Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-08-13
Our Platform.

we give below the platform n re-
solutions adopted by the Democracy OF
Ohio in the State Convention, which as
sembled at Columbus on the 9th inst,
and ask for them a careful perusal.-
The resolutions are ably drawn, and
breathe the true Democratic spirit. We
are glad that one was passed d~enouncing
the rascality of the two defaulting Treas
urers. 1t is a true reflex of the senti-
ment of the party, and should serve as
a marked rebuke to the insolence of the
opposition demagogues, who are attempt
ing to screene their man Gibson, from
the iniquity he SO justly merits:
"Resozrcd, By the Democracy of the
State OF Ohio IN C5ncention assembled,
That it is one of the first and highest
duties of the people of a Republican
Government to obey the laws of the
country, whatever they may be, until
modified, repealed, or pronounced IN
constitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction; and that all attempts to
evadc or resist this high obligation of
our national compact is an act of rebel
lion leading to revolution, and should
be frowned upon by every lover of the
Union.
Second. That at this, the first Con-
v~cntion of the Democracy since the
Presidential election of 1856, the De-
mocracy of Ohio present their congrat-
ulations to the Democracy of the Union,
who stayed the tide of sectional fanati.
cism which was fast sweeping the YES
sci of State upon the quieksands of dis
solution"
''Third. That we have entire confidence
in the patriotism, talents and integrity
of the National Administration, and cor
daily indorse the doctrine enunciated
by President Buchanan in his Inaugural
Address, to dispose of the the slavery
issue in kansas by submitting the same
to a vote Of the actual residents of the
Territory, e~mincntly wise and Demo
cratic"
Fourth. That the great doctrine of
popular sovereignty, first proclaimed by
Jefferson in the Declaration of indie
p~endcnce, reiterated by Mr.. Jefferson in
his resolves of 1874, Endorsed by the
Kansas-Nebraska Act, as reafirmed in
the Cincinnati Platform of party creed,
will rid the country of sectionalism."
''Fifth. That while we look to no aux
thority but reason for our political opin-4
ions, we deem it proper to ex press deep
qualification at the concurrence Of the
Supreme Court of the United States on
the doctrine with regard to the %consti-
tutional power and political rights of the
and Territories which have been
long maintained by the Democratic par
ty, and formally avowcd by it in three
National Conventions"
Sixth. That the late defalcation in
the Treasury of the State impcriously
demands that the money of the people,
placed therein, should be guarded with
care and that, as a means of so
we reassert the resolve of the
Democratic Convention of January s,
1851, pledginS our next Democratic
to carry it into effect in word
and deed as follows:
s'ResolreI, That the Independent
Treasury established by the Democracy
OF the Union, after a continued struggle
for years, has, inits practical operations,
indicated and proved all that is claimed
it by its warmcst advocates, and that
the Democracy Of Ohio are in favor of
the cnactments by the Legislature Of
Ohio Of a system similar in its princi-
olcs, for the safe-keeping and disburse-
nent of the public funds Of the State"
Seventh, That we arein favor of an
economical administration of the State
nd Federal Governments, and the pub
ic policy demands, at this time, the
most efficient and thorough measures Of
,eform in Ohio, in order to reduce the
BURDENS Of taxation, by restraining the
,perations Of the Government from
ofnublic expenditures not nee {
ssary or essential to strictly Legitimate !
purposes, and, also, by imposing salutary
hecks upon the abuse Of the taxing {
in the hands OF the local author I
ties. :
Flight. ,Rcs,zee,7, That VIM. Il.
iibson and John G. Breslin, by their {
orrupt embezzlcment OF the public :
loneys, merit and, We trust, will re !
Give the reward OF i~niquity within the
,alIs Of the Ohio Pcn;tcntiary." {
K@~Nrs. Cunningham. smart rs she t