Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-08-27
Columbus, Aug. 10th, 1857.
PLATFORM or THE SLAVE DEMoCRA
CY,

VI,
The follow ing are the resolutions passed by the
douglas Nebraska Dred Scott convention which
nominated T.. B. PAYNE for Governor-read and
ponder
Resolve By the democracy ofthe State of Ohio
in ConUea ton, assembled, That it is one of the
first and h ighest duties of the people of Repub-
lean Government to obey the laws OF the country
whatever they may be- until modified, repealed
or prone uncel unconstitutional by a court of com.
peent Jurisdiction; aud that all attempts 10 evade
or resis this high obligation Of our national COM
pact is an act of rebellion leading 10 revolution,
and ,ht )uld be frowned upon b. every lover Of the
Union.
SecrJud. That at this, the first Convention Of
the y emocracy siace the Presidential election Of
1856 the democracy of Ohio present their con-
gratu ations to the Democracy of the Uuon who
Staye the sectional tide of fanaticsrn which was
fast weeping the vessel Of State upon the quick
sand 5 of dissolution.
r bird. That we have entire confidence in the
pat iotism taleots and integrity Of the NationaI
I'D ministration, and cordially endorse the doc
trir e enuuciated by President Buchanan in bis
Iat ugural address to dispose of the slavery issue
in Kansas by submitting the same to a vote of the
act uaI residents of the Territory, as eminentIy wise
an Democratic.
Fourth. That the gleat doctrine of popular
So 'eleignty, first proclaimed by Jefferson in the
d. ,caraion of Independence, reiterated by Mr..
Je lferson in his resolves of 1884, endorsed by the
K ansas Nebraska Act, as reaffirmed in the Gin
cI matt platform of party creed, will rid the coun
tr of sectionasm.
Fifth. While we look to no authority but rea-
81 IN for our political opinions we deem it proper
express our deep qualification at the concurrence
fl the Supreme Court of the United States, on the
doctrine with regard to the constitutional power
a nd political rights of the States aud Territories
hich have been long maintained by the dem.
" cratic party, and formally avowed by it in three
n ational Conventions.
Sixth That the late dedication in the Treas
ury of the State, imperiously demands that the
money of the people, placed therein, should he
g uarded with jealous care, and that as means Of
SO doing, we assert the resolve of the Democrat
c Convention Of January 8, 1854, pIelging oul
ne xt Democratic Legislature to carry into effect
in word and deed, as follows:
Resolved, That the Independent Treasury es
| tai tlished by the Democracy Of the Union, afte
ontnued struggle for years, has, in its potica
ope rations, vndicated and proved all that is claim
ed flor it by its warmest advocates, and that th'
den nlocracy of Ohio are in favor of the enactmen
by the Legislature of Ohio of a system similar ii
its principals, for the safe keeping and disbuse
mel 1t of the public funds Of the State.
Seventh. That we are in favor Of an econom
ical administration of the s; State and Federal Gov
ernt nents, and that the public policy demands
at tb is time the most efficient and thorough mea
sures or reform in Ohio, in order to reduce tn
burdt ms of taxation, by restraining the operation
of Go vernment from projects of public expendi
lures net necessary or essential to strictly fgit
mate purposes, and also, by imposing salutar.
checks upon the abuse Of the taxing power in tn
hands of the local authorities.
Eigt th. Resolved That VIM. H. Gibson anc
John a Breslin, by their corrupt embezzIemen
of the ublic moneys merit and we trust, vii
receive he reward of iniquity within the walls
the Obi Penentiary.