The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-06-11
SYARV DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
JANUARY sth, 4. D. fsG1.


with these principles we declare that the
| Federal Government is u government Of
limited powers. and that II possesses 10
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary implication delegated to it IN the
! Federal Constitution that all other powers
are reserved to the states or the people
that strict construction OF the Csnstitu-
tiOu Is Indispensable to the preservation Of
the reserved rights of the States and the
lpeOple that all grants Of power TO Govern
Iinent, whether State or Federal, should be
lstrictly construed, because all such grants
tabridge the natural rights OF men that the
preservation of the equality and rights of
che states aud The rights of the people Is
necessary to the preservation Of the Union
that the Federal Government is untitled 20
lleglslate fororadminister the local concerns
of the States; that it would be monstrous
that the local affairs ofOhiO should be Fegu-
lated by a Federal Congressin which she has
but two Senators, and the New England
States, with but a 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 and
that. therefore, Capitalization OF power in
its hands Is an ever pending danger. That
lsuch an abs lrptiOn OF power would. while
IL lasted, be destructive of the liberties and
interests OF the people, and would end
either In despOtisn or "A destruction Of the
Union that 4 National debt, besides i'm
pOverlshlng the people, fosters an undue
increase fthe 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. aud
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 corruptiug 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-
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 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 omuch--unncCessarily 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
e fully be deprived OF life, liberty or proper
~
the courts should always be open for the
redress of grievances; that no eT post JdctO
law should be made; that the right of the
people to pcaceably assemble and consult
r upon public affairs is iuviOlable; that the
= military should be held in due subjection
f to the civil power; that while the major
ity, AS prescribed by the Constitution, have
the right TO govern, the minority have in
defeasible rights; and that q frequent re-
currence to first principles is essential to
the welfare of the State and the people.
2. ReSOloed, That the States lately in re-
o bellion are States in the Union, and have
been recognized as such by every depart
Is ment of the Government and by Presi-
+ dent Lincoln, who, in the midst of the war,
Va invited them to elect members of Congress
by President johnson, in various prQca-
s. nations and official acts; by Congress,
which permitted Andrew johnson to sit in
g the Senate as Il Senator from Tennessee,
= and members from Nirginia, Tennessee
IA and Louisiana to sit in the House of Repre-
seutItiyes after these States had seeded
)" and while the war was being carried on
~ and which further recognized them as
to States in the Union by the Congressional
-, apportiOnment act providing for their due
representation in Congress; by various
Is tax laws, aud especially by the direct tax
" by the resolutions submitting amendments
to the Constitution for their approval, and
by various other acts and resolutions inn
parting the same recognition all of which
= | were passed since the attempted secession
+ of those States, by the judiciary of the
y, United States, which holds Federal Courts
Of in all those States, and especially by the
=, Supreme Court, which entertains jursdic
ton of cases coming from them which i
y could not do were they not in the Union
SO That being thus in the Union, they stanC
,y on an equal footing with their sister State
States with unequal rights being thing
unknown to the Constitution that, by tn
a. express terms of the Constitution, eacl
!" State is entitled to have two Senators and
wv due proportion of Representatives in tn
"a. Congress, and to vote in all elections 0
81 President and Vice e-president that, thong
, :, these rights are subject to interruption b
~ II state of civil war, they can not, in time {
,at peace, be suspended, much less destroyed
without plain violation of the Constitu
ton that Congress has no power to dc
nj prive a State of its reserved rights, an
cv reduce it to Territorial condition; thu
therefore the exclusion, by the so-calle
"A Congress, Of all representation from te
rd, States, the proposed exclusion OF thos
States, from all voice in the next Presider
~ tial election, the threatened overthrow
their State Governments and the reducto
x OF their States to the condition of terrific
les, are each and every one of them uncoI
stitutional, revolutionary and dcspOt
measures, destructive not merely OF tl
III rights Of those States, but also of the righ
B } of every other state IN the Union. IN
'esa ss those measures are parts ofa plan to MULTI
iice the Constitution, virtually overthrow Il
and State Governments, to erect acOnsOlidatt
IA, despOtism on their ruins; and TO establli
~ and perpctuate tyrannical rule of amino
!, Us ity over majority of the American pc
pie. That the people cannot, without
loss Of their liberties, prosperity and hone
submit to such II result; and we, therefor
the in the hope that the warming will
re- needed, and the danger to our situations
peaceably averted, do solemnly warn d
late advocates of the plan, that 1t will II
and be submitted to.
8. Resolred, That Congress is not
omnipotent law-malng power. That q
Constitution provides that no bill shall b
cred come law without the approval of d
,sals President unless it be passed by two-thir
the of each House of Congress That one
IA the objects Of the present so-caled Co
ing, gress In excluding States from represent
and ton, Is TO pass bills by n two-thirds vo
I3uTa, which, were all the States represente
!. could not so pass; and thus to virtual
the abolish the constitutional provision afor
they 'tiny said. That If this precedent be acquiesc
'oI- In there will be nothing to prevent n ba