The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-04
PLATFORM
Or TRE NATIONAL GREkNnAcx.I4AnoR PARTY ov
TmK usiTED STATES, ADOPTED Ar CHICAGO,
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Or THE NATIONAL GREkNnAcx.I4AnoR PARTY OF
rME usirED SrArEs ADoirKn AT CHICAGO,
JUNE ., 1870.
l. That the right 10 make and isane money Ia
q aSoyereign power to hc maintained by thu poo
pl0 for the common benefit. The delegation
of this right to corporations Ia q sure nder OF
tho ntral attribute Of sovereignty, void OF
constitutional sanction, cOhferrinE upon sub.
ordinate irresponsible power and absolute do.
minion over industry and comm rcc All
money, whether retsllic g paper, should be
issued and its volume controlled BY the aov-
crnment. and not by or through banking cor
porati0na, and, whom 70 Issued, should bo
fnll legal tender for oil debts, public and pri-
vate.
4 That the bonds Of the United Htatea
should not bc refunded, but paid ~ rapidly. %
practicable, according 70 contract. To enable
he Government % meet thcxc obligations,
lcgal-tGndtr currency should b0 substituted
for tho nOtea 0e the national banks, tho ma
tionAl-bailking aystcm abolished, and tho un-
lmltcd coinage of stlvsf, - we'll ~ gold. Ca
s. That labor shonld b % protected BY
national and Btate authority ~ 10 cQMalixc ~
burdens. and insure : Just dis nDutioM ~ "a
results the cightrhOur law Of C0ngrcAA should
be cnforccd tho sanitary q, nditiOn Of tndns-
trial establishments placed under rigid ,niiOl
tho comp. tition Of contract convict labor abol.
isllcd bureau of l4bOr statistics established
factoiiea, mines and workshops insrcctcdi
tho employment Of children under II years VI
age forbidden, and wages pail III caAh.
l. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
cheap labor being simply slavery, tho imports
tion And presence ot Chinese s<rfs necessarily
tcnds 10 brMtalixc aud degrade American labor;
therefore immediate vtcfs rhonld bc taken 70
Abrurato the lSnrllngama treaty.
8. Railroad land grants forfeited hy ioAson oe
nom fulii lncnt VI contract should 10 imnirdt.
Atcly reclaimed ~ tho Government, and Lcncc-
forth the public DOMAIN reserved exclusively ~
homes for actual settlers.
8. II il the duty u Congress 10 regulate In
ter-Stste commerce. All lines Of commincA-
ton aud transportation should be brought ull-
der such Legislative control a. shall secure mod
crate, itir and uniform rates for passenger and
freight traffic.
Z. We donounce N destructive To prosp rity,
aud dangerous ~ li6trty. tho actions II the old
psrties III fosterng and sustaining gigantic
land, railroad and money corporations aud mo-
nopolies, invested with aud exercising pOwtrs
belonging 10 tho Government, and mot rspon-
sitlc to It Tor the manner of thor sxercis.
T. That the constitution, giving Cons rcss the
power to borrow money, to declare war, to raise
aud supr n racs, 10 rovidc and maintain
navy, never Intended that the men Who loaned
thcr money fer al lnts rest consids ration sh.uid
be lrcf. rred to tho soldier and sall.r Who
=. rled their lives and sLed tlsir blood ON land
and sea in defense 0f their country, and We
condemn the cruel class kgialation Of the lte-
publican party which, whllc lrcfesslng reat
gratitude 10 the sodI r, has n,Ost unjustly dis
er,n,,nated agailS. him aud in favor OF ito
bCndh older
d All property should bear its jukt proper
tion of taxation, and We demand = graduated
incumc tax.
10. We denouncc a. most dangerous the cf-
forts everywhere manifest to restrict tho rlkhts
Of suffrage.
ii. We arc opposed 10 an increase OF tho
standing army III time % peace, and the in-
sitlious 'henac 10 establish an enormous Nil l.
itary power under the g1ise VI militia laws.
IL We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government of Congress. placing I'LL
representatives OF tho people upon ~ eQN 4
footing, and taking away froM co.nMitlccs
veto pow.r greater than that of tho Ficsi-
dcnt.
Is. We demand Government or the people,
by the people and for the people, instead Vt
Governmcnt u tho londhOlders. " tho lond-
hold. ia and for tho boMdholders, anu ~ de-
nounco every attempt 70 atir up sectional Atrif0
~ Al effort 10 conceal MonstrOns crimes
against tho people.
IA lii the inrtherance of these cnds wc ASK
the cooperation II all fair-Minaod people.
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage ITO
war upon clas>cA, hat only against vciaNa IN
sttutions. We are not content 70 endure fur
thcr discipline from our present actual rulers,
who, having dominion over money. over trans
portation, over 80 and land, and largely over
the press aud tho machinery Of Government,
WELD unwxrrantable power over CUR lnstitu-
tions and over our life and property.