The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-07-18
DEAOCRATIC PLArrtls. n
The following is the platform Of the
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l.. Rr~,/oref,' Thai the con.,itu,i.
+ the UniteI States il the su,.rrn,
Law of the iand, and is the source an
unit OF every power; possessed by an
department Of the national government
and that every assumption by Coperes
or any other department Of govern
ment, Of power not delegated to it b,
the Constitution, is equally as treasons
Die as open rebellion, and more DANCE,
ous to the Republic. .....
2. Resolued, That the Federal Unio,
was formed upon the theory Of perpetu
ity, and that we deny the right of an,
State to sccede tbereflom, and of Con
gress to suspend or annul the Constitu
tional compact.
| 3. Resolved, That the Government
having demonstrated its ability to Co
cree by war, is able to control by con
etitutional measures in peace, and tha,
upon the surrender of the Confed crate
armies, its dignity, as we'll as the inter.
est Of the entire Union, demanded thai
the States lately in rebellion should not
be deprived of their equality as States
of the Union, nor Of any of their
rights, chief among which is the right
of representation in Congress-
4. Resoved, That We are opposed to
the so-called Reconstruction measures"
Of XXXIXth and ALth. Congress-
They are enactments subversive of fbe
Constitution, invading the rig ghts of
States, and dangerous to the liberties of
the people, and were intended solely to
secure the -ascendapcy of the Republi-
can party.
5. Resozved, That the existing tariff
discriminates unjustly against the asri-
cultural States, and in favor of manu-
featuring States, and that in our opin-
ion, the Constitution gives no authority
to Congress to compel one class of in
dustry to pay bonuses to another class,
under tue name of protection, or other
wise.
6. Resolred, That the acts Of Con-
gress, cxempting National securities
from taxation, are unjust, and throw
increased burdens on labor, and that
We demand such Legislation as will dis
tribute the burdens of taxation equally
on all property.
Z. Resolped, That we are opposed
to all prohibitory liquor laws, and to
sumptuary laws Of all kinds, as subyer-
sive of sound morality, and unwarrant-
able invasions Of the natural rights of
man.
8. Resozced, That we believe this
government was established by white
men for white men, that we regard
negroes an inferior being, not our equal,
and not qualified to exercise intelligent
ly the rig int of suffrage.
9. Resolued, That the severity shown
by the radicals in their clamor for con-
6scation and the infiction of the death
penalty on political offenders, is un-
worthy Of the civilization Of the pres
ent age, and ariaes from cowardice and
barbarous fanaticism. and finds its par
allel in the spirit which caused recent
political executions in Mexico.
10. Resozped, That We charge upon
the Republican party the whole respon-
sibility for the continual separation of
the states which have squandered with
wanton wastefulness tie peoples money;
for its class legislation for its utter
disregard of the Constitution of the
United States, the fundamental law and
all laws protecting the rights and liber-
ties of the people; for its centralization
of all power in Congress, disturbing all
the time honored balances and checks
of Republican form of Government,
ePFdf 81 fsasfaRth faaasa5aRs tbs past 9aalaas hsEssiss
military despotisms to the States, and
some of them the original thirteen, ir-
to the people, aud unau-
by any law known to our con-
stitution for permitted invasion by
Congress of the powers and function of
the coordinate branches of the govern
ment and for the subversion Of every
right, dear to freemen; and have
clearly shown themselves wholly unfit
to be longer entrusted with the control
and destinies of a free people, and if
their abuses are long continued will
permanently overthrow republican iber-
ty in the United States.
The introduction of the 'nigger"
created quite rumpus among the faith
full. Considerable discussion was elicit
ed blythe eighht resolution, which was
finally rejected, and the following SUBJ
stituted:
Resolucd, That We are opposed to
out the word ,chite from our
State Constitution, c whereby negro suff-
rage will be entailed upon US.
The ninth resolution was also reject
ed, as the Convention was little temid
ed about SO boldly protesting against
the hanging Of jeff Davis for treason.