Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-10
The Platforms of the Democratic and
.,sd9A Republican PARTIES Il
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The Democratie Platform
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sy.G JANUARY, stb, A. ID. Ise7.

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Rssosssa, That the snocr.cy u. Of Ohio stead
adhsrs to the principles OF the part, as ex-
dec are that the Federal Government is q govern
% q % ss.s IT IT. Pc no
Implication, delegated to itin the Federal Constitu
s, aG The
,ths ind,spensse,e tS the preserya-
mon Et the TessSysd the States and the
whether State or Federal should be strictly con
syISsd: because AZ such grants bridge the natural
yo and rights of the States and rights of
' saf
gatitted to Iegisiate for Or administer the local
ssaas
sss the IN Shish Hhs.as
fSsys that the tspdeney FsdaTsi Govern se
and Of the people aud hal, fhsfefors scsntrsliss
t Of RSysr in. in is hands i ever pending dsG
While i s. e saR RGSsF Ssis ssaSd and
interests OF the peoples and would end either in des
e the People, osters an
undue increases Of; the powers oe the Federal Gov
sss ssS e. Sssisss E % e. hss @
Dmoluments OF the few. and plainly violating the
;sssss sas sgs5s ssa ss I
the F<defdb Goee,ssnest ldvetAe same tendency De-
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slso,tO e. :, nesrs.es Of e Psogss t1as ~
e.: :sgsat tssssi1s g C., q aas siolats to,
ne s1 a
or Constituiionai amendment, are u1wse and des-
potlc that the power Is steal from the
soyernne9t to enlarge It's satSorty By usurps-
that is 20 Pe so
SSasecessary snd yexatiousiy Interfering with the
ofspeech and Of the press IS essential to the exist
epce Of liberty that person not in the military OF
llsgitipstely prevails. can Lawfully be dspryed Of
hs tSsfy q prSPsrtE With gs due process Of civil
Ih0aM be made that the right Of the peopie to
saa StaTy sBSR sSSaa Ra rs
cue to the civil power that while the
rights; and that frequent return to first principles
e essential to the welfare Of the State and the
Reso1esz. That the States lately nrebelion are
such by every mem o he sIsg and
Gytss y FsSsldeaI tncoD az who il the midst the wsr
President Johnson s in VariSSs pSocIssaiens 20 aDg
sfieial acts: By Consress which permitted Andrew
Louisiana to sit in the House Of REPRESENTATIVES az
ING carried on, and which further recognized them
as States in the Union by the. Congressional
representston in Gonsrss. by vapious ne tax laws
and especially by direct tax by the resolutions
their approval and By varoas other acts and
tions imparting the same recognition; all of which
which ssd. fsdsT. q 6oul1 tRs
Court which entertains Jurisdiction Of cases COM
ing fr9m them Thicb i could not DO we're they not
stand on an equal footing with their sister Sta
---States with unequalriehts being thing unknown
the sssS Ssss sneS e hsre ssT@s
Senators and due portion Of Representative in
dsnt and Woe President; that though these Sc rights
are subject to Interruption BY Estate of civil war
Oonstituton;thas Congress has no power to deprive
Torst that therefore @ The Se&ss Exclusion
by the sq,cailed' Seagress. Of al representation
States. from all voice in the next Presiden-
tisi election he threatened overthrow Of their STATE
the condition of territories are each and every ne
of them unconstitution.l. revolutionary and .des-
Of those States hnt also Of the rights of every 9TH
or state IN the Union That those measures are
overthrow thsr State Governments to erect q CON-
solidated despotism their ruins and to establish
amajority of the American people That the peo-
PIE cannot; withouta loss of their liberties pros
therefore, in the hope that the warning wiiibe Sesd
ed aud the danger to our situation be peaceably
plan. tbatit will not be submitted to.
3. ResolpedsJ That Congress- is not an omnipotent
law-making power. That the Constitution pro-
videsTthat mo- bill shall become q law without the 7
Approval OF the Presdent unless it has passed by
twd-thirds Of each House, of Coneress. That one
of the objectscf the present socaiied Congress in
excluding States FROM Representation. is to pass
bills BY tEo-thisds vote which. were all the States
represented could not pass; and thus to virtually
abolish the constitutional provision Aforesaid. That
f-this lpfeeedent be acquiesced in. there will be
any time in the future. from multiplying the consti
tutional veto of the President and usurping uncon
troled legislative power By an exclusions of the mi
in single State might give this control and pre-
text for such an exclusion would not be wanting to
an Inscriptions and revolutionary party.
4. sResolcsd. Thst th people, and especially those
Of the agricultural States have suffered too long
representatives of an agricultural and aboring pop
ulation. We demand that their substance shall no
longer be extorted from T EN- in order to fill the
D. ResotUed, That unequal taxation is contrary to
the first principles Of Justice and sound policy and
to use heesssaiy Cohstifutionai means % 70 remedy
this ev4i. rFEFap
s. Resg1red. That the Radical majority in the So
6sgs pISyS % tg tb be
pleof the District Of Columbia against their most
UNANIMOUS wish solemny az pressed at the polls, by
forcing il upon the people Of all the TerritoIes and
South to afirpt IL; that are opposedto Negro
Suffrage, bfLievSrg toorId be productive of eel to
1ot& sohites snd esacks and tend to produce a dis
7s Reso1oed, That for all sheir efforts to uphold
the Constitution We tender the President and to
the the T.sa 9 sss
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Republican Platform Adopted
af tsdt eFiJGh6 I0,s 1867. 10 20 81
Ist That one of The great Lessons IF The war