The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-07-06
STAYE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The PLATFORM ADOPTED
J1NUART Sth, 4. ID. 1891.


party MS expOunded by the fathers, and ap-
proved by experience; that IN accordance
with these principles We declare that the
Federal Government Is government Of
limited powers. and that Il possesses no
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary implication delegated to 1t In the
Federal Constitution; that all other powers
are reserved to the .'tates or the people
that strict construction of the Censtltu-
! tion Is Indispensable to the preservation Of
the reserved rights Of the states aud the
people that all grants of power 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
the States and the rights of the people Is
necessary to the preservation OF the Union |
that the Federal Government Us untitled to |
legislate for or administer the local concerns |
of the States that IL would be monstrous |
that the local affairs ofOhiO should be Tcgu- |
lated by Federal Congress in which she has |
but two Senator's and the New England |
States, with but a little greater population, |
have twelve; that the tendency of the Fed |
cral Government is To usurp the reserved |
rights of the States and of the people and |
that. therefore, "A Capitalization Of power in |
its hands is an ever pending danger. lhat
such an abs rption OF power would. while
it lasted, he destructive of the liberties and
interests of the people, and would end
either in despOtism or a destruction of the
Union that II National debt, besides inn
poyerishing the people, fosters an undue
increase oT the powers of the Federal Gov
ernment; 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 Constitution; that tile collection and
disbursement of enormous revenues by the
Federal Government have the same ten
dency, beside corrupting the Government,
.fs.a.. 10 AL In
not only to the prosperity, but also to the
liberties of the people; that unequal tax
alton is a 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 despot-
, ic that the tendency of power IL to steal
from the many 10 the few, and that, there
t fore, "etcrnal vigilance Is the price of lib
( erty :" that the tendency of government is
. to enlarge its authority by usurpatiOn, and
, therefore government needs to be watched :;
u that another of its tendencies is to govern
j too much-unnecessarfly and veXatiously
>, Interfering with the business and habits of
!, the people; that the freedom of speech and
u of the press is essential to the existence of
= liberty: that no person not in the military
II or naval service, or in the bounds where
martial law lcgitimately prevails, can law
fully be deprived of life, liberty or proper
ty, without due process of civil law; that
Is the courts should always be open for the
N redress Of grievances; that no eI post JdctO
= law should be made; that the right of the
. people to peuceably assemble and consult
u upon public affairs is invioable; that the
rs military should be held in due subjection
id to the civil power: that while the maj jor-
- ity, as prescribed by the Constitution, have
- the right to govern, the minority have in
;" defeasible rights; and that a frequent re-
currencC to first principles is essential tC
the welfare of the State and the people.
2. ResOlued, That the States lately in re-
go hellion are States in the Union, and have
- been recognized as such by every depart
II ment of the Government, and by Presi'
or dent Lincoln, who, in the midst of the war
Il, invited them to elect members of Congress
- bv President johnson, in various procla
nations and official acts; by Congress
ur which permitted Andrew johnson to sit il
Il the Senate as a Senator from Tennessee
ar and members from Virginia, Tennessee
n and Louisiana to sit in the House of Repre-
he sentatiyes after these States had seeded
.ir and while the war was being carried on
n and which further recognized them n
on States in the Union by the CongressiOna
in apportionmcnt act providing for their du
RI representation in Congress; by variou
is tax laws, and especially by the direct tax
lse by the resolutions submitting amendment
ne to the Constitution for their approval, an
'as by various other acts and resolutions i'm
of parting the same recognition all of whic
Wis were passed since the attempted secessio
OF of those States, 10y the judiciary of tn
Is United States. which holds Federal Cour
ian in all those States, and especially by th
Ier Supreme Court. which entertains jurisdit
y? tion of cases coming from them, which
i've could not do were they not in the Unio
his That being thus in the Union, they star
eA- on an equal footing with their sister Stat
tor States with unequal rights being thir
nil unknown to the Constitution; that, by Il
ON, express terms of the Constitution, eat
tive State Is entitled to have two Senators and
red due proportion of Representatives in Il
lore Congress, anu to vote in all elections
he President and Vice-president; that, thouI
eX. these rights are subject to interruption
on. a state of civil war. they can not, in time
peace, be suspended, much less destroyC
'ork without plain violation of the Constit
-ha,, ton; that Congress has no power to q
' prive State of its reserved rights, a
per- reduce it to Territorial condition; Il
tion therefore the exclusion, by the social
heir Congress, OF all represehtatien from
,,o.,, States, the proposed exclusion of til,
wy States from all voice in the next Preside
kers tial election, the threatened overthrow
ploy their State Governments and the reduct
and OF their States to the condition of territ
les are each and every one of them uncC
stitutional, revolutionary and dcspt
measures destructive not merely OF
the rights of those States, but also of the rig
the Of every other State in the Union. 7
rtiop those measures are parts ofa plan to null
80 the Constitution, virtually overthrow
ASH State Governments, to erect acOnsolida
hang despotism on their ruins; and to estnbl
with and perpetuate n tyrannical rule ofamir
- 20 ity over majority of the American !
pie. That the people cannot withou
the loss of their liberties, prosperity and hol
submit to such result; and we, therei
in the hope that the warning will
m I'm needed, and the danger to our situation
-, peaceably averted do solemnly warn
eu advocates of the plan, that it will
AN rs be submitted to.
=" 1t 8. Resolved, That Congress is not
IN the omnipotent making power. That
"'o Constitution provides that no bill shall
same come law without the approval Of
o Is. President, unless il be passed by two-th
| one of each House of Congress. That one
the objects of the present sO-called {
greSs In excluding States from represel
n, ton, is TO pass bills by n two-thirds
ran which, were all the States represen
ting could not so pass; and thus to virtu