The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-07-02
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVECTION.
The PLATFORM ADOPTED
J1NtARi SM, -L h. 1901.


steadhstly adhere To the principles of the
party rs cNpouuGed by tho fathers, and lll-
proved by experience; that IN accopiautc g
with these principles We declare that the
Federal Government /, a government Of
limited powers. ana that 90 utkscsscs no
powers but such as are expressly, or bV
necessary implication dclegaled to 1t In the
Federal Constitution; That uiIoth,r powers
are reserved To the ,tatcs or the people;
that strict construction OF the Ceustitu-
ton Is Indispensable 90 the preservation Of
the reserved rights of the states aud the
I people that ail grant, OF pOwcrto Govern
mcut. whether State or Federal. should be
strictly construed, because all such grants
abridge the natural rights ufmcn; that thc
preservation Of the equality and rights OF
. the states and the rights Of the people Is
necessary tu the preservation OF the Union
that the Federal Government is uHhtted to
. .lcgtslatc for uradmiuistrrth the local concerns
of the States that IL would De mOnstrOuS
/ that the local affairs OfO Ohio should be rcgu-
lated by Federal Congress in which she has
/ but two senators, ana 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, Capitalization of pow cT i'm
| its hands is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs irptiou OF power would, while
/ IL lasted, be destructive of the liberties and
] llltitHlo VI lilt people, anu Nblllu emu
either IN despntism OF a destruction of the
/ Union; that u National debt, besides i'm
poycrishing the people, fosters an undue
! Increase of the powers of the Federal Gov
crumcut; that high protective tariffs have
! a like effect sacrificing the interests of the
many for the emOlumeuts 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 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. "ctcrnal vigilance is the price of lib
Icrty;" that the tendency OF government is
To enlarge its authority by usurpatiOn. and
therefore government needs to he watched;
that another OF its tendencies is to govern
too much--mneceSsarily and ycXatiOusly
interfering with the business and habits of
the people; that the freedom of speech and
o! 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 lcgitimatcly 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 &c post Tacto
law should be made; that the right of the
| people To peaccably assemble aud consult
upon public affairs is inviolable that the
military should be held in due Subtection
To the civil power; that while the major
ity. as prescribed by the Constitution, have
the right to govern, the minority have in
delcaSiblc rights; aud that a frequent re-
currcncc 10 first principles is essential to
the welfare ot the State and the people.
,. Resolved, That the States lately In re-
helliUn are States in the Union. and have
been recognized as such by every depart
mcnt of the Government, aud by Prcsi-
dent Lincoln. who, in the midst OF the war.
invited them To cleCtmemb,rs Of Congress
by President johnson, in various procla-
d nations and official acts by. Congress.
. which permitted Andrew johnson to sit in
b. the Senate a. senator frum Tennes- ec.
and members from Virginia. Tcnue, sec
= and Louisiana 10 sit ia the House of Repre-
] { seutAtiyeS after these States had seeded.
I'll and while the war was being carried on.
and which further recognized them as
States in the Union by the Congressional
e apportioumeut act providing for their due
j representation in Congress by various
: tax laws, aud especially by the direct tax
. by the resolutions submitting amendments
to the Constitution for their approval, and
o by various other acts and resolutions inn
: 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 Court,
{, in all those States, and especially by tho
Il Supreme Court which eutcrtains jurisdic
ton of cases coming from them. which i
10 NOT
is That being thus in the Union, they stanC
on an equal footing with their sister State
States with unequal rights being a thinl
l. unknown to the Constitution; that, by tn
-, express terms of the Constitution, cAcl
y State is entitled to have two Senators and
u' due proportion OF Representatives in tn
Iy Congress, ana to vote III all elections q
of President and Vice president; that. thoug
= these rights are subject to interruption b.
a state of civil war, they can not. in time u
ls' peace, be suspended, much less destroyed
is without plain violation of the Consttu
sh tion; that Congress has no power to dc
. prive State of its reserved rights an
IL reduce it to Territorial condition; tha
ne therefore the exclusion, by the sO-calle
et Congress, of all representation from te
States, the proposed exclusion of thos
States, from all voice in the next Presidel
ho tial election, the threatened overthrow
~ their State Governments and the reductio
or OF their States to the condition of territol
Die les, are each and every one of them uncol
lie stitutionai, revolutionary and dcsput
measures, destructive not merely of Il
rights of those States, but also of the righ
ch of every other State in the Union. Th
mt those measures are parts Ofa plan to MULTI
me- the Constitution, virtually overthrow Il
n state Governments, to erect a consolidate
'u' despotism on their ruins; and 10 cstablis
Ell aud dperpetuate tyrannical rule of miuO
ity over majority of the American pc,
Pile. That the people cannot, without
he loss of their liberties, prosperity and homo
,o- submit to such result; aud we, therefor
- in the hope that the warning will
hG needed, and the danger to our situations
'rn peaceably averted do sOlemnly warn Il
es- advocates of the plan, that it will II
o. be submitted to.
% 8. RESOLVED, That Congress Is not
lal omnipotent law-making power. That [!
his Constitution provides that no bill shall b
come q law without the approval of q
President, unless it be passed by two-thr,
C." of each House of Congress That one
ga the objects of the present so-called Coz
~ greSS In excluding States from representa-
er' ton, is to pass bills by Il two-thirds vo
ey, which, were all the States represente
as could not so pass aud thus TO virtual
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