Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-01-26
Ohio Democratic Platform-a National
one, and Unanimously Adcpted

OHIO Democratic Platform-a National
one, and Unanimously Adopted
We published III yesterday paper fsay,
the Dayton Ohio, Enquiref) the resoln,;on.
adopted BY our State Convention. Eyerv
person who has read them and ,s tam;l;..
WIN the principles OF the Democrat. par.
V'wllI See that they come up TO the mark.
meet the prominent issues OF the day. and
place our party in Ohio in line with the
National party Of the Union. We ron.
gratulate our friends upon the resoIt-
lhe doctrine OF popular sovereignty has
,rinmphed. The principle of the Nebras-
ka DILL has been endorsed:-and TO-. 49,.
h9w ready III Ohio, for pitched haiti
with the combined osts Of nlol4rancsans
fauatieism looking forward with how
yea, with longing for the 1ay when ~.
snail meet our enemies in battle ARA,
The first resolution adopted reads a. fol.
lows: " WI
Resolved, That slavery IS domestic =
s'ituiion, aud that Congress ba, nei,ber,h.
power to leg'slate it into any Territory nr
State nor 10 exclude it lherejrom. b1, IN
leave tie people thereof perfectly free tn
'o'm and regulate their domestic insti,u.
ions ~ Their own way. subject to tb. Con.
stiuIioh OF the United Ststes.''
BY this il will D. seen that the Demo
facy OF Ohio agree npon Driacjole. M,
merely upon policy. They take ,bs;r
stand upon the ground that Couor.Ss boz
neither The power TO Iegislate it into anv
Territory or State. nor to exclude !, there.
from; "but to leave the people thereof ner.
leetly Tree 10 form and regulate Thai, d.
mesllc institutions in Their own way cub.
Jeet to The Constitution o. The fIn;,sa
States. Our readers will also ,,t.as,,..
that the latte. part of tits resolution is IA.
Ken word Tor word from the Nebraska bill
itself and that our Sie;e Convention has
thus endorsed ,ne principle of popular soy.
etelgnty as embraced III that bin.
The second resolution, which is aloos.
word Tor word taken from the DAYTON res.
olutions, afiifms in emphatic hnouaee tho
iisht OF each Territory and State to choose
and Regulate IFS own institutions, as A fan.
damthtal principle Of all iree governments.
Inc third resolution, taken from the
Dayton resolutions, condemns the intro.
duction OF religious questions into the M.
llt'cal arena, as wrong, corruptino and
dangerous. WIZ
The forth denounces seeresy oatbs and
the Know Nothing Organization, as in aI
Grant, demora!izing and ant,.republic.n
and pTo,laims our party as being in favor
oil freedom OF conscience, and OF politicaI
eanaiiiy' without reference TO birth or rp.
hglou> belief.
The fifth is also taken from the Dav,on
resolutions, pledging ourselves to give viz.
orous, bold and deian, battle to our com.
bined enemies. N0'A'
The sixth endorses the course of the "a
Democrats who have so long stood hv
their candidates in Congress, and exboris
them to maintain their stand TO the last.
This comprises the whole pIa form, 7,
is short, but this is one of its meuts. 7,
contains nothing Unnecessary; nothing that
we are not willing to stand by; nothing de-.
ccisiui; nothing thrown in for Tie mere
purpose OF 'buncombe :" Our prinr;nia.
are all defined; our enemies deiieJ and onr
Tag is unsurled. We have pledged ,ur.
selves that it shall remain uniurled so loog
as there is Constitution and Union and
Democratic principles 10 support and de.
lend. May it be unfured forever!
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