The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-10-12
Platform of the DemOcracy Of
the United States.

= Rksoloed, That in the future, as In the
past, we will adhere with unswervine f.
deity to the u nion under the Constitu-
tion as the only solid foundation of our
F trength. security and happiness as peo.
pie, and as q framework of government
equally conducive to the welfare and
prosperity of all the States, both Northern
and Southern. ~. ~ W
l. ResoEyed, That this Convention does
ltexp'icitiy declare, as the sense of the
American people, that after four years of
tfMluTesto Festofe the Onion by the exper-
iment OF war, during which, under the
pretenee of military necessity or war
power higher than the Constitution, the
Constitution itself has. been ,aisregarde ed
in every part, and public liberty and pri-
vate right alike trodden down and the
material prosperity Of the country essen
TALLY impaired justice. humanity, liber-
ty, and the public welfare demand that
immediate efforts be made for essation
of hostilities, with q view to an ultimate
convention of the States, or other peace
able means, to the end that at the earliest
practicable moment peace may be restor.
ed on the basis of the Federal Union of
the States.
Resozued,, That the direct interference
of the military authorities of the United
States in the recent elections held in
Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and Della
ware, was a shameful violation of the
Constitution; and repetition of such acts
in the approaching election will be held
as revolutionary, and resisted with all the
means and power under our control.
Resolved, That the aim and object OF
the Democratic party is to preserve the
Federal Union aud the rights of theI
States unimnaiEed; and they hereby de.
clare that they consider that the admins
trative usurpation of extraordinary and
dangerous powers not granted by the
Constitution; the subversion of the civil
by military law in States not in insurrec-
ton; the arbitrary military arrest, impri-
sonment, trial and sentence of American
citizens in States where civil Law exists IN
full force; the suppression. of freedom of
speech and of the press; the denial of the
right of asylum; the open and avoved disc
regard of STATE rights; the employment
of unusual test oaths; and the interfer-
renee with and denial Of the right of the |
people to bear arms in their defense, is |
calculated to prevsnta restoration of the |
Union, and the perpetuation of a govern |
ment deriving its just powers from the
consent of the governed. p sS @
i Resolved, That the shameful disregard |
of the Administration to its duty, in re-
speet TO our fellow-citizens who now are,
and long have been, prisoners of war in
suffering condition, deserves the severest
reprobation on the score alike of public
policy and common humanity.
Resolced, That the sympathy of the
Democratic party is heartily aud earnestly
extended to the soldiery of our army and
sailors of our navy, who sre, and have
been, in the fiele and on the sea, under
the flag of their country, and, in the
event of its attaining power, they will re-
seive all care, projection, and regard that
The brave soldiers and sailors of the Re-
public have so nobly earned.