The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1857-08-14

Irify this very sell. same Fugitive
Slave Act which in 1851 he denounced
and repudiatedf-State Jourmai.
Platform Of the Douglas, Nebraska,
4 bred Scott Convention at Columbus.
/. Resoived, By the Democracy
of the State OF Ohio in Convention
Oh assembled, that it ia nne of tho
first and highest duties Of the peo-
,ple OF q people OF. a republican Gov.
ernment to obey the the laws OF the
country, whatever they may be, I'm.
til modified, repealed or pronounced
unconstitutional by Court Of com.
Ipetent jurisdiction; and that all at.
tempts to evade or resist this high
obligation of our national compact
is an act of rebellion leading to rev.
olution, and should never be thrown
upon by every lover of the Union.
2. ResolUed, That at this, the first
Convention of the Democracy since
the Presidential election OF 1856,
the Democracy of Ohio present tEcir
congratulations to the Democracy oi
l the Union, who staid the tide ofsec
tional tanaticsn, which was last
sweeping the the vessel OF State up
) on the quicksands of disunion.
) 3. Rcsolcea, That We have every
confidence in the patriotism, talents
= end the integrity ofthe National Ad'
,ministration, and we cordially in
ldo,sc the doctrine, enunciatcd by
President Buchanan IN his inausur
al Address, TO dispose o. nc einve
ry issue in Kansas by submitti:":"
the same to n vote OF the actual res
idents of the Territory, as cmincntly
wise and Democratic.
! 4. Resolred, That the great doe
trine Of popular sovereignty first pro
} claimed to the world in the Doclar
alton OF Observation-Disclosures
by Mr.. Jefferson in his resolve o'
t 17S4 -indorsed by the Kansas Ne
braska Act, and reafti,med in the
Cincinnati platform, il fairly carried
out, will rid the country alike o.
Northern and Southern flnaticism
and fixes in perpetuity the existence
Iof our glorious Union.
5. Resolred, That while we look
5 to no authority but reason for ouI
5 political opinions, we deem it prop
. er to express deep qualification at til,
. concurrences Of the Supreme COur
, OF the United States in the doctrine,
with regard to tie CONSTITUTIONS
{ iUwers and political Rights OF ia,
States and Territories, which hav,
been maintained by the Democrat,
Party and formally avoweI by it il
, three National Conventions.
@. ReS0lctd. That the late Gcfal
cation in ihJ Treasury OF the STATE
linpariouslv demand that the none,
.of tho people, placed therin, shoulC
J be guarl,d d with jealous care, an'
, that, us the only means of 50 dGiuo
we reasscrt and rein lorsc the re
solves of the Democratic State Con
ventiou u! the S!h Of January. 1854
=, ,.pledging the next Democratic Legis
!iturc to carry i. into. cil.ct into wVr
Lui in deed as follows:
:, R5S1}cei, That the Inlcpcnd
rnt Treasury established by the De
,mocracy of the Union, after n con
, tinucd struggle for years, has in it,
p,acticle operation, vinlicated and
r,",rn All tHat was claimed Tor II
. hv itI warmest advocates. And
tAat the Democracy of Ohio arc in ia
yor Of the enactment hy the L"giS
g lIture Of system, similar in it,
principles. for he s&f' Keeping and
T distribution Of the rnI..: iun.!s O
: the STATE"
= 7. ReS,}e,d, That We are ia ia
: vor Of an economic Il alnI;nistra
tion VI the State, and tho Fedora
Government; and that the pa j.
policy demands, at this time, tl
most efficient anl thorough in,aS
ures of reform IN Ohio. in order I
+. reduce the burdens Of taxation bi
i restraining the operations ol til
, government fromprojccts of publi'
J.. expenditure. not necessary or essen
: tial to its strictly legitimate purpoS
II and also by imposing salntary check
+ upon the abuse OF the taxing powe
!, in The hands OF local authorities.
= s. Resoiced. That VIM. II. Glib
: son and John G.. Breslin, by thci
!, corrupt embezzlement of the pablo
moneys, merit, AMI We trust, vii
receive the reward OF iniquity,with
=, in the walls OF the Ohio pcniteniia
j., rV,