The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-08
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
JANUARY Sth, IL. ID. IS05.


]. ReS0iUod, That the Democracy o fOhio
|stcadiastly adhere to the principles of the
party rs e%NbouHded by the fathers, and an
proved by experience; that IN accordance
with these principles we declare that the
Federal Government Is a government Of
limited powers, and that IT possesses no
powers but such rs are expressly. or by
NECESSARY Implication delegated TO 10 I'm the
Federal Constitution that allothcr powers
are reserved To the states or the people;
That u strict construction of the Censtitu-
ton Is indispensable TO the preservation Of
the reserved rights of the States and the
people that all grants of power to Govern
mont, whether State or Federal, should be
strictly construed, because All such grants
.abridge the natural rights of men; that the
preservation Of the equality and rights Of
the States aud the rights Of the people is
necessary to the preservation of the Union
that the Federal Government rs untitled to
legislate for or administer the local concerns
of the States that 10 would be monstrOus
that the local affairs ofOhio should be eeu-
lated by u Federal Cougressin which she has
but two Senators. and the New England
States, with but a little greater population,
haVctwclyc; that the tendency of the Fed
crHl Government Is to usurp the reserved
rights ofthe states and of the people; and
that, therefore, u Capitalization of power In
its hands Is an ever peudiug danger. That
such an abs irptiOu OF power would. while
II lasted, De destructive of the liberties and
interests of the people, aud would end
either I'm despotism or a destruction og the
Union; that q National debt, besides inn
poverlshing the people, fosters al undue
Increase of the powers Of the Federal Gov
eminent that high protective tariffs have
n like effect, sacrificing the Interests of the
many for the emOluments of the few. and
plainly violating the equity and spirit of
! the Constitution that the collection and
FltahtE-aNNnnt fF nfanFtnnntuA ~aNnt1nag haH Ella.
Federal Government have the same ten
deucy, beside %corrupting the Government.
and that, therefore, economy Is essential
not only to the prosperity, but also to the
liberties OF the people; that unequal tax
alton Is n plain violation of justice, of
which no Government can safely be guilty.
That to each state belongs the right to
determine the qualification of its electors,
and all attempts 10 impair this right, either
by Congressional legislation or COnstitl-
tional amendment, are mwise and despOt-
ic; that the tendency of power is to steal
from the many to the few, and that, there
fore, eternal vigilance Is the price of lib
Crty - that the tendency of government is
to enlarge its authority by usurpatiOn, and
| therefore government needs to be watched
that another of its tendencies Is to govern
f too much--uunecessarily and vcXatiOusly
interfering with the business and habits Of
the people; that the freedom of speech and
Of the press is essential TO the existence of
liberty that no person not in the military
or naval service, or in the bounds where
martial law l~egitimatcly prevails, can law
3 fully be deprived Of life, liberty or proper
. ty, without due process of civil law that
the courts should always be open for the
5 redress of grievances that no &c post fdctO
S law should be made; that the right of the
| people to pCaccably assemble and consult
/ upon public affairs is mviOlable; that the
military should be held in due subsection
to the civil power; that while the major
, it's. as prescribed by the Constitution, have
. the right to govern, the minority have in
defcasible rights; and that n frequent re-
Currcucc to first principles Is essential to
. the welfare Of the State and the people.
+ ,. Resoircd, That the States lately in re-
bcllion are States In the Union, and have
= been recognized rs such by every depart
i ment of the Government, and by Presi-
5 dent Lincoln, who, in the midst of the war.
II invited them to clcctmemberS of Congress
= by President Johnson, in various procla-
" nations and official acts; by Congress,
which permitted Andrew johnson to sit In
X the Senate rs "A Senator from Tennessee,
and members from Virginia, Tennessee
and Louisiana to sit in the House OF Repre-
sentativcs after these States had seeded,
and while the war was being carried on,
- aud which further recognized them as
, states in the Union by the Congressional
lDlN'i AlbAllllAllh tNh IA'h AAtAA uhA
representation in Congress; by variou,
n, tax laws. and especially by the direct tax
r by the resolutions submitting amendment,
= to the Constitution for their approval, ant
=" by various other acts and resolutions i'm.
parting the same recognition all of whiCl
were passed since the attempted secession
i of those States, by the judiciary of TIL,
&c United States, which holds Federal Court
In all those States, and especially by tn,
Supreme Court, which entertains jurisdiC
/ ton of cases coming from them, which /
nj could not do were they not in the Union
of That being thus in the Union, they stan,
=, on an equal footing with their sister State
States with unequal rights being n thin.
We unknown to the Constitution that, by til
he express terms of the Constitutions, eac
state Is entitled to have two Senators and
- due proportion of Representatives in til
NJ Congress, and to vote in all elections {
ne President and Vice-president that, thong
he these rights are subject to interruption b
#. n state of civil war, they can not, in time
peace, be suspended, much less destroyed
u" without II plain violation of the Constitl
EN- ton; that Congress has no power to d,
I'm priVe Il state of its reserved rights, an
INF reduce it to a Territorial condition; thu
therefore the exclusion, by the so-callc
'I Congress, of all representation from tt
States, the proposed exclusion of tho
States, from all voice in the next PresideI
Ihe tial election, the threatened overthrow
,rn their State Governments and the reductiC
of their States to the condition of terrific
Us les, are each and every one of them uncol
stitutional, revolutionary and despot
ted measures, destructive not merely of ii
, Of rights of those States, but also of the RICH
of every other State in the Union. Tn
those measures are parts ola plan TO multi
rn- the Constitution, virtually overthrow Il
ay- state Governments, to erect aconsolidat
be despotism on their ruins; and 10 establi
ac- and perpetuatc a tyrannical rule of mine
sti- ity over II majority of the American pc
pie. That the people cannot, without
also loss OF their liberties, prosperity and hone
submit to such II result; aud we, thereto
son, in the hope that the warning will
'ver needed, and the danger to onr situations
pcaecably aVerted, do solemnly warn t
- advocates of the plan, that It will y
be submitted to. @
3. Resolred, That Congress is not
omuipotcnt law-makiug power That t
Constitution provides that no bill shall
EE, come % law without the approval of I
President, unless it be passedby two-thil
of each House Of Congress. That one
the objects Of the present go-rallpd Go