M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-10


more in June, 1882 as a clear and dis.
tinct declaration Of our political princi-
plies.
RssOlued, That the people Of Ohio,
now. as they have always done, look up
on slavery as an evil. aud unfavorubIe to
the development Of the spirit and prac.
,ical bene fits of free institutions; and
that, entertaining these sentiments, they
will at all times feel it TO be their duty
10 use all POWER clearly given by the
terms os the national compact, to pre-
vent its increase. to mitigate, and final.
y to eradicate the evil; but be it fur
ther
Rssolsed, That the Democracy Of Ohio
do al The same time fSlly recognize the
doctrine held by the fathers OF the Re.
public. and still maintained by the De
mocratic party in all the States, that to
each State belongs the right to adopt
and modify its own municipal laws, to
regulate its own internal officers, TO
hold and maintain an equal aud inde'
pendent sovereignty with each and eve.
ry State, and that upon these rights the
National Legislature can Deither legis
late Lor encroach.
ResOlued, In the language OF the Con-
tinental Congress, adopted forty days
after the Declaration of Independence.
that"it is a wise policy to extend the
protection Of our laws to all who shall
settle among us, Of whatever nation or
religion they may be, and to admit
them to participation of the benefits
of civil aud religious freedom;" that we
therefore proclaim the language Of Jel-
ferson as our party creed, to wit:
Equal and exact justice to all men, Of
whatever state or pursuasion, religious
or POLITICAL" and we hereby reiterate
the declaration of successive Democrat
ic National Conventions, from 1886 TO
1852, namely: THAT the liberal princi.
Piles embodied by Jefferson in the Dec
Iara:ion of lnde pedence and sanctioned
by the Constitution, which makes ours
the land Of liberty and the asylum Of
the oppressed of every nation, have eV.
er been cardinal principles in the Dem
oCratic faith; and every attempt to
ab:idge the privilege of becoming citi'
zens aad the owners of soil among us,
ought 10 be resisted with the same spir'
it which swept the alien and sedition
laws from our statute books"
ResOlpsd, That we will labor for .he
/. election of Democratic majority in the
General Assembly OF Ohio, pledged to
the following measures:
|. A law Withholding the remidies Of
our State courts from such banks oil
bankers as refuse to pay their taxes ac'
cording to the Constitution aud laws OF
Ohio; and forbidding the State Tfeasur'
er or County Treasurers from receiving
the notes of such banks or bankers ia
payment of taxes.
2. An exercise by the General Asse m
bly, of the power granted by the Consti
tuition, TO restrict the taxation by thu
authorities of cities and incorporated
villages, as we'll as Of county commits
sioners. thereby preventing the abuse o
such power.
RcSOIued, That we recognize in the
Democratic Administra tions, State unt
National, fearful. consistent and patri.
otic auxiIiaries in the above and kiud.
red measures of Democratic policy, ant
therefore worthy of confidence and sup
port Of every Democrat.
On motion, the thanks Of the Con
vention were returned to Messrs. Shear
er and DUNCAN, for their interest man
iles.ed in responding to the call Of thu
Democracy Of Vinton in addresses
&c.
On motion, it was requested tha
the proceedings of this Convention b,
published in the Macarthur Democrat
When, on motion, Convention ad
journed.
S. S. MURRY, Presr.
E. A. BRATToN, Sec'y.