M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-07-12


ton, and the usual number of Vice
Presidents and Secretaries.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON REsCLU.
TONS.
The Committee on Resolutions,
through its chairman, II. B. Payne,
OF Cuyahoga, submitted the follow
ing
PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES.
Re50ived, That we, the Democracy
of Ohio, do hereby adopt and affirm
the platform Of principles declared by
the recent National Democratic Con.
yention.
(We omit tile National Platform. J
And be Utnrther Resolcea, By the
Democracy of Ohio, That the suppres.
sion Of the African and foreign slave
tIade by the Federal Government af
ter the year 1907, IS one OF the com.
promises on the faith of which the
Constitution was adopted, and the un.
ion Of the slaveholding and noL-slave.
holding STATES firmly established; that
a revi val Of that trade would not only
renew those cruelties which once pro-
voked the Indignation of tho civilized
world, but would expose the slave.
holding States to q constant terror of
servitude, insurrection, and the non.
siayeholding States OF the border, like
Ohio, to all the mischief and annoy.
ance OF free black population. For
these reasons, with others, the Dem
ocracy Of Ohio are opposed to any such
evival, and to any measure tending
in that direction.
ReSOl0ed, That tho rendition of fu-
gitive slaves upon demand OF the per-
sons entitled to their service or labor
is duty imposed on every State OF
the Union by the terms OF the Federal
compact; that the laws passed by Con.
gress to secure such rendition in 1893
and 1850, ought to be promptly and
faithfully executed, and that the lead
ers Of the eeli-styled Republican par
ty in Ohio, by u persistent disregard
Of the Constitution orthe United States
in this particular, have shown them.
selves unworthy Of the confidence ol
well.disposed, patriotic and peacea5le
citizens; and we hereby accept the is
sue rendered by the Republican party
Of Ohio in tho nomination Of Judge
Brinkerhof, of notification or inlotce.
ment Of the Fugitive slave law.
ResOIred, That the opposition o.
the Republican party in Congress tc
the admission OF Oregon, exposes full
ly the utter hypocrisy Of their pretcn
siVns to be the peculiar friends of free
6ates.
Rs8oIreQ, That we affirm the abso.
lutte sovereignty Of the States of this
Union in regard to their domestic in.
situations, and the perfect compatibil
ity Of the confederation of free and
slave States to exist harmoniously to,
gether under the provisions Of oul
Federal Constitution, and we hereby
denounce and condemn the doctrine
Of the "irrepressiblo conflict" first
proclaimed by Lincoln and illustrated
atterward by Seward, as hostile to the
spirit of our Government and dcetrue.
tive to the existence Of the Union.
ReSOICe9, That the Democracy o.
Ohio disapprove the lavish grants O
the public domain, heretofore made by
Congress to railroad companies ans
other corporations, but arc in favor oI
granting limited portions OF the public
lands to actual settlers, on condition
of a bOnafde occupation and cultiYa
ton.
Rssozysd, That the Republican
party have, in Massachus ett8-5y al
lowing fugitive slave from the Sout!
the right Of suffrage and office in on,
year, and requiring for the same pur
pose. Of the naturalized citizen, a res
idence of two years after naturaliza
ton, equivalent to an extension Of the
period ior naturalization to sever
years-attempted to degrade the for
eign white man below the level of the
negro and the mulatto.
ReSOlged, That we are opposed tc
the policy ofallowing TO negroes, mu.
lattoes or other persons of "visiLle ad
mixture" of African blood, the right
of suffrage or any other political right,
desiring that the laws Of OHIO shall be
made, end her destinies controlled by
white men exclusively. and for the
paramount interests OF ihe white race
ReSOlved, That the recent invasion
Of a sister commonwealth by a band
ofdeSperate fanatics, for the execrable
purpose of fomenting a servile insur.
rect!on, through the agency Of arson,
rapine and murder, was an act in con.
flict with every principle of law, hu,
man or divine, a gross violation Of the
duties Of citizenship. and crime thai
should be denounced by all who love
the Union and are determined TO M.
hold it; that while the bandits have
justly expiated their crimes on the