The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-15
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED
JANUARY StA, 4. D. 1907.

Federal Government Is q government Of
limited powers, and that Il possesses no
powers but such rs are expressly, Ur by
necessary implication delegated 10 u In the
Federal Constitution that ullothm powers
are reserved TO the states or the people I;
that u strict construction of the Csnstltu-
tion Is indispensable to the preservation Of
the reserved rights of the States aud the
people; that all 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 aud rights OF
the states aud the rights of the people X
necessary TO the preservation of the Union;
that the Federal Government Is uufltted to
lcgislate ororadministcr the local concerns
OF the States that II would be monstrous
that thclocal Affairs OfOhiO should be rcgu-
lated by q Federal Congrcssin which she has
but " SGIatOrs, and the New England
States, with but n little greater population,
havctwelyc; that the tendency of the Fed
Cral Government N to usurp the reserved
rights Of the States aud Of the people aud
that. therefore, n Capitalization Of power IN
It's hands Is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs irption OF power would, while
u lasted, be destructive of the liberties and
interests OF Me people, and would end
either In despOtism or u destruction Of the
Union that u National debt, besides linz
poverishing the people, fosters an undue
increase OF the powers Of the Federal Gov
ernment; that high protective tariffs have
n like effect, sacrificing the interests Of the
many FOR the cmoluments 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 corruptlng the Government,
and that, therefore, economy Is essential
not only to the prosperity, but also To the
lihpTting n4 tho npnplas that tnnptal tux-
alton Is Il plain violation OF Justice, of
which mo- Government can safely be guilty.
That To each State belongs the right to
determine the qualification of It's electors,
and all attempts to Impair this right, either
by Congressional legislation or Constitu-
tional amendment, are unwisc and despOt-
lc; that the tendency of power Is to steal
from the many TO the few, aud that, there
fore, eternal vigilance Is the price of lib-
erty y that the tendency of government Is
to enlarge Its authority by usurpatiOn, and
therefore government needs to be watched;
TINT another of It's tendencies Is to govern
too much-unnecessarily and veNatiously
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
| ", 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 pcaceably assemble aud consult
upon public affairs Is inViolable; that the
military should be held In due subsection
to the civil power; that while the major
NY, rs prescribed by the Constitution, have
the right to govern, the minority have in
defeasible rights; and that a frequent re-
| gIrrpnpn In tirat nrinpiBlps IL nys.rtin1 -,
the welfare of the state and the people.
2. ReSOiUed, That the States lately In re-
bcllion are States In the Union, and have
been recognized rs such by every dcpart-
ment of the Government, and by Presi-
, dent Lincoln, who, In the midst ofthc war,
r invited them t. elect members of Congress ;
by President johnson, in various procla-
} nations and official acts; by Congress,
| which permitted Audrey Johnson to sit in
= the senate as n Senator from Tennessee,
aud members from Virginia, Tennessee
2 and Louisiana TO sit in the House of Repre-
sentatiyes after these States had seeded,
e. and while the war was being carried on,
and which further recognized them as
4 States In the Union by the Congressional
apportionmcnt net 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
Il ny NhIlull7 OblltI utlS anu 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 jurisdlc-
, ton of cases coming from them, which II
could not do were they not In the Union.
That being thus in the Union, they stand
E on an equal footing with their sister States
+ States with unequal rights being Il thing
unknown to the Constitution that, by the
I express terms of the Constitution, ench
= State Is entitled TO have two Senators and 4
due proportion Of Representatives in the
2 Congress, and to vote In all elections Oi
: President and Nlce-president that, though
. these rights are subject to interruption BY
II state of civil war, they can not, In time OF
peace, be suspended, much less destroyed,
: without Il plain violation of the Constitu-
2 ton that Congress has no power to de-
. privc a State of Its reserved rights, and
) reduce 1t 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-
e tial election, the threatened overthrow of
= their State Governments and the reduction
+ OF their states to the condition of %territOr-
les, are each aud every one of them uucon-
s%titutional, revolutionary and dcspotlc
NAA' 90 f''AA 1871 W. vi lHN
rights of those States, but also of the rights
, of every other State la the Union. That
those measures are parts Ola plan to nulllfy
the Constitution, virtually overthrow the
) State Governments, to erect consolidated
l despodsm on their ruins; and To establish
! and perpctuate a~tyrannical rule of minor
; ity over II majority of the American peo-
Pile. That the people cannot, without n
loss of their liberties, prosperity and honor,
| submit to such u result and we, therefore,
4 in the hope that the warning will be
needed, and the danger 10 our situations be
peaceably avcrted, do sOlcmnly warn the
$ advocates of the plan, that II will not
- be submitted N.
4 3. ResOiUcd, That Congress Il not an
, omnipotcnt law-making power. That the
Constitution provides that no bill shall be-
come II law without the approval of the
/ President, unless Il be passed by two-thirds
, of each House Of Congress. That one OF
the objects OF the present So-callcd Con-
gress In excluding States from representa-
ton, Is to pass bills by n two-thlrds vote
= which, were all the States represented,
could not so pass and thus TO virtually
> abolish the constitutions provision afore-
said. That II this precedent be acquiesoed
, In, there will be nothing to prevent Il bare
majority of Congress, Mt any time In the
, future, from nullifyinp the constitutional