The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-06-02
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!, Resolred. That We rcafirm. as the creed
of our political faith and practice our stcadfast
devotion To the following principles, viz: Equal
and exact justice TO all men, ef whatever State
party, or seet the support Of tho State gov
eTnments in aii their rights, and of the Fed
ernl Government in all its yigor; a Jealous
care Of the elective franchise; the supremacy of
the civil over the military authority opposition to
the Capitalization of power economy in all public
expenditures the general diffusion Of education :
the encouragement Of morality a5d tie highest
civilization the right of every man to worship
God according TO the dictates Of his ows conscience:
freedom Of speech freedom of the press and free
dom Of the person under the habeas rppos
2. Rcsotred That the action Of the majority IN
Congress in refusing 10 admit the Rcprescutativ
OF eleven States is an ulwarranted assumption Of
power upon the part Of Congress, revolutionary in
its tendency, and dangerous to the liberties Of the
people; that we do and viii sustain President
johnson in hs-steter1ninati0n and efforts for the
complete restoration Of all the constitutional rights
of all tho States, and unreservediy approve his
veto of the Freedmens Bureau and Civil Rights
bills, and all his constitutional efforts to prevent
the fanatcal majority in Congress from changing
or destroying our cherished form of Government
g. Resoieed, That tho position assumed by Pres.
ident johnson, that Representatives. from the South
eTn States ought to be Mt once admitted to seats in
Congress, and that legislation affecting such State,
while they are unrepreseptpd is Unconstitutional
meets with our hearty approval
j. Resofred, That he assumptions of the oppo-
sition that the Democratic party is in favor of
pudiating the public debt, and that it is in favor oi
qualification and secession, are slanderous and
false.
S. Resoired, That ne endorse the sentiment Of
Senator Douglas, that this Government was made
on white basis for Ahc benefit Of the white man
and VIC arc opposed to extending the right o
suffrage TO any other than white men.
g. Rssolesd, That the exemption OF United
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exemption Of rich men from taxation because they
Rre rich, and the taxation Of poor men because
they poor and we arc in favor of taxing those
bonds for county, State and municipal purposes.
2. Resoired, That strict and impartial justice
demands that the expenses of the General Govern
ment, as we'll as Of the State governments, should
be borne by the people according to their ability
and not according TO their necessities and hence
We condemn now, IS IN the past, protective tarif
that tends necessarily to opprcss the masses fol
the benefit of the rich.
s. Resolved, That in a Democratic Government
the real sorerei9nty rests in the people, and al
efforts tending to wrest poRer from the people is
war upon them. Revolutionary and dangerous; and
that the existence of National Banks after the ex
perience We have had with and without them
especially in times Of pesee, is subject Of JUS
alarm.
9. Resolced, That .he unlawful and shameful
squandering of the peoples money by present
State officials meets with our emphatic condemns
ton.
10. Resoiped, That We will aver hold in gratefn
memory those through whose patriotir, not mer
censry or partisan services, the dignity Of the Re
public and the integrity Of the Union were pre-
served; and We denounce as base insult TO tht
gallant living aud heroic dead tho present effort,
Of the Radicals TO convert the nation victory ints
a partizan triumph seeking 70 make the late wal
one of conquest. instead of the suppression of tht
lrebelon-for sahjugation instead of restoring thG
UDion--for the negro instead of the white man.
| II. Resotred, That the miners should be encour
aged and protected in the free use Of the mines.
| 12. Resolred, Th { nc adhere to the grea
American Monroe Doctrine Of non Intervention b,
our trans Atlantic neighbors with the Govern
Inents of this Continent, as cherished Democratic
doctrine.