The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-02
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.


FEDERAL government Is u government or.
limited powers, aud that II possesses no
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary implication delegated TO II IN the
Federal Constitution that all other powers
are reserved TO the states or the people;
that u strict construction OF the COnstltu-
ton II indispensable to the preservation Of
the reserved rights of the States and the
people that all grants of power to Govern
mCut. whether State or Federal, should be
strictly construed, because all such grants
abridgc the natural rights Of men thnt 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 Is untitled to
lcgiSlatc for oradmiuistor the local concerns
ot the States; that u would be moustrous
that the local affairs orOhio shOuldb be rcgu-
lated by a ! Federal COugrcssin which she has
but two senators, and the New England
states, with but . little greater population,
hnVotwolvei that the tendency of the Fed
crnl Government Is to usurp the reserved
| rights of the states and Of the people; and
that, therefore, a Capitalization of power In
Its hands Is an ever pending danger. That
such IN abs irptiOu 81 power would, while
Il lasted, he destructive of the liberties and
interests OF the people, and would end
either Ia ~despotism or n destruction of tile
Union that Il National debt, besides inn
povcrishiug the people, fosters an undue
increase of the powers of the Federal Gov
eminent that high protective tariffs have
a like effect, sacrificing the interests of the
many for the emolunents of the few. and
plainly violating the equity and spirit of
the Constitution that the collection and
disbursement of enormous revenue by the
Federal Government nave the same ten
dency, beside corrupting the Government,
and that. therefore, economy Is essential
not only To the prosperity, but also to the
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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 It's electors,
and all attempts to impair this right, either
by Congressional legislation or COnstitI-
tional amendment, are unwise and despot-
ic; that the tendency of power il TO steal
from the many to the few, and that, there
fore, "eteTual vigilance Is the price of lib
erty = that the tendency of government is
to enlarge its authority by usurpatiOn, and
therefore government needs to be watched
that another Of its tendencies is to govern
too much-unnecQssarily and veXatiOusly
interfering with the business aud 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
fully be deprived of life, liberty or proper
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 he made that the right of the
people to pcaceably assemble and consult
upon public affairs Is inviolable; that the
f military should be held in due subsection
to the civil power; that while the major
ity, as prescribed by the Constitution, have
the right to govern, the minority have in
I dcfeasible rights and that u frequent re-
curreuce To first principles Is essential tC
p the welfare of the State and the people.
, :. Rcsolped, That the States lately In re-
hcllion are States IN the Union, and have
/ been recognized IA such by every depart.
r ment of the Government, and by presi-
4 dent Lincoln, who, in the midst Of the war
q invited them to elect member Of Congress
= by President johnson, In various prOcla.
nations and official acts; by Congress
n which permitted Andrew johnson to sit III
/ the Senate rs Il Senator from TENNESSEE
/ and members from Virginia, Tennessee
: and Louisiana to sit In the House of Repre-.
f sCntatives after these States had seeded
= and while the war was being carried on
and which further recognized them Il,
2 States in the Union by the Congressional
n apportionment act providing for their du,
= representation in Congress; by various
tax laws, and especially by the direct tax
n by the resolutions submitting amendment
q to the Constitution for their approval, ant
n by various other acts and resolutions i'm
is parting the same recognition all of whicl
a were passed since the attempted secession
n of those States, by the Judiciary of tn
70 United States, which holds Federal Court
II in all those States, aud especially by tn
Supreme Court, which eutcrtains iurisdic
= ton of eases coming from them, which
n could not do were they not in the Unior
y That being thus in the Union, they stan
r. on an equal footing with their sister state
States with unequal rights being n thin
= unknown to the Constitution that, by tn
70 express terms of the Constitution, eac
State is entitled to have two Senators and
st due proportion of Representatives in tn
Congress, and to vote In all elections {
NJ President and Nice-prcsident that. thong
n these rights are subject to interruption b
d. a state of civil war, they can not, In time
Of peace, be suspended, much less destroyc,
he without a plain violation of the COnstitl
nj ton that Congress has no power TO d,
m prive n State of its reserved rights, an
- reduce il to Il Territorial condition; tn;
ii therefore the exclusion, by the so-callc
he Congress, of all representation from t.
ms States, the proposed exclusion of tho,
M States, from all voice in the next Presidel
A. tial election, the threatened overthrow
lie their State Governments and the reductiO
OF their States to the condition of terrific.
IN les, are each and every one of them uncot
no stitutioual, revolutionary and despot
H. measures, destructive not merely of d
10 rights of those States, but also of the RICH
e, of every other State in the Union, Thu
TO those measures are parts off plan to MULTI
the Constitution, virtually overthrow d
nv state Governments, to erect aconsolidatC
Of dcspotism on their ruins; and TO cstablis
be and pcrpctuate n tyranniCal rule of a mino.
Id, ity over a majority of the American pc,
ot pie. That the people cannot, without
MT loss of their liberties, prosperity and homo
ay submit to such Il result and we, therefor
in the hope that the warning will
il needed. and the danger to our situations
Of. peaceably averted, do solemnly warn Il
10 advocates of the plan, that II will n
of be submitted to.
81 3. ReSoiced, That Congress is not q
omnipotent law-making power. That h
" Constitution provides that no bill shall b
re- come II law without the approval of Il
President, unless It be passedby two-thirl
re, of each House Of Congress. That one
ny the objects Of the present so-called Coz
&C greSS In eXcludingSt States from represent
Ich ton, is to pass bills by n twO-thirds vO
re. which, were all the States represente
tty could not so pass aud thus to virtual
nd abolish the constitutional provision afor
an said. That If this precedent be acquiesc,
nd in, there win he nothing to prevent n ba
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