People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1895 — SAGE LYMAN TRUMBUL [ARTICLE]

SAGE LYMAN TRUMBUL

SUGGESTS A DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES FORTHE PARTY. “Dowa with Aloaopolus and Millionaire Control; Cp with the Rights of Men and the Maseee? 4 —Tha ‘’Grand Old Man of HUnoU.’’ Judge Lyman Trumbull expressed m the following resolutions thought th.lt will live and burn into the hearts of patriotic men long aftnr the present Cut throat competition of plutocrats and paupers has jfiven plaee to a gov* eminent of equal rights to all and special privileges to none. 1. Resolved, that human brother* hood and equality of rig-fats are cardinal principles of true dtttiioei’ady 5 . 9. Resolved, that forgetting all past ’ "tical differences vve unite in the common purpose to rescue the government from the control of monopolists and concentrated wealths to limit their powers Of perpetuation by curtailing their privileges and to secure the right of free speech, a free press, free labor and trial by jury—all rules, regulations and judicial dicta in derogation of either of which are arbitrary and unconstitutional and not to be tolerated by a free people. 3. We endorse the resolution adopted by the national republican convention of 18(10, which was inSorpqrated by President Lincoln in his inaugural address as follows: “That the maintenance, inviolate, of the rights of the states, and especially of the rights of each state, to order and control its own domestic institiitioiis According to its bWn judgment, exclusively, is essential to that balance of poxver on which the perfectness, and endurance of our political fabric depends, and we denounce the lawless invasion of armed force on the soil of any state or territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.” 4. Resolved, that the power given congres bv the constitution to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union to suppress insurrections, to repel invasions, does not warrant the government in making use of a standing army in aiding monopolies in the oppression of their employes. When free men unshield the sword it should be to strike for liberty, not for despotism or to uphol 1 privileged monopolies in the oppres si-on of the podn 5 Resolved, that to check the rapid absorption of the wealth of the country and its perpetuation in a lew hands we demand the enactment of laws limiting the amount of propert ■ to be acquired by devise or inheritance. €. Resolved, that we denounce the issuing of interest bearing bonds b the government in times of peace to b •. paid for in part at least by gold drawn from the treasury, which results in the government paying u n It, own money; 7. Resolved, that we demand that congress perform its constitutional duty to coin money, regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin by the enactment of laws for the free coinage of s Iver with that of gold at the ratio of 16 to 1. 8. Resolved, that monopolies affecting the public interests should be owned and operated by the government in the interests of the people; a.I employes of the same to be governed by civil service rules, and no one to be employed or displaced on account o’ politics. 9. Resolved, that we inscribe on otrbanners, “Down with monopo'ies an I millionaire control; up with the riglH • of man and the masses,” ard under this banner We march to the polls and to victory.