Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-12
The Platforms of the Democratic and.
.a,,, ,-.ss Republican Parties. s7
The Democratic Platform
s's 'e 's4 .'So'v' Adopted
;to JANUARY, sth, A. ID. 1867.

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xhsE-55 la1lsn iag' ifif De .a5 1 ovs 7-s,.
zaifi Rffolced, That the Democracy Of Ohio stead
sfssty adhere to- the prime ipes Of the party
hs FssS COVE nsss
ment Of limited powers. and that. it possesses no
simpcatiohs delegated to IN the Federal Consttu-
A9en; t5ee,Slf iother powers are reserved to the
the IS 9nspenra6ie to the pTeservS
dtou Of the reserEef fishts of the States and the
pSSslSs asss.A gr1Enss Es of power s to
sttpeds because all such grants abridge the natural
@ the Of the sSga
sSSn: that lie Federal & S gi'Se1T Sern%snt IS
cosns 81 tSs States thss ii Moud be- monstroa sns asa
that the local affairs of Ohio should be rem
g d e0RSd' II whsh
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ger seh1 an sSsdrto1 81 1Ses RHnS pS%er would
while it lasted be destructive of the Liberties and
potssmsor aeltrd ton Of the Union that Nation
a Ses impoyerishing the people, fosters
t%ep R 9oEsii IKE
ss sacsi heinE the I'M eres,s Of the many for the
Smc!inmenfs OF the few; and plainly violating the
sscos 81 rss res.a~ss we coz Sv
t1s ktderst Gscs'7sg eat Aatehe same tendency be-
yeoR6sQts sssentidt only to tAs grosperity out
gsso 70 tie liberties of Tie people; that ws-
ttcs of ohfckgo Gocernassas safely be Crafty
shat ta each tate helenss the right to Determine
impaif sitber By Congressional Legislation
pf tional amendment. are ~unwise and des-
RStie; tendspc, Of power isto steal from the
lance is the price Of liberty; that the tendency of
koyefhn,ent is to enlarge its authority by usurpa-
non AID therefore government needs to be watched
that another tendencies is to govern too much
IN ecessarily and vexatieusly interfering with the
pf speech and OF the press IS essential to the exist
enee Of liberty that person the military or
nAyAl ser wee, or in the bounds where martsl law
Iesitpst prevails. can lawfuily be deprived Of
HhhsFtS q property Sithut due process Of civil
reiBesso of gEieyances; that no e1 pot ftcto law
should be made; that the right of the people to
Is inFiSiable hat the military should be held in
due subsection to the civil power that while the
majority, as prescribed by the Constitution, have
rights and that frequent return to rst prncipIes
q essential to the wefare Of the State and the
~ Res01ss5 That the States lately ia rebellion are
Staies in.the Union. and have been recognized as
bsPrtsidehf Lincoln. Who. in the midst of the war
ssfSbt 9sfsd thsI ,s so sest member Of ConsEess
fsficiai &c 3: by C9nsress which permitted Andrew
essee, atd members from Virsinis. Tenness ee and
Louisiana to sit in the House of Representatives ar
tsrthese States had Seeded and while the war was
ing carried on, and which fun ther recognized them
as States in. the Union by the Cossrtssionai
apportionpents act providing for their due
and especially by the direct tax; by the resolutions
submitting amendments ito the Constitution for
9ens mbarting the same recognition all of which
were, pfssed since, the. attempt d secession
Tnitea States which S holds shs
lp all those States and especially blythe Supreme
Court. which entertains jurisdiction of cases COM
lpg fri IA them, which it could not do they not
IN the En!op. That being thus in The Union, they
estates with unequaIrights being thing unknown
70 the Conslitatio that, by the express terms of
Senators aud due portion of Representa- ives in
eOongfess, and to vote in all elections of tresi
aens s that th9pgn these tights
theycsn not IN time of peace, be suspended, much
less dss.,oyedi y,heut a plain violation of the
Territorial condition; that therefore the exclusion.
fIom ten States. the proposed exclusion Of those
States. from all voice in the next Presiaen-
Govern rents and the reduction of their States to
the condition of territories each and every ne
potie measures, not erely Of the rights
of those States but also Of the rights Of every 9TH
parts of apan to nullify the Constitution virtually
oxerthrow1tbe State Governments, to erect con-
and perpetuate tyrannicaI rnle Of minority over
amaJ Tity of the American Ieople. That the peo-.
perity and honor. submit TO such result and we,
therefore, in thehope that the warning will be heed
ed. and The danger to our situation be peaceably
plan. that it will NOT be submitted 70. 7t s'i1 y
3. ResotUed. That Consress is not an omnipotent
Vdes tsss a @ SHAH Become @ faW without the
apPrgFal Of the Presdents unless it has pa ;sed by
ofthe objects Of the present socaIled CONGRESS in
exciudiDg States from Representative. is to pass
bills ba two thirds yute which. were all the States
represented, could not so pass and thus ovirtualy
abntls the provision aore sad hat
nothing to 6p.eNsnt aibare majofi Of Congress, at
any time in the future, from nullifying the consti
tutiopal yeto IF t2e President and usurping uncon
notify from fbeir seats. That the exclusion. Of even
ina sing;e State. might give this contre and pre-
am erup 1lo1s and revolutionary party. -
.sofgee, That the pc pie. and especially those
the exactions Il high protective tariffs and as the
repIesentetiFes Of anagricultura and laborng pop
longer be .extorted, from EN- in order to fill the
pockets of eastern monoroists. -lf-ee
, S: Resoleed That unequal taxation is contrary to
the hrst principles Of Justice and sound policy, aud
wecall snpon onr Goyernmenfs, Federal and State
to nse al necessary Constitutional means to remedy
6: Resosued. That the Radical majority in the So
called Coneress have proved themselves to be in
favor Of Negro Suffrage by forcing it upon the peo-
pie Of the District of Columbia sgsinst their most
unanimous wish, solemnly pressed at the polls. by
forcing 1t upon the people of all the Territories and
by their various devices to the people OF the
south to al. pit ,t;ihat zee are opposed to Negro
both arhitfs and blacks and tend to produce q dis
dstzOus confict of races. -. ,...----
u FeS9Lssd, That for all their efforts to uphold
the CONSTITUTION we tender to the President and to
the maturity the Judges of the Supreme Court Of
the United States our hearty thanks.
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RepnbIican Platform Adopted
Hume 10, 1867. rtgr
LIST. That one Of The great lessons of the war is
that the American people are a nation, and not
merely aconiederacy of sovereign and independent
States.
End. That our existence as a nation is based on
the great principles announced in the Declaration of
Independence, svindieated by the proclamation of
eEsAncpati on. the. constitutional amendment abol-
ishng slavery, and the spirit of republican democ-