The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-09-24
PLATFORM OF TEEE OHIO
DEMOCRACY.
ddopi5a IN CoarSstion at Columbus Ohio.
on the III Of Jonuary 1868.

RrFoLTLb, That the Democracy Of Ohio
congratulate the country on the iinproyrd
aspect oI political ahHirs Ms evidenced hy
the State elections at 1907, and that thcy
look Forward with h"po and confidence TO
The result dt tlut Wcmeniuus struggle upun
which they Hre about to enter, aud ui,un
which dcpends, in ~ great degree, that
iuture pence and prosperity uf the Union.
EEsuLNtn, That, uuultcrably oppnscd 10
the doctrincs which lend to consolidation
we renew with unilagging zeal and ncreas-
cd energy our attachment to that pnliticnl
creed which hss ever been SO stannchly nd
nc: ed To- by our organization through days
Ol trouble tnd disaster, 10 well NJ good E,r-
tune snd prosperity, which was thus OK.
prcss'd by Thonns Jefferson ''Equal and
exact Justice 10 all men, of whntevrr state
or persunsi"ii--rcligio or politicul---pcace,
commerce aud honest frlcudship with all
nations, cnt0nglmg alliances with none I;
The support of the State Governments in all
their rights, ns the most competent admin.
istratioh 0iour domestic concerns and the
suresI bulwark against anti-rel ublicnn ten
dcncics; the preservation Of the Gcncrnl
Government IN its whole constitutional yigor
rs the sheet anchor of peace at home aud
safety abroad jealous care Of the rights
NJ elections by the people aud the suprc.
macy OF the civil over the military author
ty."
RLSoLvRp, That va condemn tho legisla.
tive usurpntons OF Congress aud particular
y the several acts Of rccoustruction 80.
called, rs violatiYc Ufthe Constitutional
compact between the States, and IA utterly
subverSivc Of every principle Of self gov.
crument that distinguishes n free people.
NhShLFkpi IhHt we are opposed TO any
measures which recognize the integrity of
tho Union wns ever hroken---tlgt any Of
IA mcnlbcra were ever nu,--and tha. wa
doterin ninedly insist that tho Southern
Siatcs, no longer beng IN insurrection, or
at war, with tie Federal Government. are
entitled to tho full StHte recognition aud
constitutional representation ~ Congress
and the electoral colleges given to all the
States, ani this denial OF it to them by
Congress, and its efforts 10 dictate TO them
ny military iur"o government for them
are unconstitutional, revolutionary and
dcspo ic.
KEsoLvED, That we are opposed, both in
principle aud policy, TO negro suffrage
lhut the state OF Ohlo--having by tho EN-
phatlc majority Of 5O, 900 rejected it for her
aelt-is stcrnly opposed TO its forced iinpo.
ation upon other States, and that we stig-
matizcd such an imposition by the Federal
Government as a most base usurpation.
RhsoLvEp, That the practical effect of the
ro-cnllcd Reconstruction acts oC Congress
TO deliver over ten States TO the pOlltical
nnd social control OF Ncgroes aud 10 place
the livcs, liberties, aRd fortunes of the
whites residing therein, in the hands of
barbarous people, aud that il would newt
ably lead either to a war of races or 10 the
Airlcnni5ation Of the SOuth.~
REsotvED, That Notwithstanding the onor-
nous aud conceded frauds in the creation
Of the public debt, the faith of the country
Is pledged to its payment, princip pal aud
interest, according to the terns OF the scy
oral acts of Congress, under which the bonds
representing the debt wero issued, but not
otherwise, and We are opposed to any plan
for extending the times of payment, thus
increasing the amount of gold interest to
more than the principal, or to any de-
claration by Congress that the princi.
pal is payable in gold, which would
virtually add more than n thousand
millions to the burthcn of the debt
and to the whole insane financial policy
of which these measures are part.
RESOLVED, That, neither forgetting or
denying our ancient faiths that gold
and silver coin for tho currency OF the
Constitution, we declare that the FIVE
twenty bonds should be paid in the
same currency received by the Govern
ment for their issue, and that by the
withdrawal of tho monopoly, granted
10 the national banks this result can
be accomplished without an undue OF
dangerous increase of PAPER money,
now the only circulating medium, thus
relieving our people from the burthen
of debt, the tendency of which is al.
ways corrupt, and our Government from
rcproach OF saving favored class in
gold, while discharging its debts to all
others, including pensions to widows,
and soldiers in an inferior currency,
RESOLVED, That this plan violates no
law, impairs no contract, breaks no
faith, and instead of rctarding return
to specie payment, is the shortest be-
cause the only safe way ofrcaching that
end.
RESOLVED, That all the property of
the country, including the Government
bonds, which receives the the equal
protection of tile Government, should
bear an equal share in its burthens.
RESOLVED, Thatwe Indignantly reject
the principle derived from the feudal
system that the masses of the people
belong to the Governments under which
they live, which in another form is con-
tended for NJ the tnonsrchie- ofFurcrs