The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-04-02
THE NATIONAL PARTY
4 Stirring Address from tho Ex-
ecutive Committee.
The Cause and the Remedy for tho
Wretchedness Now Prevalent Through
out the Country.


In pursuance Of the call Of Hon. E. II.
Gillette, Chairman OF the National Com
mittee Of the National party, q number Of
the members Of TINT committee, and many
other active and prominent members Of the
party, assembled in the large parlor Of the
National Hotel, Washington, D. c., Thurs
day morning, March 5.
The following mcmb r. Of the committee
were present: Gen. John II. Winston OF
Iowa. Hon. Jesse Harper Of Illinois, Louis
F. Post Of New York, II. G.. Baldwin Of
Connecticut, Oliver N. Bryan, Of Maryland,
Warrea G.. Brown Of New Hampshire.
Benjamin q. Chace Of Rhode Island. w.
w. Hubbell Of Virginia, ]. A. Cake Of
Pennsylvania. Col. Lee Cmndall of the
District Of Columbia. and b. w. Terlinde
Of Now Jersey.
Among the active workers present w,re
also the following PERSONS: Gen james 3.
Weaver, Hon. John G. Cook. Hon. i. II.
Weller Of Iowa, Hon. b. F. Sh,ve ey Of In
diana. Hon. Charles N. Brumm, I. r.
Rynders, A. B. Merrick, A. A. Mills Of
Pennsylvania. Gen. John Tyler Of Florida,
Jenkins, d. c. Chidester and WIN. Newman
Of Ohio, ID. A. Hopkins Of New Jersey, Z.
g. JefFers and j. H. Munson Of Missouri,
VIM. E. Coleman Of North Carolina, G. p.
Judd Of Colorado, Richard Springer Of Da-
kota, Geo. .. Jones. L. g. Mcdonald and
Isaac Cohen Of New York, j. A. Thomp-
son OF West Virginia, A. q. Trader, Rufus
Darby, Paul Bowen. s. Maltby and j. Webb
OF the District Of Columbia.
Il Was nearly IL o'clock when Chairman
Gillette called the meeting to order. In a
brief but eloquent speech the Chairman ex-
pressed his great pleasure in meeting with
30 many Of the "old guard tried and true,
gave several excellent reasons why every
member Of the party should feel more en-
couraged than ever, and urged all present
to renewed efforts in the good work.
On motion Of Col. Winston. o committee
Of seven was appointed to prepare an ad-
dress to the public. The Chairman ap-
pointed Col Winston, Gen. Weaver. Bald
win. Post, Harper. Chace, and Hubbell on
said committe.
4 motion to adjourn until $40 o'clock the
MT morning was adopted.
On reaas .n.bl ny Friday morning, the
committee Sc 81. 4 for that IL submit ted
the following address, which was unani-
mously adopted, to wit:
70 the Public:
The National Committee Of the National
party deem il their solemn duty at the pres
ont iuncture to cal a'ten 10: to the condi-
ton Of public affairs, Which, III their judg-
mont. greatly imrerils the safety Of the
whole people.
During the past twelve years the country
has been rnvaged BY two grca financial
panics The first extended over period
Of six years, and the present one has now
existed for two years and threatens to ex-
tend indefinitely. Twenty fonr years Of
Republican supremacy has reduced large
portion Of the people Of the United States
to condition Of helpless poverty thrown
. still larger number holelessly iato debt.
the people. locked it up and forced them to
pay interest on an equal amount of public
debt which should long since have
been paid. The public domain has
been squandered; the control of inter-
state commerce surrendered to mon
ster monOpolies: bank spectators
have been clothed with the sovereign au-
thority Of issuiu & money and controlling its
volume, while but We. e.terday the military
arm Of the Government was made supreme
over civil authority. as exhibited in the un-
lawful and arbitrnry use Of he army to
eject, without process Of law. peaceful citi-
xens who were lawfully e..cupying tho pub
lie domain. The greed of capita in its mad
rush for usury nd dividends is crowding
. labor to the wal. The M, Of aant i
heard most p teonsl, il b. II :, I great
est plenty. The cry II ver,,nisction =
the desperate dodge Of 'esne,, illsins.
Gmnaries are overfiowing anl fimiies
starving: fields overbnrd ned n men .ly-
inc in want tha land b ,stin ,h fatness
and ch ldren perishing fo'a hunger. No
lnck Of anything to feed. c'eth,. and house
the body. and yet e'ysf want unparal-
leled.
We reafi,m that the follow g laws have
been and are ow the true source Of the ca.
hmities and de ression whi aft'ict the
country: |. The law putting two excep-
6ons in the United States nctrs green-
backs. passed F ,. .. lSa2. 2 The ma
tional bank net passed March 25. 1863. 3.
The act author ling contraction Of the cur
rency, passed March 6, 1866. 1. An act
10 strengthen the pubic credit SO called,
passed Mar IL. 1861. ). The
act to nd the n,tiona' debt,
passed July IA, 1870. 6. The net demoA-
etixing silver. passed March II. 1873. Z.
,, The resumption act. PASSED Jan. IA. 1875.
The summing mp Of these laws ly that Great
philanthropist Wendell Phi:lia is worthy
Of the highest consideration by the Ameri-
! can people. To rob labor ard enr ch cap-
/ ital. they will divide the republic into two
classes moro marked than were the slave.
holding and non -slaveholding classes. The
ono more prosperous, the other more abject.
They are the serpent's egg, which will hatch
ont an aristocntic monarchy, where wealth
is God. and where the rich daily grow richer
and the poor daily grow poorer. We are
sweeping on at o most miraculous speed to
this certain end-this certain death Of the
great republic" It Is impossible for these
evils 70 coexist with peace aud national
prosperity.
We also cali attention to the following
important hcts: Our population is increas-
ing ct . rate which will reach one hundred
millions Of people within the next twenty
years. In the lace Of this startling fact our
circulating medium is mpidly decreasing.
Widespread wretchedness and social llisas-
ter must follow. Notwithstanding the de-
termined and persistent effort Of minori.y Y
Of its members. Congress spent its last
term without passing the measures necessary
10 relieve the people from impending peril.
The United States Senate passed hin to
present to wealthy bankers subsidy OF
PSI, ,OOO. 600 as an additional means of ex.
torting usury. This measure is known Is
the Mcpherson bill. An effort has been
made to strike down the silver coinage.
which would still further increase the pow
er Of the banks to control or industries
and 0ppress labor.
To remedy these evils we insist that the
surplus in the Treasury shall be prom, tly
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