The Placer herald., 1864-09-24

ING THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION OF 1886.
Rcsoired, That the Democratic party will faith
| fully abide 10y md uphold the principles laid down
in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions Of l79S
and in the report OF Mr.. Madison to the Virginia
Legislature in 1899; that it adopts those princi
pies constituting one of the main foundations OF
its political creed. and is resolved to carry them
out in their obvious meaning and import GIN
cinndti Platform.
Kentucky Resolutions of I79S.
Drafted By the pen OF Thomas Jefferson.
ResOiced, That the several States composing
the United States OF America. are not united on
the principle OF unlimited submission 10 the Cen
erll Government, but that by compact under
the style OF a Constitution for the United States
and OF amendments thereto. they constituted a
General Government for special purposes, dele
gated to that Government certain dehnitive pow
| ers rescrviug each State to inself the resduary
mass of right to their own seli-government. and
that whpnsoevcr the General Government assumes
undele rated powers its acts are unauthorized
void and of no force; that to this compact each
State acceded as State. and is an integral party;
and its CO. States forming. as 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
TINT would have IN (de its discreton and not the
constitution, the measure OF its powers; but that
as in all other cases Of compact. among powers
having no common Judge. each party has an
eoual right to Judge for itself as well Of inlrac
lions as OF the mode and measure of redress.
.. ResOlrcd. That the constitution OF the Unit
ed states having delegated to Congress Il power
to punish treason. forcounterfaitng the securities
and current coin OF the United States prlcies
and ielonies committed on the high seas. and Of
fences against the law OF nations. and no other
crime whatsoever. ana it being true. general
priociDle. and one of the amendments TO the con-
stftntion having also declared that the powers
| mot delegated to the United States by the con-
slitution. nor prohibited by It to the States. are
reserved to the States respectively. or to the
| naonlp = therefore the Act of CONGRESS- passed
IN The lfth dly Of July. l79S, j." and entitled IAN
act in addition to the act entitled an act tor the
punishmeut OF certain crimes against the United
Mates" a, also the act passed by them on the
9th Of June. 1913. entitled Ian act to punish
frauds committed on the bank Of the United
Nt,trs' (ond all of their other acts which as
eumos to create. define. or punish crimes other
tb,n those enumerated in the constitutional are
lltorrther void and OF no force. and that the
nover 10 create define and punish such other
rin,os i reserved and Of ri ,rht ,pDnrtofns solely
ma nvoiusiyclv to the States each Within its own
torritorv.
Q Rsso1ro5 That If is trpc rs = General nrin
cinIo and Is also expressly declared bv one of
| tha amendments TO the Constitution. that the
| mowers NOT d4leolteJ to the United States Inv
t,, onstitntinn nov nrolil,ftnd nv ittotha MATES
o ,s,t,oI to tba States rasnertiyplv. or TO the
noon}a.,; and that no power over the freedom of
r.Iigon freedom Of sneoch or freedom of the press
Loi3. lala,,tnI TO the United states bv the con-
sfit,fion nor nrobibiied bv if to the States. all
I,.ri ,,,,,arE ,tiuq the .lnn ala of rioht
r,,, I'm fonl were reserved TO the States or the
mi. tI,+ fins was mn "a Tested their dptprmi-
nli, IN ret.in to themselves the right OF iu,lp-
i b,,s r,, mo licrutfnnsna4s of snepch and of
t ,,,,ss nav he abrdrrd without lesspninr their
W. * t,I[,,. and how, far Ihosa ,iusns which
r,,nnt he separated from their use should be
tolnr3fod rather than the use be DESTROYED and
.L,, Alec thav Guarded oe,inst all abrid omrnt