The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-02-22
STATE .IVN0GRA7IG CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORa ADOPTED.
JANUAKY 8th, a. d. 1907.


i. RESOLVED, That the DemOcracyfof 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 u government of
limited powers, and that it possesses no
powers but such rs are expressly. or by
necessary Implication delegated 10 II In the
Federal Constitution; that all other powers
are reserved to the states or the people;
that a strict construction of the COnstitu-
ton Is Indispensable to 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;
chat the Federal Government Is untitled to
legislate for or administer the local concerns
of the States that 1t would be monstrous
that the local affairs of Ohio should he regu-
lated by a Federal Congressi In 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, a Capitalization of power in
Its hands is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs irption OF power would. while
II lasted, be destructive of the liberties and
interests of the people, and would end
either In despotism or a destruction of the
Union that a National debt, besides i'm
poverishing the people, fosters an undue
increase Of the powers of the Federal Cow
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 c~orrupting the Government,
and that, therefore, economy is essential
not only to the prosperity, but also to the
liberties of the people; that unequal AK
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 tendency Of government is
to enlarge its authority by usurpation. and
therefore government needs to he watched
that another of It's tendencies is to govern
too much-unnecessarily and veXatiously
interfering with the business and habits of
| Illt DtODlts Llldl lllt lIttIOln Oh SDtttl anu
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
ty, without due process of civil law that
the courts should always be open for the
redress of grievances that no er post Jdcto
law should be made; that the right of the
people to peaceably assemble and consult
800, RnI1ia afllirg ta inyiplnh las fhuf tho
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
defeasible rights; and that a frequent re-
currence to first principles is essential to
the welfare of the State and the people.
2. Res0lued, That the States lately in re-
bellion are States in the Union, and have
been recognized as 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
the Senate as a 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 rs
~
States IN the Union by tme Congresslona
apportlonmeht act proVldlhg l0r thelr que
representation IN Congress- ny VarlOus
tax laws and especially Dy the dlrect TAX
by the resolutions submitting amendment
TO the constitution LOT thelr approval ahd
by various Other acts ana resolutions I'M
parting the same recognition an OF Which
were passed since the atVehlPteh secession
OF those otates' . y ING JuIlGlary OF the
United states whlch nOlds federal courts
IN all those states, anu especially Dy the
supreme Court Whlch enteTialnsJ urisGlc-
ton OF cases coming from thelh' which IL
could not DO were they not 10 the Union;
That being thus IN the Unloh' they stand
on an equal iootlhg WIN thelr sister states
States WIN unequal rlgnts pelhg thlng
unknown to the CONSTITUTION; that by Che
reXpress terms OF the constitution each
State is entitled TO nave TWO senators ana a
due proportion OF k~ePresentatlves IN the,
Congress, ana 70 vote IN All elections OF
President ana Vlce-presldent that' though
these rights are suplect 10 interruption py,
a state or civil war, they can not ~ tlme0i
peace De susPehdeu' much iess destroyed
without a pam Vlolatloh OF the Constliu-
ton that mas no power 10 Oe,
prlVe a otate OF US reserved rights ana
reduce IL 10 u leTrltorlai cohultloh; tnaG