The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-30
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
JANUABT Sth, a. d. 1907.


RESOLUTIONS.
I. RcSoiUed, That the Democracy Of Ohio
steadtastly adhere to the principles of the
party rs ~eNpounded by the fathers, and APP
proved BY eNperierce; that IN accordance
with these principles we declare that the
Federal Government Is a government OF
limited powers, and that Il possesses no
powers but suchsas are expressly, or by
necessary Implication delegated to IL i'm the
Federal Constitution that allother powers
are reserved to the states or the people;
that q strict construction OF the Constitu-
ton Is Indispensable 20 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 tile
preservation Of the equality and rights of
the States aud the rights of the people Is
necessary 60 the preservation of the Union ;
that tho Federal Government Is untitled to
lcgisiate for or administer the local concerns
of the States that 10 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 n 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: aud
that, therefore, % Capitalization of power in
is hands Is mn cyor pending danger. That
such an abs lrption OF pawer would, while
IL lasted, be destructive of the liberties and
interests of the people, and would end
either in dcspOtism or a destruction Of the
Union that a National debt, besides inn
poyerishlng the people, fosters an undue
increase of the powers of the Federal Gov
erumcnt; that high protective tariffs have
q 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 enOrmo 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 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, '%ctcrual vigilance is the price of lib
erty = that the tendency of government Is
to enlarge its authority by usurpation. and
therefore government needs to he watched
that another of its tendencies l. 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
tv, 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
,a,n1. TO y,a..nI1r u-app,l1n md ,n,,,,IV
upon public affairs is iuviolable; that the
military should be held in due subsection
to the civil power; that while the major
ity, rs prescribed by the Constitution, have
the right to govern, the minority have in
defcasiblc rights; and that n frequent re-
currence to first principles Is essential Ia
the welfare of the State and the people.
,. RGSOlUed, That the States lately in re-
hcllion are States In the Union, and have
been recognized rs such by every depart
ment of the Government, and by Presi.
dent Lincoln. who, in the midst of the war
invited them to cleCtmcmbers of Congress
by President johnson, in various proCla
nations and official acts; by Congress
which permitted Andrew Johnson to sit il
the Senate rs a Senator from Tennessee
and membps from Virginia, Tennessee,
and Louisiana to sit in the House of Repre-
sentativcs after these States had seeded
2 and while the wal was being carried on
T ana wilch tlrthef recognized them a
states III the Union by the congressional
apportlolhleht act proVldlhg lor thelr du'
representation IN congress; ny various
t tax laws ana especially, ny the direct tax
+ by tile resolutions submitting amendments
: TO the constitution Ior thelr approval ant
ny various other acts ana resolutions i'm
parting the same recognition all OF which
) were passed since the attempted secession
OF thoSe states oy, inc Judiciary OF th'
United states when holds Federal Court
IN all tlose states, ana especially by IN
supreme Court when cntertalns Jurlsdic
ton OF cases coming from them' which /
could not do were they not IN the Union
That being thus IN the Union, they stan'
J on an equal footing with their sister state
States with unequal rights being II thin
unknown to the Constitution; that, by TIL
% express terms of the Constitution, eacI
state IS entitled to have two Senators and
:, due proportion of Representatives in til
y Congress, and to vote in all elections G
{ IreslusnS ahu ' lceipresiueh ;tnal, thong
n Ihtso lSiIS are suuJeHc 70 nle,ruptloh U
II u sIate pl ciSll WHIi Vhcy S'h not III lIlhe
peace pe susPehufu much IeIs uSslroScl
WITHOUT pam Vlolatlol Oh the Const'Iu
Won Ildt oISrc nus nv power 10 ut