The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-12-17

BY those Of any other nation known 20 man .and
governed Ut the commencement by rulers n
whom usary was abhorrent and the Haeitious.
ness Of corruption unknown.
The non-assertion BY the people hitherto Of
their individual right In the soil and In the our.
rency does not extinguish these rlahts; On the
contrary. when system Of usury Il lcgalixed.
which absorbs all the PROFITS Of labor and Of
enterprise, and which cuts deeply into the
wealth OF the nation itself and when the soil,
the source OF all subsistence, is donated away
gratis In whole provinces BY trustee with more
absolution than the Second Charles rranaed
territory TO the eourtly Quaker, the time has
arrived for the people TO claim and assert their
sovereignty In fall otherwise, although CHI.
zens in name, they are In reality the subjects Of
power which 10 not q republic.
Revenue reform Is sought TO be made the ba-
sis OF new party; you will see ut glance
that revenue is but branch Of our fatal 6nan-
cial system, too narrow 10 comprehen nd the
remedies which the disorganised condition of
the monetary affairs of the country demand:
in the speech referred to you have suggested
Instantly the causes Of the surprising evil,
which beset the American people: "Thc subtle
slaverles of property" Protection to spcciaI
interests, "The struggle between monopoly
and individualism, convertible INTO struggle
between capital and labor, are the pathways
which terminate 10 the high road that leads 10
the great doctrines OF the revolution; disinte-
grafton and diffusion 10 Intsgonism to coucen-
tration and unitism in all the attributes belong
ing to the sovereignty Of the people will be
found at the basis Of the institutions Of the
founders; pursue your search, and you will be
satisfied that but one resource exists, nov a.
always, for the perpetuity Of our former gov
eminent, and that that lies In the individual
right Of the citizen to a share in the other at
tributes OF the sovereignty hereafter. as now in
the ballot, without the interpOsition of middle
man between his agent and himself
II is immaterial what the emblem Is Of these
constitutional rights. whether it be a fibula or
diadem, and by what denomination I'll par Y
which rests upon them typiies itself, whether
Republican, Democratic or National Labor Re
form, the substance is in the doctrine aud will
vindcate itself beyond question speedily ny the
judgment of the American people at the polls
! In the late contest the people OF Aissouri,ua
der your guidance, have indicated Oh air cor
slitutional right 60 the attribute Of the ballot
without restriction, and with signal sac. s.; the
cont st for the other attributes Of sovereignty,
free homesteads and free currency, inscribed OF
the banners Of the National Labor Reform
/ Party, is TO be fought on a wider FIELD. The one
was limited TO a single issue and by the boun
dares Of an extensive State the others know
no confines but those OF the American Union
aud Of feSIy millions Of her citizens; happy IL
the great cause, 50 pure, SO profitable to all IN
teIested, SO constitutional, have its stlnds rd
placed in the hands OF a bearer qualified and
successful as those Of him who marsh allied and
led men Of all parties to unite and ex'nguish
finally the fires of civil discord in Missouri
We congratulate you therefore ia that ycuf
personal advancement has been the harhinger
of great results to our State and Nation.
tSignedl JOHN MAGwIRE,
Executive Of the National Labor Reform Parts
for the State OF Missouri
CHAs. r. ANDERSON,
THOMAS 5. NELSON,
II. o SHELDON,
Delegates at Large from Missouri.
To the address was also appended a
large number of signatures of citizens
who endorsed the principles embodied
10 the address.
To the above the Governor respond.
ed as follows: