Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-24
The Platforms of the Democratic and
Republican Parties.
The Democratic Platform
Adopted
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( .JANUARY, stb, A. ID. 1867.
/. Resotosd, That the Democracy Of Ohio stead
fsstly adhere TO- the principles OF the party as ex
pounded BY the fat ers, and approved by expert
dec s. h IS
nent of limited powers. and that it possesses nc
tpcation deieessed 70 Il IN the Federal Gonstiiu
tion; that all other powers are reserved to III,
q Ss & ' !, ss
tion Of the reserved rights Of the States and the
ss . f1s 1f
.ssSsd secsnse 4! ;Sch grants sRridge the natuIa
E that he Fsdsaf e ai
that the local sffairs Of Ohio should be, resp-
has but two Ssnators.' AID the New England
States. with hut little greater population, have
ment s to usurP abe reserved rights of the States
and Of the people: and that therefore, centraliza-
.sh ~ Of
while it lasted. be destructive of the liberties and
sr Of ss a
al debt besides impovefishBg the people, fosters
ss O.
effect facrifcine the interests Of the many for the
sIcssmsass, ct ne sey and plainly yiolating the
l.ction and eT enormous reseawss 81
eAe EderdL Gooernnes taoet the e=1ne tendsncy De-
economyts esssntiat no. ony to tas prosperity 6ui
sSlso 20 tie L6srfiss OF The people !; that 1te-
Of sSSiea no ea sa1~ D. a,s s
That u each State belongs the right to determine
the qualification Of its electors ard all attempts to
impair tnis right either BY Congressional Legislation
or Canstitutiobal amendment. are unwise and des-
potc that the tendency Of power steal from the
lance is the price of liberty; that the tendency Of
government is to enlarge its authority by usurpa-
that ther Of its tendencies is to govern too much
unnecessarily and vexatously Interfering with the
speech o ne 1a the isi IL sns &
sncs Of Liberty that no person not in the military
legitimately prevails can lawfully be deprived OF
life liberty property without due process of civil
law: that the courts should always be for the
should be made that the right of the people to
Pe:ossbIy assemble and consult upon public affairs
%sjority as presoribed b. the Consultation. & have
rights and that frequent return to first principles
Is essential to the welfare Of the state and the
J. Resosvsd That the States lately in rebellion are
States in the Union. and have been gnized as
Lincoln. 6o in the midst Of the waT
Invited them to elect member of Congress; by
P5ssidens JGhnscn in vsrGos proclamstGns and
SSnason 70 SIT n the enste as Senator from Tenn;
Louisiana to sit in the House II
tar these States hal seeded and Wfie the war was
the uno1 BY sss C
superintendent act providing for their due
Eepsesentation in Congress; BY various tax laws
submitting amendments to the Constitution for
their approval and by various other acts and resolu
fions lmpartng the same recognition; all of which
were passed since, the attempted secession
Of thOse States. By the Judiciary, Of, the
In ali those States, and especially Sy the supTeme
Court. which entertains jurisdiction of cases COM
in the Union. That being thus in the Uzion, they
stand on an equal footing with their sister Sta
TO the Gonsitu ior: thai. Jy the express terms Of
the each State is entitled to have
o in ali saeSns o
dent and " ice Presdent that. though these rights
are subject to interruption by state of civil war
they can not. in time OF peace, be suspended much
less destroyed, without plain violation Of the
Constitution that Congress has no power deprive
Territorial condition; that therefore the exclusion.
by the se,csled Congress, ef all representation
States from ali voice in the next Presiaen-
ta election tse threatened overthrow Of their State
condon Il .srsiss afs each snd sSss
OF them uncons titution1. revolutionary and desS
& those [ q the sds Sss o every ,ed5 e6
or State in the Union. That those measures are
to
solidated despctism their runs and to establish
sna o psOes Ct Tba s.
pie cannot without loss Of their liberties, pros
Rerity and honor, submit to such 9 result, and we.
therefore, In the hope that the warning will be heed
ed, and the danger to our situation be peaceably
dG ss%RSS no {. ss of the
,. Reso,vsd. That Congress- is not an omnipotent
-lsv-makins power. That the Constitution pro-
vides that no bill shall become law without the
approval Of the President, unless it has passed by
Of the objects Of the present so-caed Congress in
bills 5y tEo-thirds vote Which. were all the States
represented. could not so pass and thus to virtually
if this precedent be acquiesced in. there will be
nothing to prevent bare majority Of Congress. at
tuona veto Of q the @ and asnrpns
troed lsglslatiye power 6y an exclusion OF the m-
Sste might bs and
text for such an exclusion would not be wanting to
an unscrupulous and revolutionary party.
Of the agricultural States have suffered too long
the exactions of high protective tariffs. and as the
e q n or
longer be extorted from I EN- in order to fill the
pockets Of eastern monopolists. y
RssoIced: That unequal taxation is contrary to
We call upon our Governments. Federal and State,
TO use AL necessary Constitutional means to remedy
g. Resolvsd. That the Radical majority in the So
cslled Congress have proved themselves to be in
BE Of The District Of Eeumbs against their rs snost
Inanimous wish solemnly eI pressed at the polls by
by their various devices to coerce tha people OF the
south to s5.p 4; that zee are opposed to Negro
bot1 sclites and blacks. and tend to produce dis
dstroEs conyfict Of races.
be apd
the majority Of the Judges of the supreme Court o
the United States our hearty thanks.
Republican PLATFORM Adopted
6isdf 9'fs7i .June 10, 1862. ,.t
Ist That one of the great lessons of the war is