M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-09-14
Democratic S.ate Platform
AU0TLD ~ CONVECTION AT CuLuMB-5
AUGUST 81, 1865.

granted hv that instrument,
., RcsglCsd, That the experience OF the
last four years has demonstrated, in an en-
lnenl degfce, the wisdom OF our loreiather'
IN insisting upon strict construction oi
the Federal Constitutions; and We utterly
ubhor the sophistry by which violations
lAe NEST pvin oud paipahe, Githe le.tsl
and spirit OF that instrument, have been
and are Gcf'udrl.
g. RrsOiUCd, That the reserved rights oI
the States are essential to tie existence Of
Republican Government, aud to the llbei-
ties and prosperity Of the people, aud we
are, therefore, uualterably opposed to L
consolidation Of all powers in the hands oi
the Federal Governments the inevitable
consequences of which would BE- to make
that Government the most dcspotiC, cor.
lmpt and oppressive in the world.
! 4, Resolved, That The Democrcy Of Ohio
twill maintain aud defend, as they have ali
ways herclulUle done, as essential to the
Iexistence Of our Federal system ofgoyern-
ment, the true doctrine of State Rights
not notification, not seccs ion but the
J theory of that system as laid down in the
1 -,
as interpreted by their authors: the one By
Madison in his report Of 1899, and the
other By Jefferson in his solemn, official,
Inaugural of 1901.
B. ReS0lced, That, their ordinances Of
secession being vOid, the sO-callcd seccd.
| ing States are still in the Union as States,
and are, therefore entitled to all the rescrv.
ed rights Of the States, and to their due
approximation in Congress, aud to vote at
future elections of President and Vice
| President, and any attempt o(th Federal
Guyernment, or any department thereof to
deprive them of these rights, would be an
assault upon the rights of every State in
the Union, and an effort to overthrow tn
Government ordained by the Constitu-
ton,
&. Resolved, That to each Stale belongs
the right to determine for tseil the quali-
cations of its electors, AMI the General
Government cannot. nor can any depart.
menL thereof, interfere, directly or indi-
rcCtIy, with the exercise Of this right,
without pllpabIe violation Of the Goa
stlluti0n, and fthe reserved rights OF the
SLgles
2. Rcso'Otd. That The effort now being
MADE, to confer the right of suffrage upon
negroes, is an lasidou5 attempt to over.
throw popular institutions by bringing the
right to vote into disgrace That the
negroes are not competent to the exercise
ot that right, nor is it necessary to their
safety or protection. On the contrary, its
exercise by Them, if attempted, would be
,raught with terrible Calamitics to both
them and the whites. We are, therefore,
uneqniyocu'ly opposed to Negro Suf
fnge,
s. Reso'0ed, That the experience Of i
600 yea?s has demonstrated that negroes a.e
not equal towhite men, AMI all attempts
to place Them on d footing Of equality,
POLITICALLY y and socially, with the whites,
ever have proved, and ever will prove
failures, and all such attempts ever have
proved, and ever will prove, injurious to
both races
8. Rc80lced That this Government was
made by white men, and so Iaras we have
the power to preserve it, it shall continue
to be Government Of white men,
TO- RsSOl0sd, That under the rule Of
A5olitionsm, and especially under the
recent military orders in Kentucky, the
emigration Of negroes into Ohio is grow.
Ing evil, aad in 0rler that white labor should
be protected against negro labor, and the
people against negro pauperism, It is The
duty oftne Legislature to discourage negro
emigration into our State.
IL. ReSOloed, That the war having
ceased, it is the duty of the Governments,
State and Federal, and of every citizen, to
strive to heal ihe wounds inflicted by it,
and to bring about fraternal feeling be.
tween the people Of the different sections
Of the Republic.
II. ReSOJved, That the valor and for.
titude ofour troops have never been sur
passed, and their patriotic devotion to
their country can never be obiiterated from
our memories.
lS, Resolved, That we regard ma.
tional debt as a national curse, and i'll view
Of our immense debts, Federal and State,
and of the enormous expenditures of our
Federal and State Governments, we de-
mand an exercise of the most rigid econe-
nv by both that all taxation by either
shall be perfectly far and equitable, that
public expenditure shall be reduced TO the
lowest peace standard Consistant with the
public salety,-that useless offices, civil
and military, shall be abolished, and un-
necessary officers dispensed with, and that
the Tariff and Internal Revenue Laws
shall be reduced to the exact revenue point
sufficient lof the Government, economical
ly and honestly administered.
Ii. Resolved, That we most explicitly
condemn the policy Of the party in power
in creating thousands Of millions of Gov
ernment stocks. and attempting 10 exhon.
crate the holders thereof from all obiga.
ton to pay their just proportion OF take;
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 It
use all legal and constitutional power they
possess to subject money SO invested to +,
burden OF taxation equal to that imposed
upon other property for Federal, State AM
municipal purposes
J, Is. Resolved, That Federal taxes
8 should, as far as possible, be collected b
the County Treasurers Of the States-an
the people be thereby relieved from th