The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-03-19
The View Party.

The New Party.
AT Cleveland, on the 11th, a conven
ton composed of sixty delegates from
this State, Indiana, Illinois and DIichi
gan, met at Halle's Hall. to organize a
new party. The principles enunciated
in advance related only to finances,
bout which the organizers claimed that
it was "the duty Of the government to es-
tablish a monetary system based upon
the faith aud resources of tho nation, -
andurged the withdrawal Of all State. ma
tional and local bank paper, substituting
therefor paper issues by thegovernment
directly, which should be legal tender
in payment of public OF private debts
and duties or imports, and be inter
changcable with government registered
bonds at 3.65 interest per annum. That
the interest on the public debt, as we'll
as that part of the debt which, by the
law creating it, SHOULD be.paid in coin,
should be SO paid.
As will be observed the attendance
was not large. The first day was con
sumel IN organization and appointment
of Committees. On Friday morning the
Committee on Resolutions reported
through their chairman the following
PLATFORM.
0m Government is founded solely
upon the consent of the people and its
powers esubiect to theircontrol. The
evils We now live under have resulted
from the acts of unfaithfl representa-
tives who have set the interests of party
above those of the people. These evils
are chiefly displayed in our monetary
system and the monOpoles which it has
engendered. This system being mon
archieal IN its principles and subversiye
OF republican government and, as expe-
rience demonstrates that we can have no
hope OF reform from existing political
parties, it becomes our imperative duty
to organize q new party to the end that
we may resist the encroachments of the
money power upon the rights Of the peo-
pie, stay the tide of corruption and ex-
tTayagance which overhows the land, and
place tho control of the resources and
finances Of the country in the hands of
the people. 4alls lI
We therefore establish the Indepen-
dent party and declare its principles to
be as follows:
LIST. It is the duty of the Government
to establish monetary system based
upon the faith and resources of the ma
ton IN harmony with the genius of this
Government, and adapted to the indus
trial and commercial needs of the eoun-
try. To this end the notes of all ma
tional and State banks should be with
drawn from circulation and paper money
issued by the government directly to
the people in payment of Government
obligations without the intervention of
any system Of banking corporations.
which money shall he legal tender IN
payment Of all debts, public and private.
duties on imports included, except that
portion OF the interest and principal of
the present public debt that is by the
express terms Of the law creating Il
made payable in metallic money. This
money to be interchangeable at the OBJ
tlon OF the holders with. registered gov
vernmmt bonds bearing rate Of iater-
est not exceeding 3.65 per cent per an
mum.
2d. This system of finances will. by
stimulating our industries and com
merce, soon make the United States the
depository Of the precious metals Of the
world.
I'd. The adoption Of this system. by
furnishing sufficient money at low inter
est viii solve tho question of cheap
transportation, because it will enable
the railroads and carrying trades TO re-
iieva themselves OF their loads of debfa
and lower their rates and enable tlie
people to construct additional lines
whenever internal commerce NAV re-
quire
4th. Il is the duty Of the government
IN al its legislation to keep ia view tie
fun development Of the agricultural and
mineral resources Of our country and IA
manufacturing interests.
9th. That the great interests of pro-
ductive industry claim their lust recoQ-
nltion ct the hands Of government Of
the people, and that through the NONE
tary sygtem here proposed all these ia
forests can be fully secured. ..a-, ~
Oh. That g the public domain Is Che
rightiul heritage 81 the pebble Il sboiIld
not " tiletsibutsd 70 spectators Of corr
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