Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-26
The Platforms Of the Democratic and
Republican Parties.
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The Democratic Platform
@,s es.'o Adopted e -
JANUARY, sth, A. ID. 1867.

j. Resozved That the Democracy Of Ohio stead
fsstiy adhere to the principles OF the party as ex-
eSce that in secords1ce win these prDcp % es We
dec are that the Federal Government is eoyern.
powers but such as are express or y pg
Implication delegated to it the Federal Constitu-
Son; .nst h All. otnss powers are reserved to the
the Consultation Is Indispensable to the preserva-
tion Of the resesyed riehts Of the States and the
such a1a sb9se ss tbs
u and rights Of the States. and T tights Hs' Of
t.sss people = necest.ry & to the Preservation Of
unfttei to leeisiste for or r administer the local
concerns Of the States; that would be monstrous
tsss the he i0cf rs % 0ss be
States with but 4 littie greater population, have
to Se rssrsed Ss s Of the STATES
and Of the people; and that therefore eentrsliza-
ger: That such an absorption of power would,
while It lasted be destr active Of the liberties and
posism or destrurtion Of the UniSn; that Nation
abdebt, besides impoperishng the people, fosters an
sndSs G ss g the Ssgs gG
effect sacrihcinE the interests Of the many the
n t0s and a @
tecion and disbHrsertent Of enormous recenues Jy
the F'derdt GoceynaeEt hdce the same tendency be-
sifsc07ruptjng TIE Cor e Jntent and that therefore
eeononyis esse4tidIao only to tbs prosperity bat
also to tae liberties Of tie people; that ul-
sacs Of sc1sc1 no Soosya1sns can sagsf~ BE- Sls
That to each State beionss the tight to determine
the quali6csion Of its electors ar all attempts to
impair this right either by Confessional legislation
or CbnstiCutiond amendment, are unwise and des-
potic that the tendency Of to steal from the
lance is the price of liberty" that the tendency of
government is to enlarge its authority By usurpa-
that an ther Of its tendencies to govern loo much
unnecessarily and vexatiously interfering with the
business and habits Of the peoples that the freedom
OF speech and of the essential the exist
epce Of liberty; that no person not in the military
nayal service or IN the bounds where martirl law
life. liberty or property with, due process of civil
law: that the courts should always be open for the
should be made; that the right of the people to
peaceably assemble and consult upon public affairs
due subjection to the civil power; that while the
majority, as prescribed by the Constitution, have
rights aud that frequent return to rst principles
is essential to the welfare Of TIE state and the
q Reso1csf, That tho States lately 10 rebellion are
States in the Union. and have been recognized as
such by every department of the COVER nlent. and
by President Lincoln. no, in the midst of the war;
invited them to elect member of Congress- by
President johnson. in various proclamations and
Official acis: by CONGRESS which permitted Andrew
Johnson to sit in the -enate Sena from Tenn
Sessee, ard members from Virgini.. Tennessee and
LOUISIANA to sit in the House of Representatives az
ter these States hal seeded and while the war way
ing carried on and which further recognized them
superintendent act providing for their due
REPRESENTATION in Congress; by various tax laws.
submitting amendments to the Constitution for
their approval and by various other and resou-
were, passed since, the, attempted secession
IF those ,ssa. States by the JUDICIARY Of the
in all those States, and especially Ey the Supreme
Court, which entertaips jurisdiction of cases COM
in the Union. That being thus in the Union thew
stand on an equal footing with their sister Sta es
9t6e Constituio,; that. by. the express terms of
the Constitution, each Stare is entitled have two
the congress. and to vote in all elections of Fres
dent and Vice. President: that, though these rights
are subject to interru.tnn by state of civil war,
they can not. in time OF peace. be suspended, much
less destroyed, without plain violation of the
Censtitution; that Congress has power to deprive
a Sta'e of its reserved rights. and reduce it tn
Territorial condition. that therefore the exclusion
by the so,ca led Congress, Of all representation
States. from all voice in the next Presiden-
taelection. tae threatened overthrow Of their State
the condition of territories arc each and eTecy one
of them Institutional. revolutionary and des-4
of those States also Of the rights Of every 9th
ereState in the Union. That those measures are
overthrow the State Governments, to erect CON
solidsted despotsm on their runs; and to establish
a msjsrity Of the American people. That the Ueo
pie cannot. without loss of their liberties pros
perry and honor submit to such result, and we.
dyand the danger to our situation be peaceably
ayerted. do solemnly wara the advocates of the
plan. that II viii not be submitted 10.
2. RcsoJced That Congress- is not an omnipotent
iawrmaking power. That the Constitution pro-
yides that no bill shall become law without the
approval of the President, unless it has by
twa.thirds of each House of Congress. That one
of the objects Of the present so-caIed Congress in
excluding States from representation. is to pass
bills By vote which. all the States
represented. could not pass and thus to virtually
abolish the constitutional provision aforesaid. That
if this precedent be scquiesced in. there will be
nothing to prevents bare msjoriy Of Congress, at
any time in the future, from nulifying the consti-
tutionM veto Of tue President and nsurping uucon-
notS from Ths. the EXCLUSION. even
in single States might give this CONTROL and pie
text Tor such an exclusion would not be wanting to
4. Rssozged That th people. and especially those
of the agricultural States. have suffered too long
the exactions Of high protective tariffs and the
ulation. We demand that their substance shall no
longer he extorted from em in order to fill the
pockets of eastern monopoists.
5. Resolved, That unequal taxation is contrary to
the first principles of justice and sound policy and
we cal upon our Governments, Federal and State,
TO use all necessary Constitutional means to remedy
this evil
g. Resoyrsd That the Radical majority in the So
called Congress have proved themselves to be in
favor Of Negro Suffrage by forcing it up the peo-
Ple1t sne Dlsu,c' oi Oolumoia agal1st tnelr m2st
forcing it upon the people Of all the Territories and
ny their various devices to the people of the
SufraOe 6elecin0 t aoould be prodrctiue of epH to
both srAitts and blacks and tend to produce a dis
astrons conflict of races.
7. ResolUed, That for all their efforts to uphold
the Constitution tender to the President and 10
the majority of the Judges Of the Supreme Court Of
the United States our hearty thanks.
Republican Platform. Adopted
.5une 10, 1867.
Istl That one of the great Iessons of n. NOV i,