The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-07-26

not 10 preclude fun investigation and ~
posure Of Nil frauds connected with that slec
ton and the due accountability al nllwbo
heartily commend the action Of majority 4,
the House Of Representatives I'm pursuing
such Investigation.
.. We regard the national banking system
n being oppressive and burdensone. ma
demand its abolition and the retircmentfrun
circulation Of all national bank notes and M
Issue o. Legal, tender notes not. y lieu thereof
70 supply the wholesome and necessary bust
ness demands of the entire country, and thar
AL greenbackS so issued shall be used III the
purchase and retirement Of the bonds Of tie
United States. so that the interest bearing
debt of the country may be lessened "a the
extent Of the rreenbacks thus put into circu
lntton. Legal tender notes. commonly called
greenbncks, should be legal nder IN my
mcnt Of MI aebts, public and .riyatc, cxcssnt
such obligations ~ are, In tue terms Of the
coin. That the hight 10 coin money, and and I, ~
regulate the value thereof. can be exercised
under the Constitution by Congress alone,
and that the possession Of the power imposes
the duty Of its exercise to the extent Of al the
gold and silver bullion offered for coinage IA
the minis Of the United states, and we ~.
gard the limitations and restrictions imposed
by Congress upon the coinage OF silver ~
impolitic and unjust. and they should at once
be removed.
4 That q return 70 specie payments Il i'm.
possible IN the present financial condition o.
and unconditional repeal OF the act OF Janu.
nry IL, ISIS. known as the Resumption act
holding the same to be unwise and ruinous
70 the interests OF the people.
g. The policy inaugurated ana maintained
BY the Republican party OF contracting the
active circulating medium Of the country
constituting as all admit u does the STANDARD
OF value OF the property and products 81
the country and regulating AZ well the prices
paid fer all labor. stands pre-eminent In the
long list OF its oppressive measures ~ the
most stupid. inexcusable and oppressive Of
g. Being opposed 20 all monopoles and
all laws discriminating in favor of one
o. % % snc 70
qualified hostility to all protective tariffs, and
demand that there shall be "a tariff for reve.
I. The Democracy tenders 70 tho debtor
and 1abOring classes Of the country its earn.
est sympathy. and pledges itself At the carl
est moment TO reverse the crueiand destrnc-
tive policy OF the Republican party which
has brought ruin upon them.
8. We demand that all legislation shall be
80 enacted and administered as 20 secure 10
each man a. nearly AZ practicable tue inst
reward Of his own labor.
3. That in view OF the large approrria lions
that have been made by the Federal Govern
ment for works Of public improvemento on the
seaboards and the lakes. Justice 20 the PEG
pie of the Mississippi Valley demands that
appropriations shall be made for the i'm
provement Of the Mississippi River and it,
cial wants and interests of the section Of the
country, and. believing In the constitutional
power of the Government 60 aid I'm the con-
etructxon of national enterprises. which serve
to benefit large sections Of the country, and
which can not be accomplished by individual
enterprise or State action, we favor such leg
islation in this behalf as will not increase the
national Indebtedness or impose any add
tional burdens upon the people. such d
policy, in our opinion. whilst II would cheap
en- the cost OF transportation and add ~ our
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tive employment to the surplus labor Of the
country.
TO- That there can be no legitimate EN-.
ployment OF organized force IN this country
except 20 execute law and maintain the pub
lie peace.
III That reform must be made In Ma
tional, state and Municipal governments by
the reduction OF expenditures and taxes the
dismissal Of unnecessary and incompetent
ofhcers and employees, and the strict en-
forccment Of Official responsibility.
I IL In the language OF the Indiana Demnc.
racy, we declare that the jurisdiction caiHed
and exercised by the Circuit Courts of the
United states upon questions Of private END
individual rights arising under the laws ofthe
states tends 10 Cypress and burden litigants
TO such an extent az 10 amount to a practical
denial OF Justice in many cases, and we consid-
| er the legislation which has conferred such
jurisdiction rs unwise and hurtful 10 tho true
interests OF tho people. and we demand such
legislation as will restrict and limit the juF1-'
dictfOn Of such courts to snch matters a. are
clearly contemplated by the Constitution and
expressed in che Judiciary act OF l7ss.
4 Is. We favor and invite Immigration TO our
State from all sections Of the country.