Analyze the following primary source:- Preamble to the Constitution…

Question Answered step-by-step Analyze the following primary source:- Preamble to the Constitution… Analyze the following primary source:- Preamble to the Constitution of the Knights of Labor (1878) in Terrence V. Powderly, ThirtyYears of Labor (Columbus, OH: Excelsior Publishing House, 1890), pp. 243-46.The Knights of Labor was the first national union in the United States. Founded in 1869 as afraternal order, they included both skilled and unskilled workers as well as African Americansand women in their ranks.The recent alarming development and aggression of aggregated wealth, which, unless checked,will invariably lead to the pauperization and hopeless degradation of the toiling masses, render itimperative, if we desire to enjoy the blessings of life, that a check should be placed upon itspower and upon unjust accumulation, and the system adopted which will secure to the laborer thefruits of his toil; and as this much-desired object can only be accomplished by the thoroughunification of labor, and the united efforts of those who obey the divine injunction that “in thesweat of my brow shalt thou eat bread,” we have formed the Knights of Labor with a view ofsecuring the organization and direction, by co-operative effort, of the power of the industrialclasses; and we submit to the world the objects ought to be accomplished by our organization,calling upon all who believe in securing “the greatest good for the greatest number” to aid andassist us:I. To bring within the folds of organization every department of productive industry,making knowledge a standpoint for action, and industrial and moral worth, notwealth, the true standard of individual and national greatness.II. To secure to the toilers a proper share of the wealth that they create; more of theleisure that rightfully belongs to them; more societary advantages; more of the9benefits, privileges, and emoluments of the world; in a word, all those rights andprivileges necessary to make them capable of enjoying, appreciating, defending, andperpetuating the blessing of good government.III. To arrive at the true condition of the producing masses in their educational, moral,and financial condition, by demanding from the various governments theestablishment of bureaus of Labor Statistics.IV. The establishment of co-operative institutions, productive and distributive.V. The reserving of the public lands—the heritage of the people—for the actual settler;–not another acre for railroads or speculators.VI. The abrogation of all laws that do not bear equally upon capital and labor, theremoval of unjust technicalities, delays, and discriminations in the administration ofjustice, and the adopting of measures providing for the health and safety of thoseengaged in mining, manufacturing, or building pursuits.VII. The enactment of laws to compel chartered corporations to pay their employeesweekly, in full, for labor performed during the preceding week, in the lawful moneyof the country.VIII. The enactment of laws giving mechanics and laborers a first lien on their work fortheir full wages.IX. The abolishment of the contract system on national, state, and municipal work.X. The substitution of arbitration for strikes, whenever and wherever employers andemployees are willing to meet on equitable grounds.XI. The prohibition of the employment of children and workshops, mines, and factoriesbefore attaining their fourteenth year.XII. To abolish the system of letting out by contract the labor of convicts in our prisonsand reformatory institutions.XIII. To secure for both sexes equal pay for equal work.XIV. The reduction of the hours of labor to eight per day, so that the laborers may havemore time for social enjoyment and intellectual improvement, and be enabled to reapthe advantages conferred by the labor-saving machinery which their brains havecreated.XV. To prevail upon governments to establish a purely national circulating medium, basedupon the faith and resources of the nation, and issued directly to the people, withoutthe intervention of any system of banking corporations, which money shall be a legaltender in payment of all debts, public or private    There is no need for any further research into outside sources; the source provided and Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty! An American History, Volume 2, Seagull Sixth Edition should provide enough information to successfully analyze the source. Don’t use outside sources.   The argument should be a historical and scholarly one that cites any source that you either directly quote or summarize in-text citations. History US History HIST 15200 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)