Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-23
The Platforms of the Democratic and
Republican Parties.
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The Democratic Platform
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JANUARY, sfh, A. ID. Is0s.

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JANUARY, sth, A. ID. 1867.
Il. RssosUs5. That the Democracy Of Ohio stead
lastly adhere to- the principles of the party as eS-
pounded BY the xatsers, and approved BY expert
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ment Of limited powers. and that it possesses nc
powers but such as are expressly or BY Necessary
States people, @ tsssxsa aG sei
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people: that All grants Of poyerto Goysrpment
strued. because ali such grants abrdge the natural
rights Of men that the pressryaton of the eqnali-
the people Is neoess ssry to the preservation oii d
ts,,I the Union that the Federal Ssyernps1t j;
concerns Of the States that it would be monstrous
that the local affairs of Ohio shohld be reku-
hs y the IN New hsh Hhs.ad 5
%.n; h % h ss1s % e IL States
and Of the people, and that, therefore. centralza
ton Of Power in its hands is an ever pending dsa-
while it lasted, be destructive Of the liberties and
Interests q people a1d N9Nld end either in dssI
al debt besides impoyerishing the people. fosters
undue increase Of the powers Of the Federal Gov
effect, saerieing the interests Of the many for the
emol9ments Of the few; and plainly violating the
LECTION and d5s6urssansss OF enormous rssenssss 81
the Federal Gooernment Adve the sonts tendency BE-
economyis essesttalnot only to ths Erosperitg 6ai
a.so TO 81, sAs Meersses o. Me People Mas g,;
tics of qcAicA no Gogsrnnse,t can saJsly be osiiisy
That to each State belongs the right to determine
the qualification Of its electors all attempts TO
or ConstiEutiopa oamsndnent. are unwise aud 'des-
potc; that the tendency Of to steal from the
governnent fsto enlarge It's authority By usurps-
that another Of It's tsndencies is e govern too
unnecessarily and vexatiously interfering with the
Of speech and Of the presss s ssssns 70 the
ence Of that no person not in the military
naval service. or in the bounds where martial law
iaw.that the courts should always Sc open for the
should Be made that the right of f6 the s people y
peaceaby assemble and consult upon public affairs
due subjecticn to the civil power; that while the he
majority. prescribed By the Constitution, heye
rights and that ireauent return to FIRST principie
is essential to the welfare of the State and the
= Resolced That the States lately in rebellion are
States in the Union. and have been recognized as
sueh By every deps5snsHpt % p Of TIE gOysrpIsRt and
invited them to elect member of Congress; by
President johnson, in various proclamations and
oft1cial acts: BY Congress which permitted Andrew
Jshnson to sit in the senate as Senator from Tenn
ter these States had seeded, and while theHar
ing csrried on snd which further recognized them
apportionment act providing for their due
representation in Congress; BY various tax laws
Submitting sfaendments to til the Z Consttution @ for
theiraprova and by various other acts and resolu-
We're pissed since the sssemptsd - secession sio
Of those States. by the judiciary Of the
ip all those States, and especially BY the Supreme
Court, which entertains jurisdiction of cases COM
inthel U Union. That being thus in the Union, they
States with unequalrights being a thing unknown
to the Constitution; that by the express terms of
the Constitution each State is entitled to have two
Senators and a due portion Of Representatives. in
dent and Vice. President; that. though these rights
arssubject to interruption by state Of civil war.
less destroyed, without plain violation of the
Constitution; that Congress has power to deprive
o ea S II S
by the se5casled Congress. of all representation
States. from ali Voice the next PpesSe Se i9eSe
ta election, the threatened overthrow of their State
Govern nents and tie reduction Of their States to
the eondtion OF territOries, each and everyone
of them titutional. revolutionary and Ides-
potic measures destructive not merely of the rights
or State in the Union : That those measures are
parts Of plan to nrllify the Constitution, virtually
solidated despotism their runs and to establish
andperpetuate tyrannicaE rule Of . minority over
Of sss e tSss the
perity and honor submit to such result; and we.
therefore in the hope that the warning will be heed
ed: and ne S danger e our situation be peacsahly
plan. thatit viii not be submitted to. sis5 iGnl
2. Resolpsd. That Congress snot an omnipotent.
law-making power. That the Consultation pro-
vides that no bill shall become law without the
approval of the President unless it has passed by
two-thirds of each House Of Congress. That one
of the objects of the present socalled Congress in
excluding states from representation, is TO pass
bills by thirds vote which, were all the States
represented could not SO pass and thus to virtually
abolish the constitutional provision aforesaid That
ii this precedent be acquiesced in. there will be
nothing to prevent bare majority of Congress, at
any imein the future, from nullifying the consti-
tutienal veto Of the President and usurpng uncon-
tssr Sg Of the mi
in single State might give this control, and pre-
text for such an exclusion would not be wanting to
anunserupulous and revolutionary party. snisa Z
4. Reso1vsd That the people. and especially those
of the agricultural States. have suffered too long
the exactions of high protective tariffs. and the
representatives of an agricultural and laboring pop
ulation. we demand that their substance shall no
pockets of eastern monopolists. 9-l~9
5. Psese1Ued That unequal taxation is contrary to
the first principle of justice and sound policy and
we call upon our Governments, Federal and State,
this evil.l ~ - -, = 'A~
s. Resolued. That the Radical majority in the So
ssd i Ss1 T f bs
pie Of the District of Columbia against their almost
unanimous wish, solemnly expressed at the polls, by
forcing 1t upon the people Of all the Territories, and
by their various devices coerce the people Of the
South to adopt it; that 4Ce are opposed to Negro
S4grdQe 6etieotg It aoouId be prodUctice Of ec to
6otA echites anG etdcks, and tend to produce dis
Z. Resol0ed That, for all their efforts to uphold
the Constitution we tender to the President and to
the United States hearty thanks.