The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-01-12
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Or THE NATIONAL dREENnAcK-I4Ano PARTY ~
THE UNlTED STATES, ADOPTED At CHICAGO
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Or THE NATIONAL dREENnAcK-LAnoR PARTY ~
THE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED At CHICAGO
JuNk ., 1850.
|. That The right 10 make and lssye money IL
asoyereign power TO be maintained By tho poo.
plc for the common benefit The delegation
d this right to corporations Ii 4 surrender OF
tho central attribute OF sovereignty, void OF
constitutional sanction, comforting upon sub
ordinate irresponsible power and absolute do
minion over industry and commerce. All
money, whether metallic or paper, should DO
issued and liz volume controlled BY tho Gov
crnmcnt. and not by or through banking cor
porationa, and, when no issued, should bo .
full legal tender for Ill debts, public aud pri.
vAtc.
2. That tho bonds Of tho Un,tod States
should not bc refunded, but paid % rapidly %
practicable, according TO contract. To enable
tho Government TO meet these obligations,
legal-tcnder currency should DO substituted
for tho notes OF tho national banks, tho no.
tional.bankiiig SYSTEM Abolished, and tho ute
lmltGd coinage Of silver, ~ vol u gold, On.
tablished by Law.
I; That labor should be1to protected by
national and state authority "a 70 eqitalixe Ia
burdens. and insure Just distribution Of its
results ; the cight-hour law Of Congress should
be enforced the sanitary condition Of indus-
trial establishments placed under rigid control |,
tho competition Of contract convict labor abol-
ishcd bureau Of labor statistics established /;
tho employment Of children under II years Of
age forbidden, and wages paid ia cash.
4. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
cheap labor being simply slavery, the importa-
ton and presence Of Chinese serfs necessarily
bends to brutali2e aud degrade American labor,
therefore immediate steps should b. taken TO
abrogate the Durlingame treaty.
.. llallroad land grants forfeited BY reason OF
noil-fulfllmcnt Of contract should 30 immedi.
ately reclaimed by tho Government, and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively %
homes for actual settlers.
9. It Ii the duty OF Congress 10 regulate In
ter-Stato commerce. All limos OF communities
ton and transportation should DO brought nm
der such Legislative control m shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
frcs bit traffic.
Z. We dcnonncc "a destructive TO prosperity,
and dangerous 70 liberty, tho actions Of tho old
parties IN fostering ana sustaining gigantic
land, railroad and money corporations and mo-
nopolies, Invested with and exercising powers
belonging to the Government, and not rcspon-
sible to It for the manner Of their exercise.
=. That the constitution, giving Congress the
power to borrow money, to declare war, TO raise
and support armies, 10 provide and maintain .
navy, never intended that the men who loaned
Their money for IN interest consideration should
bc pref, rrcd to the soldier and sailor who
periled their lives and shed their blood on land
and sea in defense Of their country, and we
COIueNln the Ccuel CLASS Iekl8i0llO0 Oh the kt-
publican party which, while protesting great
gratitude to the soldi.r, has most unjustly dis
criminated against him and In favor OF tho
bondholder.
| .. All property should bear its Just proper
tion OF taxation, and We demand graduated
income tux.
10 We dcnounce AZ most dangerous the ef-
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the rights
Of suffrage.
IL. We are opposed TO an increase or tho
standing army III time OF peace, and the in-
eldious scheme 10 establish an enormous mill
itary power under the guise Of militia laws,
L. We demand absolute democratic rules
Tor the government OF Congress, placing al
representatives Of the people upon an equal
footing, and taking away from committees
| 4 veto pow,r greater than that OF the presi-
dent
Is. We demand q Government OF tho people.
by the PEOPLE and for the people, instead or
Government 1t the bondholiers BY the bond
holders and for the bondholders, and We de-
nounce every attempt to stir up sectional strife
NJ an effur. to conceal Monstrous crimes
against tho people.
Ia In the furthcrAnce OF these ends wo ask
the cooperation Of all fair-mindcd people.
We have no quarrel with Individuals, wage no
war upon classes, but only sgainst vicious iia-
situations. We are not content to endure fur
Their dis lpline from our present actual rulers,
who, having dominion over money, over trans
porlaticn. over sca ana land, and largely over
the press and the machinery OF Government,
Weld unwarrantal.e power over our ins,itu-
tons and over our life and property.