The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-05-13
PLATFORM OF THE DEMoO
RAoY OF OHIO ADOPTED
,El868.

LOU, ana That tncy look W VIII
hope and confidence o the result o
II that momentous struggle, and upol
which depends, in so great a degree
/ the future peace and prosperity of the
{ Union.
Resoloed, That, unalterably oppos.
d to the doctrines which lead to con.
~solidation, we renew with ~unfagging
zeal and increased energy, our attach
ment to that political creed which has
ever been.so %staunchiy adhered to by
our organization through days cf troab-
lie and disaster, as well as good fortune
and prosperity, which was thus ex-
pressed by Thomas Jefferson : equal
and exact justice to all men, of what
ever state or persuasion-religious or
poiitlcai-peace, commerce and honest
friendship with all nations, entangling
alliances with none; the support of the
state Government in all their rights,
as the most competent administration
OF our domestic concerns and the sur
est bulwark against anti-republican
tendencies ; the preservation of the
General Government in its whole con-
stltutional yigor as the sheet anchor of
peace at home and safety abroad ; a
jealous care ofithe rights of elections
by the people; and the supremacy of
the civil over the military authority"
Resolved, Tha. we condemn the
legislative usurpations of Congress,
and particularly the several acts of re-
construction SO called, as violative of
the Constitutional compact between
the Mates onI nc rfkarl- orH,,-.
every principle of self government
that distinguishes a free people.
ResolOed, That we are opposed to
any measures which recognize that
the integrity of the Union was ever
broksn-that any Of its members were
out, and that we determinedly re-
sist that the Southern States no longer
being in instruction, or at war, with
the Federal Government, are entitled [
the full State recognition and con-
'titctional representation in Congress,
and the electoral colleges given to ali
,he States, and the denial of it to them
~ Congress, and its efforts to dictate
~ military force q government for
hem are unconstitutional, revolution
ny and despotic.
Resolved, That We are opposed both
n principle and policy, to negro suf. I
rage ; that the State of Ohio-havins =
the emphatic majority of so, 900 re-
it for herself-it is sternly op- p
osed to its forced imposition upon
States, and that We stigmatize ,
UGH an imposition by the Federal
as a most base usurpa- G.
fl
Resolved, That the practical effect P.
f the so-called Reconstruction act of n,
congress is to deliver over ten States =
the political and social control of ne. v
roes and to place the lives, liberties
I'D fortunes of the Whites residing
herein, in the hands of o barbarous
eople, an that it would inevitable h,
either war of races or to the be
fricanizatIon Of the South. be
ResolUed, That Notwithstanding the on
Iormcus and conceded Er~auds-nvthe OK
oation ofthe public debt, the faith i've
the country is pledged to itsi pay On
emit, principal and interest, accord no
g to the terms of the several acts of
'ngress, under which the bonds rep
the debt were issued, but Do
t otherwise, and we are opposed to ter
y plan for extending the tunes of
yment, thus increasing the amount
gold interest to more than the prin
or to any declaration by Congress
the principal is payable in gold,
.ish would virtually add more than -
thousand millions to the burthen of
debt, and to the whole insane Fl. n
,cial policy of which these measures II
a part. ss mi
Resolved That, neither forgetting a M.
: denying our ancient faith that cN
d and silver coin form the currency iUr
the Constitution, we declare that IN
6~ve-twenty bonds should be paid Tue
the same currency received by the O.
for their issue, and that SSo'
the withdrawal of the monopoly o9'
nted to the National Banks this re- WIN
can be accomplished without an ioa
iue or dangerous increase of paper Iun
ney, now the only circulating medi. az
!, thus relieving our people from the re'
then of a debt, the tendency Of s.s,
ich is always to corrupt and enslave. e sn
our Government from the reproach VI
a favored class in gold, while ing
charging its debts to all others, i'm Del'
ding pensions to widows and SOL sne
RS, in an inferior currency. au'
Resolved, That this plan violates no i.~
, impairs no contract, breaks no =
h, and instead of retarding a return
specie payments, is the shortest =
ause the only safe way of reaching -
/ end.
aesozued, That all the property of In I
country, including the Govern !
at bonds, which receives the equal {
lection of the Government, should a
r an aqual share In its bnrthens. IN
cesolued, That we indignsntly reject
principle derived from the feudal Ricl
'em-that the masses of the people Cou
ing to the Governments under duly
Oh they live, which in another form Act
ontended for by the monarchies of for
including Great Britain, of. f
e a subject always a subject-that pro,
on the contrary maintain hat an 29tt
vidual can, by emigration and resi- A.
ce in another country, fprswear his SAM
7ious allegiance, and be admitted in and
u the civil aud political rights of the
new home-that American citizens not
and naturalization are en- mott,
d to all the rights as between US ing
foreign powers which can be 27tt
ned by our native born citizeos, will
it is the duty of the Federal Gov the