The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-07-15

Mr.. Randall of Pa, offered a resO-
luton in favor of increasing the pen
sions OF soldiers and sailors, by pay
ing them in gold or its equivalent
[Applause.1 Referred.
On~mOtion of Mr.. Richardson, of H. ,
linois, 1t was ordered that each State |
report its member of the Execu tive |
Committee by tomorrow morning.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On the reassembling Ofthe ConVen- |
ton In the afternoon, communica-
tion from the Soldiers and Sailors
Convention was presented.
On motion of Hon. Geo. w. Wood
ward of Pennsylvania, q Committee
was appointed to escort the Commit
tee of Soldiers and Sailors into the
Hall.
The delegation, consisting of Cen
erals Franklin, ,Slocum, Badly, Smith,
Ewing and seventeen others, entered
the hall and were conducted to the
platform. Sergeant Bates entered
with the american Flag carried by
him from Vicksburg to Washington.
The Convention received the Conf
mittee standing, amid prolonged
cheers.
General Franklin was introduced
and delivered a brief address. Colonel
O'Bierne read an address from the
Soldiers and Sailors Convention,
which named no candidate, but de
nounced Radicalism with great vehe-
mence. The address states that two
thousand delegates are in attendance.
\ motion was made and carried to
incorporate the address into the pro-
ceedings OF the Convention.
General Ewing, of Ohio, was loudly
called for, and responded in an able
speech, which was enthusiastically
applauded.
THIRD DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The delegates were generally on
hand, and the galleries were filled
with spectators, prior to calling the
! Convention To order. The hnil wRs
flied with rumogs.
/ Mr.. Wright, of Delaware, submit
ted resolutions from Hon. Alex. IL.
Stephens, OF Georgia, which We're
read and referred, and the name of
Stephens cheered.
The platform as agreed upon, and
| which was sent to the chair, where it
was read by Mr.. Murphy, declares;
PLATFORM.
The Democratic party in National Con-
ventiOn assembled, reposing its trust in the
intelligence, patriotism, discrimination and
| justice of the people; standing upon the
| Constitution as the foundation and limitation
of the powers of the Government, and thu
guaranteeing the liberties of the citizen, and
recognizing the questions of slavery and
secession US having been settled for all time
to come by the war, or the voluntary action
of the Southern States in Constitutional
Conventions assembled, and never to he re-
newed or reagitated, do with the return of
peace, demand
First The immediate restoration of all
the States to their rights in the Union under
the Constitution, and of civil government to
the American people.
Second. Amnesty for all past political Of
fences and the regulation of the elective
franchise in the States by their citizens.
! Inc OI tue puDuC uCDl
of the United States as soon as practicable
and that all moneys drawn from the people
by taxation, except so much as is requisite
for the necessities of the Government eco
nomically administered, be honestly applied
to such payment and where the obligation:
of the Government do not expressly state
upon their face, or the law under which
they were issued does not provide that they
shall be paid in coin, they ought, in righ
| and in Justice, to be paid III the Lawful
money of the United States.
In demanding these measures and reforms
we arraign the radical party for IFS disregard
of right and the unparalleled oppression anC
. tyranny which have marked its career Af
ter Il most solemn and unanimous pledge o
both Houses of Congress TO prosecute tn
war exclusively for the maintenance of tht
Government and the preservation of tn,
T Union under the Constitution, it has repeat
edly violated the most sacred pledges mde
which alone rallied that noble voluntee
army which carried our flag to victory; III
stead of restoring the Union il has so fur q
in its power dissolved it and subjected tel
States in time of profound peace TO militar
deSpotism and negro supremacy; has strip
> | ped the President of his constitutional powc
1 of appointment even of his own Cabinet
Under its repeated assaults the pillars of tn
o Government are rocking on their base, an
should it succeed in November next TO il
augurate its President, we win meet Us
: subjugated and conquered people amid tn
$ ruins of liberty and the scattered fragment
b. of the Constitution.
ReSOired, That in the future rs in Oh
past we viii adhere with answering fide
u ity to the Union under the O. Institution 1
i the only solid foundation of our strength
N security and happiness Us 4 people, and
a frame work of government equally cOndl
y Give TO the welfare and prosperity of all IL
States, both Northern and Southern.
+ RssOtred, That the Union established 4
IA the Constitution is q Union of States, Fc,
eral in its character, composed of Stat
1 thereby united, and is incapable of existir
Is without the States as its continuing integr
< parts, and therefore the perpetuity of Il
le Union in its integrity depends on the pre-
a ervaiion of the States in their political il
~ tegrity, the Government of the United Stat
d being Federal Republic and not q conso
lie datiOn of the whole people in one nation.
10 ReSOtred, That the perpetuty of Il
Union and the maintenance of the Cover
u aent, as both were established by the Co
lg stitutiOn and as both under the COnstiuti,
I'M have been expounded in the foregoing res
81 lutions in conformity with the veneraI
teachings of Jefferson, Madison and jar
u son, have ever been held as cardinal dOctri
n of the Democratic party, and they are nc
IN reiterated with increased earnestness, und
of the solemn conviction that constitution
liberty can be preserved on this contic
ea only by bringing back the administration
the Government to those time honored pri
al ciples on which for sixty years there W
- such unparalleled happiness and prosperit
z, and In rescuing it from the hands of tho
ld who have ever held the Constitution itself
ch be no better than a covenant with death a
as an agreement with hell; whose reEolutiC
:, airy policy and measures have brought su
general discord, strife and war, with its
MS tendent Ills upon large portion of I
is country, and such wide spread demorall
ton throughout the whole of 1t.
~, ReSOtpod, That the Democratic party
sustaining the Federal administration in
,oI late unhappy conflict of arms did so in sc