Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-14
The Platforms of the Democratic and
80 -. - Republican Parties.
g. The Democratic Platform
y'1 .s 's@ 'e'-' Adopted
=. JANUARY, stb, A. ID. ls67.

adopted
- JANUARY, stb, A. ID. lsG7.
- -. l.. Rssotred. That the Democracy of Ohio stead
fsstly adhere 70 the principles Of the part, as ex
poundeeS ey the ist ers, and approved BY expert
dec are that the Federal Government is govern
mens ot In limited powers, and that it possesses
powers but such as are expressly, or by necessar
implication, delegated to it in the Federal Constiu
ton: that all other powers arc reserved to tn,
tates or the people; that strict construction
the Consultation Is Indispensable to the preservs
ton of the reserved rights of the States and til,
whether State or Federal. should be strictly G.
strped. because all such grants abrdge the natura
and rights Of the States. and ID 'ni TisSts asala q
he SoS fsgpls is nscss ar. e the preservation
.eSnee,ps Of the Stst:s that i would Be monstrou;
but sensors asS the New whsh Engand
ss sssSsS Sa Govern h
mept s 70 usurp the reserved rights of the States
ticn of power in its hands is ever pending da1
ger: That such an absorption of power would
lerestsof the people and would end either in de.-
potsm or destru ton Of the Union that Nation-
undue Of o tbe fsdTs uy
ernment that high protective tariffs have a like
equity .nd spirit Of the Corsitnton: that tie COT
the sdsql Govsrnmeaf 1acefae sans tsnd~ncv Be-.
% ecorruptino the Government, and that fAersfore
o. also 20 tas li6erftes Of fhs people tat ~ u !.
-sequdt ,fagat,os ss plain ciolation OF jus
: That to each State belongs the right to de- ermine
the quaihcaton OF its electors. ard all attempts to
impair this light either by Congressional legislation
pote tnat the tendency OF neris to steal from the
sSSs to the the few and that Il erefGrs ye
eovernn ent is to enlarge its authority by usurpa-
ton and therefore government needs to be watched;
unnecessarily and vexatiously interfering with the
business and habits of the people that the freedom
OF speecn and OF the essential to the exist
Of liberty; that person in the military or
naval service or in the bounds where martial law
-7iegitimately prevails, can lawfully be deprived Of
life liberty or property with ut due process of civil
law; that the courts should always DO open for the
redress Of grievances; that no 60 pot IIcfo law
should be made; that tire right Of the people to
Pe?eesbly assemble and consat upon public atfairs
due s9bJection to the civil power; that while the
majority. as prescribed BY the Constitution. have
the ght to govern, tire minority have indeeasible
rights and that frequent return to first principles
Is essential to the welfare Of IL state and the
Resolref That the States lately in rebellion are
states IN the Union, and have been rec, gnzed as
such byevery department of the Cover: ment and
by President Lincoln, no. in tie midst of the war
eISdnt 9siied them to elect member Of CONGRESS- by
nbn ihe,s s;is: by C9nsress which permitted Andrew
member from Vrsna Tenpesl eeRD and
to sit in the House Of Representatives af-
ing carried on, and which further recognized them
= sss States in the Union by the Coc.ressional
representation in Congre.,; BY various tax laws
and especially by the direct tax; b. the resolutions
their approval and by various other acts and resou
tlons imparting the same reeognition ali Of which
: of those States. by the Judiciary Of The.
United States; which holds Federal Courts
which eStertans arsaeton ~ Of oee
ing M 5rum taem woich itgoIid not do were they not
stand on equsl footing with their sister Sta e.
EStates With eaunlrehtsbe a thing unknown
BE STA is entitled to hsvs sTes two %
Senators and due portion of Representatives in,
dent and vics-President that though these % iisbts
are subject to Interruption by state Of civil war
RS aSSa eas Ss n S6
that Congress has no power to deprive
Territorial condition. that therefore the Se1ss Exclusion io
5y the sc;csl led CONGRESS, Of all representation
sscton S nssf their sse
Of them issoesionsrg so @ sp and sSsiy dss
also 1gts Of Sf eRerT eRs 5sass stb
ei Ssate IN the Unjon That those measures are
+oyefthrpw the stste GpyeTne ents to erect com.
soiidsted despotism on their and to establish
pie sspnot without loss Of their liberties. pros @
tie he spS
ed. and the danger to our situation be peaceabIy
s not g. at Of the
'I.a RssG1sed That
approval of ths pnEjdanf. unless ifhss passed BY
two;thirds of each Hdusssof Congress.. That one |
of the of the present called Congress in
excluding States from representation is to pass
ed o 4 Seie snd %eTs 81 10 o1G
sbolish the constitutional provision aforcsa d. hat
1T this precedent be ascq quiescet there win be
nothing top'eyent bare majority of Congress. at
tutiona veto Of the President and hsurping uncor-
trollei legislative power. by exclusion of the mi
in . single State might give this control and pre-
text tor sue an exclusion would not be wanting to
an upscrppulogs and revolutionary party salit
OF the agricultural States. have suffered too lon
the exactions of high proeetiye tariffs and as the
ulation. we demand that their substances shall no
longer be- extorted from EN- in order to fill the
pockets OF eastern monOrolists. ri ff5. --aH
5. Rtsotoed, That unequal taxation is contrary to
the nrst prlncipleS of Justice and sound policy and
We call upon our Goyernmenis, Federal and State.
70 use an Unconstitutional means to remedy
Rss&sed. That the Radical rnsjjority in the So
favor of ktgro Suffrage by forcing it np9n the peo-
PIE Of the District of Columbia against their most
SfIsn1@Sus visit soem5y expressed At the polls
by their various devices to the people OF the
south to az: pit IT. that zee are opposedto Negro
agTdQe oetttcsng tt sC0uLd be productive of ecn to
both erhitsS and blacks and tend 10 produce dis
dstrogs conflict Of races. T
Reso!ved. That for all their efforts to uphold
tbe Consultation we tender to the President: and to
the majority of the Judges of the Supreme Court of
the United States our hearty thanks. sc, sll i
Republican Platform Adopted
s5a Iaesb hs .Bune 19, 1867.
1st. That one Of the great lessons of the war is
that the American people are a nation. and not