The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-13
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.


Federal Government Is n government Of
limited powers, aud that it possesses no
powers but sue as are expressly, or by
necessary implication delegated TO IL In the
Federal Constitution that all other powers
are reserved to the otates or the people;
that a strict construction OF the Censtitu-
ton is indispensable 10 the presery alton Of
the reserved rights Of the States and the
people that all grants of power to Govern
ment, whether State or Federal, should be
strictly construed, because all such grants
abridgc blc natural rights Of men; that 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
legislate for or administer the local concerns
ofthe States that it would be monstrous
that the local affairs ofOhio should be regu-
lated by a Federal Congressin which she has
but two Senators. and the New England
States, with but Il 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, a Capitalization of power in
Its hands is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs lrption OF power would, while
II lasted, be destructive of the liberties and
Interests of the people. and would end
either In despotism or "A destruction Of the
Union that Il National debt, besides linz
poverishing the people. fosters an undue
Nv NhNO VI AAN IbNtAH VI Nht II NAittNl NhN-
eminent that high protective tariffs have
II like effect, sacrificing the interests of the
many for the emOluments of the few, and
plainly violating the equity and spirit of
the Constitutions; 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 to the prosperity, but also to the
liberties of the people; that unequal tax
alton is n plain violation of Justice, of
which nc 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-
tional amendment, are unwise and despot-
ic; 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
crty - that the tendency of government Is
to enlarge its authority by usurpatiOn, and
therefore government needs to he watched
that another of its tendencies is to govern
too much-unnecessarily and vexatiously
interfering with the business and 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 legitimately 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 en- post fdctO
law should be made; that the right of the
people to peaccably assemble and consult
upon public affairs is inviolable; that the
military should no hold in d1e snh;ection
To- the civil nower. that while the mnior-
inv ~ nresrribed Inv thn Coustitution Tove
the rioht 70 cavern the minnritv bnvn IN
defeasible rights; and that II frequent re-
currence to first principles is essential to
} PoooJ,eJ Tbot tbn Stotos IatoII in ro
holiiou ,rn Stotns in tho Tfnion ond LaHo
hcnn reroonized os such nv every Janort-
l n,nnt nf flo Gnvnrnn,nut ond no -;
t dnrt 7 ;ncoin Iybo in tbn miJst oGFttha -
, invited them to elect members of CONGRESS-
Inv President Johnson in various nTocIo
NOTIONS onL oTicioI ,cts h. ConraS,
4 which nnrmitted Andrew johnson 70 sit I'm
= thr senate ne a senator from TannasSae
, and mnmba from, Virginia Tannessod
md Inuiaiono 70 st In ths iJnusa az Ponra
"entativas oftar thesn Statas had coded
@ and yvLiIn Tho vvor yyos baiug carriad On
h and which further rcco0ni2od them n.
Statos in the Ifnion NV t5a Gongrnssiora
II oDnortionmrnt act nr9viJing fnr 1boir az
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b. ST +La rosoIntions smh;y, ~ ~ onanndtr t"H
~ rho Constitntion for their onnroIai and
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nortinr tbn souna rnannnitinn . oil Of ,yIinI
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IT, bojU% thns in thss TEn,nn thoy O Stnm,
-" an edm5l tonting witb their it, iy Statn,
Statos In UnaG,al rirhts 10" = tLi"t
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n unnno" " w. un' tha Sonr Ia W vi,
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JTe. nropnrtion Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ia ai ~
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Fl President and Vice-president that, thougl
,r these rights are subject to interruption 3,
A state Of civil war. they can not, in time q
peace. be suspended. much less destroyed
without a plain violation of the Constitu
e ton that Congress has no power to de
nriye a State of its reserved rights. an,
1t reduce It to a Territorial condition tba
therefore the exclusion. nv the so-calie,
congress of all representation from re-,
ID States. the proposed exclusion of thos
k, States. from all voice in the next Presiden
tial election, the threatened oyerthrow n
their State Governments and the rednctio,
OF their States to the condition of ~territor
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