The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-06-28
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The ePLATFORM ADOPTED
JlNUARY Sth, 4. D. ISo,.


with these principles We declare that the
Federal Government Is government Of
, limited powers, aud that Ia possesses 40
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary implication delegated to il In the
Federal Constitution that all other powers
are reserved To the -tates or the people
that strict construction of the Csnstltu-
, tiOn Is Indispensable TO the preservation Of
the reserved rights Of the States and the
people that all grants of pow 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
r the states and the rights of the people Is
: necessary to tie preservation OF the UuiOn
. that the Federal Government is untitled to
. legislate fOroradmuistcrt the local concerns
- OF the states that it would he nOnstrous
that the local affairs OfOhiu should be rcgu-
, lated by Federal Congress In which she has
but two senators, and the New England
states, with but little greater population,
havctwclve; that the tendency of the Fed
, erll Government Is TO usurp the reserved
/ rights Of the states and Of the people and
/ that. therefore, n Capitalization Of power In
/ its hands Is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs IrptiOu OF power would. while
, IL lasted, be destructive Of the liberties and
, Interests OF the people, and would end
, either In despotism or a destruction of the
. Union; that National debt, besides inn
povcrishng the people, fosters an undue
increase OF the powers of the Federal Gov
crnment 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
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 It's electors,
and all attempts to impair this right, either
by Congressional legislation or Constitu-
tional amendment, are unwise and despot-
ic; that the tendency of power is to steal
from the many to the few, aud 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 he watched
{ that another of its tendencies j. to govern
. too Omuch-unnCcessarly and vcNatiously
interfering with the business and habits Of
the people; that the freedom of speech and
o! 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
fully be deprived of life, liberty or proper
ty, without due process of civil law; that
! the courts should always be open for the
redress of grievances; that no &c post tdctO
law should be made; that the right of the
people to peaccably assemble and consult
Z upon public affairs is inviolable; that the
military should be held in due subicction
. to the civil power; that while the major
, ity, rs prescribed by the Constitution, have
the right to govern, the minority have in
defeasblc rights; and that frequent re-
currenco to first principles Is essential to
the welfare of the State and the people.
,. ReSOired, That the States lately in re-
bcllion are States In the Union, and have
been recognized ~ such by every depart
ment of the Government, and by Presi-
dent Lincoln, who, in the midst Of the war
e invited them to elect members of Congress
by President Johnson, in various procla-
, nations and official acts by Congress,
Il which permitted Andrew johnson to sit in
!. the Senate rs II Senator from Tennessee
y and members from Virginia, Tennessee
a and Louisiana to sit in the House of Repre-
sentativcS after these States had seeded,
and while the war was being carried on,
l 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
= by various other acts and resolutions i'm
Il
Y were passed since the attempted secession
!, of those States, by tho Judiciary of the
=, United States, which holds Federal Courts
e in all those States, and especially by the
c Supreme Court. which cutertains jurisdic-
= tion of eases coming from them, which IL
,, could not do were they not in the Union.
: That being thus in the Union, they stand
Is on an equal footing with their sister States
e States with unequal rights being thing
II unknown TO the Constitution; that by the
Is express terms of the Constitution, each
State Is entitled to have two Senators and n
70 due proportion of Representatives in the
!. Congress, anu to vote in all elections of
President and president that. though
y these rights are subject to interruption by
H. a state of civil war, they can not, in time of
: peace, be suspended, much less destroyed,
without plain violation of the Constitu-
s. ton; that Congress has no power To de-
re prive 4 State of its reserved rights, and
- reduce 1t to Territorial condition; that
,r therefore the exclusion, by the so-called
Congress, of all representation from ten
y" States, the proposed exclusion of those
States, from all voice in the next Presiden-
tal election, the threatened overthrow OF
le their State Governments and the reduction
ar OF their States to the condition of territor-
. les are each and every one of them uncon-
ie stitutional, revolutionary and dcsputic
p measures. destructive not merely of the
he rights of those States, hut also of the rights
l. of every other State in the Union. That
those measures are parts Ola plan TO nulllfy
* the Constitution, virtually overthrow the
ed State Governments, to erect consolidated
nd despotism on their ruins; and to establish
,is and perpetuate tyTannical rule of minor.
ity over q majority of the American peo,
pie. That the people cannot, without
- loss of their liberties, prosperity and honor
submit to such u result; and we. therefore
In the hope that the warning will b,
needed, and the danger to our situations b,
pI al La "a.
advocates Of the plan, that 1t will no.
be submitted to.
st., s. Resolved, That Congress is not an
Pile omnipotent law making power. That th
Constitution provides that no bill shall be-
\ come q Law without the approval of th,
IT'S President, unless 1t be passedby two-third
re, of each House OF Congress. That one o
cue the objects of the present so-ealled Con.
Inc grcss In excluding States from representa-.
i ton, is to pass bills by q two-thlrds vot,
= which, were all the States represented
~ could not so pass; and thus TO virtually
" abolish the constitutional DrOyisiOn afnre,