The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-05-23
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORm ADOPTED
JANUARY sth, 4. D. lse1.

proved by experience; that in accordance
with these principles we declare that the
Federal Government is government of
limited powers, aud that IL possesses no
powers but such rs are expressly, or BY
necessary implication delegated to it In the
Federal Constitution that all other powers
are reserved to thc Htates or the people
that strict construction of the Censtitu-
tion is indispensable to the preservation of
the reserved rights OF the States and the
people; that all grants Of power to Govern
mont whether State or Federal, should be
strictly construed, because all such grants
iabridge the natural rights OF men that the
preservation OF the equality aud rights of
the States and the rights Of the people Is
necessary 20 the preservation Of the Union !;
that the Federal Government Is untitled to
ilcgiSatc for OF administer the local concerns
Of the States that IL would be monstrous
that the local affairs ofOhio should be regu-
latedby q Federal Cougressin which she has
but two senators. and the New England
States, with but little greater population,
have twelve; that the tendency OF the Fed
eral Governmcnt- to usurp the reserved
rights of the states and of the people; and
that therefore, Il Capitalization of power ia
It's hands is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs DrptiOn OF power would. while
IL lasted, be destructive Of the liberties and
interests Of the people, and would end
either IN dospotism or destruction of the
bulOu llidb II NaliOuUi NeUJ. besides ltn-
ppverishug the people, fosters mn undue
increase of the powers of the Federal Gov
ernment; that high protective tariffs have
q like effect sacrificing the interests of the
many for the cmOluments of the few, aud
t plainly violating the equity and spirit of
the Constitution; that the collection and
ldishursement of enormous revenues by the
Fedora! 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
alton 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 tn impair this right, either
by Congressional legislation or Constitu-
tlonal amendment, are unwise and dcspot-
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
crty;' that the tendency of government is
to enlarge its authority by usurpation, and
therefore government needs to he watched /;
that another of It's tendencies is to govern
too Omuch-unncCessarily and vcNatiouSly
interfering with the business and habits of
the people; that the freedom of speech and
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 legtimatcly prevails, can law
fully be deprived Of life, liberty or proper
4 ty, without due process of civil law; that
the courts should always be open for the
redress of grievances; that no eG poSt CactO
law should be made; that the right of the
people to pcacCably assemble and consult
, upon public affairs is inviolable that the
military should be held in due subjection
10 the civil power; that while the major
f ty, rs prescribed by the Constitution, have
the right TO govern, the minority have in
dcieasible rights; and that II frequent re-
currence TO first principles Is essential to
the welfare of the State and the people.
,. ReSoired, That the States lately in re-
hellion are States in the Union, and have
been recognized "a such by every depart
ment of the Government, and by Presi-
dent Lincoln. who, in the midst of the war;
: inyited them to elect members of Congress /:
= by President johnson, in various procla-
? nations and official acts; by Congress.
= which permitted Andrew johnson to sit in
, the Senate rs a Senator from Tennessee.
e and members from Virginia, Tennessee
2 and Louisiana to sit in the House of Repre-
= scntatiyes after these States had seeded,
Z and while the war was being carried on,
E and which further recognized them aS
: States in the Union by the Congressional
apportionmcnt act providing for their due
representation in Congress; by various
tax laws, and especially by the direct tax /;
by the resolutions submitting amendments
= to the Constitution for their approval, and
e by various other acts and resolutions i'm
e parting the same recognition all of which
were passed since the attempted secession
of those States, by the judiciary of the
United States, which holds Federal Courts
in all those States, and especially by the
! Supreme Court, which cntertains jurisdic-
/ ton of cases coming from them, which it
could not do were they not in the Union.
r That being thus in the Union, they stand
G on an equal footing with their sister States
= States with unequal rights being thing
unknown to the Constitution; that, by the
express terms of the Constitution, each
c State is entitled to have two Senator'S and a
due proportion of Representatives in the
o | Congress, and to vote In all elections OF
- President and e-president; that though
: these rights are subject to interruption by
u n state of civil war, they can not, in time OF
IS peace, be suspended much less DESTROYED.
without plain violation of the Constitu-
{, ton; that Congress has no power to de-
: prive State of its reserved rights, and
! reduce 1t to Territorial condition; that
u therefore the exclusion, by the so-called
!, Congress, of all representation from ten
- States, the proposed exclusion of those
:, States, from all voice in the next Presiden-
N tial election, the threatened overthrow o
- their state Governments and the reduction
- OF their States to the condition of territor.
u les, are each and every one of them uncon-
|" sttutional, revolutionary and despotic
- measures, destructive not merely of tn,
~ rights of those States, but also of the right!
~ Of every other State in the Union. Tia
Il those measures are parts ofa plan to nullify
,s the Constitution, virtually overthrow th,
,r State Governments, to erect CONSOLIDATED
" despotism on their ruins; and to establish
- and perpetuate tyrannical rule of minor
ity over Il majority of the American peo
Pile. That the people cannot, without
loss of their liberties, prosperity and honor
v submit to such II result and we, therefore
In the hope that the warning will b,
ls needed, and the danger to our situations b.
IL pcaceably averted, do soemnly warn tn,
nj advocates of the plan, that il will no
ne be submitted to.
H.. 8. ReSolred, That Congress Is not Al
" omnipOtcnt law-making power. That tn
n Constitution provides that no bill shall be
Is come n law without the approval Of tn
T. President, unless it be passed by two third
of each House of Congress. That one o
r the objects of the present so-called Con
= gress In excluding States from representa-
u tion, is 20 pass bills by twO-thirds vot
e, which, were all the States represented
le could not so pass; aud thus to virtual,
. abolish the constitutional provision aforC