The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1865-10-07
OHIO DEMOCRACY.
4 Abuses Of the Administrations
BiiI Of Rights Ne-Afsi.Rtesg---EE Eae
True Position of ID Democrats.

The Democracy Of Licking county.
Ohio, lately met in Convention. end
adopted the following which every Dem
ocrat in the country can most fully en-
dorse
We, citizens of Licking county, in Con
vention assembled. do solemnly proclaim
as sentiments which animate us. the fol
lowing, viz:
That the administration of Government
by the party in power, has proved that
its continued control of public affairs
must be destructive of the Republic and
the liberties of the people.
1t has by usurpatieai and violence bro
ken down the barriers of the Constitution
established by our fathers for the protee-
ton OF life, liberty and property.
1t has taken from the people the pro-
tection of the writ of Habeas Corpus and
trial by jury, the sheet anchor Of English
and American liberty, and violently sub
jected them to the unrestrained caprice
passion and will of military power
1t has kidnapped our people, torn them
from their families and homes, and i'm
INJURED them in foreign prisons without
charges of offense. and without trial
1t has instituted illegal and mock fri
bunals Of its own parasites. organized 10
convict" and has doomed TO death its
victims in defiance Of law and civil courts.
1t has stimulated and protected armed
lnobs in the destruction of life and prop
erty, and refused redress for these gr;eY-
ances.
1t has assailed and suppressed the lib
erty of speech and of the press. and pun
ished private thoughts and opinions as
felonious crimes. With the penalties of
confscation, imprisonment and death
1t has persecutcd and punished virtue
asa crime and lignifed and honored vice Of
the most revolving character. in its stead
| 1t has obstructed the administration of
justice, and made judges dependent on
the sole will of Executive officers.
| 1t has erected a multitude Of new and
unnecessary offices. and filled the land
with swarms of officers to harrass our
people and eat out our substance
| 1t has made the military Independent
of, and superior to the civil power"
| 1t has invaded. the elective franchise,
and overpowered the hullot-box BY mill
| tary force. and is, at this hour. exercising
this power over the electors ef Tennessee
and Kentucky.
It has subjected our people to illegal
aud oppressive assessments and taxes.
1t has consolidated the whole money
power of the country in the hands Of
Federal Office holders. and given them IN
limited control over the currency.
1t has prostrated the reserved rights Of
thu States and of the people, broken down
the Judiciary and the laws IL Congress,
icven of its own making, aud concentrated
all material power in the hands Of Execu-
tive officers, aud thereby transformed the
Republic into a consolidated and arbitrary
/ despotisln.
1t has enriched It's partisans BY public
plunder, and exempted them from the
hurthens of taxation. National and State.
thereby imposing double oppression ON
the labor and industry of the country,
and in defiance Of the Constitution of the
State Of Ohio
i 1t has sought and is now striving. to
degrade the white man to the level Of the
negro, and attempting to force them into
social and political relations, by extend
ing to the latter the elective franchise
a project which must inevitably end in
anarchy and war of races. fatal to the
African and to the restoration of free
government.
Let these facts be submitted to a can.
did world We solcmnly affirm that
each and all of the foregoing allegations
are founded on indhbitable evidence, pa
tent to every man who sees, reads and
understands.
While we live and are permitted to be
heard, we will demonstrate and protest
against these grievances, and We now be-
seech and implore every honest aelite man
who loves liberty and the welfare of him
self and his country, to unite with us al
the ballot-box in an earnest effort to res
cue the peoples Constitutional rights
We will adhere to these cardinal princi-
pies laid down in the trampled and dis
, carded bill of rights of our fathers Con
} stitution, viz:
|. That private property shall be in.
violate
?. That the people shall be secure il
; their persons, houses, papers and posses
sions, from unwarrantable searches and
t seizures
: 3. That the freedom of speech and Of
the press shall not be violated.
4. That the right of trial by jury shall
be inviolate
| < fTbaf ,,o x,,lu,o,- C,rcy, dino la x-s
shall be exercised except by the Lcgisla
ture.
6. That no person (not in the military
f service) shall be imprisoned and treated
$ with unnecessary rigor OF be put to an
$ swer any criminal charge, but by present
ment, indictment or impeachment.
Z Z. That no person shall be transporter
!, : out of the State for any ofcnse committee
; within the State.
8. That standing armies in time o
G peace are dangerous to liberty they shal
c not be kept up, and that the military shall
u be kept under strict subordination to tn
7 7 civil power.
0. That no person Except such as ar
employed in the military or naval service
S shall. be subject to corporeal punishmen
# under the military power.
: 10. That the privilege of the writ G
!, Habeas Corpus shall not be suspende
= . when there is no rebellion or invasion
! and the public safety does not require i
J. H. That we accord with the doctrin
that each State should be left free to res
ulate its own internal and domestic affan
se in its own way, subject only to the Coz
iiss stitution of the United States; and tn;
4. the elective franchise shall not be prost
tuted to the embrace of the negro.