The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-01-18

wants a. IL. 6nG6gnna1t ,anA bpo1nees h.
tsrsssS n 80 Adj : az ~ vodld i6r-ssh
+ medium Of ssqhangs, hssirg eqnai power,
! unilorm valus snd 6tted ~ t6s perform
ance of al The fouotiops u mcuey, eo-sxt6n-
~ win ! o. - - ssss. 1issssI1s I1n
che Rovsrnmsnt bonds, Il would elect the
equitable distrihaton .of the products Of n
bos between non-prodncing capital and 10
bors giving 70 laborsrs Z TAR compensation
for t6eif prsdnsts ard 70 capital : jhst re-
ward for ice uss !; remove the necessity for
excessive toll and afford the industrial class.
% the time and means necesswy for social
and tnhslieetual- eulsurN With The rsts Of
interest at three per cent on the govern
ment bonds, de national debt would Be IL
quidated within Leo than thirty years with
out the imposition or collection Of one far
thing 81 taxes for that purpose Th4 IL
wduld dispense Nth the kung.y hoard Of as
SCISSORS. tax-gatherers and government spies
Shat are nov h4Srsssing The industrial classes
and despviling them Of thsir suhsistence.
We further ho.d that It IL essential to the
prosperity and happiness Of the people and
the stability Of our Democratic Republican
Ihstitntiens, that the public donnain be dis
tributed as widely as possible among the
people |; o. land monopoly being equally as
oppressive TO the people and dangerous to
our institutions, - the present money mon
opoly. To prevent this the public lands
should be sold ID reasonable quantities, and
to none but actual occupants, and to them
At the minimum price established by the
government. When grants Of the public
lands are deemed necessary for the encou-
ragement Of important public Improvements,
the fee simple should not be conveyed, but
only the proceeds Of the sale thereof.
| We further hold that intelligence and vir-
tue in the sovereignty are necessary TO q
wise administration Of justice, and that "a
our Institutions are founded upon the theory
Of sovereignty IN the people, in order te
their preservation and perpetuity, it 10 the
imperative duty OF Congress to make such
wise and just regulations Is shall afford oil
the means Of acquiring tho kno Wedge requi
site 70 the intelligent exercise Of the prIvi
tlsRss and duties pertaining to sovereignty
and that Congress should ordain that cighi
hours labor between the rising snd setting
of the sun should constitute Q days worl
In ell Government works and places wber'
the National Government has exclusive ju
risdiction, and that it IL equally imperstlv,
on the several States TO make light prcvisioI
BY legal enactment. Be it therefore unani
mousiy
Resolved, That our first duty is now to pro
4 vide a. speedily - possible system Of genera
organization In accordance with the principle
herein more specifically set forth, and that eacl
branch ofindustry shall be left to adopt its owl
particular form Of Organisation, subject only Q
ksnch ressrsint ssnEHy be necessary to plac
each organization within line, 50 as to act i
fare Of the whole as wen as each of the parts
and that it is the imperative duty Of every maj
fn-each fnd every branch Of industry TO aid i
the formation Of such labor organizations 10 hi
respective branch, and 70 connect himself there
with.