Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-09-19

taehment of the Anderson artillery fred sa-
lutes at intervals during the day. Three
thousand people attended the speaking, and
the colored people we're present in force, many
riding in the parade. Eloquent and earnest
addresses we're delivered by Col. Sims, Judge
Hudson, Gen. Kennedy, and Coils. Lipscomb,
Aiken and Cothran, and the enthusiastic and
interested audience demanded more. Good
order prevailed throughout, and the celebra.
tion was in every respect all that could be de.
sired" '.#a. b
What the Greenbackers Assert.
- The Greenback party which nominated
Gen. Butler for Governor of Massachusetts,,
in its platform, holds both political parties re-
spopsble for the extended want among the
people, and calls upon all to declare their in.
dependence Of these false guides, and aid in
regaining the priceless rights bequeathed to
US by our patriotic sires. The resolutions re.
gard much Of the present legislation as. a
huge swindle upon the industries of the coun.
try, which demands an immediate repeal Of
the resumption act, so that the periodical car
nivals of bankruptcy may come to an end ;
they assert that the United States shall never
issue any more interest.bearing bonds unless
the same are authorized by direct vote Of
the people, and those issued during the war
shall be paid as fast as they mature. Accord.
ing to the terms of contract which authorized
and credited that Indebtedness of the people,
and what that contract is, shall be submitted
to the decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States, and that all subsequent acts
which impair and change the original con.
tract are hereby denounced as creatures Of
corruption and repudiation that must be re-
pealed. .'.'
From the foregoing, and the following reso.
lutions, some idea may be formed as to the
objects and intentions of the party:
Resolved, That the Labor Bureau should
be sustained, its field of operation enlarged,
and its officers selected from those engaged in
industrial pursuits and having the confidence
of the industrial classes of the commonwealth,
for the purpose of obtaining reliable statistics
to form basis for intelligent legislation on
labor questions, especially with regard to the
hours of labor, which should be reduced in
proportion as the use of machinery increases.
Resolved, That land of equal production
and capacity shall be subject to equal taxa.
ton, whether cultivated or not, to the end
that the land monopolists in the future may
be held in check and that the public domain
may be preserved to the actual tiller of the
soil. s.. ..l
The resolutions next assail the Associated
Press and declare that telegraph companies
must be forced to sell daily news upon equal
terms to any paper declare against the pay:
ment of poll tax as condition of the right
of suffrage, and assert that no person should
be taxed for that which he owes; in other
words, for the purposes of taxation, all per-
sons shall have the right to deduct from the
value of their estates the sum of the mort.
cages thereon ; and said mortgages should
be assessed to persons to whom they are
due. The system of letting out convict Ia.
Dor is denounced; and it is further resolved
that the public lands are the property of the
people, and should be reserved for actual
settlers, aided by the Government and pro
tected in their possession by just laws.