The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-10-03
Democratic SAFE CONVENTION.
The Platform Adopted.
JANUARY sth, a. D., 1897.
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IL AkBb0lNtu. UNI Ant DNlHoNfANy W Oh'N
steadiastly adhere to The principles Of the par.
" "a expoupded by tie fathers aud approved
By experience that in accordance with these
principles, we declare that the Federal Gov
sruraent is o government OF limited power,
that Il possesses no powers but such ns are
expressly. Vr by necessary implication delega-
ted il in the Federal Constitution that oil
other powers are reserved 10 the States or the
people that q strict construction OF tie Con-
L~titution is indispensable to the preser walton Of
the reserved rights Of The States and the peO-
pie that oil grabts Of power to Government,
whether State or Federal, should be strictly
construed; because oil such grants Rbridge the
natural rights Of men that the preservation
Of the equality aud 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 leglslate Tor or ad-
minister tie local cUncers OF the States that
Il would be mQ5strous that the local aff,irs OF
Ohio should be regulated by q Federal Con-
gress 10 which she has but two Senators, and
the New England States. with but little greH-
ter population, have twelve that the teDden-
cy OF the Federal Government is to usurp the
reserved rights Of the States AMI fihe people;
and that, therefore, O Capitalization OF power
IN its bands is an ever pending danger. That
such IN absorption OF power would. while il
lasted, be destructive OF the liberties and iu>
terests OF the people, and would eHd either IN
despotism or a destruction OF the Union that
u National debt, besides impoyerishing the
people, fosters an undue increase OF the powers
OF the Federal Government that high protec-
tive tariffs have u like effect, sacrificing the
interests Of the many for the emoluments of
Me 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 tend
ency, beside corrupting the Government, aud
that, therefore, economy Is e~sseLtinl not only
to the prosperity, but also TO the liberties OF
the people that unequal taxation is a plain
violation Of justice, OF which no Government
eau safely be guilty.
That to each State belongs the right 10 de-
terrnine the qualifications Of its electors, and
oil attempts TO impair this right. either by
Congressional legislation Or Constitutions
amendment, are uHwise aud d~espotic; that the
tendency Of power is to steal from The many
to the lew, and that. therefore. eternal vigil
lance is the price Of liberty ! that the ,enden-
cy Of government is to enlarge its authority
by usurpaiion, and, therefore, governmeLt
needs TO be watched that aroihcr oil its ten
dencies is to govern 100 much unnecessarily
u NNAuAi'h1NN ~ z iAA ~ W aNu
aud habits OF the people that the freedom oil
speech and Of The press ia essential to the ex-
istence OF liberty that no person not IN the
military OF DAvAl service, or /" tho hounds
where martial law ~legitimsiely prevails. car
lawfully bs deprived Of life, liberty or proper
, ~, without due process OF civil law that th'
courts should always be open for the redress o
grievances, that no tx poste iaclO law shoul,
. DO made that the right Of the people Il
A., peac aoly assemble aud consult upon public
affairs Is inviOlahit That tie military shOulC
be held in due subsection TO the civil power
hat while the majority, as prescribed by ihC
Consultation, have the right to govern, tn,
minority have iudsfgasible rights ; aud that
frequent; recurrence to first principles is essen,
tial 10 the welfare o. the Stetes and the peo-
pie.
Q. Resolved, That TIE States lately 10 re.
bellion arr States in the Union, and have beer
recognized as such by every department Of tht
? Government, ond by President Lincoln. who
10 The midit Of war, Invited them 10 cleo
members OF Congress ! Ivy President johnson
IN various proclamatiGns AID Official acts b,
Congress, which permitted Ardrew JohrsoI
to sit 10 The Senate as a Senator from Tennes
see, and members from Virginia, Tennessee,
and Louisiana, TO sit in The House o! Repre-
seniatiVes after these States had seeded. an,
while The war was being carried on, ont
which further recognizing them Us Stntes il
the Union by the Congressional appointment
} act providing fr their due representation il
Congress by various tax laws, and especial,
by The direct tax by resolutions submitting
amer dmenls 10 the Constitution for their an
| piovnl, aud by various other acts and resolu
|, lions impaIting the same recognition all o
which were passed sine the attempted seces
' sion OF those States, by the judiciary of th
= United States, which holds Federal Courts il
o oil those States, and especially by the Su,
' preme Court, which enter tain jurisdiction o
cases coming from them, which il could not ID
were they not in the Union. That being thu
/ in ire Union, they stand on an equal fooriul
. with their sister States-S States with uneuun
rights beirg . thing unkuown 10 The Oonstitu
ton thai, by the express terms OF The Cousti
e tuition, eseh State IL entitled TO have iw
seHa'ols and a dne proportion Of Representa-
. lives in the congress, aud 10 vote in oil cleo
r tit rs OF President and Vice President thai
n though these rights are'subieet to inIerruptio
by a state OF civil war, they cannot, in time {
"a peace, be suspended, much less destroyed, with
out a plain violation af the Constitution tho
Congress has no power to deprive a State
It's reserved rights. and reduce IL 20 a %ierritor
lal condition that, therefore, The exclusion
by the 80 called Congress, Of oil reprtsenlatio
from ten States, the proposed exclusion 1
y those States, from OIL voice in the next presi
% DENTAL election, the threatened oyer,brow
their State Governments aud the reduction
their States 10 the condition OF territories, a,
each aud every one Of them uneonsilutionn
revolutionary and despotlc measur es, destruc
d. tive not merely Of the rights Of those State
II bat also OF the rights Of every other State
tho Union. That those measures are carts
70 a plan to nuliiy the Constitution. virtual
a. overthrow the State Governments, 10 ere
a consolidated despOlism on their iuins a,
10 10 establish and to perpetuate a t%yrannic
rule ofs minority over a majority Of the Am
ricGD people. That The people cannot, Witho
Is q loss Of their liberties, prosperity and homo
y submit to such 3 result; and we, therefore,
, the hope that the warning will DO Needed, a,