The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-01-31
Democrntie Platform.

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Ohio s.eadlastly. y.adhere to the priucip les of
the party as asexpounded by,.he lathers, and
approved BY experience, that IN accordance
with these principles we declare that the
Fedrrsl Government is government Of
limited powers, and that il possesses no pow.
ers but such as are expressly, o. by nerts.
ssTy implication delegated to il in the Fed.
erol Constitution, that all other powers Sre
reserved to the States or ihe people, that
strict construction Of the Constitution is in
dspensabe to the preservation Of the re-
served rights OF men. that the preservation
OF the equality and rights OF the States ana
the, rirhts.ol the people is necessary 10 the
pes,Ivs tion OF tile Union, that the Federal
Government is untitled to egisae forulil
administer the local concerns OF the State,
llmt il " opld be monslrOus that he local
rffans Of Ohio should he regulated by'a
Fede al Congress in which she has but two
Senst,rs, and the New England States,
with but little greater population. have
twelve, that the tendency Of the Fvdersi
Government is to usurp the reserved rights
OF the States and Of the people, and that,
there fore, centralzstiOn Of power in lis
hands is an ever Iendrg danger, That such
IN absorption of power would, while it
lasted, be destructive Of The liberties and
Interests of tie ieople, md would end eth.
or IN dfsp6tism or destruction Of ;Ee Up,
ion. that a National debt, beside improving
ne people, fosters an undue Increase Of the
powers Of tie Federal GoVcrument, thet
iigh wo'ecliye tariffs have a like effect sac,
rifcirg tie interests VI the meny for the
en.clunents of the Jew, and plainly viOla,.
il g the equail, aAd spirit oI the Coustitu-
tVn, that tie collection and disbursement
Of enormous revenues by the Federal Gov.
erument haze the same tendency. beside
CorrupGng,tbe Government, and that, there.
fore cconuny is essential not only 10 the
p!usre,ilv. bat Ulso TO tho Liberties of the
people, thai unequal taxation is u plain vic.
ation of justice, OF which no Government
can safely be guilty. ....,...- 80.
Tnat to caI State belongs the right to
determine TIE qualification of its electors,
aid all utteml Is to impair this right, either
by Congressional legislation or Constiiu-
lional amehdpput, are uHwise and despotic,
that the tendency Of power is tossteal from
the many to the lew, aud tn t. therefore,
"eternul vigilance is ti.e price oI: liberty"
that the tendency of government is to en-.
large its saulhority by usurphivn, ar there
lore government needs to be watched-tha
enothtr of its tendencies is TO govern too
much-unneCcssa aud vexitit usly inter.
feIing with tie business aud habits Of the
reopIe-tha the freedom Of speech and OF
The press is essential to the existence OF
liberty, diat1 person not in the military
or naval service. or IN the bounds where
martial law egitmatcly prevails, can law
fully be deprived OF life, liberty or property
without due process of civil law, that the
courts should always he open Tor the redress
of grieva vanCes, that no ex post factO law
should be made, that the right Of the peo.
p,e 10 peaceably assemble and consult upon
public affairs is inyiolabe, that the militia.
~ should be held in due subjectionlto TO The
civil power, that while the majority, as
prescribed by the Constitution, nave the
light .toIgoyern, the minority have indefeas-
ible rights, and that frequent recurrence
to first principles is essential to the welfare
CT the State and the people. s.
2. Resolved, That tie States lately in
rebellion are States in the UIon, and have
been recognized as such by every depart.
mem OF the Government, and by Presden.
Lincoln. who, in the midst of the wah in
vted item to elect members of Congress-
BY President Johnson, in various procama-
tions and official acts--by Congress, (which
permitted Andrew Johnson TO sit in the
Senate asa Senator from Tennessee, and
members from Virginia, Tennessee and
Lousianato TO sit in the House Of Representa-.
tives after those States had seeedId and
while the war was being carried on, and
uhichiafther recognized them as States in
the Union by the Congressional apportion-
ment act providing fol their dne represent
alton in Congress-by various tax laws, and
especially by the direct tax-by the resolu.
Lions submiit'n, amendments 10 tie Con-.
stiiution Tor their approval, AMI by various
other acts and resolutions impaf'ing the
same recoqni,iouy 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 entertains jurisdiction OF cases COM
ing from them. which IL could not do were
they not iu tie Union. That being thus in
the Union, they stand on an equal footing
with their sister States, States with unequal
rights being thing unknown to the Con-
stlutiCn that, by the express terms Of the
Constitution, each State is entitled to,have
two Senators and due proportion Of Rep.
resentatives in the Congress, and to vote,in
all elections Of President and Vice Presi.
dent-that, though these rights are subject
to interruption BY state Of civil wat,lhey
can not in time Of peace, be suspended,
much less destroyed without a plain viola
ton of the CONSTITUTIONAL that Congress has
no power to deprive State of its reserved
rights. and reduce il TO q territorial condi-
tion. that therefore the exclusion, by the SO.
called Cong ress, Of all representation from
ten States, the proposed exclusion OF those
States from all voice in the next Presiden.
tial election, the threatened overthrow OF
their State Governments and the reduction
of their States 10 the condition of terrific
ries are each and every one of them uncoll-
stitutional, revolutionary and despotic meas.
ures, destructive not merely of the rights of
those States, but also Of the rights Of every
other State in the Union.
That those measures are parts Of plan
TO nulliiy the Constitution, to virtually ov-