The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-06-01
SHATV DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
JANUARY Sth, 4. d. 1907.



l. Resoired, That the Democracy ofOhio
steadfastly adhere to the principles of tbe
party as expOunded by the fathers. and an
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 Dut such as are expressly. or by
necessary implication delegated to IL In the
Federal Constitution; that all other powers
are reserved to the states or the people
that strict construction of the Csnstltu-
ton Is indispensable TO the preservation of
the reserved rights of the States and the
people that all grants of power to Govern
ment, whether state or Federal, should be
strictly construed, because all such grants
abridge the natural rights VI men; that the
preservation Of the equality and rights Of
the states and the rights OF the peoDlk IA
necessary To the preservation Of the Union /.
that the Federal Government is untitled 10
legislate for or administer the local concerns
OF tue states that II would be mOnstrous
that the local affairs ofOhio should be repu-
iated by Il Federal COngressin In which she has
put TWO Senators, and the New England
states, with but little greater population,
vetwelYe; that the tendency of the Fed
eral Government Is TO usurp the reserved
rights of the States and Of the people and
that therefore, Capitalization of power In
lts hands Is an ever pending danger. That
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IL lasted, be 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
| Poycrishing the people, fosters an undue
increase of the powers of the Federal Gov
eTnlnent 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 aud spirit of
the Constitution; that the collection and
ulsDufscment Of enormous revenues by the
Federal Government have the same ten
dency, 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 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-
tlonal amendment, are unwise and despot-
ic; that the tendency of power is to steal
from the many to the few, and that, there
lore, "eternal vigilance Is the price of lib
erty ! 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
too much-unnccessarily and ycxatiously
Interfering with the business and habits Of
the people; that the freedom Of speech and
OF the press Is essential to the existence of
nDerty that no person not in the military
or naval service, or in the bounds where
martial law legitimately 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 er post Idcto
law should be made; that the right Of the |
people to peaceably assemble and consult
upon public affairs Is invioable; 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 10 govern, the minority have in |
defeasible rights; and that frequent re-
currence to first principles is essential to |
the welfare of the State and the people.
2. ReSoired, That the States lately in re-
bellion are States in the Union, and have
been recognized as such by every depart
ment of the Government, and by Presi- |
dent Lincoln, who, in the midst fthe war, |
invited them to eectmembers of Congress
by President johnson, in various procla- |
nations and official acts; by Congress, |
which permitted Andrew johnson to sit in |
the Senate as II Senator from Tennessee,
and members from Virginia, Tennessee
and Louisiana to sit in the House Of Repre- |
sentatives 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 |
apportionment act providing for their due |
representation In Congress; by various |
tax laws, and especially by the direct tax |
by the resolutions submitting amendments |
to the Constitution for their approval, and |
by various other acts and resolutions i'm
parting the same recognition; all Of which |
were passed since the attempted secession
of those States, by the Judiciary of the |
United States, which holds Federal Courts |
in all those States, and especially by the
Supreme Court, which entertains jurisdic-
tton OF cases coming from them, which it |
could not do were they not in the Union.
That being thus in the Union, they stand |
on an equal footing with their sister States |
States with unequal rights being a thing |
unknown to the Constitution; that, by the |
express terms of the Constitution, each
State is entitled to have two Senator'S and a |
due proportion of Representatives in the |
Congress, and to vote In all elections of |
President and president; that, though |
these rights are subject to Interruption by |
state of civil war they can not, In time of |
peace, be suspended, much less destroyed, |
without plain violation of the Constitu- |
ton; that Congress has no power to de- |
prive State of its reserved rights, and |
reduce It to a Territorial condition: that |
therefore the exclusion, by the so-called |
Congress, OF all representation from ten |
States, the proposed exclusion of those |
States, from all voice in the next Presiden-
Ilal election, the threatened overthrow of |
their state Governments and the reduction
OF their States to the condition of territor-
les, are each and every one of them uncon-
stitutional, revolutionary and dcspOtic
measures, destructive not merely of the
rights of those States, but also of the rights
of every other State in the Union. That
those measures are parts ofa plan to nullify
the Constitution, virtually overthrow the |
State Governments, TO erect consolidated l
CpRD DOIism their rninQs and m Il
and perpetuate tyrannical rule of minor
ity over majority of the American peo-
pie. That the people cannot, without a
loss OF their liberties, prosperity and honor,
submit to such result; and we, therefore,
in the hope that the warning will be
needed, and the danger to our situations be
peaceably averted, do solemnly warn the
advocates of the plan, that 1t will not
be submitted to.
). Res0lUed, That Congress is not an
omnipotent lawmaking power. That tb"
Constitution provides that no hill shall no