-it is
their duty to abolish such laws aid provide
new guards for their future security. Such
has been the patient suffering Of rpe wealth
producing classes Of The United Ssstes, and
such is now the necessity which. Gonstrains
them TO put forth an organised aSd united
effort for maintaining their natural rights,
which sre imperilled by tho 7tnsidious
schemes and unwssranted aggressions OF
unscrupulous bankers and usurers by means
Of unwise and corrupt legislation.
We further hold--That all property OF
wealth is the product Of physicaiJor intel
lectual labor. employed in productive indus
| try and In the distributions of the produc-
| lions Of labor that laborers ought Of right,
and would, under just monetary system
receive OF retain the larger proportion of
DIR productions; thai the wrongS oppres-
sfons and destitution which iab0rers are suf-
| fering in most departments of Legitimate en-
terprise aud useful occupation, 90 not re-
| suit --ffom insnficiency Of prediction but
| rpm the unfair distribution OF thslproductf
offahor between non producing cfl5ital and
labor.
That money is the medium Of distributor
| 70 non-Producing capital and PRODUCING
abOr, the rate Of interest determining wha
proportion oS-the products OF labor shall b
| awarded to capital for its use, and what Il
labor "a its productions that the power e
make money a. regulate It's value is al
essential attriD0ly Of sovereignty, the exer
else Of which is by the Constitution Of tn
United States wisely and properly granted Il
| Congress, aud it rs the Imperative duty 0
| Congress to institute IL upon SUCH q wis
and just basis that 1t shall be directly nnde
| the control Of the sovereign people who pro
luce the value it is designed to represent
measure and exchange, that irRAY be a cor
| rect and uniform standard Of value, Apd dis
| ribute the products Of labor eql7t 1ly bet
ween capital and labor accordinN to tn
service or labor performed IN their pro
/ iuction.
That the Law enacting the solc1.aIed Ma
tionsi Banking system is q deleR.ation b,
lR6gress Of the sovereign power "a max
t8e9seEAHf ssssssas. - sas;sa ssissgsF g
irresponsible banking associationss thereby
living to them the power to control the value
If all the property in the nation, and to fix
The rewards Of labor in every depsf tment Of
industry, and is inimical to the spirit Of
liberty and subyersive of the principles oil
justice upon which our democratic repub-
lcan institutions are founded, and without
warrant in the Constitution justice, reason
md sound policy demands its immediate re.
peal and the substitution Of legtal-tender
Treasury notes as the exclusive currency Of
the nation.
That this money monopoly il the parent
Of ell mononolias. 'k@Sssery root aTia essenc
u slavery-rsIlroad, warehouse and all othe
monopolies, Of whs:eve kind or nature, az
The outgrowth of and subservienE to thi
power, and the means used by il TO 70
the enterprising, industrial wealth pr oducin
classes OF the products 81 their talents an
abor.
That as Government Is instituted TO pro
4 tect lie and secure the rights Of property
ach should share its just and pfS,5er pro
portion Of The burthens and sacrifices ne
cessary for its maintenance and peTpetuity
and that the exemption from taxation 0
bank capital aud government bonds bearing
double and bankrupting rates Of interest, y
species Of dangerous and unjust class lie
1 sisIation opposed TO the spirit OF o2Pr iasti
| buttons, and contrary to the psiu&iples o
sound morality and enlightened wIson.
That our monetary, financiala "a revenu'
laws are in letter and spirit cpposed to tn
principles OF freedom and equaiffg upoE
which our democratic republican nsf itutIonI
are founded. there is in all their pfpvisionl
manifesfy studied design to shield non
producing capital from its just proportion Of
/ the burthens necessary for the SEAPORT o
the Government, imposing them mainly or
the industrial wealth. producing GLASSES
thereby condemning them to. liges&Of un-
enumerated toll, depriying them OF the or
iinarY conveniences and comforts pf life
Of the time and means necessary fo1f social
enjoyment, intellectual culture and mora
improvement; and ultimately reducing them
to state of practical servitude.
We further hold that while I'll tse I'M
righteous laws Of distribution rem ain Ia
force, laborers cannot, by any q stem Of
combination CT cooperation, secss their
natural rights. That the irst and Nm est inn
portAnt step towards the establie ent OF
sbe rights d labor, is the instifa " OF q
system Of true cv.operstinn DetwS nom
producing capital and labor. That 70 effect
his most desirable object, money, ne medi-
an q distribution to capital and H. VI, must
1stituted upon such wise and jus prin-
that fnrtead NJ hafnr .xso,-,... n cen-