The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-07-20
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Or rrr NATIONAL daEEsnAcx-LADoR PARTY q
rnr UNITED STATES, ADOPTED AT CHICAGO
JuNE ., 1850.
l. That tho right to MAKO and Issue moncyis
a sovereign power to be maintaincd by the PEG.
pc for the common benefit. Tho delegation
III this right to corporations Ia a surrender OF
tho central attribute Of sovereignty, void Of
constitutional sanction, comforting upon \ sub
ordinate irresponsible power and absolute do
mnion over industry and commerce. All
money, whether metallic or paper, should BIO
Issued and its volume controlled by tho Gov
ermment. and not by or through banking cora
porations, and, when NO ISSUED, should DO q
full legal tender for Nil debts public and pri-
vatc.
2. That tho bonds Of tho United States
should not be refunded but paid NJ rapidly NJ
practicable. according to contract. To enable
tho Government to meet these obligations,
lcgal-tcndcr currency should DO substituted
tional-baiiking system abolished, and tho I'M
limited coinage III silver. - we'll ~ gold, o.
tahshcd by law.
b That labor should 10. 70 protected BY
national and state authority rs to cqualizc It's
burdens. aud Insure a Just distribution VI lis
results the uight-honr law Of Congress should
DO enforced tho sanitary condition Of indus
trial establishments placed under rigid control;
the competition OF contract convict labor abo-
ishcd; bureau Of labor statistics established
factories. mines and workshops inspected
tho employment OF children under IL years Of
age forbidden, and wages paid IN cash.
4. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
cheap labor being simply slavery, the importa-
ton and presence Of Chinese serfs necessarily
bends to brutalize and degrade American labor,
therefore immediate Rtcrs should DO taken TO
abrogate tho Durlinsame treaty.
B. Railroad land grants forfeited by reason q
non-fulillment VI contract should be inmedi-
Ately reclaimed by the Government, and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively ~
homes Cor actual settlers.
0. Il ia tho duty Of Congress 10 regulate In
tcr-Statc commerce. All lines Of commlnica-
ton ana transportation should be brought I'M
der such Legislative control M shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
freis Int traffic.
Z. We denounce as destructive to prosperity,
and dangerous to liberty, the actions Of the old
parties IN fostering and sustaining gigantic
land. railroad and money corporations ard mo-
nopolics, invested with aud exercising powers
belonging TO the Government, and not respoD-
sihle to II for the manner Of their exercise.
q. That the constitution, giving Congress the
power to borrow money, to declare war, to raise
aud support armies, to provide and maintain
navy, never intended that the men who loaned
their money for an interest consideration should
BE- preferred to the soldier ana sailor Who
pcrilcd their lives and shed their blood on land
and sca IN defense Of their country, and 40
condemn the cruel class legislation OF the ke-
publican party which, while processing great
gratitude to the soldier, has most unjustlv dis
criminatcd against him and In favor OF tue
bondholdcr.
o. All property should bear its Just proper
ton OF taxation, and We demand graduated
income tax.
10. We dcnouncc as most dangerous the eff
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
sldious scheme 10 establish an enormous mil
itary power under the gnise of militia laws.
IL. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government of Congress-, placing all
representatives Of the people upon M equal
footing. and taking away from committees
veto power greater than that Of the pfesi-
dent.
Ii. We demand Government OF the people,
by the rcopl, and fer the people, instead OF
Government u the londholicrs, ly the lcm!-
hold, rs and for tho boudholders. and W. de-
nonnce every attempt to str up sectional strife
rs an effort TO conceal monstrous crimes
against the people.
IA. In the tnrtLerance OF these ends VIC ask
the cooperation Of oil fair-m minded people.
We have no quarrel with individuals. wage no
war upon classes, bat emily against vicious in
sttutinns. We are not content TO endure fur
Their discipline from our present actual rulers,
who, having dominion OYER money, over traGs-
portation, over SEA and land. aud largely over
the press and the machinery IT Government,
WELD uawarfansalie loM.r ossr our lustitu-
tons and over oar life and property.