Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-10-08


brld concern which met at Worcester tn
week and called Itself - Labor Reform CoI
: ventiun." The meeting did not represer
the character, the intelligence or the op1
: ions Of the workingmen Of Massachusetts
One powerful organization, the knights
St. Crispin, repudiated it altogether. III
resolutions Of the Convention were deteSta
be : the speeches, deelamatory twaddlt
The candidate for Governor is a stranger
his own district. TIE whole ticket put j
nomination is composed Of political eiphen
, Nevertheless the proceedings Of the Conven
+ ton have been widely advertised tprofesse
: to represent the ahoiing classes; and
] thrusts INTO the fall campaign a ticket osten
b sbly in the interests ol labor But th
principles enumerated by the Conven
ton, through its platform and its orators
are so vicious that they deserve to be one
more exposed. It Is because We are friend
Of tie workingmen, and because We DO 10
believe that the sentiments Of the NoT,cs;e
Convention aye theirs. jla, VIC shall attc'np
to do this
i.e h'i' yes 'l''-i''' ''.'7 ''' '--''''
Res'ir.a aat the tzeHr ,i. an. ron TAX o. eii
Of Of reyl5|a r1as and rs M unjust burden up
on the producing classes Of the country.
The following additional resolution was 81
50 presented and adopted.
D...-5 q....r. -.+;.. i.y gBv marty
Of The r..in. Of Il. tu.. a,lcrs, tia; the IA
tiagal debt. pay.... "l IN CON, is Gear re
ll -i.'.... , ..,s is- ts,sr in nav
Ineuy orall d.ats, public AMI private, except da-
ti's ODD '1o-,5 and i''eI'1, On '5 i- i.'
.e,arsI D.. tae entire prosperity OF tie nation. We
therefore demand thst the national iniA shall ie
-4eIey hsF', ana l,i','1 20. - lrb, "' Dr
an the ba9l
Tho. r..,l,.i..n. c,r,,,r ,o new doctrine.
r,l,- .;..-l.. ..q;-,, ,l... .,-.orl,,c, theory
/ a,5 ,-. T.. -o- r,,,-.,ss ,,.s,.,s ,cpcb time
,no, Ma, ,r rrcser- The moral side Of
rb,t question !. tse most imrartant. and it
mill ,,+ b, s..-l.3 l.,- .to ,,,ir;.i.,s The
,.-.....l.- ,l.so If ;.-o which We wish to
-,u .+.,,.;'r +. r.. ...Die..,n,. f., the Ia
l..-.,.. .r.s....,, ,l. .,9,,-- Ga, H,ev a.
Carl r., b,r, the ro+i,n,I debit re,.p5ia-e5 p
NJ, assume what vilr he raa.jilv Granted
.t,+rla rgr-bo.4-s of United safe. bonds
,,.s,,,J tI,,t they v5ulj be redeemed Iv coin
We D, mat. assert TINT -ha Ie,sl contract rs-
,,,-i,.. any .,.b ,..,.o,,o,r o, thar tho
holders .r the hands can insist urop If u,der
the r.v Hn- there WAS a definite ,ys,r-
.,-,.s,.g thar the noti,pol securities were to
h.. Mid +, odd y,bsr. -I.e contrary was mot
sxrr...ly stimulated We are IN, aware
,..at even Mr. perdlc,,n denies rbj- Now
,r. ,,,,d ala man off honor +. as tr8,twor-
tl.,as Lis written .i-uat,-. violation Of
the former i. MS fatal to hi, business reputa-
t,n a- "a rcrudfti5n If the latter. Is the
ease -u anvv.-e different with "a government?
Isu.. THE one Of IN. many principles which
amply with the same force to individuals. to
e.rraratian.. and 10 States2 There can be
hut one sn-wert5 these questions. The rsy-
mont of the fga-.n,aties in anvthin. bat
-.Ii 5r 10. equivalent. would De repuIia-
ti.a of the nations engagements. and the
ruin of tbe nations credit. The c.n-e.
queuee7 Of such a disaster need net be en-
ar.ci upon. They may be learned from the
case Of Austria, where public credit Is almost
unknown whose treasury has sustained an
annual deficit since l7S9 In 1850 tine Aus
trnu government established forced paper
cunency, " declaring that the notes of the
Austrian National Bank must be taken t5r
their full amount in payment of all dues
private and public. These notes. which had
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