The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-02-12
.SYA7I DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
JANUARY Sth, A. D. 1901.


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RESOLUTIONS.
/. ResoiVsd, That the Democracy Of Ohio
steadfastly adhere to the principles of the
party as eXpounded by the fathers, and APP
proved by experience; that In accordance
with these principles we declare that the
Federal Government is a 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 COnstitu-
tion is indispensable 70 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 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
| lcgislate for or administer the local concerns
of the States that IL would be mOnstrous
that the local affairs ofOhio should be regu-
lated by u Federal Congressin which she has
but two Senators, and the New England
States with but n little greater population,
have twelve; that the tendency Of the Fed
eral Government Is to usurp the reserved
| rights of the States and of the people; aud
| that therefore a centralzatiOn of power In
| It's hands Is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs ,rption OF power would. while
it lasted be destructive of the liberties and
Interests of the people, aud would end
! either In de5pOtism or destruction of the
Union; that a National debt, besides inn
poverishing the people, fosters an undue
| increase of the powers of the Federal Gov
ernment; 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 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 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, and that there
fore, "eternal vigilance is the price of lib
erty :" that the tend 5ncy 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 omuch-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
fully be deprived of life, liberty or proper
Ity, without due process of civil law; that
the courts should always be open for the
redress of grievances; that no eI post JdctO
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people to peaceaby assemble aud consult
upon public affairs is inviolable; that the
military should be held in due subjectiom
B. to the civil power: that while the major
Iity as prescribed by the Constitution, have
the right to 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. Resolued, That the States lately in re-
hellion are States in the Union, and have
been recognized as such by every depart
ment of the Government aud by Presi-
! dent Lincoln. who, in the midst of the war,
invited them to elect tmembers of Congress
by President johnson, in various procla-
nations and official acts; by Congress.
(which permitted Andrew johnson to sit ia
the Senate as n 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.
, and which further recognized them a.
States In the Union by the Congressional
apportOnmeut act providing for their due
L representation in Congress; by various
tax laws. and especially by the direct tax /;
by the resolutions submitting amendments
60 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 fbpan Gtatpa nv the .InIiniarN pf fhn
United States. which holds Federal Courts
in all those States. and especially 10y the
lSupreme Court. which entertains jurldc
ltion 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 All equal footing with their sister States
States with unequal rights being thing
unknown to the Constitution; that. by the
exp press terms of the Constitution. each
State is entitled to have two Senators and Il
due proportion of Representatives in the
Congress. and to vote in all elections OF
President and Vice president; that. though
these rights are subject TO interruption by
a state of civil war, they can not in time of
peace, be suspended, much less destroyed
| without a plain .yiolatiOn of the COnstitu-
2 tion; that Congress has no power to de-
priye q State of its reserved rights, and
reduce il to Territorial condition; that
therefore the exclusion, by the sO-called
- congress, Ol All representation lIOh ten
, States, the proposed exclusion of those
States. from all voice in the next PVesden-
cial election, the threatened OvertHsbw 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 despotic
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 nullily
the Constitution, virtually overthrow the
State Governments, 10 erect consolidated
, despotism on their ruins; and TO establish
and perpetuate "A tyrannical rule of minor-
ity over majority of the American peo-
pie. That the people cannot, without a
S 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 70 our situations be
peaceably averted, do sOlemnly warn the
advocates of the plan, that it will not
be submitted to.
{ 3. Resolued, That Congress is not an
Iomnipotent law -makinR power. That the