The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-04-23

Hancock County Democrats Platform
Of 1887.
| Our readers, we prcume have no,
lorgotton the very unique platform,
adopted BY the Democracy in their
] County Con vention last f-'r wiich
contafncd a,no-, vtneis, the follow
les resolutions:
18th. REsoLvGD. That the Black Repub
htai arty, who rode into power in 1855
under the cry and promise OF 'retrenc chmenI
and REFORM have most signslly failed tc
carry out their promises; that, instead oil
retrenchment, they have added increased
expenses; raised the State levy from six
mllls on the dollar, as it was in 1864 and
iooo, under Democratic rule, TO ten mills on
the dollar; tibet, while the Democrats with
siI mills on the dollar, could pay of 3 654, .
O0o OF the State debt, annually, and have q
surplus in the treasury, the Black Republi.
cans, with q levy Of ten mills, are running
the slate in debt--horio wing millions OF
| ooiIsrs-robbing the children Of the library
,unu; that they have prohibited Court rty
commissioners from levying any bridge tax,
however much such tax may be needed I;
lhey have kept the Attorney General of the
STATE attending petty negro lawsuits entire.
~ out OF his duty; they have paid "smelling
committee mem four dollars Der dsy dur
ing the summer and fall Of 1855, for elect.
loneering for Fremont and Dayton; and, to
cap the climax, have made the treasuy of
the State bankrupt
We proved, we think. to the sat.
isiaction Of all, last fall, that under
Republican rule, the ratio of State
taxation, had never been greater
than three mills and two. tenths on
the dollar, and that the last Repub-
'ican Legislature had reduced it to
three mills and ono.tentb; but, be
that as it may, the late Democratic
Legislature has made no change in
the ratio Of taxation, 80 that if it was
ten mills on the dollar, under Re-
publican rule, it remains so under
Democratic rule. The same may be
said Of the library fund-of the
bridge tax &c. The time spent by
the Democracy in legislatiny for tue
interests of the slave States in pass.
ing laws allowing the stakeholder
the use of our .iails to contine his
slaves in-in allowing him to bring
bis slaves into the State, all of which
was done at an expense to the State
OF over 5000 a day, will probably be
borne in mind by those who heard
SO much said about the Attorney
General spending so much time in
attending negro lawsuits" And
before this famous Legislature ad-
journcd, they appointed "a smelling Q
committee to sit during the recess of
the Legislature, and make investi.
cations in regard to the State Treas.
ury.
And here is another precious item
IN the sixth resolve in this noted Han
c'ck county Dem cratic platform:
"They the Republicans) have passed the
So called bird law and 'f.b law for The
prot ection Of cock robin and the little
hShes; and they have passed law a bring.
ing sur state government into direct con.
h'c' with the general government"
Well, the Democratic Legislature
mat WIS to institute so many re-
lorns, were in session over three
months; and dnring that time, an
attempt was made by some member
to repeal or modify the "bird law"
and the fish law" but the PROPOSE
ton was laid on the shelf cold
and the Democracy have
thus shouldered this
measure, that they, last fall, affected
to regard as so obnoxious.
Here is another resolution of this
rciormatory PLATFORM:
9TH. RESOLVED. That we regard the
proposed Amendments to the Constitution Of
Un Uni o'a!e, ana the banking law got up by the
Daos 'a's' republican majority in the last LIE.
s,,nS - wrong IN principle, and only
ana corporations at the expense of the neo.
pie; and at we believe it TO be the iuty
OF every Democrat and friend of this cou ntry
w mo- TO vote against them at the coming
election.''
Tho amendments to the Consti,u-
tion' were to be voted upon as se-
parate questions, and one OF these,
was in regard to Annual Sessions OF
the Legislature. Tie Democracy,
It will be seen, condemned them enl
niasse' and resolved not to support
them; yet they now regret exceeding.
~ that the proposition of Annual
Sessions OF the Legislature, was not
adopted; and the editor of tho Couy.
'Sr' who was a delegate to the Con.
ventlon, that adopted these resolu.
tions, and voted Tor them. thinks
there never was so great a political
failure as bionnial sessions" This,
however, docs not seem to have &C.
CURED to him, until the Democratic
Legislature resolves to hold an extra
session.