Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-10
The PIntform.

ResSsted, 5Thatr'the Democracy Of Ohio
steadfastly adheres to the principles OF the
party as expoanded by the Fathers and ap-
proved by experience. That, in accord
ance with these principles, we declare, that
the Federal Government Is Government
of limited powers; that 1t possesses no
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary implication, delegated to It in
the. Federal. Constitution; that all other
noTeIs are reserved to the States or the
pedple respectively that strict construc-
tion of the Constitution is indispensable to
the preservation of the reserved rights of
the States and the people; that all grants
of power to governments, whether State or
Federal, should be strictly construed, be-
cause all such grants abridge the natural
rights of men; that the preservation of the
equality and rights Of the States and the
rights ofethe people is necessary to the
preservation of the Union that the Fed
era Goyerpment Is united to legislate for
or adnlinisterthe local concers o. 0ftlle States;
that it would be monstrous that the local
affairs Of Ohio should be regulated by a
Federal Congress In which she has but two
Senat0Ts, and the New England States
with but q little greater population, have
twelve: that the tendency Of Federal yad-
ministfationis is tolnsurp the ereservedrights
of the States and Of the people, and that,
therefore, Capitalization OF power in It's
handsis an ever impending danger; that
such an absorption OF power would, while
it lasted, be destructive of the libertiesand
intefests0f the people, and would end eitl.-
either IN. desp0tism or q disruption Of the
Union; that a national debt, besides impove
isIiing the people, fosters an nundue increase
OF the powers of the Federal Government;
that high protective tariffs have q like ef-
feet, sacrificing the interests of the many
for the em0l6ment of the few, and plainly
violating. the equity and, spirit OF the, Con-
stituti0n; that the collection and disburse-
ment of enormous revenues by the Federal
Government have the same tendency, be-
sides c0rrupting the government andIthat
therefore ecOp0mY is essential. not only to
the PROSPERITY, but also to the liberties of
the people; that unequal taxation is plain
viOIatiens OF j0stioe, Of which, no govern
ment can safely be guilty; that TO each
State belongs the right to determine the
qualifications Of its electDrsIand all at
tempts to impair this right, either by con-
gressiORal legislation or constitutional
amendments, are unwise and despOtic; that |
the tendency OF power is TO steal from the |
many toithel few; and that, therefore, eter- |
lial vigilance Is the price of liberty !; 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 |
toe. much, unnecessarily and vexatiously |
interfering with the business and habits Of
the epeODle !; that freedom of speech and of |
the press are essential to the existence of
liberty; that no person, not in the military |
Or naval service, or where the civil courts |
are prevented by war or insurrectiOn from |
exercising their functions, can lawfully be |
deprived on hfe, liberty or pr0perty-wfth- |
out due prOcessO Of civil law; that the courts |
should always be open for the redress OF |
grievances; /; that no &c past faetO law should |
ever be made: that in the language of the /
Supreme Court. StlIe Constitution of the /
UHited States Is q law for rulers and peo-
pie equally in war and in peace, and COW
ers with the shield OF its protection all |
classes of men stan times and under all |
circumstances, No doctrine involving |
more pefnicious consequences was ever In |
vented by the wit of man than that any of |
its provisions can be suspended during any |
Of d69 great exieencies of GOyernHleRts: |
siich 4 doctrine leads directly 10 anarchy
or despotism !" that the rightof the people |
TO peaceably assemble and consult upon
public affairs is inviOlable; that the mill |
tary ehOuld beheld In due subsection to the |
civil power; that while the majority, as |
prescribed by the Constitution, have the |
right to govern; the minority have inde- |
feasible rights; and that frequent recur-
renee 0'fffst principles is essential to the
satety and welfare of the States and the
people.
2. Resolved, That the States which late
ly attempted to seeede are still States in
the Union and have been recognized as
such by every department of the Govern
- Il T., IL.
midst of the war, invited them to elect
son in various proclamati0ns and official
bets. By Congress, which permitted
Andrew johnson to-sit in the Senate as a
Senator from Tennessee, by his inaugura-
tiOtf as Vice President and President of the
Senate, and by the admission of members
from Virginia, Tennessee and Louisiana to
setin the House Of Representatives, after
those States had passed their ordinances of
secession and while the war was being car
liedon, and which fuFtherFecOgnized them
q States inl the Union by the Congressional |
Apportionment Act providing for their due \
representatlon ia Congress; by various tax |
laws and especially the Direct Tax Act by
the resolutions submitting Amendments to |
the Constitution for their approval--and by |
various other acts andresOlutions import
lUK NIlB GtNAllO lyOOknlIlOAlfa hll WulCu WtT6
passed since the attempted secession
Of these States. BY the Judiciary 4
OF the United States which holds
Federal Courts in all those States, and es-l
peciallS by the Supreme Court which en-
pertains Jurisdiction Of cases coming from
fhsnE MiIieh 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 thing unknown to the COnsti-
tuition, That by the express terms of the
Constitution, each State Is entitled to have
two Senator'S and q due proportion Of Rep
resentatIYes in the Congress, and to vote at
all elections of President and Vice Presi-
dent. That though these rights are subject
to interruption by state Of civil war, they
cannot by civil war be extinguished, or in
fine Of peace, be so much even as sus-
pended, without plain violation of the
'Constitutions That the assent of three
fourtbs .of al the States, whether repre-
sented in Congress or not, is essential to the
validity Of Constitutional amendment
That Congress has no power to
deprive 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 excluA