The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-11
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Az oPtn POLITICAL LETTER
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Chambers Of Cleburne'
R~r,IICIrp Su.i-l have read will
great care your late address IA the peo
pie of the United States, which, ! sup
pose may he regarded ~ u letter Ofaccopl
snea Of your nomination tor the oillce %
President by the G~Teeenhack, Labor an,
Anti Monopoly organizations, in thci
apparent efforts To reform the corrup
and unconstitutional Legislation
through which the Government estah
Arhed by the fathers, NJ "A Democratic
Republican royalty of the people
a. opposed Ia aristocracy and monarchy
has been practically ~subycrtod; and IN
stoad OF now being u government 81 IN
people administered Tor tho general wei
fare OF the whole people, u though re
tanning the semhlanco OF u Republic
has been practically transformed int
al Oligarrhy governed 10y land, monel
andtranspOrtation monopOlies. And, lien
oral, parhl.t me 10 say, and 10 chide yol
in n friendly way, that in your address
while joining In the hugh and or,
against monopolies in common VIII
even the "bosses" Of the old corrupt par
ties, yet, like them, you fail To show &
the people the true source whence thes,
nonop6lies have their origin u dovcl
opmont. IL in in vain, General, To raj
against mOnopulies, and II 'Sinacks'
somewhat of dcmagogucry To do So, un'
less we intelligibly show to the poopI,
whence they have their origin, and
point out ar suggest practical measures
for their destruction.
Aud General, IN order 10 present these
matters fairly and intclligibly, | deriar,
A. An unquestionablc fact, that monopo
lies, and even mOnarchies, are created
by rnbbing tn" people of their common
properties, their public land their public
money and the public highway of com
municstion, travel and commerce, and
transferring them in unequal shares or
portions, to individuals and corpora
lions. And il matters not whether this
robbery is accomplished by he sword
OF the conquorer or by usurped legisla-
sion, the results are the same.
/ declare as a further truth or PROPOSE
ton, this. i'm the autocratic power AS
summed by Congress and by many of the
States. whether such power is delegated
or not, of selling, giving and distribute
ing unequally, these common or SOW
ereign properties of the people, 10 indi-
viduals and corporations, monopolies
are created, and from the c~entralizing
power Of which, the "serPena head oil
And as another Truth or proposition, l
aver that, so far as Congress has eNer-
sised this power, it is a gross usurpation
of powers not delegated, near AKIN to
actual treason, being "A fatal blow against
the equal rights and sovereignty of the
people. The basis of a true Republican
government, or in other words, a true
Democratic Republican royalty OF the
people, rs opposed to a government by
the few, or by one man, rs in monarchy
or Imperialism.
If these propositions be true, General,
and l don't think you will dare to deny
that they are true, it reduces the field
of practical politics or measures OF re-
form to very simple and narrow
grounds, viz: that the autOcratic power
usurped by Congress of so selling, Civ
ing and distributing the sovereign pro-
peTties q the people unequally, must
be restrained, with the repeal of all laws
thus unconstitutionaliy enacted; and IN
conservative measures for restoring 10
the people as nearly as practicable. their
equal rights in their sovereign proper
ties Of which they have been plundered,
mainly through the power usurped by
Congress i'm alternating them in unequal
shares for the benefit OF the few.
Having declared that this is a usurped
power, it is but just and proper that
should prove it. To this end | here ex.
hibit ali the grants of power delegated
10 Congress over these properties. In
Article /, Section s, of the Constitution,
1t is provided that Congress shall have
mower s'to coin money, regulate the
value thereof and of foreign coins"
And in Article 4, Section 3, power Is
delegated to Congress to 'dispose of
and make all needful rules II regula-
tons consistent with the equal rights
and sovereignty of the people, of course)
respecting the territory and other pro,
perty belonging to the United States.'
This is all.
Now, i insist, General, that the au-
thority to "dispose of does not necessa-
rily mean a power to sell and ALLEVIATE AZ
discretion, as arrogated by Congress-;
and in view of the fact that the
ownership of these properties are inhor-
emit in, and embodies the very elements
Of sovereignty, and which are univer-
sally found in the possession of h rul-
ing power or sovereign in all forms of
Government. and as no sovereign wOuld
willingly delegate power to any human
authority TO alternate the very founda-
lions of his throne and elements of his
power; therefore, the power to dispose
of cannot be nationally construed as a
mower TO sell and ALLEVIATE at discretion,
but only a power to divide and distribute
In equal shares or benefits according to
the Fundamental basis of a true Demo-
cratic Republican royalty of the people;
and the truth is thus made manifest. as
charged that the assumption OF this
power by Congress was a gross usurpa-
ion, nearly allied to actual treason
against the sovereignty of the people. L
defy dispute. go.
As to the public money! and public
of communication, travel and
belonging to all the people by,
right of creation, as well as by right Of
/ most emphatically de-
dare there is not even a hadow OF con-
authority for the transfer OF
The ownership and control of these SOW
properties. In the first place l
aver that Congress has no constitution
authority to create a corporation.
And although the supreme court have
vested in Congress, yet, 1T is well known
hat the states in the convention which
framed the constitution overwhelming
" refused to delegate such power when
AID that, afterwards, in order
10 guard the people against such usur-
pa6ons of power, made and ratified the
amendment, declaring tina
this constitution are referred
70 tho States and the people," The false
and transparent sophistries
through which the courts in the face OF
Ihese facts pretend TO arrive at their
simply presents 2 case OF n
Supreme court versus facts
md common sense.
Tie power ''to coin money" ms dole
70 Congress is manifestly the
ooWer TO make or create money, and Is
limited by the term MONEY used
IA the grant of power. 1t Is not a power
Geate bank notes, Government notes
to pay money, or any otner
,ybrid substitutes for money. MONEY
its true constitutional n and In
lommon sense possesses as precise and
attributes as any other crea-
- m God or man. viz: The attributes