The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-09-07
Platform Of the Oopperhoad
DEMOCRACY.

the 9th ut. we invite thcauchtloh
IF our readers TO this reasonable
document, and trust that all Of our
subscribers will read it carefully, and
if they do not cxclaim, ooh, Lord,
preserve US from aflilisting with such
bastard organization, VIC are greatly
, mistaken in their intelligence. Read
it carefully and then lend it to your
noighbor.
| Hon. A. G.. Thurman, Chairman of
the Committee on Resolution, sub
United the following report, which
was unanimously adopted by the con
ycntiuu:
/. Rcsolrcd, That the Federal
Govcrumcnt exists only by virtue of
the Federal Constitution, aud possess
- no powers not granted by that in
3trument.
| 2. Rcsoircd, THAT the experience
of the last four years has dcmonstrot.
ed. in an eminent degree, the wisdom
Of our rorclathcrs in insisting upon II
strict construction Of the Federal Con-
Istitution; and we utterly aEhor the
sophistry by which the violations Of
the most plain aud palpablc, of the let
ter aud spirit of that instrument, have
been aud are defended.
3. R,sgircJ, That tic reserved
rights of the States are essential to
the existence of Republican Govern
mcnt and to the liberties aud pros
pcrity of the people; and we are,
therefore, unaltcrably oppos~l to a
consolidation of all powers in the
hands of the Federal Government,
the inevitable consequences of which
would bc TO make that Government
the most tdcspotic, corruptand opprcs-
siyc, in the world.
T. Rcsoiccd That the Democracy
of Ohio will maintain and defend, as
they have always, heretofore done, as
essential to the existence of our fed
cral system of government, the true
doctrine of State rights--not nulilicd-
ton, not scccssion--but the theory of
that system as laid down in Virginia
aud Kentucky resolution Of lI0S,
and interpreted Wy their authors
the one by Madison, in his report in
1889, aud the other by Jefferson, in
his inaugural of 1901.
3. R,soIrcd, That the ordinance
Of secession being void, the so-callcd
seeded States are still in the Union
as States, aud are, therefore, entitled
to all the reserved rights of the States,
and TO their due representation in
Congress, and 10 vote at the future
elections of President and Vice. Prosi-
dent; aud any attempt of the General
Government, or any department there
of, to deprive them of these rights,
would be an assault upon the rights
of every State in the Union, and mn
effort to overthrow the Government
ordained by the Constitution.
6. Rcsoicci, That each state be-
belongs the rights to determine for
itself the qualifications of its electors,
aud the General Govcremcnt can not,
nor can any department. thereof, in
tcrferc directly or indirectly with the
exercise of this right, without pal
pablo violation of the Constitution,
and of the reserved rights of the
States.
Z. Rcmlrcd, That the effort now
being made to confer the right of suf-
irage upon negroes is an insidious
attempt to overthrow popular institu-
tions, by bringing the right to vote
into disgrace. That the negroes are
not competent to the exercise of that
right, nor isitncccssary to their safety,
or protection on the contrary, its cx-
crcisc by them, IL attempted, would
he iraught with terrible calamitics,-
We are, therefore, unoquiyocal op-
posed to negro suffrage.
8. RcSoired, That the experience
of, 500 years has demonstrated that
negroes are not equal to white men,
and all attempts to place them on n
footing of equality, politically and
socially, with the whites, ever have
proved aud ever will prove, failures,
and all such attempts ever have PROV
ed and ever will prove injurious to
both races.
.. Rcsolrc2, That the Govern
mcnt was made by white men, and 81
far oS We have the power to preserve
il, il shall continue 10 be n Govern
mcnt of whitc men.
10. ResoircR, That under the rule
Of Abolitionism, and, especially, m-
Ter the recent military orders in Ken
lucky, the emigration ofnegroes into
Ohio is u growing evil, aud in order
hat white labor should be protected
against negro labor, and the people
Of the Legislature to discourage ne
gro emigration into our State.
IL. Rcsolrcd, That the war having
ceased, il is the duty of the Govern
mcnt, State aud Federal, aud ofoycry
citizen, to strive 60 heal the wounds
inflicted by it, and to bring about u
feeling between the people
of the different sections ofthe repub-
lie.
-. RcsoIrcd, That tao valor and
fortitudc of our troops have never
been surpassed, and thcir patriotic
devotion to the country can never be
obliteated from eur memories.
IL. Rcsoice,i, That we regard II
national debt MS a national curse, and
in view of our immense debt, Federal
aud State, and of the enormous cx-
pcuditurcs of our Federal aud State
Government, we demand an exercise,
of the most rigid economy by both
that all taxation by either shall be
perfectly fair aud equitable; that pub.
lie expenditure shall be reduced to the
lowest peace standard consistent