The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-27
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
J1NUARY Sth, 4. d. 1907.


hINNLlllONes
/. Resolred, That the Democracy ofObio
steadtastly adhere 90 the principles of the
party as ~eNpouuded by the fathers. ana an
proved by experience; that in accordance
with these principles we declare that the
Federal Government Is % government of
limited powers, aud that ii possesses no
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary Implication delegated to'it in the
Federal Constitution that allother powyr-
are reserved to the states or the people;
that a strict construction of the CGnsHtu-
ton is Indispensable to the preservation Of
the reserved rights OF the States and the
people that all grants OF power to Govern
ment. whether state or Federal. should De
strictly construed, because all such grants
abridge the natural rights @ fmeu: that the
preservation of the equality and rights OF
the states and the rights Of the people Is
necessary To the preservation of the Union:
that the Federal Government Is untitled to
legislate orOradminister the local concerns
ofthe states that IL would be monstrous
that thelOcal affairs OfOhio should be regu-
lated by a Federal Congress in which shehas
but two Senators. and the New England
states. with but a little greater population.
have twelyei that The tendency OF the Fed
Ieral Government Is To usurp the reserved
rights of the States and Of the people: aud
that. therefore, q Capitalization of power in
its hands is an ever pending danger. That
SUM f' aus " lNlbh VI IlNMfI WNlllt. NllIH
II lasted, be destructive of the liberties and
Interests of the people, and would cud
either In deSpotism or a destruction of the
Union that "a National debt. beside, i'm
poverishiug the people, fosters au undue
increase of the powers of the Federal Gov
ernment that high protective tariffs have
4 like effect, sacrificing the interests of the
many for the emolumouts of the few. and
plainly violating the equity aud spirit of
the Constitution that the collection and
disbursement of enormous revenues by the
Federal Government have the same ten
dency, beside COrrupting the Government,
ana that, therefore, economy is essential
not only TO the prosperity, but also to the
liberties of the people; that UNEQUAL tax
alton is Il 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 to impair this right, either
by Congressional legislation or Constitu-
tional amendment, are unwise and dcspot-
ic: that the tendency of power is to steal
rom the many to the few. and that. there
fore, eternal vigilance is the price OF lib
erly {; that the tendency Of government is !
to enlarge its authority by usurpation. and
therefore government needs TO be watched:
that another of its tendencies is to govern
too much-unnecessarily and vcXatiously
interfering with the business and habits of
OF the press is essential 10 the nyistnncgo cor
liberty. thnt mo- nprsou nor in M n],ii;t,r,,
or naval service, or in the bounds where
martial law l~cgitinately prevails, can law
fully be deprived of life, liberty or proper
.ty, without due proccss of civil Inv. nat
the courts shoull ALWAYS Inc omen far no
redress r urinyarrns. ih,t NO -. 1,sI ra|
law should hp uuda. th1t tLe rigLt - ~
peoplr to nrocrobIv ossnrbIc .a51Ii o0rs II
upon public affairs is iuViOlablc; that the
IN RIO ,i,iI n,v.or. D,.t mai, I'y.,.'oN
ity. n nrrscribnd Ly tLo Cnm5tit,ti,i IN
HE rioht to Govern tho ,ninnritT ' ~ mino
Infnnsihin riThts. arj +hnt ., ~ Ct,
curr.ncn f., Iir-t nr;ncirIn,
thn welfare Of tLcl St,ta pp,d 81, nao W w
D Posoj.sJ TTL,t H. $50 PoIPio'
beIiinn MA S+atos IN tbo H. ~ : n"tei5 III re-
been rproonizcd ma surh bv a,'n,." NV m"so
mont of The Gn-y"rnunnn ~ MY, T, - "ypaIt-
dent Iincoln. who In Tho midi :. iUsl
invitnd thr,n +o nIont r,o,,L,, - 80
Inv President Johnson in yori1n, TS,oIn
| nations and official acts hv ptuo'"
which unrmiited NnIrny. InL,y,,n +
the Senate MS n senator from Tennessao
and n,n,,hor, fr,r, Vir,inin n,'
and Iouisinna TO sit in thS Hans ~ 'PP,Coo
sentatiyes nfter those states bod snroEEaJ
and while the wa, v.os I.ino cn,rioi 'o"'
and which tnrthnr rnooynj52,G thou, 'a,
states i'm tbn ITnion Inv 10 % 60
1Dunrtioumput ort DrHyili,,r 70, III, H.
rn.nrasnntntinn In IN 800. y ''u'i "
toTT laws and nsmrcioII, Inv, ,hoD y n%ltous
Nv thrr nsnIntions smh;y1 ~ Ua,vIu, W
m thc Constitntion for thcci,,S I 'mrouui'oil1
Inv va rioms cher acfs o ,I ,o @ptIGn"i illu
nSSrting rho same rnroorit,nH III 20 ~
tvnrn Mossnd sinca tho attor,r ~ ~ G";on
of tL6se states nv tho .T"6P;tcia - ~ t ~
Tinted StoteS vybiIIb GoIds Eadnr,I ~ ~
in MI tbosn Stotns md osraoinIi,. 49,
Su,remc Court yyhicb entPortniiS mS nac
tiopp Of c,scs comin~ From, t iar' J"iisIlGt
cnnld nof do ,vora tinv not IN ~ I ~ -
That bein% thtts in tbG iTn,nn t%o,, OH ni
IN nm nnuS7l tonting witL tLooir' - Struu
-Statca Win uueG,ol ,irLts bain%, E ~
rrEn0yn to ma Gin"sti+T H., .tnimS tn!hE
"ynrnsS terms Of the Gonstt v''', ~ tnp
Sf5tc Is aTtifI@d 70 6baVo tr.n Snr e"Sn
dne nronortion Of Renresontoti%o "iI d
Goonn drosy aud and 70 ,oto IN i I Eli III Vle
President and Vicc-prcsidcnt that, thou~h
these rights are subject to interruption nv
a state of civil war. they can not. in timrGf
peace, be suspended. much less DESTROYED
without a plain violation of the Consfitu-
ton: that Congress has no power 10 de-
prive a State of its reserved RIGHTS, and
reduce IL to Il Territorial condition that