Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-16
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The Platforms of the Democratic and
sai, '.se, aRepabhcan Parties. ''4
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{ The Democratic Platform
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i. Rsso,ssds Thst tn. Democracy Of Ohio stead
Vastly adhere % the principles OF the party as ex
pounded ey the ut ;ers. and approved by expert
ment Of limited powers and that it possesses no
Implication delegated 70 il in the Federal Constiiu
ton; that alh etnerA powers are feeerved to the
the CcnstitutiOh q Indispensable to the preservs-
ton Of the reserved rirbts Of the States and the
Ssssr es Should s s.
stf9ed because all such grants abridse the natural
q sa ssi. 'hi SSsa Of
ths people s ~. nseest.ry e the PsessEy.tioa Of
united to leEisate for or administer 'the local
eonesrns Of the tsStes; that i would be onstrous
ssss tRs isei srs e Ohio should Be re:p
has but two Senators. and the New England
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a. po%sr weSd
while il lasted. be destructive Of the liberties and
potsm or destru stion Of the Union; thata Nation
81 debt bssides igpovs.ishag the psople f9stsfs
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ecoR0rgts esseatidkHot only to ths prosperity 61t
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see ,sAich no Govss ;leat can safely 6s csiity
'That tge each State beionss the right todetermine
impair this right either by Congressional legs ation
or Constitutional amendment sre sun=se and des-
sny to tie * se i%
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mt peada TN ha had.
that an they of its tendencie. to govern much
unnecessarily and vexatiously intsrferne with the
dfspeech ard of the press S essential to the, exist-
ence ~ liberty: that no person not in the military
legitimntely prevails, can iaWfuiy be deprived Of
liberty or property Without due process of civil
should Be smade; that the right Of the people to
6 ihvioisbls; that the military should be held in
due sge!sction t9 the civil powsT; that while the
the ght to govern, the minority have indefeasible
rights; and that frequent return to first principles
is essential to the welfare Of tho State and the
Rssosesa That the States lately in rebellion are
States in the Union. and have been recognized as
By President Lincoln no. in the midst Of the war,
Invited them to elect member of Coneress; by
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Sxnnson 70 sit in the enatsas Senator from Temp
Lonisi.ns to sit in the House Of Representstyes sf
tcC0Qo0. tb,.vp ar Wa
ing carried on, and which further recognised them
as states in, the Union by the Confessional
grexdiPs for their due
and especially BY the direct tax; by the resolutions
sp5milting snendments to the Constitution for
their approval and by various other sets and resolu
tions imrarting the same recognition; all Of which
were, passed since the attempted secession
United ststes: which holds federl z Coutrs
in all those States, and especially By the Supreme
court, which entertains jurisdiction of cases COM
ing from them. which it could do were they not
in the Unipns That being TINS in.the Union, they
States with pnequalriehts being thing upknow n.
totne Constituiiee; that. by the express terms Of
SenptoFs and q due portion of Representa- ives in
the Songrsss snd 70 vote IN al elections of tresi
dent and Vice. President; that though these rights
are subject to interruption BY state Of civil war,
they can not. in time of peace. be suspended, much
Gss aa plain SsGn Of the
S,s.s cf its 5sssrysa Iirbts aia reduce i 70
by the so-ca led Congress, Of ali representation
from ten States: the proposed exclusion of those
States. from AL. voice in the next Presiaen-
Govern ents sndsthe rsductionof their States TO
tie condition of territories arc each and every me
potcneasuFes, destructive NOT merely of the rights
OF saSss SasSs sS hqs also shts Of 9TH
parts OF plan TO nullify the Constitution virtually
oyerthrow the State Governments. to erect con-
eolidatcd despotism on their runs .d to establish
E majority Of The Americsn people. That the pso-
perity and honor submit 10 such result and we,
therefore, in the hope that the warning wiifbe heed
ed and the danger 30 our situation be .peaceably
averted. do ,solemnly warn the advocates Of the
plan. hat IL will not be su omitted 20.
B. sResetcsd. That CONGRESS- is not an omnipotent
law-making power That the Constitution pro-
vides that no bill shall become a law without the
two sof each House 0f Congress. That one
Of the objects Of the present ed Congress in
excuniDg states from representation, is to pass
represepted. cOuld not 80 pass and thus virtually
abolish the constitutional provsion aforesaid ~ hat
If this precedent be acquiesced in: there will
any Tins in the future from fulfyfne the consti-
tutional veto If tbe PRESIDENT saS usurping upcor
troeI legislative power. by an exclusion of the mi
nority from their seats That theexclusions even
in single State. might giye this control. and pre-
text Cor such an exclusion would not be wanting TO
unscrupulous and revolutionary. party. - $ Is l
T. Resotred, That tn people. and especially those
OF the agricultural States. have suffered too long
the ekactions Of high protective tariffs, and as the
repIesenteiyes Of an agricultural and laborine pop
ulation. We demand that their substance shall no
longer De extPFted from EN- in order to fill the
s. -Resoteed That uEe1ual taxation is contrary to
the first principles Of justice and sound policy and
We call upon our Governments, Federal and State
to use al necessary Constitutional means to remedy
s. RessssG. Thatths Radical majority in the So
called Svngress have proved themselves to be in
pie of the District of Galubia .gsinst their most
unaninl0us WISH solemnly pressed at the polls. by
forcing the people Of all the Territories and
by their various devices to coerce the peppieof the
Ssgrage oeEi1ctngs tOould be profactfCe or eoh %
both schites and 6Lacks, and tend 10 1roduce DDS
0strOus conflict of races. III sgi...ysT5t
the Constitution We tender to the President and to
the mslorityaf the Judges Of the supreme Court Ct
the United States our hearty thanks.