The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-22
THE COMPLETELY OF
Democracy with Treason.
ITS RECORD FOR ONO.
It's DeeIs, ations aud Platforms avnins,
the War aud Against tn Soldiers.
CONCLUDED.
ITS RECORD FOR ONO.
CONCLUDED.
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM ADOPTED
IN STATE CONVENTION AUG. 24 1865.

I'd. Resolved, That the experience OF the
last four years tas demonstraled IN an emf
nent degree, the wisdom If our for etathers.
| In insisting up N u strict construction OF the
| Federal Constitution and ve utterly abhor
1.-THE sophistry by which violations, the most
plain aud palpable. Of the letter ard spirit
OF that instrument, have been and are de.
Tended,
J Sd. Replyed. That the rose rved rights o.
the States are rEB ntial to the existence Of
Republican Government and to the liberties
and prosperlti". of he people, ana va are
therefore uaterably opposed 20 n oonso'idA
ttun ~ ~ power IL Tie hands - he ed"ra
| Government. Tie inr VitAbp rpdsaqUaac@s Of
wb.c ch would he 10 make that Government
the mnst ds-potic, Curlupt aud opprese So
I IN the world.
Lth. Resolved That the Democracy NJ
4 ohio vii, maintain and defend, As they have
always heretofore done. ~ essential to the
! eEi stcuCe o. rcr fedora system Of Govern
meri. the true doctrine Of state Rights, not
/ nuHitCatlcH nor scCesaop, bat the theory
| of that systcm ~ lad down in the virginia
and Kentucky resolutions ut l72s, IA inter
/ pretEd by their authors, tho Que br Madison
/ Ia h's report IN l7)D. and the other by JEFF
/ iersou ~ II solemn Official inaugural or
/ lS0l.
9th. Resolved. That their ordinances Of
secession being void, the 80 called secoded
Estates are Ia the Uuion as States, and are
/ the sfVre eutiti-d to all the reserved rtght-
Of the Ststies, ar4 to their dus re Jrs tatinn
lin Con gress, and 10 vote At future elections
of President and Vice Pre-ient. and sny At.
tempt of the general Gov yerngle Mt, or any d..
partmeHt tie reOf, TO derive them OF these
rignta, would be au assault upon the rights
of every state in thu UHiln, aal IN Tort 10
Overlhrov the Government ordained by the
CUnsutut.on. - ...'.
! 9Th. Resnlved That to each State belonqs
Z the right TO Determine tOr tss,t tas qutlii \
tiOnso It's electors. and the general Govern
~ nor IL ar tA.~~
/ OF, interfere, directly or indirectly, with The
eyerrise OF thir right, sithout a p-lpabIe vt)
Litiou of the Eonsli 1Ition and Of the reserve
rights of the States.
] Tth. Resolved That the effort nov beins
made TO confer the right OF suffrage upon ne
groes is an insiduous tttempl 10 overthrow
popular Institutions by bringing the right TO
vots into Disgrace; that the negroes are not
competent 10 the exercise OF that rlght, nor
? ia ~ neces szry TO their safety or protection:
on the contrary Its eAerC Sc by Them, n At
tempted, would be irdughi vita terrible ca o.
lamlties to both them aud the whites, AMI We
arc Therefore, unequvJcAHy opposed T. n
gro suffrage.
s h. Resolved. That the ex erience offour
thousand wears hAa demOnstra Ell that ne
gIOes are not eQu.d to snlte men. ard AL At
tempts to place them on . afoouug of equality.
pOlrtlczih and tODsHli y.-aw,tu tue whites
ever Lave proved, and over viii prove t,tll-
ui.-; and AL sUcu attempts ever nave prov
GU ANU ever NIl IfoN'' liJuIluus " oVtH
races.
7 9th. Ro.Jiyed. That the Government was
made by white men, and SO tar "a we have
the power la prGserve II, shall continue TO he
q Govern .DsLt uf White men.
: lOh. nss3lved, That under the rue o.
Aboillionisin, aud es eCiilly unte- lhs recent
mi lit, t,ry orders la heDtGcsN, 'is migration
4. OF negroes INTO ONO isa srJwnE evil, aud
in order that white labor should be protect
ed against negro labor, and tns people against
neg:O pauperlsm, &C Is th0 du,y ~ the Legs.
lature 10 dlscourass negro EN- grafton into
our stale.
HIN. Resolved. That the war having ceas
ed, II III the duty of the Governments, stale
and Federal, and ofeyery ciuzsn, to strive
10 heal the wounds injected by II, Aud 10
bring about a traternal iesllnx bstvsen the
7 people OF the different sections OF Tue Rdpub'
lie.
ltth. Resolved. That the valor ard fortl.
tude of our troops have never been -urpssS-
ed. and their patriotic ievJt on 10 the cIuR-
try oAn never be oOliterdted from our mem
ores,
l3th. Resolved, That we regard national
deut ~ NATIONAL curse, and IN view Of our
immense debt. Federal and state, and oi the
enormp pus expenditures of our fsdcrsi an
State Governments, we demand M oxsrc Ire
OF the nj at rigid economy ~ both, mat all
taxation by either, shall be perf-cGy fair
, and cQuItbie; that the Yablic expenditure
! dard cor rlstent S,th tue pao,e sAtDty, that
ussies- oftiu-s, civil ss ailt+ry, .h't! 10
I aDOilsned. ard unnecessary oisr-. dspenr-
Ell with aed tDAt lie txta ,.Hd lniern.t
revenue is.s shaA De- r-.dHucd to the ex
act reven Q poiHt sufficient Tor the ,r"s
eFnalent, ecohSmicaily aud nOueslly adm n
} "a, sr-d- -.
ltth. Resolved That We most explicitly
s'ud mn he Prioy VI the party IN power,
IN creating thousands % niihous Ot GOvern'
tha
hvIesrs thereof frna AL oDhs,tioGs " pay
their Just pro roportou II the taxes for tns
Support aT tf- state in which they roe de;
and lhereh! creating an ojloaSt All Privil'
esed money srstocrscy: Ard ~ declare II
tO Ia bs insisd ate ahty NJ congress, And
'ths stale lie sisixIGre ~ u-s ali tine sgsi AMI
Constitutional power they possess 10 subject
money 80 inves s,sd, 10 a euId3n Of tdxatloa,
equal " that inposed ui'on other proper
y FOR federslr ststa, ana Municipal purpo
sos y, a Nf .l'
18th. Resolved, That Federal taxes sho'd
M Tar ss possible, he collected by county
Trsasurers OF the state, and tls psOpls bo
rreleyed thereby from the horde Of Federal
tax igAthereFs who are now eating out their
substdnee. 80
I6th. Resolved, That .the four dollars mi.
lilla comm IIaton lax is oppressive and Ougnt
TO be repeaisd.
I lith. Resolved, That freedom of speech
OF the press and of s0tions, hdDoas corpus
and trial by jury, are the hirthrisht oil all
, American olllzens, guaranteed BY both Fed
eral and state Constructions, that we Will
maintain and defend them a. such in every
extremity; ana that we denOunco especially
the arrest OF citEon5 by llttry authbrIL y
in States 4 e place es where the civil Tribunals
are established, ana their execution laprls
, onment or trial by military cemfni5sions
as palpabe lnfracLons OF the Constr tuition
and outrages upon public liberty aud private
rights.
18th. Resolved, That the continued sus.
pension of the writ of habeus corpus since
the termination OF tine war, and when nil
prelense ot necessity IS passed, the denial
Oi the right OF trIai by jury, and the trial of
lclllxens not in the military service, hy mill
tary commissions, aud the open into, terence
win elections by military power, as in the
recent Instances In Kentucky and Tennessee.
are revolutionary Violations Of the Constitu.
.. tlon, threateaing tue very existence of oui
most ancient ana sacred rights; that they
portend DANGER to The liberties OF the coun.
, Try greater thar. has ever before menaced
, them, anu which Is 10 the du y Of all good q. I.
llens " meet wish the nusL determined ov-
position ana most sleepless vigilance.
10Th. Resolved, That while we will reso.
lutely and persistenly condemn all infract
Ions OF the Consultation, by whOmsOever oOm.
mitted, while we regret that the terms oi
, pacncatlon agreed to by Major General 5her
man, in April last, were not At once ratified
by the Federal Executive, will nevort heless
stand by President johnson in all consttu
tional efforts to reotore the Stat es TO the OK.
-tercisecf their rights ana power within the
Thi. .Dsass ,lsis Platform, which