The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-01-09
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
Midnight Report
FROM COLUMBUS.
Meeting of the Ohio state Democratic
! Convtmtiom.

Meeting of the Ohio State Demoer stie
Conv.ntioa.
The Convention met at 230 this afternoon,
and perlnatent organization was affected.
Geo II Pend kieton. was elected President !;
VIM. Lorwell Vice Presidents ". G. Gonld
Secretary; with nineteen assistant Vice Pres
sidents and nineteen assistant Secretaries.
Mr. Peadleton TOOK the Chair amid the
greatest applause, and made an Introductory
speech OF forty minutes. A State Central
Committee consisting Of nineteen members
were appoint I'D and the following nominations
made: For Governor, Allen T. Thurman of
Fraakli-e Lieutenant Governor, Daniel S.
Uhi, OF toltnes; Treasurer of State, DIR. c.
Fui toi. Crawford; Auditor # State, John
McEwell, Of Butler; Attorney General. Frank
IL. Hurd. OF Knox: Supreme Judge. Thomas
Key. Of Ham, lton; Comptroller. VIM. Sher.
ldan, Of Williams; Board of Public Works,
Arthur Hughes, of Cuyahoma.
The PLATFORM reported bs the Committee
on Reconstrd dction. Was adopted.
The folowjng are the resolutions:
Resotrsd, ! hat the Democracy Of Ohio sd
heres to the principles Of party rs e1pound
ell by the fathers and approved by experience;
that IN accordance with these principles, We
declare that the Fedrral Government is q
Government, of limited powers that ii poss>
esses no pow ers but such as are expressly
delegated TO Ii in the Constitution; that all
other powers are reserved 10 The States, or
people. respectively; that strict construc-
ion Of The Constitution is indispensable TO
the preservation OF the rights ot the States
and people thattLe Federal Government is
unfit 10 legislate for local concerns Of States:
that the tendency of the Feder.l administr.
ton is to usnrp the reserved rights Of the
~rl ,sk,,.ic. yh~t frn..1,,,,
and press ard essential TO the existence of
liberty; thAt the Constitution Is a
law for rulers and people
equal J in war and IN peace, and protects all
classes OF men at all times No doctrine is
more pernicious III consequences than that
any OF its provisions can lie suspended during
ANY exigencits that the rights o. the people
to peacefully assemble ard consult upon pub
lie affairs isl inviolable; that the military
should be IN due subJeetion To the evil pow.
er: ,ha: while the majority have the r,ebi tn
govern, the minority have mdefeasible
rights, and that the frequent recurrence TO
first principles is essential to the safety and
welfare of the States and the people.
z hat the States which lately attempted
| 10 secede are still States IN the Cnion, and
have been recognized as such by every de-
parlmeut OF The Government that being
with their sister States tuneqnal rights is il
thing unknown by the Constitution that,
| ongress has no power to deprive State OF
it, feserN,d rights ind reduce ii TO a terrific.
rial condition that, therefore. the exclusion
by Congress of all representation from the
zen StatesA and the proposed exclusion from
| the next Presidential election, and reduc
! ton to territories. are unconstitutional reyo-
luiionary and despotie measures, destructive
10 the i,ghis of those States aud also TO eve
Ity other State in the Union aud
a part OF plan to nuilify the
| CONSTITUTION. virtually overhfows the State
Governments aud er.ets u desroiism on their
ruins, AID establish es tsranlical rule by the
| minority over the majority Of the American
people.
That Congress is not an omnipotent law
4 making power.
1 T. That the people have suffered too long
The exactions Of the high protective tariff.
and we demnnd that their snosiance shall be
no longer extoried from them TO filithe puck
| cts Of Eastern monopoles.
| s. That unequal taxation is contrary 10
Justice and sound policy. aud we call upon
he Governments. Federal aud State, to use
all necessary and Constitutional measures to
remedy the evil.
g. The Radical majority of the so-called
Congress have proved themselves IN favor oi
negro suffrage, by forcing il upon the District
lnf Columbia against the peoples wish and
by forcing il upon all Territories, in violation
OF the Constitution iha, We oppose negro
suffrage believing it to be productive Of evil
to both the races. aud disastrous conflict
7. That for efforts to uphold the Const,u-
ton, we tender the President and Il malority
Of the Judges of the Supreme Court our
hearty thanks.
8. That we favor Democratic Conven-
ition of all the States, to be held at such time
and place as shall hereafter be agreed upon,
and the State Central Committee be au,hor-
lied to confer with other committees. fixing
the time. and that ne prefer Louisville, ny.
9. That an early and thorough organiza-
lion Of the party i Indispensable. -