The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-18
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Or THE NATIONAL GREENBAcK-LABo PARTY OF
THE UNITED sTATEs, ADOPTED AT CHICAGO,
JuNv q 1HAO

Or THE NATIONAL GREENBACK-LA PAhTY OF
THE UNITED sTATEs, ADOPTED AT CHICAGO,
JUNE 3. lsSO.
/. That the right to mske and issuo money il
a sovereign power to be maintained by the peo-
plc for the common benefit. The delegation
~ this right to corporation. IL surrender Of
the ntral attribute OF sovereignty, void Of
constitutional SANCTION comforting upon q sub.
ordinate irresponsible power and absolute do
ninion over industry AMI commerce. All
money, whether metallic or paper, should be
issued AMI lis volume controlled by the Gov.
ernment. and not by or through banking cor
porations. and, wien no issued, should be
full legal tender for all dcLta, pubic and pri-
vate.
q That the bonds Of the United States
should not be refunded, but paid M rapidly ~
practicable. according to contract. To enable
the Government to meet these obligations,
legal-iendtr currency should bc substituted
for the notes OF the national banks the na-
ti0nal al-banking system abolished, and the un-
limited coinage OF silver, as well a. gold, es.
tablished by law.
3. That labor should be NO protected by
national and State authority ~ to eqnalize itA
burdens. and insure just distribution of i:
results tho eigLt-honr law Of Congress- should
be enforced the sanitary condition Of indus-
trial establishments placed under rigid control;
the comp tition OF contract convict labor abol-
ishcd bureau Of Dor statistics established
factories, mites and workshops inspected;
u
age forbidden, and wages paid IN cash.
4. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
cheap labor being simply slavery, the imports
tion aud presence Of Chinese serfs necessarily
tends to brutalize and degrade American labors
therefore immediate steps should be taken TO
abrogatc tho Burlingame treaty.
5. Railroad land grants forfeited by reason Of
llon-fulfillment Of contract should be lmmedi-
ately reclaimed Dy the Government, and hence
forth til, public domain reserved exclusively -
homes tor actual settlers.
6. It is the duty Of Congress TO regulate in
ter-State commerce. All lines Of communica-
ton and transportation should be brought I'M
der such legislative control as shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
freig ht traffic
4. We denounce A. destructive 70 prosperity.
AMI dangerous to liberty, the actions Of the old
land, railroad and money corporations and mo
nOpOlies, invested with and exercising powers
belonging 10 the Government, and mot rrspon-
sille to it Tor the manner Of their exerci-e.
.. That the constitution, giving Congress the
power to borrow money, to declare war. to raise
and support srI.ies, to provide and maintain
navy, never intended that the men who loaned
their money for an lntt rest consideration should
be preferred to the soldier and sailor who
ptriled their lives and shed their blood ON land
aud sea in defense Of their country, and We
condemn the cruel class legislation Of the Re-
| publican party which, while prcfessing great
gratitude to the soldisr, has most uniustly dis
| crmnated against him and in favor OF tho
bundholdtr.
8. All property should bear its just propor-
tion or taxation, and we demand graduated
| income tax.
| 10. We denounce as most dangerous the Of
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the rights
Of suffrage.
| IL. We arc opposed TO an increase Of tho
standing army in time Of peace and the in
| sid Gus seheme 10 establish an enormous mill
itary power under the gnise or militia laws.
/ IL. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government Of Congress, placing al
! representatives OF the people upon m equal
footing, and taking away from committees
. VETO power greater than that OF the Presi-
/ dent.
l3 We demand Government OF the people,
by the people and for the people, instead Of .
/ Government It the bondhOlders. by the bond.
| hold, rs and for the bondhOlders, and We de-
| nounce every attempt to str up sectional strife
| IS an effort to conceal monstrOus crimes
against the people.
i IA III the iurtncrance or these ends we ask
the cooperation of all fair-mlnded people.
| We have no quarrel with individuals, wage no
war III on classes, lat only against vicious in
Ut tutions. We are not content to endure fur
ther discipline from our present actual rulers,
who, having dominion over money, over trans
portation, over sea and land, and largely over
the press aud the machinery OF Government,
WELD unwarrantable power over our lnstitu-
tons and over our lfe and property.