The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-06-15
STATE DEMOCRATIC ENTVlTYIOI.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED
JANUARY Sth, 4. ID. 1907.
REsOIuTIoNa.

RESOLUTIONS.
/. Resolved, That the Democracy ofOhio |
steadtastly adhere to the principles Of the |
party as expounded by the fathers, and ap-
proved by experience; that IN accordance
with these principles we declare that the
Federal Government Is a government of
limited powers, and that &c possesses 10
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary implication delegated to IL In the
Federal Constitution that all other powers
are reserved to the states or 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 fmen; that the
preservation of the equality and rights Of
the States aud the rights Of the people Is
necessary TO the preservation of the Union
that the Federal Government Is untitled to
llegislate for or administer the local concerns
of the States that II would be monstrous
that the local affairs ofOhio should be regu-
lated by a Federal Congressin 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 centralization of power in
its hands Is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs irption OF power would, while
it lasted, be destructive of the liberties and
interests of the people, and would end
either In despotism or a destruction of the
Union that National debt, besides i'm
poverishing 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 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 be watched; /;
that another of its tendencies Is to govern
too omuch-unnecessarily and veXatiOusly
interfering with the business and habits of
the people; that the freedom of speech and
! OF Llt press Is tsStulldl " Lnt tAlsItutt VI
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 Jdct0
4 law should be made; that the right of the
i people to peaceably assemble and consult
upon public affairs is inviolable; that the
> 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. Resolved. That the States lately in re-
I belion are States in the Union, and have
y, been recognized as such by every depart
= ment of the Government, and by Presi-
II dent Lincoln, who, in the midst of the war,
h invited them to electmembers of Congress
% by President johnson, in various procla-
nations and official acts; by Congress
y which permitted Andrew johnson to sit In
the Senate as a Senator from Tennessee
e and members from Virginia, Tennessee
: and Louisiana to sit in the House of Repre-.
d sentatives after these States had seeded
l. and while the war was being carried on
a and which further recognized them a:
h States in the Union by the Congressiona
a apportiOnment act providing for their due
e. representation in Congress; by variou!
is tax laws, and especially by the direct tax
ii by the resolutions submitting amendments
1t to the Constitution for their approval, anC
d by various other acts and resolutions Inn
= parting the same recognition; all of which
" were passed since the attempted secession
J. of those States, by the Judiciary of tn
II United States, which holds Federal Court
a in all those States. and especially by tn
ne Supreme Court. which entertains jurisdic
III ton of cases coming from them, which
III could not do were they not in the Unior
That being thus in the Union, they stan
on an equal footing with their sister State
" States with unequal rights being thin
20 unknown to the Constitution; that, by tn
express terms of the Constitution, eac
'al State is entitled to have two Senators and
nd due proportion of Representatives in ii
mi Congress, ana to vote in all elections
-, President and Vice-president; that. thong
''o these rights are subject to interruption t
sm a state of civil war, they can not, in time
tir peace, be suspended, much less destroye
"a without plain violation of the Constitl
~ ton; that Congress has no power to d
iu' priye a State of its reserved rights, al
M reduce il to a Territorial condition; tn
ly, therefore the exclusion, by the so-call'
itv Congress, of all representation from Il
=; States, the proposed exclusion of tho
al States, from all voice in the next Preside
vet. tial election, the threatened overthrow
on their State Governments and the reducti
IN OF their States to the condition of terrific
les, are each and every one of them unco
IL stitutional, revolutionary and dCspo
no measures. destructive not merely OF
3 to rights of those States, but also of the rigl
mt. Of every other State in the Union. III
'"'S those measures are parts ofa plan to null
the Constitution, virtually overthrow
State Governments, to erect consolidai
en- despotism on their ruins; and to establ
hill and perpetuate atyrannical rule of min,
ism ity over majority of the American p'
1t pie. That the people cannot, without
loss of their liberties, prosperity and hon
take submit to such q result; and we, thereto
in the hope that the warning will
needed, and the danger to our situations
peaceably averted, do solemnly warn
advocates of the plan, that it will
be submitted to.
8. Resolued, That Congress is not
omnipotent law-making power. That
- Constitution provides that no bill shall
m come law without the approval of
President, unless IL be passed by two-thi
of each House of Congress. That one
the objects of the present so-called q
UreSs In excluding States from represen