The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-09-05
6fM6CFARc STATE CONVENt@M
The Platform Adopted,
IAS6iRS san, A. D. 1897.
AEsoLUTIoNs o.

e%rnratnt IL n government Of limited poHer-,
that it possesses no powers but such as are
expressly or BY necessary implication delegR-
ted Il Us the Federal Constitution that al
other powers are reserved ~ the States or the
people that q strict construction Oi tie Con
~ktituliop is Indispensable 10 tie preservation ~
the reserved rights at The states aud the peo-
pie ihai ell grants Of power to Government,
whether State or Federal, should he strictly
construed; because ali such giants nbtidge tho
natural rights Of men that tle preservation
OF The equality aud rights Of tie States aud
the tights " The people is necessary to the
preservation OF the Uuion that the Federal
Goyernmeut is unified to leglsln,e Tor or nd
niuitier tie local concers " the States that
II would be mosstrous tho, tue local al ,irs OF
OhiO should be regulated by u Federal Con.
Nrrep Ia which she has but two Senators, and
the New Engiahd States. with but little grea-
Ter population, hsve Twelve that the ienden.
ey OF The Federal Cove, nnient 10 TO nsurp The
reserved rights Of ,bs STATES bni 1.-THE penplri
and that, ih' refUte. q Capitalization OF power
Il. It's hauds Is on ever pending danger. That
such al Rbtoi piiOn vi power would. while II
lasted, be dsstrustivt oi tie liberties and in
terests ~ the people, Hnd would erd either in
der otism OF n destruction oi The Union Ihat
d Nsiiousl debt, besides impov-Iishing the
EFAlHaNH ~ NV 1Afah NV NV " h"N wv
Of the Federal Government Ihai high protccN
tive tariffs heve o like effect, sacrificing the
interests Of he many for the emolu,nents Of
Ihs few, and p,ainly violating the equity aud
spirit Of the Constitution ; that TIE collection
end diKburest mint OF enormous revenues by
the Federal Government have the same tend.
ency, beside cotruptiug the Government, aud
that, therefore, economy IL ~estet.iinl not only
20 the PROSPERITY, hut Rlsn TO tile librrliea oi
the people that unequal ~'uSatinn IL II plain
violation OF justice, Of which no Government
IsR safely be- guilty.
That TO each State belongs the right TO de-
termine the qualifications of its electors, and
ell attempts 10 impair this right. either hy
Congressional legislation or Constitutions
amendment, are uuwise aud despotic; that The
tendency vi power Is II steal from the many
10 the few, aud that. iUefplOr'. 'e,ernal vigi-
lance IL tue price pf iibetly = that the iendpn-
CT Of government Is 20 enlarge lis authority
by usurps,ion, and, therefore, government
needs TO be watched that another oil iis ten
denotes IL to govern too much unnecessarily
and vexuiiously interfering viii the business
aud habits OF The people That the feed m oi
speech aud Of The press Is essential IL the ex-
iStCnce VI liberty ,-that no pyrrtn mol in the
military or rsyal service, or w the bounds
where martial law legitima,ely prevails. Gun
lawfully he deprived Of lIie, liberty Vr proper
~, without due process Of civil laS HAT he
courts slould always he Op,n Tor the redress "f
grievances, that no * posie iacio. Law sLoniJ
ba made That the right OF 'he pcop9u 10
reac ably assemble auI consult upon pnhlic
sffairs is inyio able that the military shou j
be held In due subsection 10 the civil power
that while the majority. a. prescribed 'y The
Constitution, have The right To govern. the
minority have indefeasihle rights ; und that u
ffequenI recnrreucs to FIRST princip es is essen.
Iial 10 the welfare v! tue Stetes aud The poo
pie.
Resolved, That III States lately H. re
bellion are States Ia the Union, aud have hsen
recognized rs sJeh by every department Of the
G%SyerDmtnt. and BY President Linculn. WHO.
In the midit OF war, invited them TO elect
members OF Congress 10y President johnson
10 vsrioos procl Imdtinns aud ofhiiul ncis by
Congress. which pei miiied Ar'beS johnson
TO sit in tho Senate a. a senator from Tenness
ere. and members from Virginia. Ttnrrsste
pId Louisiana. 10 III in tie iionss q. Repre-
Rniaiiyes alter these Stsie' hnd seeded. aud
while tho war was heiug carried IN. aud
which further Recognizing them As States IN
the Uuieu' By the Congressional aPp"inmen'
act prOviGiu9 I r their due representation in
Congress by voriou. tax laws, und especially
by tue direct tax " resolutions su'mil'ihg
amer dmrnts to Tire Constitution Tor then up-
plOv6l, ard by vati,us other acts and res"lu-
Iions impIi ting the tsme recognition nll NJ
which we're paSseA SIM r the attempted -rres-
zion Of those STATES, hy the Judirinr' # The
United States, vhich holds Federal Conris Ia
OF those SlntcH ind especially by the SUI
p,eme Csntt. which entertain jurisdiction OF
cafes cDminc from Item. which ~ could uo' 40
we're ih"y rot 10 The Union. That being thus
10 tie Union, they stInd on an 'quI! fno'ing
with Iheir sister States Srntrs with Unequal
rights brirg n thing unknuHn 10 the C0n'iiru-
zion thar, by the cxnress terms Of the Corsii-
tuition, each State j. en'i'lrd 20 h We iva
Sen.tors ard q dn" pronnr'lOn Of ltrprrsrH'a-
lives in the congress, and Ia ynie IN all rlrr-
tiLls Of President aud Vice i'rrsid nj thai
though these rights are subject to interruption
By 6 state o. civil wGr, ;hey cppnni. ia time Of
peace. he suspended. much les DESTROYED, with
ont a plain viola iop Il the Constitution that
Congress has no poW-g to deprive n State ~
Its reserved rights, aud relacc il To a irrriinr-
.Ial condition. :; that, iherol' ~, the txe'usi"n,
by The SO calltd CongIe's, ofnh Representation
from ten States, the proposed exclusion of
these States. froN all voice in the n"Xi ?resi-
Dental election, the ,hrraienFd 70yerihrw Of
their State Governments aud the felnc'inn nf
thsiT States ia the CONDITION Oi territories, are
each and every ono Of them IN constitutional.
revolutionary and dr,potic mra'ute, drs'rnr-
tive not merely II the rights OF tl0s@ Sra'es.
but al4o o. The Iigh'S ~ every Other State IN
the Union. That il0sr measures hr- Iarts II
q plan to nudity tile Constitution. virtually
overllrgv The state G~pyeyumept4 to- erect
consolidated d-spoiism ou their inins aud
20 establish and 10 perpr'ulte a iyrHnn'cal
rule Ofa minority oveI n mainritv IT the Am",
..Tiean people. That The people cnnno'. wi hon,
"a lOss OF their i~ibrriies, prosperity an HONOR,
Submit 10 such u repult ; sud We, therefore, ia
The hops that the warning will h. herd d, and
che danger 10 our situations ne p.sceuhlr
Avsrted. do s0lrmniy vain the Rtyurrtes ~ the
plan, that II will no o. sIhnitrl 10.
3 Resolved, Tint Congress "a n : ai