Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-13
Platform of the Knox County
- :. - - snhernncrraeH =

| 80 IA sASchnOCEdCys Ea u 81 = ~
At the late Nominating Convention of
the Democracy in Mt. Vernon, the commit
tee on Resolutions reported che following,
which, upon motion, were adopted:
Resoloed, That we are decidedly and une-
qiivocallv opposed to political and social
equality between the white and African
races believing as we do that this Govern
pent was Instituted by white men for the
benefit of themselves aud their posterity,
and shonld be administered and controlled
by them exclusively; and we are therefore
opposed to the adoption of the proposed
amendment to the Constitution of Ohio. al
lowing negroes to vote, while it disfran-
chises white men. 90 '-ii
taxation imposed upon the labor and in
dustry of the country, to maintain pam
pered aristocracy, whose three thousand
millions of capital, invested In Government
bonds. is exempt from taxation, call loudly
for reform, and, as the Government has
usurPed the power to make Greenbacks
legal tender in payment of debts, it is its
duty to call In and liquidate the bonded
debt of the Government by its legal tender
notes, and thus relieve the people of one
hundred and eight million dollars of in
terest annually. that hangs with incubus
weight upon them. -,c7s - .r--5s r. s.r-
ResolUed, That to secure life, liberty, and
the pursuit OF happiness, Governments are
Instituted among men, deriving their just
MOVERS from the consent of the governed;
That W1ien5VSf- foTln or lJ0YefnineDG
becomes destructive of these ends, it is the
right of the peopleato altar, or abolish it,
and to institute a new Government, LAYING
its foundation on such principles and or
ganizing its powers in such form, as to
them shall seem most likely to effect their
safety and happiness. 'I 81
Resolved, That the long train of abuses
and usurpations of the 39th and 10th Con-
gress, pursuing invariably the same object,
evinces design to reduce the people un-
der absolute despotism. To prove this, let
facts be submitted to a candid public:
They have abolished the Governments,
ordained by the people OF ten sovereign and
independent States: sf
They have dissolved Representative
houses in the States for opposing with
manly firmness their invasions on the
rights of the people; .,,- ~ - .,....--
They have obstructed the administration
Of justice, by invading the Jurisdiction of
State Courts;
They have erected multitude of new
offices, and sent hither swarms of officers
to harass our people, andteat out their sub
stance; g iefJes7,
They have kept among the people of ten
States in times of peace, standing
armies, without the consent of the State
Legislatures; 10 ~ go 1--h sg.,i ,iia-
They have affected to render the military
independent of, and superior to, the civil
power; -.7. -.. .1---..s III s
They have, in derogation of the Consti-
tuition, declared themselves invested with
power to legislate for the people of the sew
eral States, in all cases whatsoever, and
thus to alter fundamentally the powers of
our Governments.
A legislative body, whose character is
thus marked by every act which may de-
fine tyrant, is unfit to be the representa-
tive of a free people; and it is the duty of
the American Democracy to resist with
dignity and manly firmness, these daring
usurpations of power and invasions of the
rights and liberties of the people.
Resolued, That the people of the several
States, acting in their highest sovereign ca
pacity, having delegated to the General
Government the specific powers enumera-
ted in the Constitution, reserving to them
selves all other powers, have the sole and
exclusive right to determine the measures
.of redress for any infraction of the powers
thus delegated. II -,ss --a.,.5, b.. tr.5
Resozued, That we fully indorse the Plat
form enunciated by the Democratic State
Convention. held in Columbus on the 9Th of
January last, and pledge ourselves to sup
port its nominees. +,--4-zsf sf-.-