Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-31
1rrrRRsoNIAN PRINCIPLES.

snrnng from the war, tend either to the
expansion or contraction OF republican
liberty. to the re establishment, or the
overthrow Of Jefiersonian principles 1t
is thoroughly maddenng to the contrac-
ton party-the party that selzes the
Federal Government and hurls it with
vast consolidated force against the
States and the rights of the States, TO
behold another party, thought once to be
thoroughly crushed, rising from the dust
and raIlying TO the rescue of the States,
and the defence of the Union as they
made it And it must afford no ordinary
pang and no ordinary premonitlon OF
i'll, to hear the voices of the people, long
restrained and reduced TO whispers,
rising like the roar of the winds from the
four corners of the country. demanding
IN he carried back from the chaos and
The ruin that lie around them. The
voice of the Democrats aud ConserSa-
tives of the great State of Ohio, is but a
a solitary note in the grand murmur that
demands the restoration the Unlen, the
States, and the old principles OF liberty
We give that voice in the fern of three
comprehensive resolutions, adopted by
the late Democratic State Convention
held at Columbus;
Resolred, That the Democracy Of
Ohio will adhere in the present and the
future, as in the past, with unfaltering
fidelity and frmness to the organization
of the Democratic party, and to its an
Gent and well settled principles as enun-
ciated by Thomas Jefferson, the great
APOSTLE OF American Democracy, and as
acknowledged and accepted by the party
from the formation of the Government,
and specially of equal taxation and OF
representation of all States subject to
taxation.
Resolced, That the one great ques-
ton of the day is, the immediate and
unconditional restoration of all the
States to the exercise of their rights
within the Federal Union, under the
Constitution, and that we will cordially
and actively support Andrew Johnson
Tapplausel as President of the United
States in all necessary and proper means
to carry out his policy as directed to that
end. aud especially in securing lmmedi-
ate representation in the Senate aud
House of Representatives to the eleven
States from which it is now unconsiilu-
tionally and arbitrarily withheld, unless
on the degrading condition of interiority
in the Union and of negro political and
civil equality, enforced by the Federal
Government.
Resolred, That for the purposes above
set forth, we will cordially cooperate IN
pnblc meetings, conventions, and at the
nolls. with all men, without reference to
past party positions, who honestly, and
by Their acts and votes as well as by their
professions, support the President IN his
policy of restoration, as now declared
These are the issues sifled from the
complications of the day and they will
vet command the support OF the people
of all sections, or the people will rather
consent to test for the future the theories
of SUMNER and PHILLIPS, in New Eng
land. and STEVENS, KELLY and GREELEY,
in the North, and the Radical rulers of
the great North and West Shall the
JrTFgRsoHIAE.JA cEsoSIAE doctrines Of
popular liberty be maintained, or shall
they lie crushed under the heel Of fanati-
cism. aud the form of the government for
6Gy wears with them? Shall such doc
triues be brought back to lie at the foun
dation of our system, or shall the theo-
ries now in the ascendant in Congress
prevail? Shall the Southern States be
admitted to participation in the Govern
ment or shall they remain under the
domination Of central power that will
admit no rule Of conduct as its guide,
exeept the fiery impulse of those who
WELD it2 The party in power may ex-
meet to confront a united South and a
great peoples party in the North. As il
expecting to be overthrow, theyand their
monstrous measures, it really appears &c
a calm observation, that they are at
tempting to make a ruin Of that which
they may no longer possess. When
besieged enemy is forced to abandon hi:
defensive works he blows them up, OF
renders them as ineffective for his ad
versary as possible. Driven from power
what would the Radical party leave o
liberty and the Constitution to the peo
ple? They would have the States politi
cal ruins. the Constitution patched al
over with amendments, expressly de
signed 70 smother all the doctrines anC
principles of JEFFERSON, and change tb'
theory of the Government from Democ
racy TO consolidation-from free to de
peudent States. Ohio has made tn
issue. and the old principles of the Gov
eminent viii be the rallying cry Of tn
neouIe in all sections JEFFERsoxIAl
principles, or those Of THAD. sTEvESs
which will the people accept -
THE COTTON CROP.