The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-08-01
THREE YEARS AGO.
Ohio Democratic Platform i'm 1857.

Ohio Democratic Platform I'm 1857.
The political campaign In 1857, was one o.
the most active and harmonious on the part o
the Ohio Democracy ever known 10 this State
Henry Il. Payne was our candidate for Cover,
nor, and fell only a few votes short of an elec.
tion. The Convention which nominated him
sat in Columbus on the 9Th day of August. II
the preceding month OF June. Judge Douglas
had made speech at Springfield. Illinois, in
which he repelIed and repudiated the Republ'
can charge that the Supreme Court OF the Uni.
ted States, had decided points IN the Dret
Scott case, which were not properly before it,
In that speech. after briefly stating the facts il
the case. he said:
Upon this statement OF facts, ,,co importsn;
and material questions arose, besides several in
cidentai and minor ones. which it was incun,,
Dent upon the Court TO take notice Of and DE-
eide. Ths Court did not attempt to avoid re.
spnnSJiiity by disposing Of the case upon tech.
nical points without the merits, nor did they CO
out OF their way to decide questions not prop.
erly before them and directly presented by the
record. Like honest and Conscientious judges,
as they are, they met and decided each point as
it arose, and faithfully performed their whole
duty to the country by determining ALL the
questions in the case, and nothing but what
was essential to the decision OF the case upon
its merits"
The speech from which the above extract is
taken, was made at Springfield, Illinois, on the
18th Of June, 1857. Not quite two months az
terwards, the Ohio Democratic State Conven.
ton met at Columbus, and after nominating
Henry B. Payne for Governor; James R. Morris
for State Treasurer; Jacob Renhard for Secre
tary OF State, and A. L. Backus for Public
Works, proceeded to lay down in series of res
olutions, platform embodying the views and
feelings Of the Ohio Democracy From the pro-
cecdngs as published at the time, We copy as
follows:
The nomination Of hull State ticket having
been completed, the Committee on Resolutions
then reported. through their chairman, Barna.
bus Burns, of Richland. They were read by
c. B. Flood:
l, Reso7vea, By The Democracy of the State o.
Ohio, in Convention 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repealed, or pronounced unconstitutional by a
court of competent jurisd and that all at
tempts to evade or resist this obligation of our
national compact is an act Of rebe llcn leading
to revolution, and should be lrowned upon BY
every lover Of the Union.
g. Resolued, That at this, the first Conyen-
ton Of the Democracy since the Presidential
election Of 1855, the Democracy of Ohio, pre-
sent their congratulations to the Democracy ot
the Union who stayed the tide of sectional "a.
naticism, which was fast sweeping the vessel o.
State upon the quicksands of disunion.
8. Resolved, That we have every confidence
in the patriotism, talents and integrity Of the
National Administration, and we cordiaNy en-
dorse the doctrine enunciated by President Ppchnn-
an in has Inaugural address TO DISPOSE OF THE
SLAVERY ISSUE IN KANSAS BY SUBMITTING
THE SAME to a vete Of the actual residents q
the Territory, as eminently wise and democratic.
4. Resolved That the great doctrine OF popu
lar SOVEREIGNTY first proclaimed to the world in
the Declaration of ependence-reiterated by
MIR. Jefferson in his resolves in 784,-endor-
sed by the Kansas Nebraska act, and re affirm
ed in the Cincinnpti platform, if fairly carried
out, will rid the Country alike of Northern and
Sou Nthern fanaticism, and fixes in perpetuity the
existence of our glorious Union.
ReSlued, That while we look to no au
thority but reason for our political opinions. we
deem 1t proper to express DEEP GRATlFI
CATION at the CONCURRENCE of The Supreme
| Court Of the United States IN the DOCTRINES WhH
rgard b the CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS and Po.
LiTIcAL RIGHTs OF the STATES aud TERRI.
TOR E,& Eoon
cratic party and formally avosUed by it by tire,
National Conventions.
| This was the platform on which the Ohio
Democracy planted themselves in 1857 without
dissenting vote. On that platform, the De.
mocracy went into bat tie united; and dealing
| their blows wholly on the enemy. they came
out of the contest with "Ohio almost rec1esmedn
The Democracy had not then been rent il
twain by factious war waged on the Nationa
Administration Of their party because the LIE
compton Constitution had not been submitted
to direct vote Of the people. They had no
yet been told by disorganizers that they hat
any business with the manner in which thu
people o Kansas might establish constitution
knowing that the sole agitation throughout The
United States in regard to Kansas had bee,
exclusively in reference to slavery. the Demo
cratic STATE Convention in 1857, passed reso
ltion simply approving the submission Of thu
! SLAVERY ISSUE to direct vote OF the peo
pie as had been recommended by President Blu
chanan, and as was afterward done by the LIE
compton Convention Up to that time, Mr.
! Douglas had not openly commenced his work o
mischief and disorganization; and hence hi
Ohio leaders in the State Convention OF 1867
did not even hint that The people OF Kansa
rnnst adopt their constitution in a particula
manner, or otherwise be kept out of the Union
One other principal resolution in the plat
form as COPIED abovo, is full Of significance anc
worthy of all attention. 1t is the resolut ioi
which declares that the Democracy feel ''DEEI
RATIFICATION" (not mere acquiescence,
in the action OF the Court in the Dred Scott
case. and that the doctrines laid down b,
the court in reference to the constitutions
| Powers and Political Rights not of old Dret
Scott. butt Of the States and TERRITORIES
iceJc the same as hal ben n,aintai:.eR 6y the Dem,
ocratic party and Aad been formally avo,eed BY
| in three National Conventions This full and
unconditional endorsement OF the Constitut ion