The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-06-12
STAHE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
J1NUARY Sth, 4. d. 1907.


with these principles We declare that the I
Federal Government Is a government OF
limited powers, and that II possesses no
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary implication delegated 20 IL ia the
Federal Constitution that AL other powers
are reserved TO the atates or the people
that n strict construction of the Censttu-
tion Is Indispensable to the preservation of
the reserved rights Of the States and the
people that AL grants Of power to Govern
ment whether State or Federal, should be
strictly construed, because all such grants
abridge the natural rights ofmcn 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
lcgislatc fororadministrrth the local concerns
of the States that II would be monstrous
that the local affairs ofOhio should be regu-
lated by Federal Congress I'm which she has
but two Senators. and the New England
States. with but little greater population,
have twelve; that the tendency of the Fed
eral Government is to usurp the reserved
rights of the States and of the people and
that, therefore, Capitalization of pOweri in
its hands Is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs irptiou Ot power would, while
It lasted, be destructive of the liberties and
interests of the people and would end
either in dcspotism or a destruction of the
Union that a National debt, besides inn
poyerishing the people, fosters an undue
Increase OF the powers of the Federal Cow
ernmcnt; that high protective tariffs have
like eject, sacrificing the interests of the
many for the cmOluments of the few, and
plainly violating the equity and 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,
and that, therefore, economy is essential
not only to the prosperity, but also to the
| liberties of the people; that unequal tax
alton is n 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 is TO steal
| from the many TO the few, and that, there
fore, "cternal vigilance is the price of lib
erty;' that the tendency of government is
to enlarge its authority by usurpatiou, and
| therefore government needs to be watched;
that another of It's tendencies Is to govern
too much-unnec ssarily and veXatiously
Interfering with the business and habits of
! the people; that the freedom of speech and
Of 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 lcgitimately prevails can law
ty, without due process of civil law; that
the courts should always be open for the
redress of grievances; that no er post JdctO
law should be made; that the right of the
people to peaceably assemble and consult
upon public affairs is lnviolable; that the
military should be held in due subjection
to the civil power: that while the major
ity, as prescribed by the Constitution, have
the right to govern, the minority have in
defeasible rights; and that Il frequent re-
currence TO first principles is essential to
the welfare of the State and the people.
2. ReSolUed, That the States lately in re-
belion are States in the Union and have
been recognized as such by every depart
ment of the Government, and by Presi-
! dent Lincoln, who, in the midst of the war,
| invited them to cleCtmembers of Congress
by President Johnson, In various procla-
nations and official acts; by Congress,
which permitted Andrew johnson to sit in
the Senate aS Il Senator from Tennessee
, and members from Virginia, Tennessee
. and Louisiana to sit i'm the House of Repre-
sentatives after these States had seeded
. and while the war was being carried on
= and which further recognized them as
+ States in the Union by the Congressiona
\ apportionmcnt act providing for their du,
u representation in Congress- by various
tax laws, aud especially by the direct tax
- by the resolutions submitting amendment
~ to the Constitution for their approval, anC
by various other acts and resolutions i'm
J. parting the same recognition all of whicl
were passed since the attempted secession
of those States, by the judiciary of tn
h United States, which holds Federal Court
Is in all those States, and especially by tn
= Supreme Court. which entertains jurisdic
J" ton of cases coming from them, which
&c could not do were they not in the UniOr
d, That being thus in the Union, they stan
re on an equal footing with their sister State
a.. a =.
:" unknown to the Constitution; that, by tn
II, express terms of the Constitution, eac
pc State is entitled to have two Senators and
,, due proportion of Representatives in tn
Congress, ana to vote in all elections
a. President and Vice president; that, thong
ho these rights are subject to interruption
~ II state of civil war, they can not, in time
he peace, be suspended, much less destroyet
II without plain violation of the Constitl
eir tion that Congress has no power TO d.
~ Driye a State of its reserved rights, al
ha reduce it to Territorial condition; tn
therefore the exclusion, by the so-callC
IA. Congress, of all representation from Il
Iuh States the proposed exclusion of tho
States, from all voice in the next Presldel
tial election, the threatened overthrow
de their State Governments and the reductiC
he OF their States to the condition of terrific
~, les, are each and every one of them uncoi
sttutional, revolutionary and dcspOt
'y measures. destructive NOT Herely OF u
lc- rights of those States, but also of the righ
ee of every other State in the Union. Tn
those measures are parts ofa plan TO nulli
the Constitution, virtually overthrow q
State Governments, TO erect consolidate
$ despotism on their ruins; and to establi
ate and perpetuate q tyrannical rule Off mino
GER ity over a majority of the American pc
HE pie. That the people cannot. without
loss of their liberties, prosperity and hone
MT submit to such a result; and we, therefor
In the hope that the warning will
needed, and the danger to our situations
Ib- peaceably averted, do solemnly warn Z
M advocates of the plan, that it will n
La be submitted to.
I 8. Resolced, That Congress is not
'hI omnipotent law-making power. That &
Constitution provides that no bill shall b
- come law without the approval of {
President. unless 1t be passed by two-thir
of each House of Congress. That one
w, the objects of the present so-called Go
gress In excluding States from represent
ton, is to pass bills by a two-thirds vO
srly which, were all the States repTesente
Ases oou1d not So mass. and thug to virtual