The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-09
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Or THE NATIONAL GREENBAcK-L LABOR PARTY OF
THE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED AT CHICAGO
JrNE ~ 1kH0

Or THE NATIONAL GREENBAcK- LABOR PARTY OF
THE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED At CHICAGO
JUNE .. 1880.
/. That tho right TO make and Issue money ID
pie for the common benefit. The delegation
Of this right to corporations Ii a surrender or
the 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 its volume controlled by tho Gov
crnment. and not by or through banking cor
porations, and, when SO issued, should be .
full legal tender for all debts, public and pri-
yate.
.. That tho bonds Of tho United States
should not be refunded, but paid as rapidly %
practicable, according to contract. To enable
the Government to meet these obligations,
legal-tender currency should DO substituted
for the notes OF the national banks, the ma
tional-banking system abolished, and the un-
limited coinage Of silver, 40 we'll O. gold, es-
tablishcd by law.
5. That labor should be1eo protected by
national and State authority as to equalize ito
burdens. and insure q Just distribution Of It's
results !; the eight-hour law Of Congress should
DO enforced the sanitary condition Of indus
trial establishments placed under rigid control !;
the competition Of contract convict labor abol-
ishcd bureau Of labor statistics established !;
factOricN mines and workshops inspected |;
the employment OF children under IA years Of
age forbidden, aud wages paid in cash.
!. Slavery being simply cheap. labor and
cheap labor being simply slavery, the importa-
ton aud presence Of Chinese serfs necessarily
bends to brutalize and degrade American labor,
therefore immediate steps should be taken to
abrogate the Burlingame treaty.
D. Railroad land grants forfeited BY reason Of
noi-fuliillment Of contract should Be immedi-
ately reclaimed py the Government, and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively ~
homes for actual settlers.
9. 1t Ii the duty Of Congress 10 regulate In
ter-State commerce. All lines OF communica-
| ton and transportation should be brought un-
der such Legislative control IS shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
| freigh traffic
Z. We denounce M destructive TO prosperity.
and dangerous to liberty, the actions OF the old
| parties in fostering and sustaining gigantic
| land, railroad and money corporations and mo-
| nopolies, invested with and exercising powers
belonging to the Government, and not respon-
sible to 1t for the manner of their exercise.
3. That the constitution, giving Congress the
/ power to borrow money, to declare war, to raise
and support armies, to provide Ind maintain q
| navy, never intended that the men who loaned
their money for an interest consideration should
be preferred to tho soldier and sailor who
| pcrled their lives and shed their blood on land
and sea IN defense Of their country, and We
i condemn the cruel class legislation of the Re
publican party which, while processing great
gratitude to the soldier, has most unjustly dis
criminated against him and in favor OF the
bondholdcr.
o. All property should bear It's Just proper
tion of taxation, and we demand q graduated
i income tax.
| 10. We dcnounce as most dangerous the ef-
forts everywhere manifest to restrict tho rights
| Of suffrage.
II. We are opposed TO an increase OF the
i ntNndinp army in time IF poaco tbo ;,
sidious scheme to establish an enormous mill
itary power under the gnse Of militia laws.
IL. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government Of Congress, placing all
/ representatives Of tho people upon an equal
footing, and taking away from committees
q veto power greater than that OF the presi-
dent.
ID. We demand Government OF the people,
by the people and for the people, instead Of 4
| Government of the hondholdcrs, by the bond
holders and for the bondholders, and We de-
nonnce every attempt to stir up sectional strife
| rs an effort to conceal monstrous crimes
| against the people.
IA. In the furtncrancc OF these ends VIC ask
| the cooperation Of all fair-minded people,
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage no
war upon classes, bat only against vicious in.
| ststutions. We are not content to endure fur.
| Their discipline from our present actual rulers
| who, having dominion over money! over trans.
portation over sea AM land. and largely Over
| the press and the machinery Of Government
WELD nnwarran.ahle power over our institu.
tons and over our life and property.