The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-18
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
JANUARr Sth, Il. d. 1891.


NEGOTIATIONS |
l.. Resolued. That the Democracy OF Ohio
stcadfastly adhere to the principles of the
party as eXpouuded by the fathers, aud APP
proved by experience; that in accordance
with these principles we declare that the
Federal Government Is u government of
limited powers, and that it possesses no
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary Implication delegated 10 IL in the
Federal Constitution that allOther powers
are reserved to the states or the people;
that a strict construction of the C0nstltu-
ton is indispensable to tho 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 and rights of
the States aud the rights of the people is
necessary to the preservation of the Union
that the Federal Government Is untitled to
lcgislate for or administer the local concerns
ofthe States that IL would be monstrous
that the local affairs ofOhio should be regu-
lated by a Federal COngressin which she has
but two Senators, and the New England
States. with but Il little greater population,
have twelve; that the tendency of the Fed
cral Government Is to usurp the reserved
rights of the States and of the people and
that, therefore, a Capitalization of power in
its hands Is an ever pending danger. That
FNANA VI fA'' - NA' - I'HfNA SNAA " ~
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 a National debt, besides i'm
poverishing the people, fosters an undue
increase of the powers of the Federal Gov
eminent; that high protective tariffs have
a like effect, sacrificing the interests Of the
many for the cmoluments of the few, and
plainly violating the equity and spirit of
the Constitution; that the collection and
disbursement of revenues by the
Federal Government have the same ten
dency, beside c%orrupting the Government,
and 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 no Government can safely be guilty.
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-
r ic; that the tendency of power is to steal
from the many to the few, and that, there
fore, "eternal vigilance is the price of lib
l erty - that the tendency of government Is
to enlarge It's authority by usurpation, and
p therefore government needs to be watched I;
that another of its tendencies is to govern
I too much-unnecessarily and yeXatiOusly
5 interfering with the business and habits of
A 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
l. or naval service, or in the bounds where
; martial law legitimately prevails, can law
q fully be deprived of life, liberty or proper
. ty, without due process of civil law that
the courts should always be open for the
redress of grievances; that no er post tdctO
law should be made; that the right of the
II people to peaceably assemble and consult
upon public affairs is in%ViOlable; that the
- l,a;I;tnr,r gInnl1 no hold In tlnn anhinatipr
to the civil power; that while the major.
ity, as prescribed by the Constitution, have
the right to govern, the minority have in
II, defeasible rights; and that n frequent re,
ne currence to first principles is essential Il
the welfare of the State and the people.
. .. ResOlUed, That the States lately in re
p bellion are States in the Union, and hav,
been recognized "A such by every depart
,a ment of the Government, and by Presi
dent Lincoln, who, in the midst of the wal
invited them to electmembers of Congress
mt by President johnson, in various procla
ry nations and official acts; by Congress
'ts which permitted Andrew johnson to sit i
Ter the Senate Us a Senator from Tennessee,
ms and members from Virginia, Tennessee
W and Louisiana to sit in the House of Repro
MI sentatives after these States had seeded
he and while the war was being carried OIL
EN- and which further recognized them {
States i'm the Union by the COngressiOni
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representation in Congress; by varior
he tax laws, and especially by the direct tax
10 by the resolutions submitting amendment
100 to the Constitution for their approval, an
use by various other acts and resolutions in
m parting the same recognition all Of whiC
Ills were passed since the attempted %secessiO
up of those States, by the Judiciary of tt
'rn United States, which holds Federal Cour
OF in all those States, and especially by d
ro- Supreme Court, which entertains jurisdi
lit ton of cases coming from them, which
will could not do were they not in the Unto
var That being thus in the Union, they stal
Use on an equal footing with their sister Stat
States with unequal rights being a thil
unknown to the Constitution that, by t
&. express terms of the Constitution, ca
ted State is entitled to have TWO Senators anC
40 due proportion of Representatives in t
> " Congress, and to vote in all elections
Il President and Vice-president that, thou
ion, these rights are subject to interruption
l. of Il state of civil war, they cannot in time
900 peace, be suspended, much less destroy,
without Il plain violation of the COnstit
'usc ton that Congress has no power to {
en- prive Il State of its reserved rights, a
,ake reduce it to q Territorial condition Il
therefore the exclusion, by the social
Congress, of all representation from
ueu, Estates, the proposed exclusion of tn,
ces- States, from all voice in the next Presid,
the tial election, the threatened overthrow
Their state Governments ana the reuuct
of their States to the condition of territ
les, are each and every one of them uncC
stitutional, revolutionary and despC
measures, destructive not merely of
rights of those States, but also of the rig
nave of every other State in the Union. Il
IS of those measure are parts ola plan to null
more the Constitution, virtually overthrow
State Governments, to erect aconsOlida
despotism on their ruins; and to establ
and perpetuate a tyrannical rule of
ury. ity over a majority of the American P
es to pie. That the people cannot, without
ut of loss of their liberties, prosperity and hOI
submit to such n result; and we, theref
in the hope that the warning will
~ needed, and the danger to our situations
peaceably averted, do sOlemnly warn
adler advocates of the plan, that it will
ioras be submitted to.
arc 3. Resolved, That Congress is not
~ omnipotent law-making power. That
M Constitution provides that no bill shall
come a law without the approval of
the President, unless it be passed by two-thI
Stey- of each House of Congress. That one
and the objects of the present so-called {
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