Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-08-12
ne fiatfOrm of the National Greenback-
Labor Party.


resolutions, submitted the following
platform:
We declare that the right to make
and issue money is a sovereign power
TO be maintained by the people for
the common benefit. The delegation
OF this right to corporations is sur
render of the central attribute of SOW
ereignty, void of constitutional sane
ton, comforting upon a subordinate
irresponsible power absolute domin-
ION over industry and commerce. All
money, whether metallic or paper.
should be issued and it's volume con-
trolled by the government and not by
or through banking corporations, and
when so issued should be full legal
tender for all debts, public and prl-
vate. That the bonds of the United
States should not be refunded, but
paid as rapidly as practicable accord
ING to contract. (What contract 2
That made by the Republicans to pay
In COIN as is printed across their face
in red or the original contract?) To
enable the government to meet these
obligations legal-tender currency
should be substituted for the notes of
the national banks, the banking sys-
TEN abolished and the unlimited coin
age OF silver as we'll as gold establish
ed by law. (Query. How could ex-
changing greenbacks for blackbacks
provide funds to pay off the bonds y
That labor should be so protected bv
national and state authority as to
equalize Its burdens and insure ,ust
distribution of its results; the eight
hour law should be enforced; the
sanitary condition Of industrial es-
adjustments placed under rigid con-
troll; the competition of convict la
Dor abolished; a bureau of labor sta
tlstics established factories, mines
and workshops Inspected; the en-
ployment of children under fourteen
years of age abolished, and wages
paid in cash. Slavery being simply
cheap labor, "a new definition GER
talnly) and cheap labor being simply
slavery, the importation and presence
OF Chinese serfs necessarily tends to
bruta.ize and degrade American
labor; therefore, immediate steps
should be taken to abrogate the Bur-
lingame treaty. Railroad land grants
forfeited by reason of -fulfilment
OF contract should be Immediately re-
claimed by the government, and
henceforth the public domain reserved
exclusively as homes for actual set
tiers. 1t is the duty of congress to
regulate Interstate commerce. All
lines of communication and transpor-
tion should be brought under such
Legislative control as shall secure
moderate, fair and uniform rates for
passenger and freight traffic. We
denounce as destructive to property
and dangerous to liberty the action
of the old parties IN fostering and
sustaining gigantic land, railroad and
money corporations and mOnopoiies.
Invested with and exercising powers
belonging to the government, and
yet not responsible to it for the man
ner of their exercise. That the con-
stitutlon III giving congress the power
to bOri ow money, to declare war, to
raise and support armies, to provid,
and maintain navy, never intended
that the men who loaned their money
for an interest consideration should
he preferred to the soldier and sailor
who periled their lives and shed theil
blood on land or sea in defense OF
their country, and We condemn the
cruel class legislation Of the Republi.
can party which, while processing
great gratitude TO the soldier, ha.
most uniustiy Disseminated against
him and IN favor of the bondholdcl
All property should bear its just pro-
portion of taxation. and we demand
/ graduated income tax. We . de
nounce rs most dangerous the efforts
everywhere manifested to restrict til,
right of suffrage. We are opposed
to All increase Of the standing army
in time OF peace, and the insidious
scheme to establish an enormous mil
. itary power under the guisc of militiy
laws. We demand absoluicl,
democratic rules for the government
of congress, placing all represents
; tivcs of the people upon an equa
footing, and taking away from com
mittces II veto power greater thar
that of the President. We demant
Il government of the people, by tn.
people and for the people, instead o
Il government of the bondhollers, b.,
the boudhOlders and for the bond
holders; and we denounce every at
, tempt to stir up sectional strife rs nj
effort to conceal monstrous crimes
against the people. In the furtheranc,
of these ends we ask the cooperation
of all fair minded people. We have
no quarrel with individuals. wage n'
b. war upon classes, but only agains
vicious institutions. We are nc
k content to endure further dlsciplin'
Il from our present actual rulers who
k having dominion over money, owe
= transportation, over land and labor
aud largely over the press and th'
d machinery of government, WELD un
= warrantahle power over our institu
:, tions and over our life and property
:, All of which was adopted with th
, following:
" We declore that land, light, air an
y nater are he free gitis Of nature (
J" oil mankind, and any la,o or c"stof
q Of society that aHo,os any person {
mouopolize more Of these gifts than Il
has rightto, TO the detriment Of til
b rights Of others. ace earnestly condem
and seek to abolish.
The last clause is printed in italic
: on account of the disposition mani
. tested in this locality to repudiate
with all its predecessors. The OF
Greenbackers now claim to be slnat
|, pendents, and are, therefore, nothin
more than factionists, going back o
N the National-Labor as completely
u on other parties. / IL / Il "a f7%~
:, Formulation of Central Missouri.
,t COUNTIES.
D IS $+ 26,41