The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-07-15
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General Woayor's Letter of Aocopt.

General Weayer's Letter ef Accept.
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BLOOMFIELD, Iowa, July Z.
General J. B. Weaver, the Green
back-Labor nominee for the Presidency.
las addressed the following letter tothe
committee which was appointed to noti-
~ him of his nomination,
Hong 8. +. Norton, &. n. Gillette, solon Chase,
y. Dillaye a4d B. p. Ailis, Comraitte6: :.
sdse the receipt Of yo6r letter 81 the I'D o{
June formally notifying me Of MY nomination
to the ONCE Of President Of the United states
representatives convened at Chicago June .,
I am profoundly grateful for tho honor con-
to which 1 have been called, and conscious
that the position was unsought BY me, ac-
cept the nomination as solemn duty. The
great work accomplished in the uniiication Of
the various Greenback and Labor elements
Into one compact organization. This was OF
Se1
emancipation during the impending struggle.
Our party hath this significance: 1t is great
G
whether Of hand, head or heart; and a. the
world depends for the comforts OF life upon
the various Departments Of Of, human .s toll! 50
influence of the grand achievements Of our
organization that lie just in the future; for
wnen labor Is prosperous every other Gle.
life.
The three great political parties have ,sGc4
selected their candidates and made formal
high duty of every citizen Of the United States
to Judge between them, and, after careful in
quiry into the aims and purposes Of each, to
determine the organization with which duty
calls him to act. - ~
The admirable platform adopted by the Con-
ventiOn meets my cordial approval. 1t is COM
tanning those principles of economic reform
essential to the preservation of the liberty
and prosperity Of the whole people.
in the sweat Of hs ace + The
duty of civil government to foster industry.
All laws, therefore, which place q premium
isv whether Of 9. men OF OF un
ne %sn aa%
than its master. This great truth can never
be realized until there is an adequate circulate
Ing medium. Inasmuch as this circulating
volume should be sacredly kept under the
control of the General Government, without
the Intervention of banking corporations. All
be issued by the supreme authority of the Ma
ton, and be made q full legal tender in nay.
ment OF all debts. public and private.
now gives into
control over the volume of the currency, and
through this they have the power to Ak the
price price, OF the labor and property Of Of
clearly defined whereby they may, without
limit, initiate or contract the currency at will.
Cognate to this, and part Of the same
scheme, stands the system of funding the
public debt. Like National Banking, this was
borrowed from the English monarchy. BY
this system an enormous nOn-taxable, interest
support the banks, and the banks foster the
public debt If you pay on the bonds the
banks must cease to exist. Hence, IL the Ma
perpetual bonded debt. Both patriotism and
sound craftsmanship loudly call for the abO-
lition of banks Of issue, and the substitution
lation. Pay the bonds according to contract,
and as rapidly as possible.
Seven hundred millions Of the public debt
become redeemable at the option Of the Gov
Two Funding bills are now pending before
COngress-One introduced by the Democratic,
and the other by the Republican leader Of the
people for twenty and thirty years Of the law
full right to pay said bonds. This is q crime
against the labOrer and the taxpayer, and
should cause widespread alarm among all
The annual surplus revenues, and the idle
coin now in the Treasury, and that which must
% tSs be
enforced, are ample to pay every dollar of the
seven hundred millions, both principal and
tel, St. within ansst the NEXT fa There
bonds, except to perpetuate the debt as the
basis Of an UBIQUITOUS banking monopoly. 1t
must be apparent to all that the great mon
have control of nearly every department of
the Government, and are fast swallowing up
the profits of labor and reducing the people to
These monopolies, of whatever class, headed
by the associated banks, are interlocked in
purpose and always act in closest sympathy.
America: l. The producers; 2 Those who
manufacture our raw materials and prepare
them for use; J. The distributors of these
legitimate fruits and profits Of their labor, but
should not be permitted to extort from and
enslave the others. s- - Z
J.. The great problem Of our civilization =. how
setSer. This can only be done by providing
an adequate circulating medium, and by rigid
pOrtatiOn. This was wisely fOreseen by the
trainers Of the Constitution, and, accordingly,
by the eighth section OF article first. Congress
with foreign Nations and among the States"
This power imposes corresponding duty upon
Congress to see that it is enforced. The two
Transportation It is undeniabie that both ao Of
these agents are under the absolute control Of
By controlling the volume of
money, the banks fix the price of all labor and
render competition impossible, and control
absolutely the price of transportation. This
places the people between the upper and
and ruin. 1t results in the Wholesale robbery
of both producer and consumer. Who is able
to controvert this stupendous fact7 Farmers,
planters and laboring men OF the United States,
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this alarming condition of things. / am e.
pecially thankful that the platform of the par.
ty which placed me in nomination Is open,
bold and unmietakble on these great Ques-
tons. The Republican and Democratic plat
forms are either silent with regard to these
vital issues, or they have pronounced in favor
With &, oo0,oot of people looking them i IL the
face and pleading for relief, they utter not
one word of promise or hope. Their leaders
and platfofm-makers are In the tolls Of the
road monopolies, and have neither the dispo-
sitfon nor the courage to strike one generous
blow for industrial emancipation. =
the territory occupied by the great German
Empire has been wantonly donated to wealthy
corporations, while bill introduced by the
to enable our poor people to reac hand occupy
the few acres remaining has been secuted,
and defeated in Congress. In conse-
millions af
lea. and millions more Of industrious people
from abroad seeking homes in the New World,
are left homeless and destitute. The public
domain must be sacredly reserved to actual
settlers. and where corporations have not
complied strictly with the terms of their
grants, the lands should be ct once reclaified
The immigration of persons from foreign
seeking homes, and desiring to-be.
come citizens of the United States, should b
encouraged, but the importation of Chinese
servile laborers should be prohibited BY strin-
gent laws. - ~ IT
While the bondholder has been paid gold in
return for his deprecated currency, the
soldiers and sailors, who saved our Union, our
homes, our money and our affairs, and whose
blood consecrated every battlefield from Bel
mont and DOnelsOn to Gettysburg and Apo
mattox, are denied the pittance justly due
them under their contract with the Govern
ment-as though soldiers and sailors could
live on gratitude alone. BY the answer of
Secretary Sherman of June 10, 1880, to the Sem
ate resolution Of inquiry, It appears that the
Government paid the soldiers in Greenbacks,
during the war of the rebellion, $I,249,518,-
135. 16. The total interest paid in gold on thu
public debt from July I. 1851, to June 90, 1879,
was 81, 809, 30, 1913. The soldier has been
taxed to pay this interest while the bondh0ld-
or has gone free.
During the present Congress 1t has been inn
possible to induce the committees to report q
single bill to remedy existing evils. The i'm.
p0rtant committees Of the House arc 20 CON
stituted, and the despotic rules of that body so