The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-05-19
DEMooRATlo STATE pIATrorm.


l.. Rcsolrea, That va rcafirm. as the creed
Of olir political faith and practice, cur steadtast
devotion to the following principles, viz: Equal
and cxact iusiise to all men, of Whatever State.
party. or sect the support of the State gov
crnments IN all their rights, and Of the Fed
erai Government in all It's vigor; a Jealous
care Of the elective franchise; the supremacy Of
the civil over the military authority opposition 10
the Capitalization Of power economy in NIL public
expenditures the general diffusion Of education
tho encouragement Of morality aud the highest
civilization ; The right of every man 10 worship
tied according 10 the dictates Of his own Coincidence;
freedom Of speech, freedom Of tho press and Tree
dom Of tho person under the haieas corpus.
.. ResotseR, That the action of the majority in
Congress III refusing to admit the Representative
OF eleven States Is a. unwarranted assum ptio1 Of
power upon tho part of Congress, Revolutionary il.
its tendency, aud dangerous to the liberties of the
people; that we do and will sustain President
johnson in his determination and efforts for the
complete testor tion of MI the con utional rights
of all the States, and we unreservctsy approve his
rcso of the Freedmen's Bure u and Civil Rights
bills, and all his constitutional efforts to prevent
the ianatieal majority in Congress from changing
or destroying our cherished form of Government.
3. Rcsolred, Tint the position assumed by Pres
ident johnson, that RI representatives from tho South
crn States ought to be al once admitted - seats In
Congress, and that legislation affecting such States
while they are unrcprcscrted is unconstitutional
meets with our hearty approval
t. Resotrcd, That the assumptions Of The oppo-
sition that TIE Democratic party is Ia favor Of re-
pudiating the public debt, and that it is in favor Of
qualification and secession, nre slanderous and
false.
5. Resolred, That we endorse the sentiment Of
Senator Donglas, That this Government mas made
on 4 white basis for the benef. Of the white man,
aud We are opposed to extending the right Of
suffrage tdapy utiicr than white men.
8. Rcsotred, That the exemption Of Unit. ii
States bonds from taxation is substantially The
exemption Of rich men from t~axntion because they
arc rich, and the taxation Of poor men because
they are poor, and we are in feyor of taxing those
bonds for county State and municipal purposes.
Z. Rssolred, That strict aud impartial justice
demands that the expenses Of the General Guyeru-
picnt, as well rs Of the State governments, should
be borne by the people according to their ability.
and not according 10 their necessities and hence,
We condemn now, as IN the past, a protective tariff
tiat tends necessarily to Cypress the masses for
iths beueht Of the rich.
e. Rssotref, That IN. a Democratic Government
thsN reaAserereigaty rests in the people, aud all
iettofA ~tendfpl tU wrest power from the people Is u
war aA2n them. revolutionary and daaecrous; and
that theexistence OF National Banks, after the ex-
pvrienes we hnre had with and without them.
sipssialy ~ times Of peace, is subject Of just
Q. R..eF gl.at tie unlawful and shameful
squanderiAg Of TIC peoples money by or present
State officials mcetAwith our emphatic condemna-
ton.
~. RespFred, That n viii ever hold in grateful
memory those through Nhose patriotic, not mer-
eenayy or PARTISAN services The dignity Of the Re-
public and the integrity c& the Union were pre-
seEFeds and We denounee ssa base insult 4 the
gallant ] .ng aud heroic deadM the present { -crts
Of the Radicals to convert ihe hSion' victory into
a par an triumph, seeking u make tue late war
enc OF conquest, instead q the suppression of the
rebeiHoa-tor suhjugation instead Of restoring the
Uniop-for the negr8 instead Of the white man.
II. Rsss red, ThaStLe miners should be encour-
aged and protected in fhefEee use of the mines.
cur traas. Atlantic neighbots with the Govern
ments Of this Continent, As n cherished Democratic
d~oetriRs.