Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-09-21
Democratic Platform.

Democratic Platform.
!. Rcn,pcd, That the Federal Government
ISIS only 10y Virtue of the Federal Constitution,
',nI 'nI possesses no powers not granted by that
.. Hcso'rcd, That the experience Of the last
lourNcnts nus demonstrated, IN eminent degree,
tht wisdom OF our forcipthcrs In insisting upon
lstrct construction ofthe Federal institution;
lni weutterlN nbhor the sophistry by which vi
ter aud spirit of that instrument, have been and
3. Resoivcd, That the roservsd rights of the
5 ates are essential to the existence OF n Repub-
lican Governments and to the liberties and pros
tltcrohly opposed to CONSOLIDATE lon of n II power
in the hauds of the Federal Government-thc
make that Government the most dcspotic, COR
rupt and oppressive in the world
I. Rcs0ifcd, That the Democracy of Ohio will
and defend, MS they have always here
tofOre done, as essential to the existence of our
Federal system of ofgovcrnment, the true doctrine
OF @fe !tiWtts-not utilization, not secession
put Inc theory of that system as laid down in
us interpreted by their authors: the one by Mad
ison IN ms Report in 1893, and the other by JEFF
5. Resoircd, rhnttlieir ordinances of secession
being void, the so-called seeding states are still
in the Union as states, and are therefore inti-
tied to all the reserved rights OF the States; and
to their due representation in Congress, and to
President; any attempt of the General Govern
ment, on amy department thereof, to deprive
The rights of every State in the Union, and an
effort to overthrow the Government ordained
by the Constitutions
q. RaS0,ccd, That to each state belongs the
right to determine for itself the qualifications of
It's electors, and the General tEOverninent can
not, nor can any department thereof interfere,
directly or Indirectly, with the exercise of this
right, withoutn papable violation Of the Con
sttutiou, and othe reserved rights OF the States.
I. R'NO'rcd, That the effort now being made to
confer the right of suffrage upon negroes, is an
insidious attempt to overflow popular institu-
tions by bringing the right to vote into disgrace.
That the negroes are not competent to the cX-
ercisc OF that right nor is it necessary to their
safety DrDruiGttiDn. On the contrary, Its pXpr-
else 10y them, II attempted, would be fraught
with terrible cnlamttics to both them and the
whites. care, therefore uncquivocally oppo-
s. H,soIred That the experience of 1000 wears
has demonstrated that negroes are not equal to
white men; and all attempts to place them on
footing oi equality, politically andsocially, with
prove failures; and all such attempts ever have
proved, and ever will prove,i e,injurious to both
3. Rcs,'rod, That this Government was made
by white men, and so far we have the power to
preserve ii, ii shall continue to be II Government
of white men.
TO- Rcsoirrd That under the rule of Abolition
ism, and especially under the recent military
orders IN Kentucky, the emigration of negroes
INTO ONO iS n growing evil, and in order that
white labor shall Dc protected against negro la
Dor, and the people against negro pauperisn, it
* the duty ol the legislature to discourage negro
emigration into our state.
It, R.vo1red, That the war having ceased, it
is the duty of the Government, State and Fed
wounds inflicted by it; and to bring about fra
teruil feeling between the people OF the different
sections / inc lttlNlulC
L. Rayojr,d Tnat the valor ana fortitudc of
our troops have never been surpassed, and their
patriotic devotion to their country can never be
Oblitratcd from our memories.
b. R"S,iceA Thatwe regard national debt rs
u national cure, ana in view OF our Immense
debts Federal and state, and of the enormous
expenditure of our Federal and State Govcrn-
mcnts, wcdCmand an exercise of the most rigid
economy by both; that all taxation by either
shall he perfectly fair and equitable, that public
expenditures shall be reduced to the lowest
peace standard consistent with the public safe
ty; that useless offices civil aud military, shall
nc abolished, and unnecessary officers dispensed
with and that the Tarit and internal Revenue
laws shall hr reduced to the cN;ct revenue point
sufficient Tor the Governnent economically and
honestly administered.
H. Rs,'rrd That we most oXplicitely con-
denim the policy OF the party in power in creat-
lndattemptins to eNuoneratc the holders there
Of from All obligation TO pay their just propor-
ton ui taxes for the support of the States in
which the they reside, and thereby creating an
we d"clar,it t to be the Immediate duty OF Con
resS and the state legislature to use ali the legal
and constitutional power they possess to subject
money So invested to - burden oftuxatlon c,iual
to that imposed upon other property Tor Federal,
IT, Rcso,,, -. That EricraI taxes should. ns
ilr ;S possible be collected by the .ounty Treas
urers of the Strtrs--and hcpeople he thereby
relieved from hchordeof Federal X-gatherers
who are now eating ont their substance.
l6 RctOirnd That til" ourdoliar militia COM
mutation tax is oppressive, and ought TO be re-
Il. Pes9,rcd, That freedom of speech of the
press, and OF elections, hobcuS corpus and trial
ems. punrantcrd hy both Federal and state
Constitutions; that we Will maintain ana dcfond
them as such ia every extremity; and that we
dcnuuuCc cSpru .Hlly the arrest of citizens by
military authority in states on places where the
ciNiI tribunals are not mOlrStcd, and their exc.
cuiipn, imprisonment or trial by military COM
missions, aS palpable infractions of the Consti-
tuition, and OuiraGeS upon public liberty and
private right
Il. R'Soirrd, That the continued suspension
of the writ Ot habCaS corpus since the terInini-
tinn of the war, and when all prctense of neces-
sty Is pasSod-thc denial of the right of trial by
Jury, ana the trial OF citizens not in the milta-
~ soNice by military C0mmisSiOns-aid the
open iterirrcnce with elections by military pow
~, uS in tine recent instances in Kentucky and
TrnnrSSc"--Hr" revolutionary violations of the,
Constitution, threatening the very existence OF
aur most ancient ana sacred rights; that they
pOrtcni u danger to the iibrrlies of the country
greater han has ever before m"nnced them and
which it is the duty of all good citizens to meet
with the most determined opposition and most
>l"eplCSS vigilance.
10. H"Sp'rcI, that that while we viii reSolutc-
~ and pyrSi'tontIy condemn all 1nIractionS of
the Constitution, by whnmSOcvcr committed,
ana while we regret that the terms of pacificn-
tion agreed to 10y Major General sherman in
April last, were not a. once ratified by the Fed
cral Executive, we Will, nevertheless stand by
President johnson in all constitutional efforts
to Immediately restore to the states the exercise
of their rights and powers within the Union.