Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-09-27
DEMoCRATIC PLATFoR M

1 Resolved. That the Federal Government exists
only by Yitue Of the Federal Constitution, and pos
sesses no powers not granted by that instrument
2. Resolved, That the experience OF the l.st four
years has de uonstra ed IN an eminent degree tho
wisdom O. our fore sthers 70 insisting upon strict
most pain aud slnabs e. o he letter tpirit othat
instrument have sen and are defended.
q Resoved, That the rebefved rights Of the States
are Hssepua to the exsience Of Republican Govern
meni, aodto the liberties and prosperity ofthe people
soidaiion IL III power IL tho hhdb Il The Fed raj
Government the Inevitable consequences OF which
would be to mako that Government the most des-
potc, corrupt and oppressive IN the WORLD M
I. Resovei That the Democracy ofohio will main
tain and deIe e1S a. they slTeys herotoore done, IS
0OEernmepti the true doctrine OF state rights not
nulfed or not secession but the the theory Of that
system laid down IN the Virginia and Kentucky
resolutions Of lTss, as interpreted by their authors
the one by Madison hts report In i799 and the other
by Jefferson, In bis solemn Official inaugural Of 1901
VOID the called ded states still in the Union
States and are therefore entitled TO all the reserved
rights Of the States, and 70 their due
10 Congress- and to vote at future elections for ires
dent and ePresideRt, AndRny attempt ofthe gen.
them Of these rights, would be an assault upon he
righta OF every State in the Union and effort to
overthrow the Government ordained by the Consti.
tuition.
O. Rssotcsd, That to each sate belongs the right to
determine for itself the Qualifications OF its electors
and the General Government can not. can any
department thereof interfere directly or indirectly
with the exercise OF this right, without pa pabe vlo
laon Of the Constitution, and OF the reserved rights
Resolved, That the effort now being made to confer
the right OF suffrage upon negroes s ins dous at
tempt TO overthrow popular institutions by bringing
the ga to vote into dlsl race that the negroes are
not competent 10 the Of that right, nor is ii
necessary to their safety or projections the con.
trRry, itA exercise by them, II attempted, would be
fraught with terrible calsmes to both them and the
whites; we are therefore unequiyocally opposed 10
negro suffrage. 't. .'...
s. Resolved, That the experience offour thousand
have demonstrated that negroes equa
70 white men And al st,emP.s 70 place them on n
whites have proved and will prove iaiures
and all such attempts ever have proved and ever will
pr I'VE INJURIOUS to DO races ... -
o. Rsso,ped That the Government was made by white
men, and SO far have the power TO preserve It,
II shall continue 20 be Government ol white men.
10. Resolved, That under the rule of Abolitionsm,
and especially under the recent military orders in
Kentucky. the emigration oIne8roes into Ohio is a
| should be protected against negro labor,
the people against negro pauperism, it
emi @ srstion sG INTO our State 'N'' "s' Hss''
IL, Resotusd, That the war having ceased, It is the
duto Of the Governments, State and Federal, and o
every citizen, to strive TO heal the wounds inflicted
by IT, and to bring about fraternal feeling between
the people Of the different sections Of the kepublic
| L. Resolved That the valor and fortitude oil our
troops have never been surpassed and their psiotic
devotion TO the country can never be obliverated
| from our memories. i r"
Is Resolved, That we regard National debt "a
National curse, and IN view OF our immense debts
Federal and State and oithe enormous expenditures
Of our Federal and State Government, we demand
an exercise OF the most rigid economy by both that
all taxation by either shall be perfectly fair and equi
table; that public expenditure snail be reduced "a
the 10 vest peace standard consistent with the public
safety that useless offices. civil and military, shall
be abolished, and unnecessary officers dsp nsed with
and that the tariff and internal revenue laws shall be
reducedto the exact reYenue ont sufficiently for the
Government economically and honestly Rdninis
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is BssoIusd, That Federal taxes should, as far as
po sble, be collectsd by the County TTessursrs o
the states, and the people be relieved thereby from
the hordes Of Federal tax-gatherers who are nov
eating out their substance.
| 10. r solped, That the four dollar mil Iii commu
talion tax is oppressive and ou ght T. be repealed
| ". Resolved, That the freedom Of speech, OF the
press, And Of elections habedS corpus, and trial Uy
| ury, are the rthright OF all American cidEens
Ruarante ed by both Federal and State Constitution
mat we will maintain aud defend them as sucn "a
every extremity and that we denoun'e especially
the arrest fctEens by military authority, in Slater
| or places where the civil tribunals unmolestsd
and their execution mpr 70 Nment, trial by militia
ry commissions as palpable attractions ofthe Const
tuition, and outrageous upon public liberty and private
is Resolved. That the continued suspension Of the
writ ofhdbeds corpus since the ternination OF the war
and when all pTetense OF necessity is passed, the
nia ofthe right Oftral by jnIy and The trial Of cEen
Lot in the mllitars service by Military Commissions
and the open interference with elections by military
power, rs In the recent instances in Kentucky ant
Tennessee, are revolutionary violations OF the Con
sttution, threatening the very existence OF our
ancient and sacred nights that they portend DANCE
TO the liberties oiths country greater than has
before uenaced Them, and which It 10 the duty OF al
good citizen to meet with the det rmned oppo
sltion and most slepless vigilance,
49, Resolred, That while we will resoutely and per
sistently all infections OF the Constitution
by Whofnsoe committed and while we regret tina
the terms Of Paoihcaton agreed to by Major Genera
sherman, in April last, were not At ratified b.
the Federal Executive, we will nevertheless, stan'
by President Johnson in all Constitutional efforts
restore to the States the exercise OF their rights
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