Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-08
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ventlon to- day viii be sufficiently able to
manage the construction Of Platform,
without any advice from us on the subject,
and we don't propose TO give any. Much
is said about recurring to first principles.
TO do so Is good thing. We have there
fore, seen proper to refer to THOMAS JET
PERSONS first Inaugural Address, wherein
he laid down the political principles It bas
been the pride and boast Of the Democracy
of the United States to advocate and mainF
tain. He is particular to counsel "attach-
ment to Union and representative Govern
ment." 1t Is. as essential that we should in
culcate this now as it was to inculcate 1t In
1901. The party dominant in Con-
gress is criminally trifllng with the
"Union and Representative Govern
ment.'' y JACKSON, whose memory
we to-day propose to commemorate, ex-
pressed the same sentiment with more Wig.
or THE Union, by the Eternal, it must be
| preserved.r The preservation of the Union
in the sense he desired 1t preserved, COM
pretended the preservation Of "representa-
tive Government in full force. That is,
that each aud every State in the Union
(and there is no State outside of the Union
that once was admitted to participation
both branches 81 CONGRESS" 1tF%&SoiRfft 40 u
admit, even by implication, what THADDE-
US STEVENS claims as a fact, that States can
| withdraw from the Union by enactment Of
4 Ordinances of Secession, and that whenT
ever they shah enact such Ordinances they
have practically thrown themselves outside
of the Union into the condition of foreign
Provinces, which we are at liberty thereaf-
ter to ovefrun, conquer and dispose of and
hold as conquered territory. For the De-
mocracy to assume any such position is
simply to. send grist to THADDEUs STEW
EMS revolutionary mill. Recurring, there
fore, to first principles, we know that the
Democracy will, on this sth day of Janua-
ry, inculcate, as did THOMAS JEFFERSON,
the understood founder of American De-
mocracy, strong attachment to Union and
representative Government" .rss r.
More than this, as he did, will they do.
They will, as in the past, champion "equal
and exact Justice to all men, of whatever
state or persuasion, religious or political /;
the support Of the State Governments in
all their rights, as the most competent ad \
ministrations for our domestic concerns,
and the surest hulwarks against anti-Re-
| nnhlioay, faudann;ao. fha ,,rasorr,ot;o... "A
the General Government in its whole Con-
stitutional vigor, as the sheet-anchor of
our peace at home and safety abroad a
jealous care of the right of election by the
people," which jealousy would deny the
elective franchise to the Negro; "the su-
premacy of the civil over the military au-
thority; economy in the public expense,
that labor may be lightly burdened; the
honest payment of our debts, and sacred
preservation of the public debt, encourage
n1ent Of agriculture, and Of commerce as It's
handmade" which encouragement can not
be given through what goes by the general
name of protective TARIFFS" "the diffu-
sion Of information," the most effective
way to do which is to give widespread
circulation to Democratic publications;
the "arraignment of all abuses at the bar.
of the public reason; freedom of religion
freedom OF the press, and freedom of per-
son, under the protection of the habeas
corpus; and trial by juries impartially Sc
lected." r,........
This was the political creed of JEFFERSON,
as he taught and practiced it. Familiar
this is to every Democrat who has studied
the political history of his country, and he
Is no doubt willing to say, in the language
Of JEFFERSON, "these principles form" a
Abright constellation and '.they should
be" throughout all time, ''the creed of our
political faith, the text of civic Instruction;
ihe touchstone by which to try the .seryi-
,es Of those we trust; and should we wan
Ter from them in moments OF error or
llarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, |
md to regain the road which alone leads to |
,eace, liberty and safety"
A platform embOdying and, If need be,
laborating these principles, will enable
he Democratic Press of Ohio to enter the
contest against those who champion revo-
Radicalism with zeal that will |
Inspire enthusiasm in the Democratic
anks to such an extent as to not render
ictory debatable question. ,,J