The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-06-18
SYAHE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The PLATFORM ADOPTED
J4NUART Sth, 4. ID. 1907.
REaoLurIoNa.

party as cxpouuded by the fathers, and ap-
proved by experience; that In accordance
with these principles we declare that the
Federal Government Is government Of
limited powers, aud that &c possesses no
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary implication delegated TO " In the
4 Federal Constitution that all other powers
are reserved To the states OF the people
that strict construction OF the Csnstitu-
tlOn 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 aud rights Of
the States and the rights of the people Is
necessary To the preservation of the Union
that the Federal Government is untitled 20
llegislate for or administer the local concerns
of the States that 1t would be monstrous
that the local affairs ofOhio should be rogu-
Hated by Federal Congressin which she has
but two senators, and the New England
States, with but a little greater population,
lhaye 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
ltllltI III uthDpAlHlil OT u utHlTutllOU Vi lNt
Union that a National debt, besides i'm
lpoyerishing the people, fosters an undue
Increase OF the 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. 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 cOrrupting 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
l therefore government needs to be watched !;
7 that another of its tendencies is to govern
e too much-uunecessarily 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
o 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 e1 post Jdcto
= law should be made; that the right of the
q people to peaccably assemble and consult
upon public affairs is inviolable that the
military should be held in due subsection
a to the civil power; that while the major
u ity, as prescribed by the Constitution, have
a.
defeasible rights; and that frequent re-
J, currence to first principles is essential to
:, the welfare of the State and the people.
2. ResOlued, That the States lately in re-
Il bellion are States in the Union, and have
been recognized as such by every depart
ment of the Government, and by Presi-
L., dent Lincoln, who, in the midst of the war
, invited them to electmembers of Congress
i by President Johnson, in various procla
re nations and official acts; by Congress
DC which permitted Andrew johnson to sit II
"A the Senate rs Il Senator from Tennessee
- and members from Virginia, Tennessee
IN and Louisiana to sit in the House of Repre-
u sentatives after these States had seeded
tn and while the war was being carried on
l. and which further recognized them a
Is States in the Union by the Congressiona
KS apportionment act providing for their du
representation in Congress; by variou
tax laws, and especially by the direct tax
IL to the Constitution for their approval, ant
b. by various other acts and resolutions i'm
r. parting the same recognition; all of whicl
r. were passed since the attempted secessiO
~ of those States, by the Judiciary of tn
Of United States. which holds Federal Court
so in all those States, and especially by tn
of Supreme Court, which entertains jursdiC
Iat tion of cases coming from them, which
ite could not do were they not in the UnioI
That being thus in the Union, they stan
= on an equal footing with their sister StatC
ar States with unequal rights being a thin
~ unknown to the Constitution; that, by I'll
rs express terms of the Constitution, eaC
Id- State is entitled to have two Senators and
rds due proportion of Representatives in IL
ni- Congress. anu to vote in all elections
it President aud president; that, thoue
-ch these rights are subject to interruption
err a state of civil war, they can not, in time
peace, be suspended, much less destroyc
without plain violation of the Constit
hat ton; that Congress has no power to d
-. prive a State of its reserved rights, al
the reduce it to Territorial condition; tn
get therefore the exclusion, by the so-call'
vas Congress, of all representation from I,
;, a States, the proposed exclusion of tho
States from all voice in the next Preside
arS tial election, the threatened overthrow
Its their State Governments and the reducti
OF their States to the condition of terrific
les, are each and every one of them unco
En- stitutiOnal, revolutionary ana ucSpU
=. measures, destructive not merely of {
el rights of those States, but also of the rigf
lrt- Of every other State in the Union. III
18th those measures are parts ofa plan to nulli
nd the Constitution, virtually overthrow I
,to State Governments, to erect consolidat
'ne despotism on their ruins; and to establi
re- and perpetuate tyrannical rule OF a mine
ity over majority of the American pc
pie. That the people cannot, without
the loss of their liberties prosperity and hon,
Nth submit to such result; and we, thereto
in the hope that the warning will
; W needed, and the danger to our situations
cote peaceably averted, do solemnly warn t
De advocates of the plan, that il will J
~ be submitted to.
s. ResolUed, That Congress is not
omnipotent lawmaking power. That {
,,o Constitution provides that no bill shall
V"e come u law without the approval of I
lted President, unless ii be passed by two-thiI
one of each House of Congress. That one
ged the objects of the present so-called Co
- gresS IN excluding States from represent
ou' tion, is to pass bills by q two-thirds W
en- which, we're all the States represent,
could not so pass; and thus to virtual
abolish the constitutional provision afol