Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-10-05
NO. 800.
DnMOOnATIC PLATroHm

Government
only by virtue Of the Federal Constitution and pos
sesbes no powers not granted by that instrument
q Resolved, That tile experience OF the lpst four
Years has de nonstna ed, IN an eminent degree, tbs
wisdom OF our ioreathers 10 insisting upon q strict
construction of the Federal ConsHtit6n, and We Ut.
most plain aud ara6 e. he Iett6r add spirit o thst
Instrument have been and are defended, ..,I
g. Rssolst, That The reserved riphts ofthe Statee
essential TO the existence of Republican Govern.
men Ard to the liberties ahd prosperity otthe people
and we are therefore, unalterably opposed " con.
sol dauon OF all power in the bands OF the Fed raj
Government, the inevitable cOnseq quences OF which
would be TO make that Govcrhmebt the most des-
l. Resolves, THAT the Defn6craey of Ohio viii main
tain and defend, AS they always heretofore done, Rs
essential to the existence Of our Federal system Of
Government, the true doctrine ofState riphts not
nuhed or not secession but the the theory of that
system rs lad down IN the Virginia aud Kentucky
resolutions Of lT0S, as Interpreted by their authors
the one by Madihonin his report in l799 and the
by Jefferson, in his solemn official inaugural of ls0l
o. ResOLUed That their ordinances OF secession beng
VOID the so called sec, ded states are ptil in the Union
States and are therefore emitted TO all the
rights OF the States, and 70 their due representation
10 Congress, and To vote tuture elections for Lres
dent aud Vice President, and any attempt Of the gem
eral Government, or any part thereof, to deprive
them of these nights, would be assault upon The
rights oi every State in the Union and an effort to
overthrow the Government ordained by the Constr
| tulion. " .'
g. RsolVsd That to each state belongs the right to
determine Tor ltselfthe qualifications OF its electors
and the General GoyernuIenI can not, can any
department thereof interfere directly or indirectly
with the exercise OF this right without papabe yIo-
iaton Of the Constitution, and the reserved rights
| OF the Stotes. ..... ... ". .|
Resolvei, Thatthe effort now being made to confer
the rght OF suffrage upon negroes inaidious at
temp to overthrow popular institutions by bringing
the rglt to vote into dssrace that the negroes are
not competent TO the exercise OF that right, nor is it
necessary TO their saety protection on the CON
rary, its exercise by them, II attempted, would be
raught with terrible Dlamttes to both them and ths
whites; we are therefore unequivocaly opposed to
| negro suffrage. .......s ..... ~. T.. . N.t
| & Rssoted, That the experience of four thousand
years have don0nstrated that negroes not equal
| to white mon and all attempts 10 place them on a
footing OF tquaity poit cay and socially y, with the
whites, ever have proved and will prove failures
and all such attempts have proved snd ever will
prove injurious to DO races
| 9. ResOluefrhet the Government made by white
men, and so FAR have the power to preserve IT.
| Il shall continue 20 be Government OF white men
| TO- Resoluei, That under the rule Of Abolitionlsm
aud especially under the recent military orders in
Kentucky. tho emigration OF negroes into ohio is .
| should be protected against negro labor,
the people against negro paupersm, It
emigration INTO our State
Ii. Resoirsi That the war having ceased, 1t is the
duo OF the Governments, stste aud Federal, and o
every citizen, p strive TO heal the wounds inflicted
by it, and to bring about fraternsl feeling between
Me people Of 'hs dfeTent sections Of the kepubae.
| 12, ResOre,f That the valor and fortitude OF our
troops have nser been aurpassed and their patriotic
devotion to the country can never he obliverated
from our memories. ....s ... aaIl|
| 10. Resotgf, That we regard a National debt as a
National cute, and IN view OF our immense debts,
Federal and stata and oIthe enormous expenditures 5
| OF our FedeHl HLd State Government, we demand
an exercise OF the most rigid economy by both that
all taxation by either shall be perfectly fair equi.
table that pnbc expenditure snail be reduced 10
the lo"est peace standard consistent with the public
safety ;that useless offices, civil aud military shall
be abolished and unnecessary officers dispensed with
and that the tarn and internal revenue laws shall lie
reducedto the exact revenue ont sufficiently the
Government economically AMI honestly admins.
te5sd. ...ttf.. 10 f.
IA, Rssoiped That most explicitly condemn thu
policy OF the party IN power, IN Cheating thousands
mill ons of Government debts, and attempting 10
| yalin tn
pay their just proportion taxes for the support
States IN which they RESIDE and thereby creating
odious and privileged moneyed Aris tocracy and we
declare II tp be the immediate duty Congress md
the State Leg slaures 10 use all the legal and cons
tonRl power they oAh to yubect mUnsy invest
ed to Lurden OF taxation equal to that pos ed upon
other property for Federal, state and municipal pur-
poses
| Is. BesoIvtd That Federal taze should, as far as
pos sble, be collected by the County Treasurers OF
the States, and tho people he relieved thsreby from
the hordes OF Federal tAx-gatherers who are now
Eating out their substance
l6, r solced That the four dollar militia oomrnu,
taton tax ~ Oppressive aud ght tp be repealed.
| u. RssOlUet That the freeaom Of speech Of the
press, ana OF elections habods corpus, and trial hy
ury, are the brthnghi OF all American rizenE,
guaranteed by both Federal ~ d state Constitution ,
lhat We will MAINTAIN and deiend them AZ sucn m
every extremity and that We danounNe especially
the arrest fciuEsus by military authority, ia states
Of places where the civh tribunals are lmmOlested,
and tneir execution, improvement, or tfial ny militia
ry commissions rs palpAble ntrsctons ol the Consti
tnton, ami outrageous upon pubc 0erty and private
night.
10 IesOtUo1, Ihat tne continued suspension OF the
wIt ofhdL6ds corpus since the tora nation OF the war
and wbenn pl etense OF necessity Is passed, the de
NAL ths right oftrisl yjuIy and the ulsl OF citizens
tot IN the mIlltarv service hy Military Com masions
aud the open interference with elections by military
power, as In the recent instances in KenIncky and
Tennessee, ey1luiipnsry violations Of the Con-
sutution threatening the very existence Of our
ancient and sacred nights hat they portend anger
to the liberties Ot the country " than hsH ever
before HenAced them, aud.Hh'ch 1t is the duty OF oil
good citizen TO meet with the most del Tmlned oppu
siuon and most slepess vigilance.
~. R6solpef, hat while will resolutey and pc r
sisently mn all inn actions Of the Consultation
by whomsoe committed and while We regret that
the terms OF Pacihcahon agreed to by Major General
! SheTman,in ApTh lasi, were not At once rathed by
the Federal Exeeulye, We viii, nevertheless, stRnd
by President Johnson IN all Constitution efforts "a
restore to the states thesxercss OF ther uRhs snG
powers within the Uuon.