The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-22
A So.called BiII Of Rights.

We nnu IN one OF our Wtsk NHBlHl9
exchanges string Of resolutions signed
by five persons at Summit Point, Jefferson
county, that remind US not a little Of the
resolutions got up by the three tailOrs
Of London" These resolutions are fifteen
in number, and some Of them are very
radical in their nature. Among other
things the authors resolve.
aThat the late civil war In the United
States was simply conflict for power Boz
tween King Cotton and King Monopoly,
neither king having any regard for the
welfare Of the people at large"
Tho authors further resolve
"That tho present taxes Of the people
are more than all their net earnings, and
this Is not American freedom but Egyp'
tian bondage"
Next, they resolve
~That preachers and politicians who
would teach the people to endure this
condition Of things are neither christians
nor patriots, but the hired agents Of mann
mon, mud that the public press Which
ialters In its duty Is no better"
Resolution 18th reads as follows
"That with one-hundredth part OF the
present taxes we could have an honest,
faithful, and prosperous administration ot
public affairs"
Two others Of the 18th resolutions read
as follows:
oThat the inalienabIe rights Of man are
the personal freedom Of each individual
man, and an intrAnsterGble right to his
daily bread-the unhindcred enjoyment
OF the fruits Of his labor.
"That any power, whether II be ccclesias'
tical or political, which, either through
tithes or taxes, takes from the common
people the fruits Of their labor, the means
Of their happiness, their peace and good
will 10 one another, Is In open rebellion
against the plain teachings Of the Bible,
and the political and social rights taught
US by the founders Of the American De
mocracy!"
The "Bill OF Rights" as the resolutions
are called by the signers, conclude with
an invitation to the people Of this coun.
try, from Maine to California, to meet
The signers in National Convention, ITO
create government for themselves and
their children, without any regard to The
dead past, save to repudiate itS wrong
and throw of its burdens" We publish
these specimen extracts from the reSolu
tions referred to, not because Of any In
herent Importance attaching to them, but
because they serve to illustrate how II
times OF financial and business depress
ion the idea Of some Utopian form Of gov
ernment isupt to crop out here and there
in almost every locality Of the country
We are constantly seeing such exhibitions
in our exchanges. When times are hare
tie impulse Of great many persons Is Il
revolution. In Europe It takes on tn
form Of forcible revelation, but In thi
country II assumes the milder phase Of
National Conyentiop,Or some instrument
ality Of the sort, whereby to change tn
form Of government. II only The bottom
element Of society could bc got on tor
and all taxes dispensed with, and al
property parcOlled out the golden age 0
which the utopian poets have sung ii
every generation, would be sure to come
But, unfortunately, the Almighty die
not organize the world on such fanc.
principles. Instead Of thathe made tn
acquisition Of property the great incent
i've Of industry, energy aud develop
ment. Once this principal was success
fully invaded by the destructive scheme
Of Communists the wheels Of progress II
this world would soon commence to rol
backwards, and these very people, VIII
pen their long resolutions, would b
ground under them IA are the victim
who PROSTATE themselves beneath th
wheels of Jurgernaut.