The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-01-24
Platform Of the Connecticut De.
IpsOcrlcy.

Inc IOllOWlnS piatIOrW was auopteu py
the Democratic State Convention of Con,
necticut on the Sth lust:
WHEREAS, 1t becomes free and intel
igent people, justly jealous of their rights
ard liberties, to frankly and fearlessly
assert their views upon all great and i'm
portant public questions; and
WHEREAS, When armed resistance tt
the authority of the United States ceased
each Of the several States that had been
in antagonism to tho government became
by the Inherent force Of the Constitution
and the fundamental principles upon which
our system of government is based, resist
ed and restored to all their rights and
privileges, and
WHEREAS, The President Of the United
States, by virtue of the authority vested
in him by the Constitution of the United
States and the laws in pursuance thereof
issued his proclamation declaring the wal
at en- end and
WHEREAS, The Congress of the United
States demanded and accepted from said
States the exercise of one Of the highest
duties Ieyolying upon States, to-wit: Ar
alteration of an amendment to the Consti-
tuition Of the United States and
WHEREAS. The Supreme Court of the
United States has declared 'that if military
government is continued after the courts
are reinstated, it is gross usurpation oi
power. Martial rule can never exist where
the courts are open and in the proper and
unobstructed exercise of their iurisdic,
ton !" therefore
Reso're'l, That each and all of the
States that were atrayed in armed opposl
ton to the authority of the Government oi
the United States. having ceased such OPP
position. are now entitled to representation
in the Congress Of the United States, and
to all other rights and privileges apper
tanning 10 the States Of the Union
'Reso 'ced, That the Congress Of tbs
United States in its persistent exclusion OF
the Senator'S and Representatives of said
States in its open and avowed determin
alton to destroy the organization and sub
vert the authority OF said States attack.
Tie very principles that lie at the founda
ton of cur system Of government, and
strikes fatal blow at the financial, COM
mcrcal and industrial interests Of th'
entire people of the Union.
Rcsolrcd, That the Congress OF The
United States, in all its legislation; in it.
act evying internal taxes upon all estates
including the said States expressly b,
name; in its act prescribing the numbe
OK representatives in Congress for all th'
States in its act submitting the Constitu
tional Amendment abolisling slavery, t.
all the States; in its act of last session
submitting another proposed constitutional
amendment to all the States; in its join
resolution, passed with almost entr
uuanimity, declaring the object of th
war to be ''to defend and maintain the sul
premacy Of the Constitution, and to pre-
serve the Union in all the dignity, equalit,
and rights OF the several States unmpair
from the commencement of the civil Wa
to the present time, in the most deliberate
manner, recognized said States as existin:
States, and as States in the Union.
Resolrcd, That this repeated recogni
t tion of said States as existing States, en-,
4 as States in the Union, by the Executive
: judicial and Legislative departments o
= the Government. leaves no question tha
: the exclusion Of these States from Congress
: governing them and taxing them withou
, representation, is uet only violation o
the Federal Constitution in its most essen
; tial part, and tyranny. as defined by the
Declaration Of Independence, but mos
| fragrant breach Of public faith alike pref
udcial to the best interests and to tn,
, honor Of the country.
Resolccd, That the Executive Depart
mcnt of the United States, by its proca
, nations, It's administrative action, and il
its diplomatic intercourse with fcreigl
) powers, has uniformly recognized all tn,
said States as existing States, and as State
in the Union.
Reso'oed, That the Judicial Department
: Of the United States, including the Su
: preme Court at Washington, the Circui
J Courts in the several circuits, and th
: District Courts in their respective districts
has uniformly recognized the said State
D rs existing States, and as States in tn,
G Union.
ResolrcI, That in the Supreme Cour
Of the United Statcs We possess tribuna
that may be justly termed the bulwark o
F., republican liberty, and, in the language o
< the eminent jurist, ''The Constitution o
the United States is law for rulers an,
people, equally in war and in peace, an'
covers with its shield of protection al
classes oi men, under all circumstances.
: No doctrine involving more perniciou
consequences was ever invented by tn,
, wit Of man, than that any of its provision
can be suspended during any of the grea
cxgenc;es of government. Such doc
trinc ,cadS directly to anarchy or despot
ISM But the theory Of necessity, upol
which this is based, is false, for the gov
ernment within the Constitution has th
powers granted to it which arc necessal,
to preserve its existence" Thus the Su
preme Court Of the United States in lS6,
, vindicates and sustains the position assum
: cd and announced By the Democracy o
Connecticut in Convention in 1868.
Rcsotrcd, That after solemn deliberatio,
it is the opinion of the Convention that tn
|, suggestion of our conservative brethren o
!, Kentucky, that convention of the DC
: mocracy and all Constitutional Union me,
of the thirty-six States should be Gale,
> without delay by the National Democrat
Committee and we respectfully sugges
that said convention meet in the city o
I New York on the 4th day of March mex,
= to advise and counsel upon the great ques
l." tions that now agitatc the public mind; t