The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-03-25
THE SYRACUSE CONVENTION.

The resolutions adopted by the Green
back Convention which met at Syracuse.
n, on the 18th INST, and which we pub
lish below, are in the main but repetition
III the cardinal ideas which the Independ-
ent party has adoped since its existence,
and which the Labor Reform party has
advocated for the past ten years and-con-
clusiyely prove what progress the prlnci-
pies they embody have made since first
promulgated By the Industrial Congress
While II would have been more gratifying
to the Independent party if The delegates
present had openly avowed themselves on
the Lords side, We are satisfied that event
ually they will seek the haven Of rest. As
a matter " course, Mr.. Belmont's packed
Bourbon Convention will refuse to admit
them or their platform; and, as a matter
Of course, II their patriotism rises above
partyism- and we are satisfied it will
they must inevitably support the indie
pendent nominees. The resolutions de-
clare
j. Ia favor II honest payment Of the public
debt according t. the terms If the original acts Of
tongre-, under which 1t created, but regard the
act promising 70 the 3)s IN gold gross viola
t1u Of the contract ~ which said bonds were issued
aud ch that the passage # said act was procured
through trsud By the payment u money u corrupt
public Uriclai~ aud to subDru the press and demand
the payment Of said bonds according to the statute IN
which they were created, and he resolutions Of the
National Democratic Convention Of 1865
That the effort to paw the fractional currency Il,
silver should De Immediately prohibited
g. shat there s1uuld be further hIndirp a. bonds
until the exact number Of bonds outstanding has bee
aseeTtained, and The amount, il any, due from the
syndicate been settled
Th1 the legal tender note, Il the government are
the standard ~ value throughout the country because
uieN VIII EMPLOY every hand % labor or purchase
every Inot - land within rs borders at given sum
and Tor any limited time while gold huetu.tes Accord
ng I" s production the price u American securities
m foreign countries the caprice Of specuIators In
London Frankfort and wall street
D. That commerce should be the sster not the ser
.aft q money, ana that the eIDount Of money
qured ~ people depends their Intelligence AMI
that the daily requirements Of the American people
~ money 70 purchase books, newspapers and other
articles necessary to sly TIER intelligence cannot
be compared with that Of any other people
O. That the government should not discredit it, own
Obligations, and that the money which paws the resi-
dent and Members ~ Congress their salarie the mer
chant Tor ms goods, the manufacturer for his wares
we farmer Tor his produce, the aborer for his work
and the soldier, and sailors widows their pensions
''Y"N Pa9 Sht DonuHoiueF MS interest and all other
deGts private and public including duties on imports
mar the act q Congress pedgug the resuu ption
" spec pay ments on January l, 1879. has proved
iaure' since there less coin now ia the Treasury
uah tlere was when said was passed aud since the
Guy euec OF the passage Of said act has been to par
ab ~ industries and create dstrust in business e d.
mand It's immediate repeal
nay We iavor the nactment BY Congress Of laws
Iof the announcement Of labor, agriculture and All
Vr iuus'aI interests and for the development Of
exclusion Of monopolies FN'''' W ''i'
Courage, friends, courage Who among
you believed in 1866 that in 1877 RicborJ
Schell and Gideon J. Tucker would be
counted among your allies-found con-
tending for the same principles which YOU
battled TOR then Revolutions never 20
backward