The daily gazette., 1878-09-30
The GreenbaCkers.
County Convention at New
Castle,
A Full Ticket Nomina te d .
A Platform AdOpted-A Mistake
In the Appointment of
Levy Court Conn
lilissioners.

'"'uay aitefhoon Jne county Con-
vention of the National Greenback
Labor Party was held in the Court
House at New Castle, twenty-five dele
gates being in attenhance-three from
ChriStiaua Hd., one from Brandywine,
one from Mil Creek, and seventeen
from Wilmington.
The Convention temporarily organized
at o'clock, by calling VIM. A. Murphy
to tue chair and appointing j. Oliver
Cooper, Secretary.
Then, on motion of John Lewis, a
committee of five on permanent organi-
tion was appointed, as follows: James
Leary, John Lewis, Frank e. Gallagher
Z. +. Hall and Isaac s. Bullock.
Duling the absence of this committee
j. B. Welch, b ing called upon, address
ed the Convention for nearly an
hour
The Committee on Permanent Organi-
2 .tion reported the following permanent
officers:
Chalrman-Albert IL. Weld, of Bran
dywine lid.
Secreiary-T. o. Cooper. of Whining
ton.
Treasurer - Francis Scheu, of Will
mington.
The report was adopted, and the per-
manent chairman was escorted to the
chair. He made u brief address, thank
Ing the Conv ntion for the honor and
prom ing t speak for the cause during
the campaign.
The committee also reported the fol-
low ng platform:
The delegates of the National Green
back Labor party, met in County Con-
vention at New Castle, Sept. %, 1873, do
offer to the people this declaration of
their principles:
WHEREAS, Throughout our entire
country the value of our real estate is de-
preciated, industry paralyzed, trade de-
pressed, business, incomes and wages re,
ducsd, unparalleled distress inflic cd up
on tue poor and middle ranks of our peo-
pie, u e land filed with fraud, embezzle-
ment, bankruptcy, crime, suffering, pau
prrism, and starvation and
WHEREAS, This state of things has
been brought about by legislation in
tue interest of and dictated by mouey.
lenders, bankers, aud bondholders
and
WHEREAS, While we recognize thu
fact that men in Congress connected
with both the old political parties have
bbpou uD iOi 'ip ilB VI but
people, and met th- threats OF the money
power and the ridicule of an Ignorant
and subsidized press, yet neither the Re
publican nor the Democratic parties. in
Iteir national poll propose remedies
for the existing evils and
WHEREAS, The Independent Green
back Party aud other associations, more
or less effective, have been unable hith
erto tomake formidable opposition to old
party organizations and
WHEREAS, The limiting of the legal
tender quality of greenbacks, the chang
ing of currency bonds into coin bonds
the demonetizing of the silver dollar
the excepting ofb ,nds from taxation
the contractlon of the circulating medi-
un, the proposed forced resumption OF
spscie payments, and the prodigal waste
of the public lands were crimes against
the people, and as far as possible, the re-
suits of these criminal acts must be coun-
teracted by judicious legislation, there
fore we assemble in county convention
TO make n declaration of our principles
and invite all patriotic citizens to unite
in our effort to secure financial reform
and industrial emancipation. The or
ganizat on shall b. known as tue Ma
tional Greenback Labor Party, and nm
der this name we will perfect withoutde
lay national, stare, and local ASSOCIATE ons
| to secure the election to office of such
men as will pledge themselves to do al
| in their power to establish these princi
pies.
| WHEREAS, In our State, there exists
constitutional provisions which are un
Just and oppressive, In, that they make
| the State government, a government o
property, and not of and by the people
| that legislation is partial, that the STATE
1 MT hpQ hnpn and il
now a political partzan machine, by tht
| abuse of legislative and executive func
tons and
WHEREAS, These evils grow out OF thu
requirement of q property qualification
| for all off ces, we believe these require
M nts to be unjust, inasmuch rs the bur
dens of taxation rest upon all alike
| Resolped, That we endorse the platform
of the National Greenback Labor
Party.
Resolyyd, That the system of assessing
and collecting the taxes for State anC
county, is wrong, because 1t defraud'
them of their revenue, ard the citizen o
his right to a vote. We protest agains
the uawarranred assumption of power
| which makes and unmakes the citizen
| in obedience to the will of the power
that be- Aud be 1t further
| Resoiued, That we pie ige ourselves te
the earnest and continual effort to ac
c1mplish the repeal of all such obnoxious
and un, ,ust laws AS disgrace the Sta ute
| book of our State. And we furthel
nj -dps ourselves TO vote only for those
candidates who favor The reform OF oul
| State laws, and who pledge themselves tt
| work and vote for that end.
The platform was atopted as a whole
| without dissenting vote.
| Mr.. Lewis moved that the Conventlot
take a recess of five minutes, Tor consul
tation, before making nomlnau"hs
Adopted. a.,
| At the suggestion of James Leary, the
flelepatas retired t. the Grand Jury
room. where "A caucus was held, wi IS
II. Cooper In the chair, and A. M. Good
win, Secretary. e..,,...,
mated and presented to the meeting II
complete shape, with the exception tina
three candidates were named for Sherif
Isaac MURRAY, John Green and d. l.
Bryer. all of Wilmington-and Georg'
u l.. townsend and isaac Stats. Jr., wer'
named as Representatives from ApPo,
ouipimink Hd. The Convention ballot
ed for these offices, and Isaac M urra
was nominated for Sheriff, receiving II
votes. to Q for Green and for bryei
lFor representative, Townsend recrlve'