The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-01-09
SHAHE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
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ltenuance from all parts Of Ohio. Every
lconnty and district were fully represented.
Ron q. II, Pendleton was chosen Prcsi-
ldent assisted by several Vice Presidents
and Secretaries. Mr. l.. made a spirited
speech ON taking the Chair, which was well
leceivcd The resolutions which were read
by Mr.. Nallandigham are appended. ana
speak out tue oid-time doctrines of the De-
lmocracy.
II RESOLUTIONS.
i l. Res0iped. That the Democracy OF Ohio
lstcadhstly adhere to the principles OF the
lparty rs exDOunded by the fathers and an
proved by experience; that In accordance
WIN tncsc principles we declare that tho
Federal Government is a government OF
limited powers and that Il posscsses no
powers but such a arc expressly. or by
necessary Implication delegated to it in the
Federal Constitution; that llother powers
are reserved to the states or the people ;
that strict construction OF the COnstltu-
tiOn Is indispensable TO the preservation of
tho reserved rights of the STATES and the
people that all grants of power to Govern
mont. whether State or Federal, should be
strictly construed, because all such grants
abridge the natural rights of men; that the
preservation of the equality and rights Of
the states and the rights Of the people Ia
necessary 10 the preservation OF the Union /;
that the Federal Government Is untitled to
Ilegislate for or administer the local concerns
OF the states; that il would be. monstrous
that the local affairs OfOhiO shOdld be regu-
lated by Federal Congress Ia 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 power In
It's hands Is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs irptiOn OF power would while
IL lasted, be destructive of the liberties and
Interests of the people, and would end
either in deSpotism or destruction OF the
Union, that National debt, besides i'm
PoVerishing the people. fosters an undue
increase of the powers of the Federal Gov
ernment; that high protective tariffs have
ike erect, sacrificing the interests of the
many for the emOluments 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 10 the prosperity. hut also 10 the
liberties of the people; that unequal tax
alton Is 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-
tlonal amendment, are unwisc and despot-
&c; that the tendency of power is to steal
from the many to the few, and that there
fore, 'eternal vigilance is the price OF lib
erty;' that the tendency of government is
to enlarge its authority by nsurpatioD. and
therefore government needs To be watehe.d
that another of its tendencies is to govern
too much-unnecesSarily and YeXatieusIy
interfering with the business and habit. OF
the people; chat the freedom OF speech and
ot 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 legitimatcly prevails, can law
fully be deprived of life, liberty or proper
~, without due process of civil law; that !
the courts should always be open for the !
redress Of grievances; that no eJ posi- fdefo !
law should be made; that the right OF the /
people TO peaceably assemble and consult \
upon public affairs Is inviolable; that the |
military should DE held in due subIection
10 the civil power: that while the major
lty, as prescribed by the Constitution, have
the right 10 govern. the minority have in.
deieasible rights; and that frequent re-
currcnce to tlrst principles is essential to
the welfare of the State and the people.
:. ReSOtre0, That the States lately In re-
hellion are states in the Union, and have
been recognized rs such by every deDort-
menr of the GoVernmeue and by Presi-
dent Lincoln, who, In the midst of the war
invited them to elect members of Congress
by President johnson, ia various proclat
nations and official acts; by Congress,
which permitted Andrew johnson to Sit in
the senate as senator from Tennessee,
and members from Virginia, Tennessee
and Louisiana TO sit in the House of Repre-
after these States had seeded.
anu While the war was being carried ON.
and which further recognized them as
states in the Union by the Congressional
lpportionment act providing for their due
representation in Congress; by various
tax laws, and especially by the direct tax; /
by the resolutions submitting amendments
70 the Constitution for their app roVal, and
by various other acts and resolutions i'm
parting the same recognition; all of which
were passed since the attempted secession
Of those States, by the Judiciary of the
I nited States, which holds Federal Courts
IN all those States, and especially by the
Supreme Court, which entertains iurisdic-
tlon OF cases coming from them, which IL
could not do were they not in the Union.
That being thus in the Union, they stand
on an equal footing with their sister States
States with unequal rights being thing
unknown TO the Constitution; that, by the
express terms of the Constitution. each
State is entitled to have two Senators and a
due proportion of Representatives in the
Congress, and to vote in all elections of
President and Vice-president that, though
these rights are subject to interruption by
0 state of civil war, they can not, in time Of
peace, be suspended, much less DESTROYED,
without plain violation of the Constitu-
tion; that Congress has no power to de-
prive State of its reserved rights, and
reduce 1t TO Territorial condition; that
therefore tho exclusion, by the so-called /
Congress, of all representation from ten
States, the proposed exclusion of those
States, from all voice In the next PresideD-
cial election, the threatened overthrow of
their State Governments and the reduction
OF their States to the condition of terrltor-
les, are each and every one of them uncon-
stitutional, revolutionary and despotic
measures, destructive not merely of the
rights of those States but also of the rights
of every other State in the Union.
That those measures are parts of plan to /
nullify the Constitution to virtually over i
throw the state Governments; to erect a L
despotism on their ruins, and 4
to establish and perpetuate tyrannical
rule of minority over majority of the
American people,
That the people can not, without a loss
OF their liberties, prosperity and honor, sub-
NIT to such result; and, therefore, ia
the hope that the warning win be
needed, and the danger TO our fnstitutions
be peacably averted, do solemnly warn the
of the Dlan that IL wiz 49, ~. |