National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-07-03
THE GREENE 1CK C4NDIDArE.
General weavers Letter of Acceptance.


CHICAGO, July 2,-General j. b. Weaver,
the greenback.!abor nominee for the pres.
dency has written his letter of acceptance.
1t is dated at Bloomington, Iowa, and ad-
dressed to the committee. After acknowledge
ing his gratitude for tho honor conferred he
congratulates the party upon the unifcaton
of the various greenbsek aud labor clements
into one compact organization, which signifies
u great labor movement, composed of earnest
people who earn their bread by honest toll,
whether of hand, head or heart. lie indorscs
the party platform as admirable aud progress
sive, containing those principles Of economic
reform essential to tho preservation of the lib
erty and prosperity of tho whole people, lIo
claims that it is the first duty of the civil gov.
crnment to foster industry. Capital should be
the servant of labor rather than its master,
which truth never can be realized until there
is an adequate circulating medium controlled
by the general government without the inter-
vention of banking corporations All money,
whether gold, slvor or paper, should bo issued
by the supreme authority of the nation and
bo made u full legal-tender in payment of all
debts, public and private. Both patriotism
and sound craftsmanship loudly call for the
abolition Of banks OF issue, and substitution Of
lega.tendor treasury notes for their circula-
tion. The two funding bills before Congress
are denounced rs crimes against the labJror
and taxpayer which should cause widespread
alarm among all classes. The annual surplus
revenues and accumuating coin In the treas.
ury under the silver law OF 1873 are ample to
pay every dollar Of the dubt rcdeomabc in this
aud tho ensuing year, both principal and in
forest, within the next six years, Tho two
great agents of commerce are money and trans
pOrtation. These arc uuder the control Of
mouOpOies, BY controlling tho volume Of
Lr,,t ~ ! I,
property, and the railroads by combination
ronder competition impossible and abaoiutely
control the price of transportation.
General Weaver declares that the republic
can and democratic platforms are her silent
on these vital issues or they have pronounced
in favor of mOnOpolies and against the peOplo.
Their leaders and platform makers are in
favor of the syndicate gigantic bank corpora.
tions and railroad monopolics and have
neither the disposition nor tho courage to
strike one generous blow for industrial oman-
cipatOn Touching land monopoly, he says:
"rhs public domain must bo sa0relly re-
served to actual settlers, and whero corpora
tiOns have not complied strictly with the
terms of their grant the land should be at onco
reclaimed" While fayoring immigration Of
foreigners seeking citizenship, ne declares that
tho importation Of seIYile laborers should he
prohibited by stringent laws. lie contrasts
the payment Of gold to the bOudholders Tor
their deprecated currency with the payment
of currency to the soldiers aud sailors for
their services on the battlefield. The bond
holders, ho says, received 81 500 3OlIs5 in
gold between July /, 1861, and June 80, 1879;
the soldiers received $l2l9, 5l9, l35 in green,
backs during tho rebellion, lie complains
that during the present congress it has
been impossible TO induce committees
to report single bill 10 remedy exist
ing owls, and says that under existing
rules the speaker is Dictator one
of the missions Of the groenback party, he says,
is to Danish sectional hatred from American