. The Coxey plan; medium of exchange without cost; . are here to petition for legislation which will furnishemployment for every man able and wrilling to wrork, legis-lation which will bring universal prosperity, emancipateour beloved country from financial bondage to the de-scendants of King George. We have come to the onlysource which is competent to aid the people in their dayof distress. We are here to tell our representatives, whohold their seats by grace of our ballots, that the strugglefor existence has become far too fierce and come and throw up our defenseless h
. The Coxey plan; medium of exchange without cost; . are here to petition for legislation which will furnishemployment for every man able and wrilling to wrork, legis-lation which will bring universal prosperity, emancipateour beloved country from financial bondage to the de-scendants of King George. We have come to the onlysource which is competent to aid the people in their dayof distress. We are here to tell our representatives, whohold their seats by grace of our ballots, that the strugglefor existence has become far too fierce and come and throw up our defenseless hands and say:Help, or we and our loved ones must perish. We are engaged in a bitter and cruel war with theenemies of all mankind—a war with hunger, wretched-ness and despair, and we ask Congress to heed our peti-tions and issue for the nations good a sufficient volumeof the same kind of money which carried the countrythrough one awful war and saved the life of the the name of justice, through whose impartial admiriis- 50 THE COXEY PLAN. THE COXEY PLAN 51 tration only the present civilization can be maintainedand perpetuated, by the powers of the Constitution ofour country upon which the liberties of the people mustdepend, all in the name of the Commonweal of Christ,whose representatives we are, we enter a most solemnand earnest protest against the unnecessary and cruel actof usurpation and tyranny and this enforced subjugationof the rights and privileges of American citizenship. Wehave assembled here in violation of no just laws, to enjoythe privileges of every American citizen. We are now under the shadow of the capitol ofthis great nation and in the presence of our nationallegislature are refused that dearly bought privilege, andby the force of arbitrary power prevented from carryingout the desire of our hearts, which is plainly grantedunder the great Magna Charta of our national have come here through toil and weary march,through storms and tempests, o
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