Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-21
An address to tho People Of The United
States.
NJ THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE or THR MA
TIoHvL GREEEBAoK R

VWEAhgtAl - aAoN aoaA 49,
ihe Declaration OF Independence have the
and the material welfare Of the peO-
pie and The Republic been menaced BY such
foes, or In such imminent danger OF
being overthrowa and stamped out BY the
S~h~.1 &c ~sssPssrus, - ~ The pEssentume.
Anor the close Of the late war the Billions
OF credit tokens authorized by Congress 10
restore union to the government and freedom
TO four millions of eolored laborers, were
seized upon by mammon, who, under the
trip-hammer Of national legislation, forged
them into msnaclss for the limbs OF every
toller and producer in the Republic.
We travel the seJpentine track Of this willy
foe OF labor, this enemy Of god and Christian
civilization, from It's lrst step OF crime, 10 the
following seven Infamous acts ot leRislatloni
/. The act OF Congress Of 1862 placing two
exceptions on th, greenbaek dollar.
2. The act OF Congress Of 1868, creating
the national banks.
3. The sel Of Congress Of 1896, contract
ing the currency. A law TO make less money
and moro bonds.
4. The set OF Congress of 1859 that chang
cd the condition of payment OF the 8 20
bonds, for payment In paper money TO pay.
mens In coin; also, making the greenbAck
redeemable 10 coin.
8. The act OF Congress Of 1870 authorizing
the funding OF the bends.
9. The act OF Congress Of 1878, demone-
tiEing silver, thereby making our debt pay.
able In gold alon'.
z. The redemption act OF 1876.
These laws bring US down by their ins1Or-
able operation. to-
1. A single gold standard As q measure Of
value.
.. A bonded debt never TO be paid.
). Bank pspor issued on these bonds in
Hated and contracted at the will Of the bank
corporations, giving them the absolute con.
troll Of the wsges Of every mans labor, and
the price OF every species Of property and
mercha ndise.
Out Of this legislation haa grown q giant
money monopoly without q parallel In the
worlds history. The opposition II has met
from the g~reenbsck movement has forced 1t
into closer alliance with ether giant corpor-
atoms and to-day the National party fnds
itself confronted by a Confederation OF corpor.
porate powers, to overcome which will nut
to test the political integrity, the patriotism,
the moral courage and the wisdom Of the
American people. Isolated and independent
Of each other, these corporate monopolies
were created for the purpose OF robbery.
Endowed with privileges denied 10 indlvid-
male, and clothed with powers imprs 6 Ible
for private enterprise to cope With, they
went forth under their charters Of marque and
reprlsal TO prey upon industry and individ.
uAl effort, with results which to-day hang
like a pail over every field Of productive
Industry and along every channel Of legiu-
mate enterprise.
The powers granted by the national bank.
ing act, permitting the creditors Of the nation
10 monOpolize the momentary element Of
commerce and production, gave TO the associ-
atoms organized under IL, power to rob every
lAborer OF his wages, every producer OF the
value Of his products, and every citizen OF
HIS right to Independence.
The fruit Of this monopoly may DO seen ia
the thousands of financial wrecks, the millions
of homeless families and pennileas tramps,
the cophscated estates, the lost and ruined
homes, the desolAted and disrupted house
holds, the strikes and labor riots, and the
crime, misery and moral degradation which
charactefiz d the bankrupt period OF 1873. on
the one hand, snd on the other, the princaly
fortunes Of that squad Of new flsdgtd million.
aires which. like Mushrooms, spring up In A
night from the decomposing and disintegrat.
Ing social mas around them. But this is not
the only oppressive monopoly which Is de-
vouring the substance of the people. The
railroad corporations extort from industry
about eight per cent. per annum as dividends
on 9 fraudulent stock share supAFstFDc.nre
amounting In the aggregate 10 81 500 000, coo
which never eost the corporations one dollar,
and for which tie public never derived one
penny OF beneat. This constitutes q burden
upon the people equal TO a public bonded
debt OF six billions Of dollars at the
present rate OF interest on the funded debt.
H Psi rLEa pEMAND.
l.. The bonds Shsli be paid and not re-
funded.
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2. Bank issue suppressed and the Issue
restored 70 the government, 10 whom 1t pro-
peTly beiongs.
3. All money, whether metallic or pAper.
70 be Issued by the government and made full
legal tender 10 payment Of all debts, public
ard private.
Tho FREQ and unlimited coinage OF gold and
silver TO be established by law, az tho same
weight and hDeness each as are now fixed by
law.
8. The corporations shAll have no greater
privileges than other persons, Tho high
seAs, the lakes. the ~nsvigahls rivers, canals
ana railroads are Ell Public Highways.
G. That fFeighsage, transportation; the
carrying trade, being = part OF COmmarra,
shAll be regulated nv Congress a. the Con.
stitutiou dinocts.
z. Thkt the public lands shall be kent for
homes Tor the people; end 10 all those cases
where railroads or ether corporations have
failed 70 comply with the terms Of their
grans, that The lands phAll revert 20 The goV.
sFnnlsnt for the beuin ~ Of ths pecp'a.
.. That taxation shall be equal. and nc
elats Of persons or property sbaIl be exempt
lF0n 1 legitimate burden Of lsaatIob.