The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-05-21
STATV DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. |
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
JANUARY 8th, 4. ID. 1907.


RKsoLUTIoNs.
/. Resolved, That the Democracy ofOhlo !
steadfastly adhere to the principles of the |
| party as eXpOunded by the fathers, and ap-
proved by experience; that in accordance
with these principles we declare that the
Federal Government Is u government of
| limited powers, and that Il Possesses no
powers but such as are expressly, or by
necessary Implication delegated TO it In the
| Federal Constitution; that all other powers
are reserved TO the states or the people
that strict construction of the CSnstitu-
tion Is Indispensable to 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 to the preservation of the Union
that the Federal Government Is untitled to
llcgislate for or administer the local concerns
luf the States that il would be monstrous
that the local affairs ofOhio should be regu-
lated by Federal Congress in which she has
but two Senators, and the New England
States, with but little greater population,
have twelve that the tendency of the Fed
leral Government is to usurp tho reserved
rights of the States and of the people and
that, therefore, u Capitalization of power in
It's hands Is an ever pending danger. That
iSNtll hil uDsnDllhll Ol DOWtT NOulu, Wnllt
it lasted, be destructive of the liberties and
interests of the people, and would end
either In despOtism or a destruction of the
Union that q National debt, besides inn
pOverishing the people, fosters an undue
increase OF the powers of the Federal Gov
ernment; that high protective tariffs have
| IA like effect, 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 TO the prosperity, but also to 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-
, 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
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-unnecessarily and vexatiOusly
, interfering with the business and habits Of
the people; that the freedom of speech and
lof 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
A 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 eI post CdctO
e law should be made; that the right of the
- people to peaceably assemble and consult
= upon publ affairs is inviolable; that the
military should be held in due subsection
S to the civil power; that while the major
0 ity, as prescribed by the Constitution, have
. the right to govern, the minority have in
defcasible rights; and that Il frequent re-
currence to first principles is essential to
- the welfare of the State and the people.
!. 2. ReSolved, That the States lately in re-
. belion are States in the Union, and have
been recognized as such by every depart
mcnt of the Government, and by Presi-
/ dent Lincoln, who, in the midst of the war,
k Invited them to eectmembers of Congress
q by President johnson, in various procla-
:, nations and official acts; by Congress,
Il which permitted Andrew johnson to sit In
n the Senate as Senator from Tennessee,
!. and members from Virginia, Tennessee
and Louisiana to sit in the House of Repre-
sentativcs after these States had seeded
< and while the war was being carried on
q and which further recognized them as
= States in the Union by the Congressional
>, appOrtiOnment act providing for their due
e representation in Congress; by various
tax laws, and especially by the direct tax
by the resolutions submitting amendments
to the Constitution for their approval, and
az by various other acts and resolutions i'm
= parting the same recognition all of which
" were passed since the attempted secession
It of those States, by the judiciary of the
le United States, which holds Federal Courts
in all those States, and especially by thu
Supreme Court, which entertains jurisdic
'e tion of cases coming from them, which i
i could not do were they not in the Union
That being thus in the Union, they stant
as on an equal footing with their sister State
u States with unequal rights being a thin
G unknown to the Constitution; that by tn
II express terms of the Constitution, eacl
iVe State Is entitled to have two Senator'S and
rs due proportion of Representatives in tn
"a Congress, and to vote in all elections G
President and Vice-president; that thong
to these rights are subject to interruption b
n Il state of civil war, they can not, in time
od peace, be suspended, much less destroyed
without plain violation of the Constitu
Ior tion; that Congress has no power to dC
prive a State of its reserved rights, an
reduce it to a Territorial condition; tn,
therefore the exclusion, by the so-calle
,ur Congress, of all representation from te
H. States, the proposed exclusion of thoi
~ States, from all voice in the next PresideI
m tial election, the threatened overthrow
ch their State Governments and the reductiC
OF their States to the condition of terrific
\ les are each and every one of them uncOl
"a stitutional, revolutionary and despot
'lu' measures, destructive not merely of Il
rs rights of those States, but also of the rgh
t Or of every other State in the Union. tn
~ those measures are parts ofa plan to multi
pe the Constitution, virtually overthrow Il
State Governments, to erect consOlidat,
despotism on their ruins; and to establi
and perpetuate a tyrannical rule of minO
the ity over majority OF the American pc
the Pile. That the people cannot, without
loss of their liberties, prosperity and hone
submit to such u result; and we, therefor
us in the hope that the warning will
amt needed, and the danger to our situations
ble peaceably averted, do solcmnly warn Il
one advocates of the plan, that it will II
the be submitted to.
8. Resolved, That Congress Is not
EN- omnipotent w-madng power. That I
Constitution provides that no bill shall b
=. come a law without the approval of L
President, unless it be passed by two-thir
of each House of Congress. That one
the objects OF the present so-called Co