The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-05-14
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
JANUARr Sth, Il. u. 1897.


RESOLUTIONS
/. Resolrel. That the Democracy oCOhio
stendfastly adhere to the principles Of the
party as eNpoundud by the fathers, and ap-
proved by experience that la accordance
with these principles we declare that the
Federal Government " a government Of
limited powers, and that il possesses no
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary implication delegated to IL iu the
Federal C|onstiuUtion that allother powers
are reserved to the states or the people;
that n strict construction OF the Csdstitu-
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 and the rights Of the people Is
necessary To the preservation of the Union
that the Federal Government Is untitled to
llegislatc for or administer the local concerns
ofthc States that il would be monstrOus
that thclocal affairs ofOhio should be regu-
lated hy a Federal Congressin which she has
but two Senators, and the New England
States, with but q little greater population,
hayetwclvc that the tendcncy-of the Fed
eral Government Is 10 usurp the reserved
rights of the States and Of the people and
that, therefore, a Capitalization of power in
its hands Is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs brption OF power would. while
Il lasted, be destructive of the liberties and
interests of the people, and would end
either In despotism or a destruction of the
Union that u National debt, besides inn
poverishmg the people, fosters an undue
increase Of the powers of the Federal Gov
ernmcut that high protective tariffs have
a 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
disbursement Of enormous revenues by the
Federal Government have the same ten
dency, beside currupting the Government,
and that therefore, ConOmy is essential
not only to the prosperity, but also to the
liberties of the people; that unequal AK
alton Is a 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, aud that, there
fore, eternal vigilance IS the price of lib
erty - that the tendency of government is
to enlarge It's authority by usurpation, and
therefore government needs to he watched
that another of its tendencies is to govern
too much-unnoccssarily and yeXatiously
interfering with the business and habits Of
Lil' lA'lNN NA"N WV AA''Ablh VI RiAiNh anu
of the press is essential to the existence of
liberty that no person not In the military
or naya service, or in the bounds where
martial law lrgitimately prevails, can law
fully be deprived Of life, liberty or proper
ty, without due process of civil law that
the courts should always be open for the
redress of grievances; that no eb post JdCtO
law should be made; that the right of the
people to pcacCably assemble and consult
upon public affairs Is iuyiOlable; that the
military should be held in due subsection
to the civil power; that while the major
, ity, rs prescribed by the Constitution, have
the right to govern, the minority have in
defcasible rights; and that a frequent re-
curreuce to first principles is essential to
| the welfare of the State and the people.
,. RcSOiUed, That the States lately in re-
hclliOn are States ia the Union, and have
! been recognized IA such by every depart
ment of the Government, and by Presi-
!, dent Lincoln. who, in the midst of the war,
Il invited them to clectmcmbcrs Of Congress
g by President Johnson, in various procla-
: nations and official acts; by Congress,
which permitted Andrew Johnson to sit IN
Z the Senate rs a Senator from Tennessee
c and members from Virginia, Tennessee
e and Louisiana to sit in the House of Repre-.
sentatives after these States had seeded
and while the war was being carried on
and which further recognized them ~
r States in the Union by the Congressional
d appOrtionmcnt act providing for their dut
representation in Congress; by various
IL tax laws, and especially by the direct tax
Il by the resolutions submitting amendment
:. to the Constitution for their approval, an
f. by various other acts and resolutions i'm
parting the SAM recognition all of whicl
were passed since the attempted secession
Of those States, by the Judiciary of tn
United Suites. which holds Federal Court
in all those States, aud especially by tn
Supreme Court, which entertains iurisdic
al ton of cases coming from them, which
" could not do were they not in the UniOr
ne That being thus in the Union, they stan
~ on an equal footing with their sister State
10 States witt unequal rights being a hin
nc unknown to the Constitution that, by I'll
' express terms of the Constitution, eac
N State Is entitled to nave two Senators and
a due proportion of Representatives In til
wv Congress, aud to vote in all elections ,
so President and Vice-president that, thong
" these rights are subject to interruption b
r. a state of civil war, they can not, In time
Sc, peace, be suspended, much less deStroyet
without a plain violation of the Constitl
ton that Congress has no power to d,
prive n state of its reserved rights, M
M reduce it to n Territorial condition; tn
therefore the exclusion, by the so-callC
al Congress, of all representation from L
States, the proposed exclusion of tho
ill., States, from all voice in the next Prcsidel
III tlal election, Lle threatened overthrow
- their State Governments and the reductiC
OF their States to the condition of terrific
LEI les. are each and every one of them uncoI
en-. stitutional, revolutionary and dcspot
,ut measures, destructive not merely Of Il
H. rights of those States, hut also of the RICH
- Of every other State in the Union. Th
wv those measures are parts ola plan to multi
the Constitution, virtually overthrow {
State Governments, to erect u consOlidat
led despotism on their ruins; and to cstabli
ave and perpctuate atyrannical rule ofamino
~, ity over Il majority of the American pc
40 pie. That the people cannot, without
loss of their liberties, prosperity and hone
the submit to such II result and we, thereto.
the in the hope that the warning will
needed, and the danger to our situations
peaceably averted, do solemnly warn I
advocates of the plan, that it will II
- be submitted to,
3. Res0lUed, That Congress Is not
]omnipotent law-making power. That t
Constitution provides that no bill shall l
80 come a law without the approval of t
Drali1pnt unless H. hp pnsgpl bV twp-tbtT