The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-06-27
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The PLATFORM ADOPTED
J1NUART Sth, 4. ID. 1867.


] phIlA as tN NllOuuNtu bl lic lAlhCrS. ana ap- ]
proved by cNpriencr; that IN accordance |
4 Federal t}Overuurut is government oil
limited powers, and that it possesses no |
powers but sueit rs are expressly. or 10y |
necessary implication delegated to IL in the
Federal Constitution that all other powers
are reserved To the tatcs or the people |
that strict construction OF the Cansttu-
ltiOn is Indispensable To the preservation Of
the reserved rights OF the states ana the
people; that all grants OF power to Govern
mcut, whether State or Federal. should De
IstTicuy construed. because all such grants |
abridgc the natural right- OF men; that the
preservation OF the C,Iality aud rights OF
the states and the rights Of the people is !
necessary 10 the preservation of the Uuiun |
that the Federal Government is untitled to |
llcgislate forur radluiuistcrt the local concerns
OF the states that IL WuUlu be mOuStrous |
that the local affairs ofOhin should be rcgu-
lated by a frdUrul Congress in which she has !
, but two Senators. and the New England |
states, with but Il little greater population, !
have twelve; that the tendency ut the Fed |
lCral Government is to usurp the reserved |
rights the states and Of the people; and !
that, therefore, a Capitalization OF power i'm
, its hands is an ever pending danger That
such an abs rptluu OF power would. while
IL lasted, bc destructive of the liberties and |
interests ot the people. and would end
, either In dU=potismOr destruction of the !
q povcrshng the people, fosters an undue
. Increase of lhv powers Of the Federal Gov
: rrumout; That high protective tariffs have
b a like effect sacrificing the interests of the
many for the cmOlumcnts of the few. and
plainly violating the equity and spirit OF
! the Constitution; that the collection and
disbursement of enormous revenues by the
u 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
y liberties Ot the people; that unequal tax
d alton is u plain violation of Justice. OF
e which no Government can safely be guilty
z, That TO each state belongs the right to
l. determine the qualification of its electors
and all attempts to impair this right, either
by Congressional legislation or Constitu-
tiOnal amendment. are unWiSC and dcspot-
d ic; that the tendency of power is to steal
81 from the many to the few, and that, there
" fore, "Ctcrull vigilance is the price of lib
L crty; = that the tendency of government is
i to enlarge its authority by usurpatiOn, and
II therefore government needs to he watched;
- that another of its tendencies Is to govern
II too mucl--unnCccssarily and yeNatiOusly
= interfering with the business and habits of
le the people; that the freedom of speech and
p y! the press Is essential to the existence of
liberty: that no person not in the military
or nav al service, or in the bounds where
. martial law lcgitimately prevails, can law
II fully be deprived Of life liberty or proper
t. ~, without due process of civil law that
he the courts should always be open for the
m redress OF grievances; that no er post JGctO
~ law should be mue; that the right of the
Il people to peaCcably assemble and consult
sc upon public affairs Is mviolable; that the
re- military Should be held in due subsection
&C to the civil power; that while the major
vi itv, as prescribed by the Constitution. lave
lis the right to govern, the minority have in
e. deleasible rights; and that a frequent re-
.sIas 10 t,,I.
~ the welfare of the state and the people,
y 2. ReSJired, That the states lately in re-
ce bcllion are States In the Union, and have
,at been recognized as such by every depart
al mCnt of the Governments and by PrCSi-
' dent Lincoln. who, in the midst of the war
~ invited them to clectmcmbers of Congress
Of by President johnson, in various procla.
ba nations and Official acts: by Congress
. which permitted Andrew johnson to sit il
o. the Senate as II senator from Tennessee
nd and members from Virginia, Tennesse,
he and Louisiana 10 sit in the House of Repre-
,Iy sentaLivcS after these States had seeded
'' and while the war was being carried on
and which further recognized them a
States in the Uuinn by the COngressiOna
III apportiommcnt act proyiding for their du,
md representation in Congress; by various
crs tax laws. aud especially by the direct tax
,o- by the resolutions submitting amendment
~ to the Constitution for their approval, ant
tue by various other acts and resolutions i'm
lk- parting the same recognition all of whicl
a were passed since the attempted secession
of those states, by the judiciary of TIL
United states which holds Federal Court
ing in all those States. and especially by tn
s. Supreme Court. which entcrtainS iuriSdiC
-, tion of cases coming from them, which
- could not do were they not IN the UniOi
pa That heing thus in the Union, they stan
Is on an equal footing with their sister state
the States witlS lSunequal rights being thin
,o,r unknown to the Constitution: that. by til
Po" EXPRESS terms of the Constitution, Cac
State is entitled to have two Senators and
., due proportion of Representatives in I'll
ell Congress. ami to vote in all elections
AN President aud Wee president; that, thong
.r n these rights are subject to interruption b
= a state of civil war, they can not, in time
hol- peace be suspended, much less deStruyC
res without plain violation of the Constitl
mo- ton; that Congress has no power to d.
prive State of its reserved rights, M
reduce it to Territorial condition; tn
'ihS' therefore the exclusion, by the social,
uy. Congress. of all representation from I,
ONE States, the proposed exclusion of tho
tha States, from all voice in the next Preside
WV tial election, the threatened overthrow
their State Governments and the rcducti,
OF their States TO the condition of terrific
tive les, are each and every one Of them unco
,ress stitutional, revolutionary and dcslU
;. do measures. destructive not merely OF I
~, rights of those States, hut also OF the rigl
"'i' of every other State in the Union. n
,kct. those meas ures are parts Ofa plan to nulli
Id the Constitution, virtually overthrow {
,,,r state Governments, to erect a C0nSOidNt
despotism on their ruins; and to cstabli
lhal aud perpetuate a atyraunical rule Of a mine
and ity over majority of the American pC
annie pie. That the people cannot. without
loss of their liberties, pros perity and hon
submit to such a result and we, thereto
in the hope that the warning will
"olS. needed. and the danger TO our situations