Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-06
The Platforms of the Democratic and
Republican Parties. e
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The Democratic Platform
Adopted
JANUARY, sth, A. ID. 1867.

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1. Resolref. That the, Democracy of Ohio stead
fsstly adhere to the principles OF the party
pounded by thesfat sers.l and approved BY expert
dec are that the Federal Government is govern
ment of limited powers. and that it possesses no
inplication deleeated to it in the Federal Constiu-
Sse. o s strict sG ns
the Consttutionis is indispensable to the preserva-
tion of the Reserved rishts of the States and the
Whether sSs o. Should scty
strped because All such grants abridgs the natural
y and rights Of the States. and rights of
the people is neces sssry to the preservation of
unified to lsgislate for or administer the local
concerns of the States; that it would be monstrous
lated by q Federal Congress in which She
has but two Senators. aud the New England
the of the eaers
ment is to usurp the reserved rights of the States
and of the people and that therefore, centraliza
tion of power in its hands is an ever pending daa
ger, That such an absorption of power would,
in erests thepeope, and would end either in des
potism or destrueton of the Union; that Nation
undue increase of the powers Of the Federal Cow
ernuentS that high protective tariffs have a like
% b ne J 2. nne many nor the
equity md spiIitpf the Constitntion that ass COL
TIE F;dera1 60eS,mmeni laoet9 same tsndSncy. 6s
site eorrupting the Government and that therefore
econOmyts essenttalaOt only to tasgrosperity, bat
sgsat saSssj0s ssssh p q gssn sfegs.S7 - Of rs
That to each State belonss the right tode,ermine
impair this light eithsr b. CONGRESSIONAL
or Constitutional amendment. are unwise and des-
potic that the tendency Of power to steal from the
m INV to the few, and that therefore eternal vigi-
government is to enlarge its authority by usurpa-
tion. and therefore goyernnentneeds tobe watched;
nnnecessariS and yexstiously interfering with the
business and habits the people; that the freedom
of speech aud of the is essential to the exist
Of liberty; that person not in the military or
naval service. or in the bounds where msrtsl law
life. liberty property without due process of civil
law: that the courts should always be open for the
sSoud BE- S msde tbst tl mi the peape
peaceably assemble and consult upon public affairs
is invclaole; that the military should be held in
majority, prescribed by the Constitution, have
the ght to govern, the minority have indeieasibe
is essential TO the welfare of the State and the
q ResoEUe1 That the States lately in rebellion are
States in the Union, and have been recognized as
BY President Lincoln, Who in the midst Of the war Sr
invited them to elect member of Congress; by
f1esident Johnson, IN FarieuS pfocIamations and
nnson to sit n 4hs as Senator from Tenp
essee ard members from Virgins. Tennessee and
Louisiana to sit in the House of Representatives at
ter these States hal seeded and wniie the war
ing carried on and which further recognized them
apporiionment act Yproyiding , for their due
representation in Congress; by various tax laws
sSsr to s
tePs Msps all
IF those States By the JuSScsEy Of the
in all those States, and especially by the Supreme
Court. which entertains jurisdiction of cases COM
in the Union That being thus in the Union, they
stand on equal footing with their sister Stales
to the Constitutions that. by the express terms of
The each Stn state Is IS eRssd to have
the Congress and t. vote in all elections Of tTesi
are subject to interruption by state of civil var
they can not. in time of peace, be suspended much
ss as sn no %
Sta'e Of its reserved rights. and reduce it to a
TERRITORIAL condtiCp dit thai therefore the exclusion
from ten States; the proposed exclusion of those
s esct6D 70 81 their
Govern .ents and the reduction of their States to
Of them uncons titutionaf. feyolutionary and deso
potc measures, destructive not merely Of the rights
er State in the Union. That those measures are
parts of plan to nulify the Consultation, vrtu ally
oysTthrSSTd tine Ssts f
and perpetnate tyfannicaf rule Of minority over
Of to1 5hs american Ss q people That the
therefore, in sss6ope that the warning wilbe heed
ed and the dauger-tos our situation be peaceably
averted. do s0lemply warn the advocates of the
plap that it wilLpot be submitted tosz - -.
q ResoIced That Consress isnot an nnipotent
l.w-making fewsr. That the CGhstitatioh pro
approval of the Presidsnts unless tyhas passed by
two-thirds of each House Of Congress-. That ons
of the objects Of the present so-called Congress in
excluding states fron represeptatiop. is, to pass
bills by v0--S which. were all the States
represented. could not so pass and thus
abolish the constitutional provision aforesaid That
If this precedent be scquiesced in. there will be
nothing to preveuta bnTe majority Of Congress- at
any time in the future from nullifyng the consti-
tutiona veto of the President and usurping uncon-
trolled legislative BY an exclusion of the mi
nority from their seats That the exclusion Of even
in single State might give this control, and pre-
text for such an exclusion would not be wanting TO
an unscrupulous and revolutionary party.
4. RssoIgsd. That the people. and especially those
Of the agricultural States. have suffered TOO long
REPRESENTATIVE Of an apd laboring pop
uaton. we demand that theiE substance SHAH no
longer be extorted 'front.' en- m. order to NIL the
pockets of eastern monGpolistsd ESga rea 2. ~ ?
ResoIced That unequal taxation y % nG a9
We cali noon our Governments. Federal and State
10 use ali NECESSARY Constitutional means to remedy
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