The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-30
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORMS.
Ohio & Pennsylvania Democracy.
TINE RING OF the TRUE METAL
Ohio Resolutions.

ly y.adoptedIby the Convention:
!. Resolred, That the Federal Coy.
ernment exists only by virtue of tue Fed
erai Constitution, and possesses no pow
ers not granted by that instrument
2. Resolred, That the experience OF
the last four years has demonstrated, in
an eminent degree, the wisdom of our
forefathers in insisting upon strict con-
struction of the Federal Constitution
and We utterly abhor the s0phistry) by
which violations the most plain and
palpable, of the letter and spirit of that
instrument, have been and are defended.
3. Resolued, That the reserved rights
of the States are essential To the eXis
tence of Republican Government and
to the liberties and prosperity of the
people and we are, therefore, inaltera-
bly, opposed To a consolidation OF all pow
er in the hands Of the Federal Govern
ment the inevitable consequences OF
which would be to make that Govern
ment the most despotic, corrupt, and Op-
pressive in the world.
4 Re8olred That the Democracy OF
Ohio will maintain and defend, as they
have always heretofore done, as essen
tial TO the existence of our Federal sys-
TEN of government, the true doctrine of
State Rights-not nullification, not Sc
cession-but the theory of that system
as laid down in the Virginia aud Ken
tucky resolutions of 1893, as interpreted
by their authors the one by Madison in
his Report in 1879, and the other by JEFF
ferson in his solemn. official Inaugural of
1901.
5. ReSolued, That. their ordinances Of
secession being void. the so-called seced-
ing States are still i'll the Union as States,
and are, therefore, eutitled to all the re-
served rights of the States; and to their
due representation in Congress, and to
vote at future elections of President and
Vice-President: and any attempt Of the
General Government. or any department
thereof, to deprive them of these rights,
would be an assault upon the right OF
every State in the Union, and an effort
to overthrow the Government ordained
by the Constitution
G. Pe8olred, That to each State be-
longs the right to determine for itself
the qualifications of its electors, and the
General Government cannot, nor cap any
department thereof, interfere, directly, or
indirectly, with the exercise of this right,
without palpable violation of the Con
stitution, and of the reserved rights of
the States.
I. Resolved, That the effort now be
ing made TO confer the right Of suffrage
upon negroes, is an insidfOus attempt to
overthrow popular institutions by bring
ing the right to vote into disgrace. That
the negroes are not competent to the ex-
ercise of that right, nor is It nesceSsary
to their safety or protection On the
contrary, its exercise by them, if att empt-
ed, would he fraaght with terrible ca
lamities to both them and the whites -
We are, therefore, unequivicaliy opposed
to Negro Suffrage
g. ResOlced That the experience OF
4 900 years has demonstrated that ne
groes are not equal to white men and
all attempts to place them on footing
of equality, politically and socially with
the whites, ever have proved, and ever
will prove failures; and all such at
tempts ever have proved, and ever Will
prove, injurious to both races.
Q Res0lred That this Government
was made by white men, and SO far as
we have the power to preserve it, 1t shall
continue to be a government of white
men
lU. Reso!reI, That under the rule of
Abolitonsm, and especially under the
recent military orders in Kentucky, the
emigration Of negroes into Ohio is a
growing evil, aud in order that white la
Dor should be protected against negro la
Dor and the people against negro paupSr-
ism, it is the duty of the Legislature to
discourage negro emigration into our
State.
H. Resolred, Thai the war having
ceased, it is the duty OF the Governments,
State and Federal, and of every citizen,
to ST rive TO heal the wounds inflicted by
it and To bring about traternal ieellng
between the people of the ditteront sec
tions of the Republic
I2, Resolred That the valor aud for
titude of our troops have never been srlr-
passed, and their patriotic devotion to
their country can never be obliterated
from our memories. -
10. Resolred, That we regard a. ma
tional debt as national curse, and III
view of our immense debts, Federal and
State, and of the enorm Gus expenditures
of our Federal and State Governments,
we demand an exercise of the most rigid
economy by both; that all taxation by
either shall he perfectly fair and eqnlta-
BILE that public expenditure shall be re-
duced to the lowest peace standard con-
sistent with the public safety, that USE
less offices, civil and military, shall be
abolished, and unnecessary officers dis
pensed with, and that the Tariff and In
ternal Revenue laws shall be reduced to
the exact revenue point sufficient for the
Government, economically and honestly
administered.
ID ResOlred. That we most explicitly
condemn the policy of the party i'll pow
ar in creating thousands OF millions OF
Government stocks, and attempting TO
exhouorate the holders thereof from all
obligation to pay their just proportion
of taxes for the support ofthe States in
which they reside, aud thereby creating
an odious and privileged monied arlS-
tocracy, and we declare il to he the I'M
mediate duty of Congress and the State
Legislature to use all legal and Constita-
tiopal power they possess TO subject
money so invested to burden of taxa.
tion equal to that imposed upon other
nroperty for Federal, State and munich
pal purposes
Is, Resolred, That Federal taxes
should, as far as possible be collected by
the County Treasurers OF the States-and
the people be thereby relieved from the
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