Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-25
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stop to inquire. Who 1t shall be done by
do not stoPt 10 inquire. Myhand and my
heart shall be with any man who, under
the Constitution and in obedience to
IT, uses his best efforts to bring again
into the National Council and
Into the family ereyunion, an those who
were of our glorious and extensive coln-
try. Having all this to do, my fellow citi-
Zens, what task Is upon us still?. Hardly
more difficult was the task OF unburying
again those cities of the East that had been
lburied hundreds OBJECT derpin Interruptions
from the mountains. Hardly less than res
cuing Pompeil fromitsl burial place, the
business that now deyolyes upon Us is to
rescue our old genuine Constitution and
laws from the vast rubbish that has been
heaped upon them. In doing this, hOwev-
tr, let me say to you as citizens in the hon
est discharge of your duties, it will be your
task to see that the burdens which the par
ty in power have laid upon us and upon the
country, shall be equally laid upon the
property ofthewhole country. We will go
back again to the good old pro-
position that liberty and equality =,
lie at the foundation OF our Institutions.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
Hon. A. G. THURMAN Chairman of the
Committee on Resolutions, submitted the
following Report, which was unanimously
adopted by the Conventions: . --F,v go ~
1. Resolved, That the Federal Govern "a
ment exists only by virtue of the Federal
Constitution, and possesses no powers not .
granted by that instrument. y trf ihu
2. RESOLVED, That the experience Of the
last four years has demonstrated, in an en-
inent degree, the wisdom of our forefathers
10 insisting upon strict construction of
the Federal Constitution; and we utterly
ht4,. 1n h., I'll
the most plain and palpable Of the letter
and spirit of that Instrument, have been
and are defended. @lA4M z JsH4
3. ResOlUed, That the reserved rights of
the States are essential to the existence, of ,
a Republican Government, and TO the lib
critics and prosperity OF the people; and we
are, therefore, unalterably opposed to. a -
consolidation of all power In the hands ,ofi .
the Federal Government-the inevitable
consequences Of which would be to make
that Government the. most despotic, corr,
rupt and oppressive In the world. I'D. m.
a. ReS0lUed. That the Democracy of Ohio b
will maintain and defend, as they have al p,
ways heretofore done, as essential to the !
existence of our Federal system of govern
ment the true doctrine of State RtghtS-not
nullificatOn, not secession--but the theory
of that system as laid down in the Virginia ]
and Kentucky resolutions of 1903, as inter
preted by their authors the one by Madison ,
in his Report in 1899, and the other by Jeffer- o
son in his solemn, official, Inaugural of 1901.
D.. Resolred, That, their ordinances OF se-
cession being void, the so-called seeding
States are still in the Union as States, and
are, therefore entitled TO all the reserved j,
rights of the States; and to their due rep
resentation in Congress; and to vote at fl-s,.
ture elections of President and Vice Pfesi- a
dent; and any attempt of the General Gov-I
erpmept, or any department thereof, to deA
prive them of these rights, would be an as
sault upon the rights of every State in the
Union, and an effort to overthrow the Gov II
ernment ordained by the Constitution. uS>/
9. ResOlred, That to each State belongs
the right to determine for itself the qualiti-9
cations of its electors, and the General Gov
Grnment cannot, nor can any department
thereof, interfere, directly or indirectly,
with the exercise of this right, without
palpable violation of the Constitution, and
OF the reserved rights of the States.
z. ReSOlped, That the effort now being
made, toiconfer the right of suffrage upon
negroes, is an insidious attempt to over
throw popular institutions by bringing the
right to- vote into disgrace. That the he
groes are not competent to the exercise of
that right, nor Is it necessary to their safety,
protection. On the contrary, its eXer- u
else by them, if attempted, would be B
fraught with terrible calamities to both
them and the whites. We are, therefore,
unequivocally opposed to Negro Suffrage.
s. Res lved That the experience of 4,6D0i
years has demonstrated that negroes are
not equal to white men; and all attempts to v
placethem on footing Of equality, politi-u.
cally and socially, with the whites, ever"
have proved, and ever will prove failures;
and all such attempts ever have proved, 4
and will ininr rinuo m hnfh
o.. ReSolred, That this Government was
made by white men, and SO far as wa haveiE
the power to preserve it, 1t shall continue to
be Government of white men. 2 a Isl
l0s ReSolred, Thatunder therule Of Ab-
olitionisni, and especially under. the recent.
military orders in Kentucky, the 4emigral
tion of negroes into Ohio is a growing evil,
and in order that white labor should be pro-
tected against negro labor, and the people
against llegro pauperlsm, it Is the duty Of
the Legislature to discourage 70 negro eniigra-
ton into our State.
IL. ResOluod, Thatthe war having ceased,
1t is the duty of the Governments, State
and Federal, and of every citizen, 10 strivel
to heal hewounds inflicted by it; and to
bring about fraternal feeling between the
people OF the different sections Of the Re- )"
public. oa' nln- 7iiIsi roga .I.'i,g 4 t.iz,2lg
II. ,Resolved That the yalor and ,forti-
tudc OF our troops have never been surpasS-
ed, and their patriotic devotion to their
country can meyer be oblitersted, from our
memories. "a, -, -, ,,.,... H..
l3. Resolred, Thatwe regard "a national
debt as national curse, and in view of our
immense debts, Federal and state, and of
the enormous expenditures of our Federal B
and State Governments, we demandan ex- I
ercise of the most rigid, economy by both
that all taxation by either shall be perfectly
fair and equitable; that public expenditure b
shall be reduced to the lowest peace stand
ard consistent with the public safety; that y
useless offices, civil and military, shall be
abolished, and unnecessary officers dis.
pensed with; and that the Tariff aud Inter
nal Revenue laws shall be reduced to the ,
exact revenue point sufficient for the Cow
eernnient economically and honestly admin
istered. ,iteie ., IA ~ '. ps's m :
ID. Resolued, That we most explicitly I,
condemn the policy of the party in7power
in creating thousands Of millions of Cow %I ~
ernment stocks, and attempting to exhoner-sI
ate the holders thereof from all .obligation
to pay thar just proportion of taxes for !
the support OF the States In which they re-,
side, and thereby creating an oodious anIs5
privileged moneyed .aristocracy; and we
declare 1t to be the immediate duty Of Con-
'gress and the State Legislature to use all
legal and CONSTITUTIONAL power they possessA
ito subjectlmOhey' SO Invested TO aburden OF i
taxation equal to that imposed upon other
property for Federal, State and inunicipalT T