The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-09-10
PLATFORM OF THHE OHIO
DEMOCRACY.
.IdopiSd IN Convention at Columbus, Ohio,
OF Mc III ef Ja,WdrH 1868.

OF Tie IN V JGHUdry 1868.
RgsoLyLp, That the Democracy Of Ohio
congratulate tho country Oh the improved
aspect Of political affairs as evidenced by
the State elections Of 1867, aud that they
look forward with hope and confidence to
the result Oi that momeutOua struggle upon
which they ure about to enter, aud upon
which depends, IN 50 great degree, that
future peace aud prosperity Of the Union.
RESOLVED, That, unultcrably opposed to
the doctrines which lead to consolidation,
we renew with unAagging zeul and increas-
ed energy, our attachment 10 that political
creed which has ever been so staunchly adj
hey cd to by our organization through days
of trouble ind disaster, as well u5 good for
tune un,l prosperity, which was thus eX-
pressed by Thomas jefferson Equal and
exact justice to all men, OI whntover state
or persuasOn-rclgIO IOus or political-pGace,
commerce aud honest Friendship with all
nations, eutauglmg alliances with none
the support of the State Governments IN all
their rights, ua this most competent admin
istratiOn Ofuur domestic concerns and the
surrst bulwark against anti-rel ublican ten
dcncicsj the preservation of the General
Government ia its whole constitutional ygor
as the sheet anchor Of peace ut home and
safety abroad II jealous care OF the rights
ofcleclious by the people aud the suprc-
mucy Of The civil over the military author
ity."
EEsoLygp, That We condemn tho logislo-
tive usurputions Of Congress aud particular
Is the several acts oi rcconstruction So
called, 40 yiolative of the Constitutional
compact between the States, and as utterly
subversivo OF every principle Of self gov
ornmeut that distinguishes Tree people.
RESOLVED, That we are opposed to any
measures which recognize the integrity oI
the Union was ever brokCn-that any Of
its members were ever out--and tina. we
detcrninedly insist that tho Southern
states, 40 longer being ia insurrection, or
at war, with tie Federal Government, are
entitled 10 tho full State recognition aud
constitutional representation in Congress,
and the electoral colleges given to all the
States, and this denial of IL tO them by
Congress, and ito efforts TO dictate TO them
by military force government for them
are unconstitutional, revolutionary and
dcspoic.
RESOLVED, That we are opposed, both in
principle and policy, to negro suffrage !
phatic majority of 10000 rejected it for her
seli-is sternly opposed to its forced impo-
stion upon other States, and that we 6tig-
matized such an imposition by the Federal
Government ns most base usurpation.
RESOLVED, That the practical effect of the
sO-calcd Reconstruction acts Of Congress IL
| to deliver over ten States to the political
aud socQl control OF Negroes and to place
the lives, liberties, and fortunes OF the
whites residing therein, in the hands Of n
barbarous people, and that il would newt
ably lead either to a war OF races or TO the
Authorization of the South.
| RESOLVED, That Notwithstanding the enor-
NOUS and conceded Frauds in the creation
of the public debt, the faith Of the country
! is pledged to ito PAYMENT principal and
! interest, according to the terms OF the sew
eral acts Of Congress, under which the bonds
representing the debt were issued, but not
| otherwise, and we are opposed TO any plan
| for extending the times of payment, thus
! increasing the amount Of gold interest 10
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 thousand
millions to the burthen of the debt
and to the whole insane financial policy
of which these measures are part,
RESOLVED, That, neither forgetting OF
DENYING our ancient faiths that gold
and silver coin for the 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 the monopoly, granted
to the national banks this result car
be accomplished without an undue oi
dangerous increase of paper money
now the only circulating medium, thus
relieving our people from the burtheI
of debt, the tendency of which is al
ways corrupt, and our Government from
rcproach of saving favored class il
gold, while discharging its debts to al
others, including pensions to widows
and soldiers in am inferior currency
RESOLVED, That this plan violates M
law, impails no contract, breaks M
faith, and instead of retarding return
to specie payment is the shortest be
cause the only safe way ofreaching tina
end.
RESOLVED, That all the property o
the country including the Governmen
bonds, which receives the the equa
protection of the Government, shoulC
bear an equal share in its burthens,
RESOLVED, Thatwe Indignantly rejec
the principle derived from the feuda
system-that the masses of the peopl
belong to the Governments under whicl
they live, which in another form is con
, tcudcdfor by the monarchies of Europ