The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-08-30

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 rights ofevery
Statei the Union, and an effort to over.
throw the Government ordained by the
Constitution.
g. Resozred, That to each State belong
the right to determine for itself the quail
ifcations of its electors, and the General
lGovernment cannot, nor can any depart
inent thereof, interfere, directly or indi-
rectly, with The exercise of this right,
without palpable violation of the Con-
stitution, and Of the reserved rights Of the
States
T. Reso1ved, That the effort now being
made, to confer 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
negroes are not competent to the exercise
Of that right, nor is it necessary to their
safety or protection. On the contrary,
its exercise by them. if attempted, would
be fraught with terrible calamities to both
them and the whites. We are, therefore,
unelpivocally opposed to Negro Suf-
frage
s. ResolUed, That the experience OF
1000 years has demonstrated that negroes
are not equal to white men; and all at
tempts to place them On footing of equal
Iity, politically and socially, with the
whites, ever have proved, and ever will
prove failures; and all such attempts ever
have proved, and ever will prove, injuri
Ious to both races.
! 8. ReSolced, That this Government was
made by white men, and SO far as we have
the power to preserve it. it shall continue
to be a Government of white men.
10. ResoIUed, That under the rule OF
Abolitionism, and especially under the
recent military orders in Kentucky, the
emigration Of negroes into Ohio is a
growing evil, and in order that white la
Dor should be protected against negro la
Dor, and the people against negro pauper-
ism, It is the duty of the Legislature to
discourage negro emigration into our
Estate. -
IL. RcSolCea, That the war having
ceased, it is the duty of.the Governments,
State and Federal, and of every citizen, to
strive to heal the wounds inflicted by it;
and to bring about fraternal feeling be-
tween the people of the different sections
of the Republic.
= u. Resolccd, That the valor and for
titude of our troops have never been sur
passed and their patriotic devotion to their
country con never be obliterated from our
memories.
l3. Resoloed, That we regard ma;
tional debt as national curse ,and in view
of our immense debts, Federal and State
and of the enormous expenditures of ou1
Federal and State Governments, we de-
mand an exercise Of the most rigid econ
omy by. both; that all taxation by either
shall be perfectly fair and equitable; that
public expenditure shall be reduced to the
lowest peace standard consistent with the
public safety; that useless Offices, civil
and military, shall be abolished, and un-
necessary officers dispensed with; and tha
the Tariff and Internal Revenue laws shal
be reduced to the exact revenue poin
sufficient for the Government, economi
ieally and honestly administered.
IA. ResolUed, That we most explicitly
condemn the policy of the party in power
in creating thousands of millions of Gov
ernment stocks, and attempting to exhon
crate the holders thereof from all obliga
ton to pay their just proportion of taxes
for the support of the States in which
they reside, and thereby creating an obi
Gus and privileged moneyed aristocracy
and we declare it to be the immediate duty
of Congress and the State Legislature tt
use all legal and Constitutional power
they possess to subject money so invested
to burden of taxation equal to that i'm
posed upon other property for Federal
State and municipal purposes.
IS Resolved, That Federal take
should, as far as possible, be collected b,
the County Treasurers of the States-ant
the people be thereby relieved from tn,
horde Of Federal tax x-gatherers who ar,
now eating out their substance.
16. Resolued, That the four dollar
Communication Tax is oppressive, and ough
4 to be repealed.
IT.. Resozrcd, That freedom of speech
of the press. and of elections, ,hobeas cor
p,ts and trial by jury, are the birthrigh
of all American citizens, guaranteed b,
both Federal and State Constitutions; tba
7 we will maintain and defend them as sucl
in every extremity; and that we denounc
especially the arrest of citizens by mill
tary authority in States or places wher
the civil tribunals are unmolested, ant
their execution, imprisonment or trial BY
: military commissions, as palpable infrac
tions of the Constitution, and outrageou
4 upon public liberty and private life.
1S Resolped, That the continued sus
lpension of the writ of habeas corpus sine
the termination of the war, and when al
pretense of necessity is passed-the deni
al of the right of trial by jury, and th
trial Of citizens not in the military servic
3 by military commissions-and the opel
interference with elections by militar,
:. power, as in the recent instances in Ken
lucky and Tennessee-are revolutionar,
! viola tions Of the Constitution, threaten
ing the very existence of our most ancien
e 9 and sacred rights; that they portend dan
ger to the liberties of the country create
|, than has ever before menaced them, an
which it is the duty of all good citizen
to meet with the most determined oppo
sition and most sleepless vigilance.
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