Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-08-02

The National GreenbackLab Party,
a. it STYLES itself, which has developed con-
siderable strength at the West, especially in
Ohio. Indiana and Michigan, is now organ
izing actively in almost every Eastern State,
Vermont not excepted. One of its most
formidable demonstrations was its State Con-
yeution in New York, held at Syracuse, last
week, and the platform ADOPTED by that
Convention announces with toleraDle dis
tinctness the " demands of the new party.
These, stripped of the preamble and surplus
age, are as follows
First-Tbe greenback dollar must be full
legal tender for the payment Of all debts,
public and private, and by the government
issued, projected and received as absolute
money.
Second-We demand the immediate call
ing and payment of all bonds with absolute
paper money, without regard to the time
they NAV have to run on their face and
no further issue by the government of any
bonds.
Third-We demand the repeal Of the na-
from circulation oil the NATIONAL pans n1'ts
w. -,
Fourth-The increasing poverty Of the
WORKING classes Is attributable IN great part
- ~ p'onopoS y. w ,bsCi 81. W., wv i"mand
the addition of land limitation laws.
There are some other declarations, in op-
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