The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-05-10
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
#ANUAR "a, 4. y. Isoi.


!. Resoired, That the Democracy orOhio
steadfastly adhere to the principles Of the
party ns "a pOuudrd by the fathers, and an !
proved by experience that In accordance !
Mlth these principles We declare that the
Federal Government Us u government Of
limited powers. and that II possesses no
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary Implication delegated to IL I'm the
Federal Constitution that aliOthcr powers
are reserved 70 the states or the people.
that a strict construction OF the Csnstltu-
ton Is Indispensable 10 the preservation 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
abridge the natural rights OF men that the
preservation Of the equality and rights OF
the States aud the rights of the people Is
necessary 10 the reservation OF the Union: |
that the Federal Government " untitled 20
legislate for or administer the local concerns
Of the states that 10 would be monstrous
that the local Affairs OfOhiO should be regu-
lated by n Federal Cougressin which has
bat two Senators. aud the New England
States, with but II little greater population,
have twelve that the tendency of the Fed
eral Government is 70 usurp the reserved
rights Of the States and Of the people; and
that. therefore, n Capitalization Of power In
tts hands Is an ever pending danger. That
such an abs lrptiOn OF power would. while
10 lasted, bc destructive of the liberties and
interests of the people, and would end
either in despotism or n destruction of the
Union that "A National debt, besides i'm
poverishing the people, fosters an undue
increase OF the powers Of the Federal Gov
ernlnent that high protective tariffs nave
4 like effect, sacrificing the interests Of the
many for the emolumcnts OF the few, and
plainly violating the equity and spirit of
the Constitutions; that the collection and
Hialttpa4Nnapt pI HY,prn,O,,g .,,,, - A..
Federal Government have the same ten
dency, beside corrupting the Government,
aud that, therefore,, econOm 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 no Government can safely be guilty.
That 10 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 Constitu-
tiOnal amendment, are uuwisc and dcspot-
lc; that the tendency Of power Is to steal
from the many to the few, and that. there
fore, "%cternal vigilance Is the price OF lib
erty = that the tendency of government Is
to enlarge its authority by %usuTpatiou, and
therefore government needs to be- watched;
that another Of It's tendencies Is TO govern
too much-mneccssarily and vcXatiOusly
Interfering with the business and habits Of
the people; that the freedom of speech aud
of the press IS essential to the existence of
liberty that no person not in the military
or naval service, or In the bounds WI !
martial law l~eyitimotni~ .irrc
IGullWI ~, ~. 10y Prevails. can law
.,mIy 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 JdctO
law should be made; that the right of the
people to peaccably assemble and consult
upon public affairs Is iuviolablc that the
military should be held la 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
dcfeasiblc rights; and that u frequent re-
currcnce to first principles Is essential to
thp welfare of the state and the people.
2. ResOiUed. That the States lately In re-
bellion are States in the Union, and have
been recognized M such by every depart
ment of the Government, and by l'resi-
dent Lincoln, who, In the midst of the war,
invited them to elcctncmbcrs Of Congress
by President Johnson, In various prucln-
nations and official acts; by Congress,
which permitted Andrcw johnson to sit In
the Senate rs a Senator from Tennessee,
and members from Virginia, Tennessee
and Louisiana to sit IN the House of Repre-
sentativcs afIer these States had seeded,
and while the wHr was being carried on,
and which further recognized them as
States In the Union by the Congressional
appurtiOumcnl act providing for their due
representation In Congress; by various
tax laws, aud especially by the direct tax
by the resolutions submitting amendments
TO the Constitution for their approval, and
by various other acts and resolutions inn
parting the same recognition all of which
were passed since the attempted secession
of those States, by the Judiciary of the
United States, which holds Federal Courts
In all those States, and especially by the
| F.,.at .aIt,l. .,t.rtnsA. s..s,II.
ton of cases coming from them, which IL
could not do We're they not hi the Union.
That being thu in the Union, they stand
Oh an equal footing with their sister States
States with unequal rights being Il thing
unknown to the Constitution that, by the
#. express terms of the Constitution, each
State Is entitled TO have two senators and II
due proportion of Representatives In the
- Congress, and to vote in all elections of
. President aud ViCe-presidcnt that, though
these rights are subject to interruption by
n state of civil war, they can not, in time of
peace, be suspended, much less destroyed.
A without Il plain violation Of the Constitu-
ton that Congress has no power to de-
prive IL State of its reserved rights, and
reduce it to "A Territorial condition that
therefore the exclusion, by the so-called
Congress, Of all representation from ten
States, the proposed exclusion of those
States, from all voice in the next Presiden-
10 Llal pltCllbll' llt luIctltll'u oNcIlllOW vi
their State Governments and the reduction
OF their States to the condition of t%crritor.
les, are each and every one of them uncon-
stitutional, revolutionary and despotlC
= measures, destructive not merely of Tia,
rights of those States, hut also Of the right,
of every other State In the Union. Tha'
those measures are parts Ofa plan TO nullify
the Constitution, virtually overthrow tn,
State Governments, to erect aconsulidater
: despotism on their ruins; and to establisl
and perpetuate atyrannical rule of aminor
ity over a majority Of the American peo
10 pie. That the people cannot, without
lr loss of their liberties, prosperity and honor
:, submit to such u result; and we, therefore
! In the hope that the warming will b,
l. needed, and the danger 20 our situations b,
rs peaceably averted, do solcmnly warn tn,
~ advocates of the plan, that it VIII no
be submitted to.
8. Resolved, That Congress Is not al
omulpotent law-maklug power. That Tia,
Constitution provides that no bill shall he
{ come II law without the approval Of tn,
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