The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-29
THE CoPPERnEAD PLATFORM.

THE COPPERHEAD PLATFORM
The platform adopted by the Cop
perheads Of Ohio we published last
week, but as it is a document of some
Importance, we again invite the at
tention of our readers to portions oil
it.
The 4th resolution reads rs fol.
lows:
4th. Resolved, That tho Democracy Of
ONO VIII maintain and defend, AS they have
always horot oiOro done, as essential to the
existence of oar federal system Of Govern.
ment the true doctrine Of State Rights. moi
nuIlihcation nor secession. but tho theory
or that system AZ Laid down in the Virginia
and Kentucky resolutions OF 1898, AS inter
preted hy their authors tho ono by Madison
IN his rerot In 1899, and the other BY JEFF
terson IA his solemn Official inaugural ol
1S0l.
In their endorsement of estate
Rights" it will avail tn m nothing tc
assert that they do not mean seces.
sion or notification, for without these
ingredients the doctrine amounts to
nothing. Under this very doctrine
South Carolina attempted to secede
IN Jackson's time. Under this doc.
trine the Southern State, d,d secedc,
and in defence OF this doctrine made
war upon the Government. And
more, the Democracy of Ohio, claim.
Ell through the war, that the South.
ern States had the right to sccedc
and that the Government had nc
right to coercc them, and all under
this precious doctrine of State Rights
This resolution means nothing
more nor less than sccession-it is
an avowal that and State, for Il rca'
or Imaginary grievance, has the right
OF peaceable secession from tho I'm
Ion. Let the Democracy, who hay,
groancd under the burden of war
vote for this doctrine, which makes
n war a certainty at any Presidential
election.
5!h. Resolved, That their oidlnenccs o
tecesSlO ! being void. the 50 c4llrl spr-ded
States are In tho Union AS States. nnd are
therefore entitled Ia all tho reserved rights
OF the states, aHd To their due repreScntatinn
IN congress, and To vote at future elections
OF President and Wee President. and any at
tempt OF The general Government orNuv al !,
partment thereof, In deprive them o. iLes,
rlshis, would be AN assault upon the N ,ht,
al evory II tts in tho Uairn a. ane o. \ IA
overthrow The Government ordained by The
Constitution.
ms needs no comment. 1t brings
back into the Union, without prepa.
ration, without punishment, every
State that has gone QUIT brings
back into Congress the men whose
hands are red with the blood of oul
brothers and sons, to make laws for
us and to vote taxes upon us. Think
Oft The Democracy of Ohio talk
ing OF the "rights' of Lee and For.
est and Davis and Wirz. Why, un.
der this resolution, Wirz, the Andcr.
sonville murderer,m must 90 unwhippcd
OF justice, and the thousands of tLc
North starved and tortured in that
internal hell hole by him and his su
periors, be unavcngcd
l0ih, Resolved, Thu under thu rue al
AOonn9hlsm, and especially der .h r cam
Try prdsrs ~ n" lturHV, the ou,p,a inr
~ he= lO3s tat" ViiJ - u Erlwins can. and
w oruor that " lte labor sh al bu pr,tegi
ec aSAiiihl negru itbrr aud tho ueuli' n a., n.
negso pau1srs II Is the dniy NJ Ibe ia.,,s
iaturo = i'sIyu age EesrU emigration Int,
our state. ''''
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Iherearc in Hancock % 900 white.
and ~ negroes. Oar Democrat,
friends are fearful that these 10 ne
groes will rule them. They give tho
negro credit for moro ability than
we do, We want to call attention +,
the "panperism' part of the rcsoll
tion. In Hancock not one ncpro j.
supported by charity. public or pri
vate' and the majority pay taxes, an,
some are heavy taxpayers, Takin.
this view OF the matter, we do no
Know but their fears arc well ground
ca In the South, for one negro re,
by the Government, thcxc are te,