The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-07-04

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. IN Ohio. which met at Toledo last weel
was enthnsiasticlbut declinedfo nomi
naie candidates for State Officers II
thought Gen. Ewing will draw . larg
} support from their followers.
The following resolutions. reporte.
: bv tencral Cary. chairman OF the com
miffee on resolutions, were unanimous
Ily adopted:
l. The effort to revive sectional ami
mosiiies and rekindle the passions 4
war, y the more criminal because made
70 serve ihe'ends Of party and divert AZ
tention from a subject that vitality inter
ests every citizen Of the Republic.
z. This republican Government hav.
ing been established by the people in
defiance Of the kingcraft Of Europe. and
maintained solely by their own money
and their own arms. i able and of richt
should exercise it, most vital function
as 10 the coinage Of money. independent
Of the action Of any foreign power.
=. That II j. the exclusive function
and imperative duty Of the general Gov
ernment tosupply the entire circulating
medium that all bank issnes ofcurrcncy
shonid be suppressed and that thc.mon-
| ey issucd by the Government. whether
~ DE gold. silver or paper. shall be re-
ccived by the Government itself. for all
taxes and dues, and be legal tender for
All debts. public and private: and that
neither the secretary of.fhe treasury nor
any other officer ofthe Government. nor
banking corporations shall be allowed
10 determine its volume.
4. We declare that the so-caled spe-
Gle resumption isa fraud and swinde.
that II has resulted only in further PAU
per lzlt on Of labor and in rendering the
condition Of all who are I'm debt still
more hopeless and desperate. and IN
placing the accumnlafions of indu
at the mercy OF the Shylocks and usur-
ers, and This too. in the presence Of the
most bOunte0us harvesfs ever besfowed
upon us. The locking up in the treas
ury Of the United States Of the larger
part Of the scanfy volume OF the peoples
money we denounce a. an airociousl
crime without excuse or paliati0n.
;. All bonds Of the Government
should he paid in accordance with ,heI
law under which they were created.
2. We demand the unlimited coinacel
OF the silver dollar Of 41ai grains.
n While the laboring population arel
required TO protect their country by fhel
sacrifice Of their time and personal serv-
Ice, the wealth OF the country should
bear the burden Of its protection by Al
graded and liberal income tax.
3. We recognize mutual dependcncel
Df capital and labor aud deprecafe ALI
Efforts 10 aniagonize them. We demand
heap capital and well paid labor. in the |,
place of dear capital and cheap labor.
y We demand proper sanitary safe
guards and regulations for work shops.
mines and factories, and favor the c.lact-l'
nent Of lawsgiving mechanics and Labor
srs first lien 81 all descriptions oil
heir work for their full wages.
~. The importation Of servile IaborI'
rom China or elsewhere. and the con-
racf system Of employing labor in our
prisons mustIbc prohibited.
A number Of letters were then read
rom. different men Of prominence.
lmong which was the following from
Peter Cooper:
NEw YORK, June ~ 1879.
ieneral S- +. Cary: Il
DEAR SIR-In your recent letter yous
equcst OF me some advice i'm referenceI y
o National affairs and the late nomina- Il
ions in Ohio II seems to me clear. AZ II
told Mr.. Evarts. our secretary Of state. /;
mt lately. that the time has come when !
his question Of the National money and
urrency must be settled, and Il must bel
cttled in the Interests OF the whole peo.
lie. and not as il is now-in the inter I
>ts Of . special moneyed class. The
eople are suffering daily untold miser-
e from ruin in business and want oil
arising from this veryIoo =
ausc-a class legislation on the subject
4 money, 70 permit the peoples circu-
lfing medium TO be invested in untaxa- Y
lie bonds which must be sustained bylb
axes on the people. Is now the grcatt'
ppression Of which the nation conn.,
lains. This cruel policy turned two 4
undred millions ofcirculating mediums IL
} the shape Of legal tenders. wifhlo
'hich we could pay out debts and frnc-l
fy all our industries. into an oppress- q
Tc tax upon that very industry. Thisld
loncy was all real money, drawn fromld
Dc Government by labor, service and
'atcriaI furnished BY the people. and de
cncc paid for as much gold and silver. 9
he investment Of this real money IN
onds Is the yoke under which the peo-l
le groan this day, for ii removes the lis
cry tools Of industry and substitutes g
lxes for money, which makes il impos. IA
ble for the people 10 pay their taxes. IN
hcse bonds must Be paid as soon aslts
ossible, and in strict conformity 10 the
w under which they were issued. Anylq
nurse nf marty ncfion ff.af III -. AZ