Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-15
TIE FLASHING TON CON
FEE ENCE.


CHicUVo me hnfC' UHU "HHe JH
he Day Named for
The National Contention of the !
National Greenbdck- LdbOr
Pdrty.
Our reports from the Greonbacli |
Convention at Washington are
mcagcr and we are not able, as we
had hoped to be, to give our reld'
crs full report Of tie proceedings
The dispatches report many far
mcrs and workingmen in the COLI
vcntiun.
The following call for Conven-
ton was unanimously adopted:
TIE CALL.
III compliance with an invitation
from the National Committee Of the
National Grecnba"k Labor par ty TO
all currency and. labor rcformers III
the United States to unite in calling
a National Convention, TO appoint
the time and place of its meeting
and to determine the basis of Its
representation in order to elect q
| National Committee and ID MONT
nate candidates fJr President and
/ Vice President expressive Of our
views and purposes.
We, representatives OF the grang
crS and farmers open clubs, labor
organizations, the workingmcn's
party of California, the clubs and
other organizations of the National
and Greenback Labor parties,
Union Grccnback Labor party, met
in the city of Washington, d. c., ON
January 8, 1880; aud united with
! the Committee of the National par
ty and the Congressional Commit,
tee Of the Grccnback Labor party.
in the following preamble and call :
We lave reached crisis in our
country's history and an epoch in
human affairs. Our government,
winch was designed for tho political
veal of mankind, has passed un-
der control of bankers, stock
jobbcrs, land.grabbcrs.. and profess.
lonal politicians to the exclusion OF
those whose labor produces its
wealth and pays its taxes. The
constitutional rights of tho people
are denied or usurped by the money
power. Tne fruits of productive
! enterprise are graspcd by corporate
monupolics. The large shares OF
accumulated wealth and undevel
oped resources of the nation are
cor centnted in the hands of Il
small class, and all property inter
est in the stability of our institu-
tiohs on the part of large majority
Of the voters Is dissi pated. Usur-
GUS interest and enforced idleness
have filled the land with pluper.
ism, crime and misery, and the air
Is omlnous with murmurs of discon
tent.
The very foundations of popular
government are questioned and as.
sailed and the republic ilsolf is IN
imminent peril. The people of the
District of Columbia, containing u
population of 100000 sous, have
been hy act OF congress wholly dis.
iranchiscd and laws been enacted
in various states to curtail this sa>
cred right of suffrage, the very cor
ner-stone of every republic.
Deeply impressed by the gravity
of this crisis we chocrfulIy sacrifice
all minor differences and unite for
the purpose of restoring control of
the government to the whole poo.
pie through representatives chosen
by them uninhuenced by bribery,
intimidation or sectional hate, re.
covering their complete sovereignty
over their elections, currency, lands
and lines of internal communication
and finally to cmbody In the law
and enforce the right of each labor
er to tho results of his toll.
That the convention of the
National Greenback Labor
party be held at Chlca-
go, ILL.,, Wednesday, the 9th of June,
1850, and that the. basis OF represen
tation shall be from each state four
delegates and four alternates at
large, and two delegates and two al
ternates from each congressional
district and two alternates from
each territory and District of Co.
lumbia.
(Slgned) THOMPSON II. MURcH,
Chairman Conference and Chairman
Congressional Committee.
I. p. DEwEEs.
Chairman National Committee.