The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-05-31
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DNIil Us tNIlNNUNlNh UN lit INNntTs, ulltl NIl=
4 proved by experience; that in accordance
with these principles we declare that the
Federal Government Is n government Of
limited powers, and that it possesses no
powers but such as are expressly or by
necessary Implication delegated to 1t In the
Federal Constitution that all other powers
are reserved to the states or the people
that strict construction Of the Censtltu-
tiop Is Indispensable 70 the preservation Of
the reserved rights Of the States and the
people that all grants ofpower 20 Govern
lment 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 and the rights Of the people is
necessary To the preservation of the Union
that the Federal Government Is unatted to
lcgislatc for or administer the local concerns
of the States that IL would be mOnstrous
that the local affairs of Ohio should be regu-
latedby Federal Congressin which she has
but two Senators, and the New England
States, with but little greater population,
have twelve; that the tendency of the Fed
leral Government Is to usurp the reserved
rights Of the States and of the people; and
that. therefore, Capitalization of power in
its hands Is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs irptiOn OF power would, while
IL lasted, DC destructive of the liberties and
Interests of the people, and would end
either In despotism or destruction of the
Union that a National debt, besides i'm
pOyerishing the people, fosters an undue
IiucreasC Of the powers of the Federal Gov
crnment that high protective tariffs have
like effect, sacrificing the interests of the
many for the cmoluments of the few, and
plainly violating the equity and spirit of
! the Constitution; that the collection and
disbursement Of enormous revenues by the
Federal Government have the same ten
! dency, beside cOrrupting the Government,
and that thprpfn RpnnnmV Ia nggnufial
not only 60 the prosperity, but also TO the
liberties of the people; that unequal tax
alton Is u 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 to impair this right, either
by Congressional legislation or Constitu-
tional amendment, are unwise and despot-
ic; that the tendency of power Is to steal
from the many To the few, and that, there
fore Seternm vigilance Is tile price of lib
erty y 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
l. too much--unneCessarily and veXatiOusly
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 legitimately prevails, can law
p fully be deprived of life, liberty or proper
n t., without due process Of civil law; that
: the courts should always be open for the
redress of grievances; that no e1 post JdctO
law should be made; that the right of the
!. people to peaceRblY assemble and consult
y upon public affairs is inviolable; that the
military should be held in due subjection
. to the civil power; that while the major
: ity, AS prescribed by the Constitution, have
!, the right to govern, the minority have in
. deteaslble rights; and that II frequent re-
a currence to first principles Is essential to
Il the welfare of the State and the people.
n ?. ReSOIUed, That the States lately in re-
: bellion are States in the Union, and have
= been recognized rs such by every depart
IN ment of the Government, and by PTesi-
,fl dent Lincoln, who, in the midst of the war
~ invited them to elect members of Congress
+ by President johnson, in various procla-
he nations and official acts; by Congress
" which permitted Andrew Johnson to sit IT
J. the Senate as q Senator from Tennessee
and members from Virginia, Tennessee
Nc and Louisiana to sit In the House of Repre-
rt sentatives after these States had seeded
1r and while the war was being carried on
~ and which further recognized them M
to States in the Union by the Congressiona
no appUrtionment act providing for tl&fr due
ld representation in Congress; by various
n, tax laws, and especially by the direct tax
~ by the resolutions submitting amendment,
nt TO Jnt CONSTITUTION IOT IlelT approval, ant
no by various other acts and resolutions i'm
= parting the same recognition; all of which
II were passed since the attempted secession
,e OF those States, by the Judiciary of tn,
ne United States, which holds Federal Court
al in all those STATES, aud especially by TIN
es Supreme Court which entertans jurisdic
lie tion Of cases coming from them, which
Ia could not do were they not in the Union
), That being thus in the Union, they stan
O. on an equal footing with their sister State
: a States with unequal rights being q thin
NV unknown to the Constitution; that, by tn
express terms of the Constitution, eac
he State is entitled to have two Senators and
,e- due proportion of Representatives in til
oil Congress, and TO vote In all elections
ch President and Vice-president; that, thong
Int these rights are subject to Interruption b
- II state of civil war, they can not, i'll time
peace, be suspended, much less destroye'
| without plain violation of the Constitl
ton; that Congress has no power to d.
prive State of its reserved rights, nj
reduce II to n Territorial condition; tn
in therefore the exclusion, by the so-callC
kes Congress- of all representation from Il
ire, States, the proposed exclusion OF tho
ngs States, from all voice in the next Presidel
be tial election, the threatened overthrow
our their State Governments and the reductiC
sly OF their States TO the condition Of terrific
his les, are each and every one of them inco
my lstitutional, revolutionary and dcspot
ted measures, ueSUructlVe nOJ Ulefeiy OF U
ion rights of those States, but also of the rigt
mes of every other State in the Union. Tn
tied those measures are parts ofa plan to nulli
the the Constitution, virtually overthrow t
nh- State Governments, to erect y cOnsolidat
fter ldespotism on their ruins; and to establi
in, and perpetuate tyrannical rule OfaminC
Of ity over majority of the American pc
the pie That the people cannot without
,nly loss Of their liberties, prosperity and hon
but subnitto such result; and we, thereto
uni in the hope that the warming will
his needed, aud the danger to our situations
but peaceably averted, do solemnly warn I
Iny- advocates of the plan, that it will |
dia- besubnhtted to. ''4 n--
'ney 3. Resolved, That Congress is not
,Jhs omnipotent law-making power, That I
bra Constitution provides that no bill shall
ipr- come u law without the approval of I
that President, unless II be passed by two-thil
the of each House of Congress. That one
|. l the objects of the present so-called CO
the gress IN excluding States from represent
NJ l ton, is to pass bills by q twO-thirds v,
'ong which, were all the States represent
lteI- could not so pass and thus TO virtua
Iont abolish the constitutional provision afo