The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-29
oyrlBLIsHED AUGUST "a, 1852.

being carried out, OF an actual contraction
Of the amount Of money in circulation
which, together with large sums dcstroyel
: by fire and flood, natural wear and tare
and other causes, has wrought an immens
slrinkage in real estate values, in tn
wages OF the laborer, artisan and mechanic
, and brought thousands OF our own bes
and most enterprising citizens 10 tinancia
ruin and unnecessary bankruptcy.
4. That in 1866, at the close OF the war
the circulating medium Of the countr,
was confined to the Northern State
or 2i,000,0OO of our people, ant
ut the rate Of say fifty dollars pc
capita Of the population; that sinct
the close OF the war there has been an ad
dition to our population OF 10000 900 by
immigration and natural increase, and II,
000,000 people OF the Southern States
making an addition. to the then popula
ton Of over 10000 900, all OF whom, o
right, ought TO be provided with money tC
transact and carry on their business and
meet their necessities and demands.
The greatly extended maritime and com
mercial interests and wants OF our coun
try, and the vastly extended interstate
communication by rail and water from the
Pacific to the Atlantic, and all over oui
vast area, requires and demands an addi,
tional circulating medium OF full twenty.
| five per cent on that account alone, exclu-
Siye OF our increase OF population; requir-
ing, therefore, in order to place our pco-
pie and business upon the same footing
per capita Us in 1865 an addition to our
money circulation OF 81 200, 100000.
5. In order TO meet this present and me-
Cessary want OF the people we demand
that the National banks be abolished, and
The bonds on which they are banking be
Immediately redeemed and paid in legal
tender notes OF the United States.
O. That all outstanding bonds of the
United States be called in and paid, and that
hereafter no further bonds be issued.
| Y. That there shallbe unlimited coinage
of gold and silver, and that they each and
equally be made legal tender for the pay
ment OF debts.
s. That the General Government shall
issue the paper money Of the country, and
that the same shall be made legal tender
for tho payment OF all debts, public and
private, and receivable for all dues to the
Government. Ha.
o. We are in favor OF tariff to protect
American labor in all its branches, mining,
manufacturing, mechanical, agricultural
and Industrial, holding that in govern
mental affairs our first duty is to take care
OF and protect our own people.
10. That VIC syalpdtii:e with those who
look upon the paper OF this government rs
an "irretieemdbie paper currency" and who
SO characterize Il; and over that as the
ability, character and standing OF the
maker, that United States notes are worth
their face value, and as they are, and must
continue to be, the money OF the people,
and for tlie people, and non-intcrest bear
ing, no redemption in coin is, or will be
desired, or needed, they being ut oil times
equal TO coin in the payment OF debts.
tllg That the coin of the world is seldom
the circulating medium OF the people, and
has been in the past and is now u COM
modify bought and sold in the money
markets of the world rs other products.
sometimes commanding q premium and
sometimes at discount, and that the
business Of the world is not now, and
never has been done and transacted by
parments in coin, but in paper.
r. That we deprecate and denounce the
re.openins and continued agitation OF local
and sectional issues and prejudices, and
view with distrust and alarm the acts and
aims OF politicians for party purposes in
their recent and present attempts North
and South to reopen and fan into flame,
the diving embcrs OF sectional animositics
and strife, and point the eye OF the Amer
can citizen to the higher and nobler aims,
''oi peace on earth and good will to men,
Of d pure rivalry in advancing the public
veal, fostering our common industries in
lall It's departments of labor; and in ac-
complishing these ends to look to no less
thnn our whole country, and our whole
people, and the equal. rights OF all:
Id. Thathoncsty and capacity should be
the guide and test in filling positions OF
irnst and honor, and public affairs eco
nomically administered.
ii. That this country is the asylum for
tho GOOD, the yirtuous and the oppressed
OF ali lands, and whilst We affirm this prop
osition, we are opposed to making Ameri-
can soil the receptacle ot foreign pauP.ers
and criminals, and the leprous, the dis-
cased aud dissolute OF other countries; or
receiving persons transported here as hlred
apprentices or vassals, dealt in and BAR
gained for as serfs or slaves; and to the
| migration TO our shores OF the Chinese
heathen population, to degrade our people
and compete with our own laborers.
l5. That we arc opposed to pcnitcntiarS,
competition in our own manufactures
miles, sold at the common market anu re-
muncratiye prices Of the country; :,
Id. That q liquidation OF oil the bonds
will not initiate tho money of the country
begond its wants, because the government
RECEIVED in money IN amount equal 10 lhe