Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-06-18

2. That the bonds OF the United statos should
not he refunded, but paid az rapidly Hg IA prac-
tlcablo, according 20 contract 10 enable the
Government t0meot these obligations, legal
tender ourranov should bo substihited Tor the
notes of the National nanke, the National
banking system abolished. and the unlimited
coinage Of silver, ns well as gold, established
g. That labor should be so protected by Ma
tlOnnl and state authority as to Cqunlizo rs
burdens and insure a Just distribution OF its
results; the eight-hour law Of Congress should
be enforced; the sanitary condition OF indus
trial establishments placed under rigid con-
troll; the competition Of contract convict Ia
Dor abolished. bureau OF labor statistics es-
tabllshed; factories mines and workshops In
spected; the employment Of children under
fourteen years Of age forbidden, and wages
4. slavery being simply cheap labor, aud
cheap labor being simply slavery, the importa-
tiOn and presence OF Chinese aerfs necessarily
tends to brutallze and degrade American la
Dor; therefore immediate steps should be
taken TO abrognte the Burllngame Treaty.
3. Railrond land grnnts forfeited by reason
of nOn-fulhllment Of contract should be imInc-
diately reclaimed by the Government; and
henoeforth the public domain reserved exclu-
siyoly as homes for actual settlers.
O. II is the duty Of Congress 20 regulate in
ter-State commerce. All lines 6f communica-
tion aud transportation should be brought
under such Legislative control as shall secure
moderate, fair, and uniform rates for pas
senRersa and freight traffic.
Z. v % denounoe as destructive TO prosperity,
old parties in fostering and sustaining gigantic
land, railroad and money corporations and
monopolies, invested with and exercising
powers belonging TO the Government, and yet
not responsible to It for the manner Of their
exercise
g. That the Constitution, in giving Congress
the power to borrow money, to declare war,
to raise and support armies, TO provide and
maintain navy, never intended that the men
who loaned their money for an interest CON
sideration should be preferred to the soldier
aud sailor who periled their lives and shed
their blood on land and sea in defense Of their
country, and we condemn the cruel class
legislation Of the Republican party which,
while protesting great gratitude to the
soldier, has most unjustly Disseminated
against him and in favor Of the bondhoder.
8. All property should bear its just proper
tion of taxation, and we demand a graduated
income tax,
10. We denounce as most dangerous the ef-
forts everywhere manifest TO restrict the right
of suffrage.
II. We are opposed to an increase Of the
standing army In time Of peace, and the in
sidiOus scheme TO establish an enormous mill
tary power under the guise of militia laws.
IL. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the Government of Congress, placing oil
representatives Of the people upon am equal
footing, and taking away from committees a
veto power greater than that Of the Presi'
dent
ID. We demand a Government of the people,
by the people, gnd for the people, instead of a
Government of the bondhOlders, by the bond
holders, and for the bondholders; and we de.
nounce every attempt to stir up sectional
strife as an effort to conceal monstrous crimes
against the people.
IL. In the furtherance Of these ends we ask
the cooperation of all fair-minded people. We
have no quarrel with individuals, wage no wal
upon classes, but only against vicious institu
uons. We are not content TO endure further
discipline from our present actual rulers, who
having dominion over money, over Transports
tion, over land and labor, and largely over the
press and the machinery of Government, WELD
unwarrantable power over our institutions
and over our life and property.