The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-09-22
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or rnE NATIONAL GnEESnAcK-LADoR PARTY or
Tug UNITED srATLs, ADOPTED At CHICAGO,
JrNE >, 1870.
/. Tint the right To make and issue money ii
sovereign power to be maintained by the poo
pie for tho common benefit. The delegation
If this Tight to corporations II q surrender OF
the e ntrni attribute of sovereignty, void OF
constitutional sanction, comforting upon sub
ordinate irresponsible power and absolute do
minion over industry md commerce.. All
money, whether metallic or paper, should bo
issued and itr volume controlled by the Gov
crnmcnt. and not hy or through banking cor.
porations. and, when 10 issucd, should be n
inll legal tender for MI debts, public and rii-
vate.
4. Tint the londs Of tire United States
should not be refunded. bnt paii M rapidly ~
practicable, according to contract. To enable
lie Government 10 meet these obligations.
legal-tcnd.r currency should 10 substituted
for the notes OF the national banks. the IN
tional-bankIng system abolished. aud the nm
limited coinage OF silver, NJ well m gold, es-
tabiishcd by law.
3. That labor should he 40 protected liz
national and state authority M to equalizc IT.
burdens. ana insure n jtlst distribution vi IT.
results the cigLt-lionr law Of Congress should
be enforced; the sanitary condition Of Indus
trial establishments placed under rigid control
lii competition OF contract convict labor abol-
ishtd: a bnrar Of Dor statistics established :
factories, mines and Workshops inspected ;
tic employment Of children under IA years Of
ago forbidden, and wages paid III cash.
1. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
cheap labor being simply slavery, the importa-
ton and presence ot Chinese serfs necessarily
tends 10 brntalizc and degrade American labor
therefore immediate STEPS should be taken 10
abrogate the Inrlingame treaty.
b. liaroad land grants forfeited by reason OF
nliillment or contract should lie immcdi
atelv reclaimed ny thu Government, and hence
forth III. public domain reserved exclusively as
homes for actual settlers.
d. II IL the tiu,y OF Congress to regulate in
ter-Statc commerce. All lines Of communion
ton and transportation should BIZ Brought I'M
der such Legislative control as shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
frei. ht traffic.
I. We denonnce a. destructive to prosperity,
an dangerous 10 liberty, the actions cf the old
parties III fostering and sustaining gigantic
Land, railroad and MONEY corporations and mo-
nopuLcs, invested with and exercising powers
belonging to the Gov, rnmcnt, md not fsspon-
sile to II i.r the mailntr Of tner ex.rcie.
!. That the constitution. giving Conefe the
power to borrow money. to dccl r. war, to raise
and siippt IT .raiics, to rovidc and maintain n
navy. never nt. nitd that the men Who loaned
their money fer an INT, rest collsd. ration should
pe Preferred to the soldier anu salur Who
ptrllCd their lives aud shed the IL blood oh land
and SEA IN defense Of their country, and we
condemn the cruel class legislation Of the Re-
publican party which, white lrefcssing rtat
gratitude to the sold I. has most unjusty dis.
vrimna,ed against him and in favor Of the
bondholdcr.
i. Al property shosld bear its Just proper
ton Of taxation, and We demand graduated
income tax.
TO- We dcnounce MS most dangerous the ef-
forts .yeiyw4,rc manifest to restrict tue III hts
Of suffrage.
II. W. are opposed 10 mn increase OF the
standing army in time Of peace, and the i'm
std lons scheme 10 establish an enurMous mil
itary power under tic gnlse Of militia laws.
~. We demand absolute democratic rules
Tor the government of Congress. placing ali
representatives Of the people upon an eln.l
footing. and taking away from committees
4 veto poW,r greater than that OF the ptcsi-
dent.
IL. We demand Government OF the people,
by the people and for the people. instead OF
Government u the Lot!dhuldels, Ly the Lond-
Mold, rs and for the bondholders, and We de-
nounce every attempt to st,r up sectional strife
~ an effort to conceal monstrous crimes
against the people.
IA. La the furtncrance OF these ends We ask
the corporation Of all fair-min..ed people.
We have no quarrel with individuals. wage no
war uroa classes, but only against vicious in
sttutlons. We arc not content to endure fur
Their discipline from our present actual rulers,
Mho. having dominion over money, over trans
portatioil. over sta and land and largely over
III, press and the machinery Of Government,
WELD GnMaTantahle power over our nlstitu-
tons and over our life aud property.