The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-02
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Or THE NATIONAL GREEHBACK-LABon PARTY OF
THE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED At CHICAGO
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Or THE NATIONAL GnEEsDAcK-LABoR PARTY OF
THE UNITED sTATEs, ADOPTED At CHICAGO
JuNE D, 1850.
/. That the right to mske and Issue money Ia
q sovereign power to be maintained by the peo-
pile for the common benefit. The delegation
Of this right to corporations Ii surrender Of
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 be-
Issued and its volume controlled by the Gov
eminent. and not by or through banking cor
porations, and, when SO issued, should be .
full legal tender for oil debts, public and pri-
vate.
2. That the bonds Of the United States
should not be refunded, but paid a. rapidly a.
practicable, according to contract To enable
tho Government to meet these obligations,
legal-tcndcr currency should DO substituted
for tho notes Of the national banks, the ma
tional- banking system abolished, and tho un-
limited coinage Of silver, - well % gold, o.
tablished by law.
3. That labor should be 20 protected by
national and State authority as to e9ualize it,
burdens. and insure just distribution OF its
results the eight-hour law Of Congress should
be enforced the sanitary condition Of indns-
trial establishments placed under rigid control ,
the competition OF contract convict labor abol-
ished; bureau Of labor statistics established ;
factories, mines and workshops inspected ,
the employment OF children under IL years Of
age forbidden, and wages paid III 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 steps should be taken to
abrogate the BuringAme treaty.
3. Railroad land grants forfeited by reason OF
non-fulfllment Of contract should 30 immedi.
ately reclaimed py the Government, and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively C
homes for actual settlers.
9. II 10 the duty OF Congress 70 regulate In
ter-State commerce. All lines Of communica-
ton and transportation should b brought un-
der such legislative control - shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
freiL bit traffic.
T. We denounce o. destructive TO prosperity,
and dangerous to liberty, the actions Of the old
parties in fostering aud sustaining gigantic
land, railroad and money corporations and mo-
nopolics, Invested with and exercising powers
belonging to tho Government and not respon-
sible to It 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 and maintain ;
navy, never intended that the men who loaned
their money for an interest consideration should
BE- preferred to the soldier and sailor who
periled their lives and shed their blood on land
and sea in defense OF their country, and We
condemn the cruel class legslation OF the Re-
publican party which, while processing great
gratitude to the soldier, has most unjustly dis
crlminated against him and In favor OF the
bondholdeE.
.. All property should bear its Just proper
ton Of taxation, and we demand graduated
income tax.
10 We denounce a. moot dangerous the ef-
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the rights
Of suffrage.
II. We are opposed TO an increase OF the
standing army in time Of peace, and the in
sldlous scheme to establish an enormous mill
itary power under the guise OF militia lava
H. We cemsnd absolute democratic rules
Tor the government of Congress, placing all
representatives Of the people upon an equal
footing, and taking away from committees
. veto power greater than that Of the Presi-
dent.
Ii. We demand Government OF the people,
by the people and for the people. instead Of
Government Of the bondholders. by the bond
holders and for the bondholdcrs and we de-
nonnce every attempt to str up sectional strife
~ an effort to conceal monstrous crimes
against the people,
IA. In the furtherance OF these ends we ask
the cooperation Of all fair-minaed people.
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage no
war upon classes, bat only against vicious in-
stltntions. We are not content to endure fur
thor discipline from our present actual rulers,
who, having dominion over money, over trans
portai!on, over sea and land and largely over
the press and the machinery OF Government,
WELD nnMarrantable power over our institu-
tons and over our life aud property.