Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-05
The Platforms Of the Demaoratie and
5gsa Republican Parties. N

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The Democratic Platform
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rOis1~ss ssssS. 81 aossi7irsi. iHa rsuss 4 y
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h,l. kRssoseed That the d Democracy Of ph;o ste.d
fastly sdhere 70 the prinepIes 81 the party as es
pounded by sss fst ,srs. and spproved sby expert
tsst g.: GsVernSent iiDep 3 sossrn ss
lnent of Iipitsa powers spd that it possesses D
impiicatidp delegated to It ID the Federal Censtiiu
ton; tneeah other powers are reserved TO IN,
the Oeasitatiol Is ,aspeassbis 70 Tie pFssssys
tI1n Oh the reserved RIGHTS of the States and th
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stfSed because sll such granite sbridge the natura
tnS asS;. seas tds Is. q the
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that, the 'loc1l sdaifs Or Ohio should be rcsa
- but two sess.ers. aud the New England
States. With Int = little grea.er gnpulatioc, have
nsnt 70 ass1P tho reserved rights Of the State,
aado the people: andthst, therefore. acsntraIiss
kle il So Of & he r sertiss ses,S and
p@ e. Pa iss as
Il debt besides ippoyerishine The people fosters az
RsS q ssI S.gs GSs
enecf sacriheing the Interests Of the many for the
sadty md spirit Of the sscs s co.
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81 s1f as 1s
stsog 20 As H6srttss ~ sts peepls;, ssash s..
Sics Of so1icl no Goysrsmes can safsfv BE- o,,;its
a.. That to ssch state selgnss the right todeiermine
or rCdnstisutional amendment. are unWise and des.
S sd that g % q.
lanesls the p'iceo iberty;" thst the tendency Of
s ~ bs Sy
nnt an the, of its tendencies 70 govern much
bSts of The people: sbst tSe rseos tns
o. spesGf Of the press s essential to the exist
Ssys II ,ns no % person not in the military
lsgifimately prevails can iswfuily be Sepriyed oi
BE serty or property withs ut due process of civil
redress Of iErieyanees; that no es post Jdcto law
shoqld be made; that. the right Of the people to
t.invqiable; that the military should be held in
due sabjec.ion 70 The eiyil power; that while the
fheI ght to govern. toe minority have indefeasibe
pghts and that frequent return to FIRST principles
Is essential to the welfare Ct the State and the
= Rsso1us5 Thst the States Is.e,y ia rebellion are
such BY every department Of the cover, ment, and
by President Lincoln Who in the midst Of the wal
President ehnson. in vsrio1s .0S 0S
Sncial.acfs. by Congress which permitted Andrew
smbers am TissSa fSsm Tenn
Lanisians to sit in the House Of Representative az
ing carried on, and which further recognized them
as States in the Union by the Congressional
1I9:a apporilonI:snt act providing for their due
AND especially BY the direct tax; by the resolutions
submitting ,mendpents to the Consultation for
hv var unfk 4 -.
tops imparting the same recognition; ali of which
were passed since, the, attempted secession
Tnitsd ssss Shsh ns hsds fsdsTy q the
IN all those States, and especially by the Supreme
ing them Eaic L could not do iis they yG not
IN the Union. That being thus in the Union, they
States With unequal rights being thing % unfnowS N
g e, sqs Ools.ltutio that by the express terms Of
Senators and due portion Of Representaiiyes Io n
the eongrsss and 70 vote in all elections Of Presi
dent and Vice President; that though these rights
they can not. in time Of peace, be suspended much
Iess destroyed,E without plain violation Of the
% rsS aDa e so
Territorial condition; thas therefore the exclusion
States. from an voice in the next Presideno i
GoEsrnnsnts and she reduction Of their States to
the condition of territories are each and every me
potic sssurss destructive not merely of the r;eSt
q those States but also OF the RIGHTS Of everv otb
parts plan to nuiiify the yrsaIIs dIs
okerthrow the State Governments to erect cor.
soadssed dsspcsisn on their RUNS and to establish
e., Of shs american people. That the peo
psrty and honor. submit 10 such result apS %s
Therefore, In the hope that the warning win be heed
ed. and the danger 70 our situation be peaeeabfy
plan that isw not Be sabuittsd o0es'' M ol the
B. Resotced. That Consfess is not an omnipotent
vides that no biT shall become law Without PS The
approval Of the President. unless it has passed BY
of the objeets Of the present so+caed Congress in
eSeqndlpg states from representation is to pass
bills by two-thisds vote which. we're an the States
ahnish the constitutional provision aforesaid That
If this precedent be scquiesced in. there viii be
as tine ID fStafs from ths ooass
tqtional veto ef the and uslrping uncon-
no Ss @ ae %i
in single State. might give this control sand pre-
1:Resolesd, That th people. and especially those
the Of high pfotsctive tariffs, and as the
nstio9 Te 2. s9 ag,agE and aborins pop
longer be extorted from t em in order to fill the
pockets of eastern monopoiists.-
isSsss end y Sois, s6S sS
tgpes neesssafS Co6sitaiicnai means 70 rsmeSs
6: Resosoed. That the Radical majority in the So
CALLED Congress have proved themselves to be in
pie Of the District of Coiumbia against their most
qtanimous wish, solemnly expressed at the polls by
forcing 1t upon the people Of all the Territories and
bytteir various devices to coerce the people Of The
spHth TO adopt Il; that zoe opposed to Negro
StZrGge u 1oorLd Reproductive of soA to
Gstyous cohJfict OF rdces Ii fsTN i-l7 "a 81
Z. ResolUed, That for all their efforts to uphold
the Consttution we tender to the President and to
the msjority Of the Judges of the Supreme Court of
the United StAtes our hearty thanks. Ii'ls 10 'sihl
hes .-hsmsa siaais -- xIese II "a al 81
Hkepubllcan Platfor.n Adopted
slf -tsls. .Jlne 10, 1857. +,l - y y
lst EhstI one of the great lessons of the war is
that the American peoplei nation, and not
meEeII acnltadGEanl of solAraign And indenar,daut