Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-11
The Platforms 81, the Democratic and
= Republican Parties.


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dec are thatthe Federal Government is govern
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implication delegated to il in the Federal Constilu
or Se sope that strict seserssH ai aes
The Copssitption is ,ndispepss6ie te the preserve
peopis: thst ali giants Of power to GoSern%ent mt
whether state os Fe5srak should be strictly en-:
rights Of men that the pres eryation Of the equsir
and rights Of the States. and rights of
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.uufttsi TO lesisate for or administer the local
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States with hut a Ittis greater ri pSpulstion. have
twelve: that the tendency Of the Federal Govern
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ton Of power in its hands i an ever pending da!-
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lntsrest ct shs people ana woHd end either 10 des
al debt besides mPovershing the people, fosters an
undue ihcreaseef the powers OF the Federal Gov
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emolumenss Of the few, and plainly violating the
lectioH avd dis6Hrsemesf Of enormous rsseassss Sv
sac fsdesdt Goeernssest Adce tie tendency BE-
seoOS,vis sssssias not ons 70 s prosperisg Sxs
also 60 the liberties Of the people; that u u
sc o asc1 10 g can s'9ssIS sa % cy ss
That to each State beonss the right to determine
the ausifcstion Of ts electors, ard all atempt. to
or constitutional amendment, arc unwise and des.
Potic that the tendency Of power steal from the
lance IS the Ss1ty that the ssnasney o
koyernIent is to enl.rge its authority by usurpe-
smother Of its tsSencies IS to govern 100 much MUCH
pn scessarily and vexatously interfering with the
and e 10 eos the
enee Of liberty that no person not in the military Or
siibeTt Of property With; ut due process of civil
feSfess of sseysncss that NO e 9ot spe cso a%
should be made; that. the right Of the people to
invs!sb.; that the military Should be held in
y due sqbiection to the civil power that while, the
the to severn, the minority hare indefeasihle
rights and that frequent return to first principles
IS essential to the welfare Of the State and the
Resosses That the States lately in rebellion are
such BY every department Of the COVER ment and
by President Lincoln who, in tire midst of the war,
Pssdent Jehnson. sSs IN VsrioSs pfocs%aaions aOS
.ssticisl ses by CONGRESS which permitted Andrew
!, essee, and members from Vireinis Tennessee and
aogsians 70 sit in the House Of ar
States in tie Union y the cossTsssioeal ioe
ssS s;Pssisy y "a diTsc. ,aS by the resolution.
their epproval and by various other sets and resolu
Uniteda States; which holds, Federal Courts
Court which entertains Jurisdiction of cases COM
Ing froT them Ehich i could NOT do we're they not
n tand on equal footing with their sister Sta Is
. :. States with unequalriehts being thing unknown
the Constitution each State is entitled to have two
Senators and due portion Of Representatives in
dent and that. though these @ tights
are subject to Interruption by state of civil war
less destroyed Without plain Violation Of the
C6nstilution that Congress has no power to deprive
Territorial condition. that therefore the exclusion
By the so,csIed Cenefess. Of all representation
States, from al voice IN the next ,Presiaen-
Govern .ents and the reduction of their States to
the condition Of territories, each and every
of them uncens titutionsl, revolutionary and .des-
Of those States bat also Of the rights Of every 9TH
er state IN the Union. That those measures are
p overthrow the State Governments to erect a con-
solidated despotism on their ruins; and to establish
msjafity of the American people That the peo-
pie cannot without loss of their liberties. pros
therefore, in The hope that the warning win be heed
ae1. sad the danger to our situation be peaceabl :
plan. that it Bill not be submitted 10.
3 BesdzDsd. That gourress is not an omnipotent
vides that no bili shall become law without the
approval of the President. unless it has BASED BY
of the objects Of the present so-caled CONGRESS in
excluding states from representation. is to pass
Eepresented. could pass and thus to virtually
abolish the constitutional provision aforesaid That
If this precedent be scquiesced in. there will be
nothing to prevent bare majority of Congress. at
time in the future from nullfyng the consti-
tutional veto of the President and nsurpng uncon-
nolity from their seats That the exclusion of even
in single State. might give this control. and pre-
L an unscrupulous and revolutionary party.
aE Rfso1ved That the people. and especially those
of the agricultural States. have suffered too loge
repfessnetves Of an agricultural aud sborine pop
ulation. we demand that their substance shall nc
longer be extorted from t EN- in order to fill the
pockets of eastern monopoiists. Co.,
Fn5 RssolDed That unequal taxation is contrary tG
tho hrst prlncpie. Of Justice and sound policy ano
We call upon eur Goyernments,T Federal and State
to all necessary Constitutional means to remedy
76g Rssolrsd That the Radical msjori y in the So
favor of Negro Suffrage by forcing it upon the peo
pie of the District of Columbia against their mos
unanimous wish, solemnly ex pressed at the polls b.
forcing it upon the people of all the Territories
by their various devices to coerce the people Of tn
south to adeptIt; that zoe are opposed to Negr
= both trhft,s and blacks and tend to produce dds
q dstrons conflict Of races.
T.zResol0ed. That for all their efforts to uphol
he Constitution w tender O the President and I