Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-07-16


Hons. 8. r. Norton, z. II. Gillette, solonC Chase.
3. ID. Dillaye and T.. =. Allis, Committee:
GENTLEMEN; IL is my pleasure to acknowl-
June formally notifying me OF my nomination
TO the ohice Of President of the United States
by the united Greenback-Labor party, whose
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The three great political parties have each
selected their candidates, and made formal
declarations OF their principles. 10 is now the
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
aeit,ermlne the organization with which duty
The admirable platform adopted by the Con-
vention meets my cordial approval. Il is COM
prehensive, reasonable and progressive, con-
taining those principles of economic reform
essential to the preservation of tho liberty
and prosperity Of the whole people.
IL being the duty Of man to earn his bread
In the sweat of his face, IL becomes the first
duty OF civil government to foster industry.
All laws, therefore, which place a premium
upon idlene5s, whether Of men or money, un-
justly discriminate in favor of capital, or
withhold from honest men the full and just re-
ward Of their labor, are simply monstrous.
Capital should be the servant Of labor rather
than Its master. This great truth can never
be realized until there Is an adequate circulate
Ing medium. lnasmuch rs this circulating
medium Is for the benent Of ALL its issue and
volume should be sacredly kept under the
control Of the General Government, without
n
money, whether gold, silver or paper, should
be issued by the supreme authority of the Ma
tion, and be made full legal tender in pay
ment Of all debts, public and private.
The system which now prevails gives into
the hands Of banking corporations absolute
control over the volume of the currency, and
through this they have the power TO Ak the
price Of the labor and property of 5O,O00O00 of
people. By provision Of INV the method is
limit, initiate or contract the currency at will
CognSte to this, and n 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
bearing debt is TO be perpetuated. The bonds
support the banks, and the banks foster the
public debt. IL you pay of the bonds the
banks must colse to exist. Hence, if the Ma
uonal Banks are 70 continue, we must have
perpetual bonded debt. Both patriotism and
sound statesmanship loudly call for the abO-
utioh 81 banks Of issue, and the substitution
of legRltender Treasury notes for their oircu-
lation. Pay the bonds according 70 contract
and us rapidly rs possible.
Seven hundred millions OF the public debt
become redeemable At the option Of the Cow
ernment during this and the ensuing year.
Two Funding bills are now pending before
COngress-One introduced by the Democratic,
and the other by the Republican leader of the
House-whereby 1t is proposed to deprive the
people for twenty and thirty years of the law
ful right TO pay said bonds This is a crime
against the laborer and the taxpayer, and
should cause widespread alarm among all
Clnsses.
The annual surplus revenues, and the idle
coin now in the Treasury, and that which must
continue to accumulate, II the silver law ap-
proved February 28 1878, shall be honestly
enforced, are ample to pay every dollar Of the
seven hundred millions, both principal aud
interest within the next six years. There
is not the slightest excuse for funding these
bonds, except to. perpetuate the debt as the
basis Of an iniquitous banking monopoly. IL
must be apparent 10 all that the great mon
eyed institutions and other corporations now
have control Of nearly every department of
the fAOVprumput. and fast ggntlOWiuu
the profits of labor and reducing the people TO
a condition Of vassalage and dependence.
These monOpolies, Of whatever class, headed
by the associated banks, are intetlocked In
purpose, and always act in closest sympathy.
There are three great industrial classes in
America; l. The producers; 2. Those who
manufacture our raw materials and prepare
them for use; Q. The distributors of these
products. Each should be protected in the
legitimate fruits and profits OF their labor but
should not be permitted TO extOrt from ana
enslave the others.
The great problem of our civilization is, how
70 bring the producer and the consumer to-
gether. This can only be done by providing
an adequate circulating medium and by rigid
regulation of interstate commerce and trans
pOrtation. This was wisely tOreseen by the
trainers Of the Constitution, and, accordingly,
by the eighth section Of article first. Congress
Is clothed with power ito regulate commerce
with foreign Nations and among the States"
This power imposes corresponding duty upon
Congress TO sec that It is enforced. The two
great agents Of commerce are money and
transportation. II Is undenlable that both Of
these agents are under the absolute control of
monopoiies. By controlling the volume of
money, the banks FIX the price of all labor and
property; and the railroads, by combination,
render competition impossible, and control
absolutely the price Of transportation. This
places the people between the upper and
neither millstOnes, and grinds them to poverty
and ruin. II results in the Wholesale robbery
Of both producer and consumer. Who IL able
to oOntrovert this stupendOus factI Farmers,
| planters and laborng men OF the United States,
beseech you TO open your eyes at once TO
| this alarming condition Of things. l am es-
| pccally thankful that the platform of the par
| " which placed me In nomination is open,
bold and unmlstakbie on these great ques-
| tlons. The Republican and Democratic plat
| forms are either silent with regard to these
| vital issues, or they have pronounced in favor
| Of the monopolies and against the people.
| face and pleading for relief, they utter not
| one word of promise or hope. Their leaders
! and platfOrm-makers are In the tolls Of the
| syndicate, gigantic bank corporations and rail-
/ road monOpOlies, and have neither the dispO-
| sition nor the courage TO strike one generous
| blow for industrial emancipation.
An area OF our public domain larger than
| the territory occupied by the great German
Empire has been wantonly donated TO wealthy
! corporations, while a bill introduced by the
| Hon. Heudriok Il. Wright, of Pennsylvania,
| TO enable our poor people 20 reac hand occupy
| the few acres remaining has been secuted,
| ridiculed and defeated la Congress. In oonse-
| quence OF this stupendous system Of land
| grabbing, millions OF the young men Of Amer
| ica. 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, anc where corporations have not
| complied strictly with the terms of their
i grants, the lands should be at once reclaimed
| The immigration of persons from foreign
| countries, seeking homes, and desiring to be-
| come citizens Of the United States, should be
| encouraged, hut tho importation of Chinese
seryile laborers should be prohibited by strin-
| gent laws.
While the bondholder has been paid gold in
HntlITn for his QgnTpgntRl tha
| soldiers and sailors, who saved our Union, our
| homes, our money and our affairs, aud whose
| blood COnsecrated every battlefield from Bel
mont and Donelsou to Gettysburg and Apo
| mattoX, arc denied the pittnnce 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, 4 appears that the
| during the war of the rehelliun, Sl2l9,5lg,-
l35,l0. The total interest paid I'm gold on the
paS An JsSt S m @ The ,'si M June s so is
taxed to pay this interest while the bondhold-
| er has gone free,
| During the present Congress Il has been i'm
| possible to induce the committees to report q
| single bill to remedy existing evils The i'm,
| portaut committees of the House are so CON
| stituted, and the despoto rules of that body Sc
! interpreted, as 10 render relief impossible.
Under those rules the Speaker is as much
| the dictator OF the country as though he were
| an Emperor and ruling In the most despotio
| government ON the globe.
| One OF the grand missions OF our party Is 20
| Danish forever from American politics that
| deplorable splrst Of sectional hatred, which,
| for base purposes, has been fostered by the
| leaders Of the old parties. >Thls has greatly
! deceived and emblttered tho public mind,
both North and South. Our eiviliza-
tion demands new party, dedicated to
| the pursuits of peace, and which will not
| allow the war issues ever 10 be reopcncd, and
will render the military strictly subservient
10 the civil power. The war a over, aud the
sweet voice Of peace, long neglected. calls us
10 worship Vt her affairs; let us crowd her tenn
pies with willing votarles. Let us have free
ballot, fair count and equal rights for all
olassos-for the labOrinE man In Northern
manufactures. mines and Workshops, and for