Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-14
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.


the treasury, and the removal of all re-
strictions to the coinage of silver,
are demanded. Realizing that specie
never can be sufficient to supply
the commercial demands of the
country, the issue of treasury
notes to such an extent as will fully
satisfy the requirements of trade is ia
vored, such notes 20 be made full le-
gal tender, the retirement of the ma
tional bank currency, and the substitu-
ton Ofgreenbacks, are demanded. The
further issue of interest bearing bonds
on any account or rate of interest by
the government opposed; and, while
monopolies, subsidies and special
privileges are opposed, judicious ex-
penditure of treasury notes on internal
Improvements and the construction of
such rail and highways as furnish pro-
lection to our maritime frontiers, and
open new market for the production
of American industry, is favored.
LOUISIANA DEMOCRACY.
The Louisiana democrats met in con-
vention on the 9TH inst, and after fifty
seven unsuccessful ballots for state
treasurer, the convention, at 11:3O, ad-
journed until Wednesday. The plat
form recommends the levee system
calls FOR aid to the Pacific Railroad and
Brazilian steamship line; indorses the
Nichols government; indorses the state
funding w;approves the electoral inves.
LEGATION by the federal house; favors the
next legislature calling a constitutional
conventions; asserts that the in
terest of the industrial wealth produc-
ing classes is Of paramount interest to
the people of the United States; those
whose labor and enterprise produce
wealth should be secured in its enjoy
ment; expresses sympathy for the
laboYing classes who have been thrown
out Of employment by ruinous finan-
cial policy and unjust legislation of the
republican party, and pledges the dem
ocrat party to reform these wrongs
upon its ascendency to power.
On the currency the following is the
resolutions:
Resolved, That the Louisiana demo
cracy demands that the National Bank
ing system should be abolished and the
National Bank notes retired, and in lieu
thereof that the government of the
United States should issue an equal
amount of treasury notes, commonly
known rs greenbacks. and we also de-
mand the unconditional repeal of the
laws imposing tax upon the circula-
ton of state banks. We demand also
the immediate and unconditional re
peal Of the resumption act, and
are unalterably opposed to the
ruinous policy pursued by the repub-
lican party, whereby the volume of
currency has been contracted far below
the business requirements of the coun-
try, and failures, depression of business,
scarcity Of labor, and pauper wages
have been entailed; that it is the sense
of this convention that all bonds and
obligations of the national government
shall be paid in legal-tender greenback
notes of the United States, except where
it is otherwise provided in the original
law under which they were issued. We
further demand the repeal of all laws
passed subsequent to the original law
creating the public debt, by which obi
cations of contract have been made
more OnerOus.
DELEWARE DEMOCRATS.
The democratic state convention met
at Dover Aug. 9th and nominated John
w. Hall, of Kent county, for governor by
reclamation. Martin, of Sussex county,
was nominated for congress. One reso-
luton endorses the Delaware senators
and representatives in congress and con-
cludes as follows:
In accordance with the time-honored
and constitutional faith Of the demo-
cratic party, we hold that the only hon
est and lawful money of the United
States is gold and silver coin or paper
currency convertible into such coin at
the will of the holder.
BOSTON wORKINGMEN.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed at the Kearney meeting lat Boston
on the evening Of Aug. 9Th:
WHEREAS, This republic which WAS
instituted for the avowed purpose of
advancing and considering the interests
of the masses, has been reduced to
a plutocracy. that employs republican
and democrotic partisans in the per-
fidious work of establishing thriving
monoplies, and class privileges that
sap the blood so that it can be
Tapped up by the vampires of capital,
and
WHEREAS, All laws enacted that are
not IN the direct interests of the pro-
ducing and laboring classes are crimes
againstl the spirit and prosperity CT
this republic, for which legislators
should be branded with the infamy Of
criminal Imprisonment. and
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