The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-05-26
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l. Resoired, That We ~reafirIn. as the creed
of our political faith and practice, eltr steadfast
devotion TO the following principles viz: Equal
and exact justice to NIL men, of whatever State
party, or sect the support Of the State gov
ernments in all their rights, and of the Fed.
cral Government in all its vigor; a Jealous
care of the elective franchise the SUPREMACY OF
the civil over the military authority opposition to
tho Capitalization of power economy in all public
expenditures the general diffusion Of education
the encouragement of morality and the highest
civilization ; the right of every man TO worship
God according to the dictates of his own conscience;
freedom of speech, freedom of the press and free.
dom Of the person under the hdbeas corpus.
2. Resotred, That the action Of the majority In
Congress in refusing to admit the Representative
of eleven States is an unwarrnntcd assumption OF
power upon the part of Congress. Revolutionary in
its tendency, and dangerous to the liberties of the
people that we do and will sustain President
Johnson In his determination and Efforts for The
complete restoration Of all the constitutional rights
of all the States, and we unreseryedly apnrove his
veto Of the Frccdmen's Bureau aud Civil Rights
bills. and all his constitutional efforts to prevent
the ~fanatichl majority in Congress from changing
or destroying our cherished form of Government
3. R%esotred, That the position assumed by Pres.
ident johnson, that Representatives from the South
err States ought to be mt once admitted to seats ir
Congress, and that legislation affecting such State,
while they are anrepresepted is unconstitutional
meets with our hearty approval.
1. Resoired. That the assumptions Of the oppo.
sition that the Democratic party il in favor of re
pndiating the public debt, and that it is in favor o
notification and secession, are slnnderous aud
false.
D. Resofred, That ne endorse the sentiment q
Senator Douglas. that this Government was mad,
on E white basis for the benefit of the white man
aAd We are opposed 10 extending the right o
suffrage to any other than white men,
6. Resotred, Tint the exemption of United
States bonds from taxation is substantially the
exemption of rich men from taxation because they
are rich, and. the taxation Of poor men because
they are poor, and we are in favor Of taxing thos,
bonds for county, State and municipal purposes.
4. Resotred, That strict and impartial ~justic,
demands that the expenses of the General Govern
ment, as well as of the State governments, should
fne horne by the people according to their ability
aud not according to their necessities and hence
We condemn now, as in the past, a protective tariff
that tends necessarily to Cypress the masses fol
the benefit OF the rich.
8 Resolrea, That In n Dem ocratic Government
the real sorereigafy rests in the people, and al
efforts tending to wrcst power from the people is
war upon them. revolutionary aud dangerous AM
that the existence of National Banks, after the ex
peTicnee We have had with and without them
especially in times of peace, is subject Of just
alarm.
9. Resotred. That the unlawful and shameful
squRndering of the peoples money by our present
State officials meets with our emphatic condeinna
ton.
10. Re%solred, That We win ever hold in grateful
memory those through whose patriotic. not mer
cenary or partisan services, the dignity Of the Re
public and the integrity e the Union we're pre-
served and we denounce rs n base insult to til,
gallant living and heroic dead. the present ehortt
of the Radicals TO convert the nation victory int,
4 partizan triumph. seeking to make the late wal
one Of conquest, instead Of the suppression Of tn,
rsbellien-for subjugation instead OF restoring thu
C~nion--foT the negro instead Of the white man.
IL. Resotred, That the miners should he eucour
aged and protected in The free use Of the mines.
II. ResoIred. Tn I we adhere to the crea
American Monroe Doctrine of nor Intervention b,
our neighbors with the Govern
ments Of this Continent, as a cherished Deinocrati
doctrine.