National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-12
NATIONALS MOVING.
ADDRESS OF THEIR COMMITTEES.
Thrust at the Corporsticns-A Demand for GeT-
eminent Money Issues 0niy-Tho Labor
and Land QuestiOns-Other
Parties Arraigned.

The third party has no idea of being
ignored or forgotten. Following Is the address of
Its national committee. 1t is model of force and
brevity. and a literary composition will serve
as model to the committees of the other parties:
FELLOW CITIZENS: The time has come when this
Government should be administered by a new
political party.
The national banks through years Of unwise and
unjust legislation in their interest now assume TO
control the Government and defy its sovereign
right to issue and regulate the volume of currency,
and. through their influence over Congress, have
defeated honest efforts to compel the issue of legal
tender notes, to take the place of their notes.
thereby preventing the payment of one-half of
the interest bearing debt of the Government fall
ing due in 1851
Beyond this, they have rebeled against the Gov
ernmcnt. causing borrowers of money to pay At the
rate of FIVE hundred per cent annual Interest for
its USE and by such action Influenced weak Ex-
ccutiye to veto the funding bill. because il con-
tanned provision denying them the right to con-
tract and expand the volume of currency ut their
pleasure. All of which has been Endorsed by the
new President, whose inaugural address Is filed
with assurances of his friendship while 1t is silent
as to the wrongs now being inflicted on the people
through these and other forms of incorporated
capital
business in violation of the private rights and the
fundamental law of eminent domain. without
which no legislation could sanction the construc
ton of the property such companies represent.
Through this false system less than twenty men.
none of whom are legally responsible for their
acts, levy tax amounting to over 500, 000O0 q
year on the American people for transporting their
persons and property, and through this false sys-
TEN q few men have accumulated such vast for
tunes as enable them to exercise dangerous inau-
ence over legislation and the avenues public in
formation.
Public lands have been sold or granted to indi-
viduals and corporations in such quantities as to
threaten this country with a landed aristocracy
and q landless people.
Now, experience proves that these and kindred
wrongs cannot be corrected through either Of the
old parties, because both are allied with such
abuses
The Republican and Democratic parties are and
must remain sectional on all questions relating to
thegeneral welfare ofthe whole country
The people of the South hate the Republican party
and charge all of their misfortunes to that organi
zation; and the people of the North despise the
Democratic party for its record, its want of cour
age, purpose, policy, and principles, while both
perpetuate their existence solely through sectional
prejudice on questions determined forever by the
late war.
The Republican party has abandoned its cham
pionShip of human rights to become the servant
of corporate rights, and the people tolerate
its control OF the Government simply because they
fear to see it administered by the Democratic party
Under these circumstances, We repeat the time has
come when the Government should be admins
tered by new party-a party based on questions,
of equal interest in every home throughout the
tire country, and conducted in a spirit that will
drive hatred and prejudice from every door and
restore the Government to the principles on which
1t was founded and administered until incorpo-
rated capital asserted its demoralizing influence
over legislation.
Believing that the National party will If success
full correct these wrongs and pass such laws as
will promote the civilization. prosperity, and hap
piness ofthe people, earnestly advise the forma
ton of clubs In every village, ward, town. and city
in the United States by admitting to membership
all who subscribe to the following obligation:
We, the undersigned, citizens Of, county
OF -, and State of -, believing that the
greatest danger to free Institutions arises from
lack of proper legislative control over fncorpo-
rated capital and continued appeals to sectional
prejudice hereby pledge our word OF honor to
unite with and use best efforts to promote the
of the National party for the purpose ofcar
rying out the following objects and principles
l. That the General Government shall issue all
money, determine It's value, and keep its volume
uniform, so as to insure permanenee to the en-
ployment of labor, just reward for its services,
and stability to the value Of property.
2. That the railroad and telegraph companies
shall be controlled by such just laws will pre-
vent commerce, travel, or the transmission OF in
telligenee from being taxed to pay interest diyi
bends on greater amount OF capital than has
been actually paid BY their stock or bond holders
for the property they represent, and actually and
In good faith expended on such property, from
such source for the public welfare.
3. That all public lands shall be held exclusively
for actual settlers.
4. Absolute protection and guarantee to every
voter to cast his vote and have II honestly counted
We also advise the formation of county and
State organizations of the National party where
none now exist.
1t is not the purpose Of this paper to prove the
dangers referred to, nor argue the advantages of
the remedies proposed but, in conclusion, we as
that the former cannot be overstated and that
the latter are in accord with progress and the |
principles of free government
BY order of the Congressional Committee.
WASHINGTON d. c.. March 9, 1881.