The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-17
Democratic State Platform
lUnanfmously adopted at Columbus, Jam
1Ta..f !; 4l;i uary 8, 1868. l}a aii1ililft

9hos 10 Unanimously adopted at Columbus, JAN
aH. lit slssf 4 slili nary 8, 1868. i}a aii.i'i
odl ia OFT Resolsed, That the Democracy of Ohio
neo or 81 political affairs evidenced by the State
l2liainSit hop and confidence to tie result Of that
snd up pe my 50 ase
degree, the future peace and prosperity of the
;.Rsselssd. That. In. nnalterably opposed IT, the
1aoTo with unfagging zeal increased energy our
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Ga rSpSh nSS SaS sa Of T9Ssls snd
%" Oh exact Justice g iii men Of Whatever state or
lad 9d %na sRPsst @ Win a. N nasSn
dido as s tie
ad m concerns, and the surest bulwark against anti
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3a e saPfs9H aa 2 aSs
em several acts of reconstructiOn; soseaed as vol
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., pie Of sef-goyernmemnt m that distinguishes free
as Es &c Uniss
5 %e n as %ss bss
59ton ths southern States 70 Icing
S ss eod O ds war to I E 5 m s
1Oase se al il tic es AMID
sfoni nSm military saa 1s
oh ad and Gr ss fesoiutionary
,e ,eso1ged That we are opposed both in prncf-
10 By the e@Satic n majority i
od imposition afe and
as 6ss aa nRRR Bss es ae
fon Rss9LSsd That the practical effect Of the So
ell ai.lver over States to the political and Social
to s0a e s s
o ths eer ReGp a set
sa e the AisieaRization l Of the South 10
nne the P9B
lc debt the ialth OF the country Is pledged to its
gou which the bonds Feresentns a the dsbt were is
as sRs sRs Es
1as es q gGa
Would stag add mpps pasaR1s san "A
as Thousand millions to the burhen Of the debt and
othesemeasumEes m are apart q oae 1lLA -..,.
our ancient faith, that gold and silver coin form
the currency Of the % s We declare s lar that
ai currency received BY the government for their
aSed na Pa e 9g St the SstSB 6 fs &
frasft can be, accomplished without undue dam
RaPsF s nSiSy Syns shs peS
10 We always eorrapt snG
11nss & from rom the p spfGash Of psyng il
f to all others, including pensions to wldows and
b sOsaels so n IN ha9 a9afer @ an TiSa no law
pairs contract breaks faith, and instead of
retarding return to specie payment, is the
Io shortest because the only safe way of reaching
ldoH that end 9!ms 4 .l,Isofti3u 10 .affiff J
r Resolped ThQt all the property of the country,
t' including the Government bonds, which receives i
~ the equa6 protection of the Government should
,,, bear equal share in its burthenseE Ii3I 81 4
-it''i'i ResolUed,, That Indignantly reject the
ifiG principle derived from the fetdal syste-that
- m fthe masses fof the people belong to the Govern
- ment under which they live, which in another |
-i; form is eonteTded for by the monarchies of Eu
-stY rope including Great Brtain--Onee subject |
"a - always. q. ,subect-that we, the, contrary, /
m4intain that an individual can by emigration
Gs and residence in another country, forswear his
,, previous allegiance; and be admitted into all the
civil and political rights of his home-that /
~, natuFalzed citizens are entitled to all the
can be claimed by our native born citizens and
9il Git is the duty Of the Federal Government to pro-
S0 tect and maintain them by every means within
its powers - n algl.. {l.5,s .., s,.7. 'S-'
NaHV ResoIced That the people will sustain Andrew
johnson, President of the United States, in his
struggle with Congressional iusurpaton, and |
7i' that we pledge the Democracy of Ohio to sup
100 port him in all Constitutional measures to re-
fieve the white people of the South from the ne
gro government now: being imposed upon them. /
81 ~ esolced That the fortftude and gallantry of
sodieFsin the recent civil in defense of
the Union; entitle them to the gratitude of the
Ia country, and they should ever be remembeIed
kEI9l by it nitS bounties. 81 sfij -ltii'Sh . 70 4
.s Resol1ed,, That the Democracy of the country
have neither the the purpose nor desire to e-es
10 tabsh slavery, nor to Tsstime any portion of the
f,qadebts ofIthe States lately in rebellion iI,t