The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-10
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
JANUARY Sth, 4. d. 1851.

necessary implication delegated to- Il i'm tho
Federal Constitution that all other powers
are reserved TO the states or the people
that a strict construction OF the Csnstltu-
ton 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 men that the
preservation Of the equality aud rights of
the States and the rights OF the people Is
necessary TO the preservation of the Union ;
That the Federal Government Is unified to
legislnte for or administcrt the local concerns
Of the States that it would be monstrous
that the local affairs ofOhio should be regu-
lated by q Federal Congrcssin which she has
but two Senators, and the New England
states, with but a little greater population,
have twelve that the tendency of the ED
eral Government is 20 usurp the reserved
rights Of the states and of the people; and
that, therefore, a Capitalization of power I'm
its hands Is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs lrption OF power would. while
IL lasted, be destructive of the liberties and
interests of the people, and would end
either in deSpOtism or a destruction of the
Union that u National debt, besides inn
povcrishing the people. fosters an undue
increase Of the powers of the Federal Gov
ernment that high protective tariffs have
u llNN Nu'Nts saw ilIfllE lllt Interests OF Ille
many for the emOlumeuts of the few. and
plainly violating the equity and spirit of
the Constitution; that the collection and
disbursement of enormous rcyenuCs by the
Federal Government have the same ten
dency. beside cOrrupting the Government,
aud 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 M N.nNnf nNrtRDf gur aa E1 sr l.. IN
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 thcm many to the few, aud that. there
fore, eternal vigilance is the price of lib
crty that the tendency of government is
to enlarge its authority by u~surpation. and
therefore government needs to he watched :
that another of its tendencies Is to govern
too much-unnecessarily and vexatiously
interfering with the business and habits of
the people; that the freedom of speech and
of 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 lcgitimately 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
rcdresSOf grievances; hat no &c post factO
law should be made; that the right of the
people to pcaccably assemble and consult
upon public affairs is inviulable that the
military should be held in due subsection
to the civil power; that while the major
ity, rs prescribed by the Constitution. have
the right tOsgovcrn, the minority have in
defeasiblc rights; and that a frequent re-
currcnce to first principles is essential to
the welfare of the State and the people.
,. ReS0ired, That the States lately in re-
bcllion are States in the Union, and have
been recognized as such by every depart
ment of the Government, and by Presi-
dent Lincoln. who, in the midst Of the war.
invited them to elect members of Congress
by President johnson, in various procla-
nations and official acts; by Congress,
which permitted Andrew Johnson to sit i'm
the Senate as a Senator from Tennessee.
and members from Virginia, Tennessee
and Louisiana to sit in the House of Repre-
sentativcs after these States had seeded,
and while the war was being carried on.
and which further recognized them ne
States in the MO by the Congressional
apportionment act providing for their due
representation in Congress; by various
tax laws, and especially by the direct tax
by the resolutions submitting amendments
to the Constitution for their approval, and
by various other acts and resolutions i'm
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 Courts
in all those States, and especially by the
Supreme Court, which entertains iurisdic-
tion of cases coming from them, which it
could not do were they not in the Union.
That being thus in the Union, they stand
on an equal footing with their sister States
States with unequal rights being n thing
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express terms of the Constitution, each
State is entitled to have two Senators and n
due proportion of Representatives in the
Congress, and to vote in all elections OF
President and Vice-prcsident that, though
these rights are subject to interruption by
a state of civil war, they can hot, In time OF
peace, be suspended, much less DESTROYED.
without Il plain violation of the Constitu-
ton that Congress has no owe to de-
prive a State of its reserved rights, and
reduce it to a Territorial condition; that
therefore the exclusion, by the so-called
Congress, of all representation from Ten
States, the proposed exclusion of those
States, from all voice i'm the next Presiden-
tial election, the Threatened overthrow OF
their state Governments and the reduction
OF their States to the condition of territor.
les, are each and every one of them uncon-
stitutionaI, revolutionary and despotiC
measures, destructive not merely of the
rights of those States, but also Of the right,
of every other State in the Union. Thai
those measures are parts ola plan 10 nullify
the Constitution, virtually overthrow the
State Governments, to erect AcOnsolidated
despotisn on their ruins; and to establish
and perpetuate a tyrannical rule of a minor.
ity over a majority of the American peo-
pie. That the people cannot, without u
loss of their liberties, prosperity and honor
submit to such Il result and we, therefore
in the hope that the warning will be
needed, and the danger to our situations be-
peaceably ayerted, do solemnly warn'the
advocates Of the plan, that IL will not
be submitted to.
3. ReSOtUcd, That Congress Is not An
omuipotent law-making power. That the
Constitution provides that no bill shall be-
come Il law without the approval of the
President, unless il be passedby two-thirds
of each House of Congress. That one OF
the objects of the present so-callcd Con
gress in excluding States from representa-
ton, Is to pass bills by a twO-thirds vote
which, were all the States represented
could not so pass; and thus to virtually
abolish the constitutional provision afore-
said. That II this precedent be acquiesced
in, there will be nothing 10 prevent q bare
majority of Congress, at any time in the
future, from multiplying the constitutions
veto of the President and usurplng uncon-
trolled Legislative power, by an exclusion