The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-08-15
NO. 10
THE CREED OF THE eREENBAcKERs.

: THE CREED OF THE GREENBACKERs
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES MADE BY
THE RECENT MEETING IN WASHINGTON.
n WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-THE following is
d the declaration OF principles adopted by the
d members of the Greenback Party who as
!. sembled in this city on Tuesday night
!, We believe the two great political parties,
# as now constituted to be so completely un-
e der the control of office seekers, profession.
al politicians, bankers and money-mongers
t that it Is unsafe longer to intrust to them
i this Government.
: We believe that intelligent and pure men
!. regardless OF former party associations,
should fill all positions of trust and respon-
sibility.
+ We are opposed to third terms for public
offices, except in those cases where skill and
experience are indispensable to the proper
performance of the required services.
: We believe the powers OF the General
Government are restricted TO express grants
of the Constitution, and all powers not
granted are reserved to the State and the
people thereof.
We believe that the right of States to tax
property In the States isinviolable, and that
" NJ Utluo oNOuiu OCdi Liz UuIOCilS VI 0Obs
eminent equally with all other property.a
any legislation that exempts said bonds
from taxation is unjust and oppressive.
/ We favor a full legal-tender currency for
the Government and the people, the laborer
Il and the ofice-holder, the pensoner and the
soldier, the producer and the bondholder-a
currency alike in value In every mans hand
wherever the American flag floats as an en-
blem OF sovereignty.
We demand the immediate and uncondi-
tional repeal OF the so-caled Resumption
act, the lawful liberation of the coin hoard
ed in the Treasury, and the removal of all
restrictions to the coinage of silver.
While we favor the circulation of gold and
silver as money, yet realizing that specie
never has been and never can be sufficient
to supply the commercial demands of the
country, we therefore favor the issue OF
Treasury notes to such extent as will
fully satisfy the requirement of trade, and
that such notes be made full legal tender.
| We believe that the national bank system
is oppressive to the people, and therefore
demand the retirement OF bank currency and
the substitution ofgreenback currency there
| for.
| We declare that all bonds and obligations
of the National Government ought to be
paid in legal tender notes of the United
States, except where it is otherwise provided
by the original law under which they were
issued; and all that can be called in and paid
now. should be paid at once, and the re-
mainder as SOON as it can be lawfully done.
We oppose the further issue of interest
bearing bonds, OIL any account, at any
rate of interest, by the Government.
While we oppose monopoles, subsidies,
and special privileges, we favor a judicious
expenditure of Treasury notes OH internal
improvements, and the constructions of such
railways as will furnish protection to our
maritime and land frontiers and open new
markets for the products of American indus
try.
We believe that an economical expendi
ture of money in the construction of one or
more lines OF railway iuto Mexico, and the
extension of second and third line, that
will create competition. to the Pacific
coast, will be the means OF making more ac-
cessible the market of that Republic, as well
as those of Australia, China and Japan,
whose trade will invigorate and sustain our
manufacturing and industrial interests to a
greater extent .han any other system OF in
ternal improvements could possibly do.
We believe that the public lands are the
common property of the whole people, and
should not be sold to spectators nor granted
to railroads or other corporations, but should
be donated to actual settlers in limited guam
titles.
We believe the interest of the industrial,
wealth producing classes is the paramount
interest of the people of the United States.
Those whose labor and enterprise produce
wealth should be secure in its enjoyment.
Our warmest sympathy Is with the laboring
classes who have been thrown out of enl-
ployment by the ruinous financial policy
and unjust legislation of the Republican
Party, and who must still continue to suffer
under the system Of false economy now es-
tablished by the Democratic Party. and we
pledge the National Party to a reversal of
that policy and the restoration Of all Lhe
rights they are entitled to upon it's ascen-
dency to power.
Upon the platform of principles the Ma
tional Party, feeling that the popular heart is
in unison with it, appeals to every lover OF
constitutional government, whatever may
have been his former party affiliations. to
unite with us in our efforts tie rescue the ad
minstration of the Federal Government
from the hands of those who have and still
persist in cent:alizing power and depressing
the people.
Perhaps it Is not so generally known that
the letters K. A., after mans name are
worth $500 per annum, but that is the sum
which the Royal Academy pays annually to
the forty academicians.
The Louisville Courier journal says that
'sof the two, Bayard and Delaware, Bayard
is the bigger
Why is a baff1ed and badly beaten base
ball club like noted poison ? Because it is
stricken nine.
A North Carolina paper Incredibly says
''The air is full of independent candidates.
How to acquire short hand-Fool with Il
buzz saw.
No one can pursue soldid learning and
frivolous pleasure at once.
Some men growl because the mile stones
are so far apart.
Pigs feed on acorns. This reminds us
that lard jokes from these same acorns grow.
The Earl Of Fits life is insured for 3d.
500, 900. Isn't the Insurance. business going
to pay pretty dear for its whistle?
A Kentucky orator and otlice-seeker ex-
claimed: II wish to be a friend to the
friendless, father to the fatherless, and Il
widow to the wiGowess. -
The ti-Murphyites in the west have
christened new drink. the 'red ribbon"
They wear their colors on the end Of the
nose.
Whab rlIeS coulltiy posttuIstiesS Is W
have postal-card come to the office writ
ten in French
The oldest Mason dies, but he does not
stay dead.
Bathing subsequently, at this season.
A man cannot swim in OIL but he can
keep his head up in Greece.
The girl who wears diamond ring gener-
| ally has an itchy nose.
| A great moral show the hypocrite.
DON'T DEsPOND.-If there is anything
| that is calculated to test the composition OF
person, it Is an insidious cough, the fore
runner of consumption. and most fatal of
human affections. In many instances this
distressing malady secures "a victim, who at
first has slight cold bnt neglects to use the
proper rem edy until 100 late. Others are
afflicted with Bronchial Asthmatic. Catarrl-
al, or some of the many diseases to
which the throat subject. Don't Des-
pond. While there is life there is hope, aud
the most perilous hou" Of a PERSONS life is
| when he gives way to QesDOnt(puCV, Re-