The Placer herald., 1864-10-08
THE DEMOCRATIC GREED.

| ING THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION OF 1886.
Rcsoiued, That the Democratic party will faith
fully abide by aud uphold the principles laid down
| in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1893
and in the report Of Mr. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in 1899. that it adopts those princ
| pies constituting one of the main foundations of
its political creed, and is resolved to carry them
out in their obvious meaning and import Cta
| ctnndt Platform.
Kentucky Resolutions of I79S.
Drafted by the pen Of Thomas Jefferson.
Resoired, That the several States composing
| the United States of America, not united Oh
the principle of unlimited submission to tn, Gen
eral Government, but that by compact under
the style Of Constitution for the United States,
and OF amendments thereto, they constituted
General Government for special purposes, dele
gated to that Government certain dehntive pow
ers, reserving each State to inself the res duary
mass of right to their own selt-gOvernment, and
that whatsoever the General Government assumes
undelegated powers its acts are unauthorized,
void and Of no force that to this compact each
State acceded rs State, and is an integral party;
and its CO. States forming. to itself. the other
party; and the Government created by this com
pact was not made the exclusive or final Judge of
the extent of the powers delegated to ITSELF since
that would have IN lde its discretion, and not the
constitution, the measure of its powers; but that
a in all other cases of compact, among powers
having no common Judge. each party has an
equal right to Judge for itself as we'll of infrac-
tons rs of the mode and measure of redress.
2. Resolred, That the constitution of the Unit
ed States having delegated to Congress power
to punish treason, for counterfiting the securities
and current coin of the United States, piracieS
and felonies committed on the high seas, and Of
fences against the law of nations, and no other
crime whatsoever, ana it being true. As general
principle, and one of the amendments to the con
stitution having also declared chat the powers
not dele gated to the United States by the con-
Sttutlon, nor prohibited by it to the States. are
reserved to the States respectively, or to the
people" therefore. the Act Of Congress, passed
on the | ith day of July. 1893" and entitled san
act in addition to the act entitled an act for the
punishment OF certain crimes against the United
State.;' MS also the act passed by them on the
9th of June. 1898. entitled IAN act to punish
frauds committed on the bank of the United
States (lud all of their other acts which as
sumes to create, define. or punish crimes other
than those enumerated in the constitutional are
altogether void and of no force, and that the
power to create, define. and punish such other
crimes is reserved, and OF right appertains solely
and exclusively to the States, each within its own
territory.
3. Resoiued. That it is true, as general prin-
cpe, and is also expressly declared by one OF
the amendments to the constitution, that the
powers not delegated to the United States by
the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States,
are reserved to the States respectively, or to the
peoples" and that no power over the freedom OF
being dcleg tted to the United States by the con-
sttution, nor prohibited by it to the States. all
lawful powers respecting the same dad OF right
remain, aud were reserved to the States or the
people; that thus was manifested their determ-
nation to retain to themselves the right OF judg
Ing how far the RIGHTEOUSNESS of speech and Of
the press may be abridged without lessening their
useful freedom and how lar those abuses which
cannot be separated from their should be
tolerated rather than the use be destroyed and
thus also they guarded against all abridgment,
by the United StOtGs, of the freedom of religious
opinions and exercises, and retained to themselves
the right of protecting the same, rs this State,
by a law passed on the general demand of its
citizens, had already protected them from all
human restraint or interference; and that, in adj
dton to this general principle and express de
claratiou. another and more special provision has
been made by one of the amendments to the
constitution, which expressly declares, that Con
gress shall make no law respecting an establish
ment of reli gon or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech OF
the press, thereby guarding in the same sentence,
and under the same words the freedom of reli-
gion, of speech, and of the press, insomuch, that
whatever violated either, throws down the sane
tuary which covers the others, and that libelS,
falsehoods and defamation, equally with heresy
and false religion. are withheld from the c0gni-
z,nce of Federal tribunals That therefore the
act of the Congress of the United States. passed
on the l4th of July, 1893, entitled "an act in
addition to the act entitled an act for the punish
ment of certain crimes against the United States
which does abridge the freedom OF the press is
not law, but is altogether void aud of no force.
4 Resolved, That alien friends are under the
urisliction and protection Of the laws Of the
states wherein they are; that no power over them
hls been delegated to the United States. nor
prohibited to individual states distinct from their
power over citizens, and il being true, as a gen
eral principle, and one of the amendments to the
constitution having also declared that 1.-THE pow
ers not delegated to the United States are reserv-
ed to the states respectively, or to the people"
the act Of the Congress of the United States,
passed the 22d day of July, 1898. assumes power
over aliens not delegated to the constitution, is
not law, but is altogether void and of no force
5. ReSolped. That in addition to the general
principle as we'll a. the express declaration, that
powers not delegated are reserved, another and
more special provision inserted i'll th3 constitu
ton, from abundant caution has declared that
.'the migration or importation OF such persons as
any of the States now existing shall think proper
to admit shall not be prohibited by the Congress
prior to the year lS08;n that this commonwealth
does admit the migration of alien friends describ
ed us the subject Of the said act concerning Aliens
that A provision against prohibiting their mi graz
ton is provision against all acts equivalent
thereto. or it would be nugatory; that to remove
them when migrated is equivalent to the prohi-
biton of their M grafton, and is therefore, con-
trary to the said provision of the constitution,
and void.
6. Resolped That the imprisonment OF person
under the protection of the laws of this common
wealth on his failure to obey the simple order of
the President, to depart out of the United States,
us is undertaken by the said act entitled ian act
concerning aliens" is contrary to the constitution,
one amendment to which has provided that "no
person shall be deprived of liberty without due
process of law" and that another having pro-
vided that in all criminal prosecutions the ac-
cused shall enjoy the right to public trial by an
impartial Jury. to be informed of the nature and
cause of the accusation. to be confronted with |
the witnesses against him, to have compulsory
process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and
10 have the assistance of counsel for his Defence
the same act undertaking to authorize the Presi
dent to remove a person out Of the United States
who is under the protection Of the law, on his