The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-05-17
.SYAYV DEMOCRATIC CONVECTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED
JANUARY sth, Il. d. 1897.
REsoLurIoNa.

!. ReS0lUed, That the Democracy Of Ohio
steadtastly adhere to the principles of the
party as cXpouuded by the fathers, and ap- L
proved by experience; that IN accordance
with these principles we declare that the
Federal Government Is government OF |
limited powers, and that IL possesses no
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary implication delegated TO II In the
Federal Constitution that all other powers
are reserved to the otates or the people |
that strict construction OF the Censtltu- |
tion Is Indispensable 10 the 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 10 the preservation of the Union
| that the Federal Government Is untitled TO
| llCgislatefor or administer the local concerns
of the States that 10 would be monstrOus
that the local affairs ofOhio should be regu-
Hated by Federal Congress- in which she has
but two Senator'S and the New England
States, with but a little greater population,
have twelve; that the tendency of the Fed
eral 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
such an abs irption OF power would, while
interests Of the people, and would end
either in despotism or n destruction Of the
Union that q National debt, besides i'm
lpoverishing 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 emOluments of the few, and
plainly violating the equity and spirit of
the Constitutions that the collection and
disbursement of enormous revenues by the
Federal Government have the same ten
dency beside corrupting the Government,
and that therefore, economy Is essential
not only TO the prosperity, but also to the
liberties OF the people; that unequal tax
lation is 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 Constltu-
tional amendment, are unwise and despot-
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
erty :" 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
. too much-unnecessarily and veNatiously
Interfering with the business aud habits of
: the people; that the freedom of speech and
G of the press is essential to the existence of
liberty; that no person not in the military
=, or naval service, or In the bounds where
= martial law legitimately prevails, can law
e fully be deprived Of life, liberty or proper
v lty, without due process of civil law; that
, the courts should always be open for the
, redress of grievances that no &c post IdctO
u law should be made; that the right of the
= people to peaceably assemble and consult
+ upon public affairs is inviOlable; that the
!, military should be held in due subjection
u go In ,f,rn that Nyhiln tba ms
o ity, MS prescribed by the Constitution, have
II the right TO govern, the minority have in
l. defcasiblc rights; and that frequent re-
currence to first principles is essential to
the welfare Of the State and the people.
2. Resolued, That the States lately in re-
bellion are States in the Union, and have
8 been recognized rs such by every depart
= ment of the Government, and by Presi-
: dent Lincoln, who, In the midst of the war,
If invited them to elect ctmembers of Congress
Is by President johnson, In various procla-
l. nations and official acts; by Congress
1t which permitted Andrew johnson to sit IN
)f the Senate as q Senator from Tennessee
= and members from Virginia, Tennessee
l. and Louisiana to sit In the House of Repre-
sentatives after these States had seeded
s, and while the war was being carried on
re- and which further recognized them a'
,r States in the Union by the Congressiona
S, apportionment act providing for their du,
l
S, tax laws and especially by the direct tax
by the resolutions submitting amendment!
= to the Constitution for their approval, ant
|; by various other acts and resolutions i'm
parting the same recognition, all of whicl
re were passed since the attempted secession
re of those States, by the judiciary of thu
United States, which holds Federal Court
in all those States. and especially by tn
er Supreme Court, which entertains jurisdic
he tion of cases coming from them, which
could not do were they not in the Union
That being thus in the Union, they stan
r. on an equal footing with their sister State
OIL States with unequal rights being thin
unknown to the Constitution; that, by tn
in express terms of the Constitution, eac
mt State is entitled to have two Senators and
j. due proportion of Representatives In I'll
Congress, and to vote In all elections {
nd President and Vice-president; that. thong
of these rights are subject TO interruption b
in n state of ciyil war, they can not, in time
ng peace, be suspended, much less destroyer
m. without plain violation of the Constitt
h II tion; that Congress has no power TO d.
tie. prive u State of its reserved rights, an
nes reduce It TO Territorial condition; tn
apt therefore the exclusion, by the so-calle
st Congress, of all representation from Il
ion States, the proposed exclusion Of tho
ted States, from all voice In the next PTesidel
Ter tial election, the threatened overthrow
ted their State Governments and the reductiC
OF their States to the condition of terrific
les, are each and every one Of them uncol
stitutional, revolutionary and despot
,or measures, destructive not merely Of q
20 rights of those States, but also Of the righ
MS of every other State In the Union. Tn
nee those measures are parts ofa plan TO multi
the the Constitution, virtually overthrow {
oc State Governments, to erect n consolidat
" dcspotism on their ruins; and TO establi
was and perpctuate n tyraunical rule of mino
de- ity over 4 majority of the American pc
the pie. That the people cannot, without
loss of their liberties prosperity and hont
submit to such u result; and we, thereto
in the hope that the warning will
h"9 needed, and the danger to our situations
nce pcaceably averted, do solcmuly warn {
tor advocates of the plan, that It will !
NTH be submitted to.
ono 3. ResolUed, That Congress is not
,,,,e omnipotcnt law-making power. That I
h''e Constitution provides that no bill shall
Iged come law without the approval Of I
reat President, unless it he passed by two-thii
boIr of each House of Congress. That one
''"'' the objects of the present so-called CO
hhee gress In excluding States from represent