The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-30
Texas areenbaek Pianhs.

Tho following oxlracta from thesis pub
Rshed by Colonel u, j. Chambers, tho ~
Louis nomlnee for Vioe.Presdent Of III,
United States, In the Cleburno Chronicle, ar'
said 70 DO fow Of the planka prepared fol
asc In tho Groenback platformto DO adopted
by tho State convention whichit l. proposed
10 call 10 meet In thu city Of DOllas some
time In June noxti
Kyory obligation, public or private, made
within the Jurisdiction Of the United States,
for the payment Of money or anything else,
when pad md lIQudated with any money
iAo government may create, OF equal tender
with any other money created by law, " paid
according " contract, expressed or implied,
and IL, therefore, not ropndialod or dShonorcd
in any way.
All true Grconbackere will maiatain that
money 10 the creation Of law, and that n full
volume Ia necessary 10 stimulate labor, ontcr-
prise and general prosperity TINT "con'
traction Of the volume Of money brings
general detrcss, ruin 10 many, and promotes
only tho interest OF favored, non taxed bond
holders, national bankers and money chang.
ora. These ideas NIL hard money Demo
orals aud Radicals will Try W reluto.
All true Greonbackers will maintain that
money, TO DO such In reality, and Of certain
and untuctuating value, must DO endowed
by law with full legal.tonder attributes for
the payment OF all taxes, debts aud dues,
public and private, without any exception.
All true Greonbackers will maintain that
tho people alono have the power 10 create
and issue money; that they have delegated
their power 10 Congress; that II being dele
gated power, Congress has no powerto ro-
delegate la authority 10 individuals or cor
poratona. IL 10 principle OF both civil and
common law that no agent can substitute his
authority without express power 10 do 50,
No such express authority is granted To
Congress by tho constitution. Hence, all
hws authorizing individuals or corporations,
including all national bank charter laws, are
unconstitutional And all such charter acts
should be repealed and such banks put in
liquidation.
National bankers, bondholders and all
their adherents will oppose this, but it must
DO done or the people will DO ruined.
All true Greenbackers will maintain that
the provision TO the lith amendment 10 the
constitution, ratified in 1868, that tho "valid.
Ky of tho public debt of the United Ststes
Chen exisling) shall never be questioned"
And they utterly scorn and condemn the at-
tempt to repudiate the equities of said debt
BY the inquitous and unconstitutional
law of 1869, md all subsequent laws
changing the character Of said debt
In view of tho fact that huge Interest
bearing national debt has been unwisely
perhaps frauduen.ly) created, and the
bonds representing said debt have been by
hw made payable in gold and silver coin, and
that the payment Of the interest of said
debt requires heavy taxation on the produc-
lions of labor and the taxable property of the
people 10 pay II, and has itself been made
non-taxableb by law, contrary to the Consti'
tuition ofthe United States, and contrary
10 the spirit and genius of Republic
can institutions. And in view OF
the fact that, by reason of the costliness and
scarcity ofgold and silver, il is impossible fol-
the people ever to pay the debt in such coin
Eis therefore expedient that the people Of
the United States, through their organized
government, should make, create or coin q
areenback paper money OF equal tender
wiki gold and silver coin, or any other
money created by law, and provide for the
payment Of the public debt herewith, sup
plemented with the gold and silver nov
uselessly boarded in the treasury, MS rap
idly as the "public veal" will permit