Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-04-05

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D Aud Therefore Wen Worth the After
D tion OF Every Lover OF His
= Country,
National" Means Fraternity IL
tween all sections OF the
Country,
"Grcenbacf" Means the Right Of tl
Government to Issue All
: Labor" Means II Recognition of tn
! Fact that Labor Produces
, lAlI Wealth.
We ask our readers 10 carefully rea
r the following able address lust issue
| by the Greenback members Of Congress.
and after having read il, TO preserve
and rcm il to every ncighbOr who wi
+ listen 10 it. 1t is Il clear, candid am
? comprehensive statement of the pin
: ciPIo5 Of the GroenbacG party;
We, the undersigned, members o
the Forty-Seyenth Congress submit TN
following address to the people Of til,
United States.
The National Observation-Disclosures par,'
differs from both of the old parties il
its claims for public support, and as ib,
words used in its name Indicate wha
some of these differences are. we viii
cnicavor to explain their meaning 4,
we understand them.
NATIONAL.
The benefits resulting from union
of the states, the power and dignity the
union conicrS, and the respect it give,
to the name, american citizen, g
thr. ughout the world, are all covered
by the word "national;' vet, TO enjoy
AL the advantages this word implies
there must be absolute harmony. fra
ternity and good fellowship among all
classes in all sections Of oar country.
Such is not the case row.
The prejudice created through forty
years controversy over sectional issue
still exists in the minds and heart, of a
majority of the American people, and
will continue there. while party organ.
/ izations associated with that prejudice
/ continue to exist.
That the present dominant parties
derive their main support through ap.
ppalS to the sectional prejudice, no
fair-mindcd man will deny. The tenn
pOrary triumphS of either in opposite
sections only prove that the people
wish TO be rid of the dominant party
there, and not desire for the pCrma-
ncnt success of the other
Washington's farewell address is
filled with words of wisdom and warn
Ing against such condition. and he
sums up some of its results as follows:
at serves always to distract the
/ public administration. II agitatcs the
community with ill-founded jrulou>ics
and false alarms, kindlcs the animo,i-
| ty Of one part against another, fomrnlS,
occasionally, riot and in>urrcction; it
/ opens the door to foreign influence and
corruption, which find Il facilitated
access to the government itself,
through the channels Of party passions.
Thus the policy and the will Of one
country are subjected TO the policy and
will of another
Could language more truthfully de-
scribe our condition?
Has not our bonded debt, currency,
railroad, and much other legislation
been framed in obedience to foreign
dictatiOn, and our cOmmcrce been
kept from the seas through the "psicy,
will, and corrupting influence OF see.
tional strife, foStered by foreign inter-
ference during the past twenty Years.
The party we have the honor to
represent is absolutely free from the
evils aud dangers resulting from such
influence or Interference.
The word National, as applied to our
party, means undying confidence in
the pcrpctuity of this Republic.
Belief in the capacity of the Amcri-
can people for sef-govcrnmcnt, and
their willingness to correct public
wrongs when public attention is sut-
f"i"ntly directed to them,
tmeans u party free from all preiu-
dice, under whose banner the hatred
and animositiCs, cngcndered through
pas, sectional strife, will be forgotten
in the discussion of questions relating
to the present and future welfare Of ALL
A party into whose fold all cau
come without regard to their relation
to the late war, their religion, color, or
past condition.
The success of our party means the
enactment of equal and Just laws rcgu-
lating all monOpolies which oppress the
people.
1t means the establishment of
national financial policy which will
Vuitc all American citizens through ties
> Interest and patriotism.
A policy which will place American
.abor and its productions above the
slavery il is now under to professional
money-lenders, foreign dictation and
unjust corporate eXactions
These ends cannot be accomplished
through either of the old parties. Their
past history precludeS il; their future
existence forbids it.
1t is the present work of our party TO
direct public attention to the import
ance of these questions and its mission
to carry into effect the objects they sug-
gest.
GREENBACK.
As construed by our party this word
means that the right to issue and con-
troll the volume of money is sOver-
eign power belonging to the general
government A power it cannot dele
gate to any other authority.
In its position onthe money question.
our party is sustained by nearly every
great statesman, patriot and iurist
since commercial intercourse was held
among men.
In his time, Aristotle said, "Money
is creation of law"
In our time the Supreme Court of the
United States, in 1870, spoke astollows:
"Legal-tender Treasury notes have be.
come the universal measure of values.
hat, making the notes legal. tenders
gave them q new use, and il needs no
to show that the value of |
things is in proportion to the uses to
which they may be applied. Whatever
power there is over the currency, is
vested in Congress.
If the power to declare what is money |
is not in Congress it is annihilated.
The Constitution does not ordain
what metals may be coined, or pre-
scribed that the legal value of the