The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-20
state DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
JANUARY sth, 4. D. 1857.
RFsOLUTIoNs.

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proved by experience; that In accordance
with these principles we declare that the
Federal GoyernUent is u government of
limited powers, and that It possesses no
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary implication delegated to It in the
Federal Constitution that allother powers
are reserved to the states or The peoples; /
that n strict construction of the Censtitu-
ton is Indispensable to the preservation of
the reserved rights of the States and the
people hat all grants of power to Govern
menG, 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 aud the rights of the people is
necessary to the preservation of the Union;
that the Federal Government Is untitled to
legislate for or administer the local concerns
| of the States that it would be monstrous
that the local affairs ofOhio should be regu-
lated by "A Federal ongressin which she has
but two Senators. and the New England
States. with but n little greater population,
lhavetwelve that the tendency of the Fed
eral Government Is to usurp the reserved
rights of the States and of the people; and
that, therefore, a Capitalization of power in
its hands Is an ever pending danger. That
such AN abs jrptiOn OF power would, while
It lasted, be destructive of the liberties and
interests of the people, and would end
either in despOtismor a destruction of the
Union that n National debt, besides i'm
po%verishing the people, fosters an undue
Increase OF the powers of the Federal Gov
eminent; that high protective tariffs have
n like eject, sacrificing the interests of the
many for the ~emOluUnents of the Few, and
plainly violating the equity and spirit of
f the Constitution; that the collection and
disbursement ofenormous revenues by the
. Federal Government have the same ten
= dency, beside eorrupting, the Government,
| and that, therefore. economy is essential
mot only to the prosperity, but also to the
liberties of the people; that unequal tax
alton is n plain violation of justice, OF
e which no Government can safely be guilty.
@ That to each state belongs the right to
4 determine the qualification Of its electors,
and all attempts to impair this right, either
e by Congressional legislation or Constitu-
S tional amendment, are unwtsc and despot-
e ic; that the tendency of power is to steal
from the many to the few, and that, there
4 fore, "eternal vigilance Is the price of lib
. erty - that the tendency of government is
. to enlarge its authority by nsurpatiOn, and
n therefore government needs to be watched;
that another of its tendencies is to govern
l. too much-unnecessarily and vcXatiOusly
n interfering with the business and habits of
Is the people; that the freedom of speech and
II of the press is essential to the existence of
y liberty that no person not in the military
he or naval service, or in the bounds where
he martial law legitimately prevails, can law
f fully be deprived of life, liberty or proper
in tH, without cue process Oh CIVIL law, IiliJ
the courts should always be open for the
redress of grievances; that no &c post tdctO
h law should be made; that the right of the
r people to peaceably assemble and consult
he upon public affairs is inviolable; that the
ly military should be held in due subsection
he to the civil pOwer; that while the major
lis ity, as prescribed by the Constitution, have
il the right to govern, the minority have in
Ne defeasible rights; and that a frequent re-
ey currenCe to first principles IS essential to
the welfare of the State and the people.
,. ResOlued, That the States lately in re-
,a bellion are States in the Union, and have
been recognized rs such by every depart
ment of the Government, and by Presi-
IL dent Lincoln, who, in the midst of the war
ry, invited them to electmembers of Congress
far by President johnson, in various procla
nations and official acts; by Congress
which permitted Andrew Johnson to sit IL
ted the Senate rs Il Senator from Tennessee
leir aud members from Virginia, Tennessee
nm, and Louisiana to sit in the House of Repre-
', sentatives after these States had seeded
maj and while the war was being carried OF
and which further recognized them a
on States in the Union by the COMPRESSION;
apportiOnment act providing for their du
representation in Congress; by yariou
any tax laws, and especially by the direct tax
had by the resolutions submitting amendment
eral to the constitution ior Cheir apProVai, all
bv various other acts and resolutions in
parting the same recognition all of whic
AIDE were passed since the attempted %secessiO
nth of those States, by the Judiciary of Il
United States, which holds Federal Cour
i'm all those States, and especially by Il
hsl- Supreme Court, which entertains jurisdi
y in ton of cases coming from them, which
dads could not do were they not in the Unto
= 70 That being thus in the Union, they stal
- =" on an equal footing with their sister Stat
here States with UNEQUAL rights being a thil
.tion unknown to the Constitution; that, by t
iltv express terms of the Constitution, en
State is entitled to have two Senators and
due proportion of Representatives in t
.tloh Congress, and to vote in all elections
President and Vice-president that, thou
.istic these rights are subject to interruption
.ann a state Of civil war, they can not, in time
very peace, be suspended, much less destroyC
without a plain violation of the COnstit
tie as ton that Congress has no power to q
She prive a State of its reserved rights, a
reduce it to a Territorial condition Il
groes therefore the exclusion, by the SOCIAL
in a Congress, of all representation from I
The States, the proposed exclusion of tho
aeon, States, from all voice i'll the next Preside
ition tial election, the threatened everthrOw
lusly their State Governments and the reducti
I'd Of OF their States to the condition of territ'
1 not les, are each and every one of them uncc
word stitutional, revolutionary and despo
" of measures, destructive not merely of
seize rights of those States, but also of the rig
their of every other State in the Union. II
u 1el-I those measures art pdIlS VI pidil W nun
the Constitution, virtually overthrow
nine State Governments, to erect aeOnsolida
time despotism on their ruins; ana 10 estaDl
ndred and perpetuate a tyrannical rule of min
e sea. ity over a majority of the American p
were pie. That the people cannot, without
with loss of their liberties, prosperity and hon
itch submit to such y result; ana we, theretC
in the hope that the warning win
needed, and the danger to our situations
IA peaceably averted, 10 solemnly warn
advocates of the plan, that IL will
~ IN be submitted to.
Iutloli s. Resolved, That Congress is not
lother omnipotent law-making power. That
hate Constitution provides that no bill shall
aau come "A law without the approval of
u va" President, unless 1t be passed by two-thi
given of each House of Congress. That one
check the objects of the present sO-called &
gress In excluding States from represer
ton, is to pass bills by Il two-thirds '
rrest- which, were all the States represen
could not so pass; and thus to virtui
says abolish the constitutional provision afC
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