The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-03
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
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/ FANhANNNNlN NANNltIN W Nilf DINlNlllRA uI the
party rs OK ponndcd by the fathers. and an
proved by experience; that in accordance
! withthcse principles we declare that the
Federal Government Is a government OF
limited powers, and that ID possesses no
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary Implication delegated to IL IN the
Federal Constitution that all other powers
are reserved 70 the states or the people /;
that Il strict construction OF the Constltu-
ton Is Indispensable TO the preservation of
the reserved rights of the states and the
people; that an grants Of power to Govern
ment whether State or Federal, should be
strictly construed, because all such grants
abridgc the natural rights of men that the
preservation of the equality and rights of
the States and tho rights Of the people Is
necessary TO the preservation of the Union /;
that the Federal Government Is untitled to
lcgisl0te for or administer the local concerns
of the States that 10 would be monstrous
that thclocal affairs ofOhio shonld be regu-
lated by a Federal Cougrcssin 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
cral Government Is To usurp the reserved
rights of the States and of the people and
that, therefore, u Capitalization of power in
lis hands Is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs lrption OF power would. while
1t lasted, be destructive of the liberties md
/ ANN'ANFN0 VI NV HhNlANN Alh NbAAlh Nv
either In despotism or a destruction Of the
Union that a National debt, besides linz
pOvcrishing the people, fosters an undue
increase Of the powers of the Federal Gov
ernmcnt; that high protective tariffs have
a like effect, Sacrificing the interests of the
many for the "cmolumcuts of the few. and
plainly violating the equity and spirit of
the Constitution; that the collection and
disbursement of noTm revenues by the
Federal Government have the same ten
dency, beside cOrTupting 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 n plain violation of Justice, of
which no Government can safely be guilty.
sThat to each State belongs the right to
determine the qualification of It's electors,
and all attempts TO impair this right, either
by CongresslOnal. 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. "cternal vigilance Is the price Of lib
erty - that the tendency of government IL
to enlarge its authority by usurpation, and
therefore government needs to be watched ;
That another of its tendencies Is to govern
too much-unnecessarily and vcXatiously
interfering with the business aud habits of
the people; that the freedom of speech and
Of tho press is essential to the existence of
Ap'AA N'hN Nv l'AHN' " " nv AAAAlAHAl
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 &c post Jdcto
law should be made; that the right of the
peOpleto peaccably assemble and consult
upon public affairs is inviolable; that the
military should be held In due subsection
to the civil power; that while the major
=. ity, as prescribed by the Constitution, have
the right to govern, the minority have in
defcasible rights; and that II frequent re-
currcnce to first principles is essential to
+ the welfare of the State and the people.
,. ResOiUed, That the States lately In re-
bcllion are States in the Union, and have
been recognized n such by every depart
! ment of the Government, and by Presi-
, dent Lincoln. who, in the midst Of the war,
: invited them to elect members of Congress
by President johnson, in various procla-
nations and official acts; by Congress
, which permitted Andrew johnson to sit in
r the senate rs a Senator from Tennessee,
and members from Virginia, Tennessee
. and Louisiana to sit In the House of Repre-
, scntatives after these States had seeded,
! and while the wal was being carried on,
: and which further recognized them rs
States in the Union by the Congressional
! ap~portionment 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 inn
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, ant especially by the
Supreme Court, which entertains jurisdic.
ton of cases coming from them, which il
could not do were they not in the Union
THAT being thus in the Union, they stanC
, on an equal footing with their sister Statel
States with unequal rights being Il thins
unknown to the Constitution that, by tn,
express terms of the Constitution, eacl
State Is entitled to have two Senators and
due proportion of Representatives in tn,
t. Congress, and to vote in all elections o
President and Nice-president that, though
e, these rights are subject to Interruption b.
IN II state of civil war, they can not, in time
i peace, he suspended, much less destroyed
without u plain violation of the Constitu
tc ton that Congress has no power TO lie
privc n state of its reserved rights, an
~ reduce IL to a Territorial condition; tina
e therefore the exclusion, by the s~O-calleu
IN Congress, of all representation from To-
"a States, the proposed exclusion of thos
he States, from all voice in the next Presiden
by tial election, the threatened overthrow G
rs their State Governments and the reduCtio
I1i OF their States to the condition of territoI
nd les, are Zach and every one of them mcon
g stitutional, revolutionary and despoti
i; measures, destructive not merely of til
0i rights of those States, but also of the right
IN of every other State In the Union. Thi
va those measures are parts Ola plan to MULTI
coni the Constitution, virtually overthrow I'll
a State Governments, to erect acOusolidatc
id despotism on their ruins; and to cstablis
ng and perpetuatc a tyrannicnl rule of minor
&c. ity over u majority of the American pee
lst pie. That the people cannot, without
a. loss of their liberties, prosperity and hone
nod submit to such Il result; and we, therefor
wi in the hope that the warning will
nd needed. and the danger to our situations |
AZ, peaccably ayerted, do solcmnly warn IL
advocates of the plan, that it will n,
be submitted to.
3. ResolUed, That Congress is not a
omnipotent law-making power. That Il
Constitution provides that no bill shall b,
come u law without the approval of q
- President, unless it be passedb twO-thirl
of each House of Congress. That one
the objects of he present so-called Coz
greSs In excluding States from represents
IN ton, is to pass bills by Il two-thirds vo
ID, which, were all the States represente
could not so pass and thus to virtual
abolish the constitutional provision afOr
said. That ii this precedent be acquiescC
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