M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-09-21
Democratic State Platform,
IN CONVENTION AT coLUMBys
AUGUST "a, 1865.
Rsgolrsa. That the F.asrnI Govern

Constitution and possesses no powers no
granted by ihat instrument. ..
2. ReSOlUea, That the experience Of The
last four years hos demonstrated, in an EN-
inent degree, the wisdom Of our lorelatheri
IN insisting upon strict construction o
the Federal Constitution; and we utterly
sbhor the sophstry by which violations
the most pain and palpab,e, Of the letteI
Snd spirit OF that instrument, have been
and ore defended.
8. RcsOlUsd, That the reserved rights oI
the States are essential TO the existence OF
a Republican Government, and to the liber-
ties and prosperity Of the people, and we
are, therefore, unaIterably opposed 10 a
consolidation Of all powers in the hands OF
the Federal GOyernment-the inevitable
consequences of which would be to make
that Government the most despoLic, cor
mpt and oppressive in the world.
4, ReSOlUsd, That the DemocrcY OF Ohio
will maintain and defend, as they have all
ways heretofore done, as essential to the
existence of our Federal system ofgovern,
mcnt, the true doctrine of State Rights
not notification, not secess ion-- but the
theory of that system as laid down in the
Virginia and Kentucky resolutions OF l7S9
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.
3. ReSolUed, That, their ordinances Of
secession being VOID, the so.called seced.
lug States are still in the Union as States,
and are, therefore entitled to all the reserv.
ed lights Of the States, aud to their due
Representation in Congress, and to vote a
future elections Of President and Vice
President, and any attempt OF the Federal
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 the
ordained by the Constitu-
lion. .a-. I'tt ~
6. Resolved, That to each State belongs
The right to determine for itself the guaIid-.
va tons of its electors, and the General
Government cannot, nor can any depa,t
nent thereof interfere, directly or indi-
'eCtiy, with the exercise of this right,
without a pal pable violation Of the Con-,
ana Of the reserved rights Of the
StBtes.
a. ReSOL0sd. That the effort now being
made, to confer the right of suffrage dpon
l6groes, is an insidous attempt to over
hrow popular Institutions by bringing the
light to vote into disgrace, That the
lcgr02s are not competent to tue exercise
II that right, nor is it necessary to their
lsiety or protection. On the contrary it's
exercise by them, if attempted, would be
raugbt with terrible calornities to both
hem and the whites. We are, therefore,
lnequiyocaiIy opposed to Negro SUI
rage.
s. Resolved, That the experience Of /,
700 yea?s has demonstrated that negroes ave
not equal towhile men, and al attempts
% place hem on footing of equality,
politically and socially, with the whites,
'ver have proved, and ever will prove
.oiIures, and all such attempts ever have
1toved, aud ever will prove, injurious 10
both races.
9. RcSolpea That this Government was
made by white men, aud so far as we have
The power to preserve ii. il shall continue
10 he a Government Of white men.
10. ResOLUed, That under the rule OF
Aboitionism, and especially under the
recent military orders in Kentucky, the
of negroes into Ohio is grow
Ing evil, and in order that white labor should
be protected against negro labor, and the
people against negro pauperism, 1t is the
duty ofthe Legislature to discourage negro
emf isration into our State.
IL. RsSOl0ed, That the war having
ceased, it is the duty of the Governments,
State aud Federal, and of every citizen, to
strive to heal the wounds inflicted by it,
and 10 bring about lraternal feeling be-
tween the people of the different sections
Of the Republic.
II. RcSOlsed, 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.
l3. Resolved, That we regard a ma
lional debt as national curse, and in view
Of our immense debts, Federal and State.
and Of the enormous expenditure 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 fair and equitable, that
public expenditure shall be reduced 10 the
lowest peace standard consistent with the
public sslety.-that useless Offices, civil
and military, shall oe abolished, and uu-
necessary officers dispensed with, and tina
the Tariff and Internal Revenue Laws
shall be reduced to the exact revenue point
sufficient for the Government, economical.
ly and honestly administered. ...
IA. Resolved, That we most explicitly
condemn the policy of the party in power
in creating thousands of millions of Gov
eminent 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 odi-
Gus and privileged moneyed aristocracy,--
and we declare it to be the immediate duty
of Congress and the State Legislature to
use all legal and constitutional power they
possess to subject money so invested to a
burden oltsxation equal to that imposed
upon other property for Federal, State and
municipal purposes
should, as far as possible, be collected by
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