Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-03-08

rates of interest, is violation of all just
principles of the Revenue law.
f. That the enlightened spirit of the age
demands the abolition of the system of con-
tract labor in our prisons and other reforma-
tory institutions.
B. That the public lands of the United
States belong to the people, and should not
be sold to individuals nor granted to corpora
tions, but should be held as n sacred trust
for the benefit of the people, and should be
granted free of cost to landless settlers only
In amounts not exceeding 100 acres.
6. That Congress should modify the tariff
so as to admit free such articles of common
use as we can neither produce nor grow, and
lay duties for revenue mainly upon articles
of luxury and upon such articles of manufac-
ture as 1--WE having the raw material in
abundance) will assist in further developing
the resources of the country
Z. That the presence in the country of
Chinese laborers, imported by capitalists in
large numbers for servile use, is an evil en-
failing want and its attendant train of mis-
cry and crime on all classes of the American
people, and should be prohibited by lcgisla-
| tion.
8. That we ask for the enactment of law
| by which all mechanics and day laborers en-
| ployed by or on behalf of the Government,
| whether directly or indirectly through per-
| sons, firms, or corporations contracting
with the State, shall conform to the reduced
| standard of eight hours a day recently
| adopted by Congress for National employees,
and also for an amendment to the acts of in
| corporation for cities and towns by which all
| laborers and mechanics employed at their
! expense shall conform to the same number
| of hours.
| Q. That the protection of life, liberty and
| property are the three cardinal principles OF
| government, and the first two more sacred
than the latter therefore the money neces-
| sary for prosecuting wars should as it is re-
| paid, be assessed and collected from the
wealth Of the country, and not entailed as a
| burden for posterity.
| 10. That It is the duty Of the Government
to exercise its power over railroads and tele-
| graph corporations, and that they shall not,
| in any case, be privileged to exact such rates
of freight transportation or charges, by
! whatsoever name, as may bear unduly or un-
equally upon either producer or consumer.
! II. That, as both history and experience
! teach us that power ever seeks to perpetuate
! itself by any and by all means Mt its COM
mand, and that its prolonged possession in
the hands of one person is always dangerous
| to the liberties of the people; and believing,
| too, that the spirit of our organic laws and
| the stability of our institutions are best
obeyed on the one hand and secured on the
other by regular constitutional change in
| the Chief Executive of the country at each
| quad rennial election; therefore we are in
favor of limiting the occupancy of the Pres
idential chair to one term.
H. That fitness, and not political or per-
sonal considerations, should be the only rec
ommendation to public Office, either appoint
i've or elective, and any or all laws looking
to the establishment of this principle are
heartily approved.
13. That we deem it cxpedient for Con-
gress to revise the Patent laws so as
to give labor more fully the benefit of its
own inventions.
IA. That we demand the subsection of the
military to the civil authority, and the con-
finement of its operation to National pur-
poses alone.
10. That we are in favor of granting gen
eral amnesty, and restoring the Union at
once on the basis of equality of rights and
privileges to ALL the impartial administra-
tion of justice being the only true bond of
union to bind the States together and recon
cile the people to the government.