The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-04-30
IEsa CAMPAIGN or Ises.
PLATFORM OF OHIO DEMOCRACY,

BBsOLvtp Thnt thu Dein,crtcy ct sliin con.
prHtDlHte the county upon tNp improved. aspect of
%pulitcul affairs " evidenced b The ~tale cleo
tions Of lSGT, aud that they louk iofwafd With
hope aud confidence ~ the result uf that momen.
tops struggle upon which they are about To- enter,
aud upon whirh depends. h. 50 crest q degree,
the futur" peace phd prosperity OF the UniOn.
RESOLVED. That, unHlterHbly opposed ~ The
doctrines Which lead to Generalization. we ienew
with unfnpging zeal aud increased energy, our at.
tachment to that political creed which has ever
been 20 stauncLly adhered TO by our organization
through days Of tr uble aud disaster. as well AZ
good fortune and prosperity, which was thus OK.
pressed by Thomas Jefferson Equal and exact
justice to al men, Of whatever state or persuasion
religious or political-peace, commerce. ana
honest fri ndship with all nations, entangiing AL
liances with nune the suppurt 1T the STATE Gov,
erinents in all their rights, as the most cUnpe-
tent administration VI our domestic concerns and
me suiest bulwaik against anti. republican ten
uehelgsi the preservation Of the General Cove IN.
ment IN us Whole Constitutional vgoi as the sheei
anchUr NJ peace at home aud safety abroad ; q zeal.
Gus care at tie khts Of elections by the people ;
ana the supremacy OF TIE civil over The military
authority"
rEsoLvrp, That We condean the Iegls'ativs
usurpOuOns OF Congress aud particularly the ss
eral acts Of rccorstiuetiou so.calltd. as S~iclatiVs
ot the COust itutiOnal compact between the States,
and W. utterly subyrrsivc VI every principle Of sell
government that Distinguish 8 n zee people.
RESOLVED. Tint we are opposed 10 any meas
u.rrs which recognize that the integ ity OF The
Union was ever bruken-thtt any Of its members
were ever out-an lphat we de erminedly insISt
that the Southern Suites. no louger'being IN ilsur.
%rection or at war. with the Fedora; Government,
are entitled To he fall state. recognition and con.
s!itntional representation ia Congress, aud the
electoral colleges given TO all he States. and
thst dental Of 1t to them by Congress, aud its sf-
forts To dictate ~ them by military force a gov.
erument for them are uncOn ititutiOnal, revolutions
aty and %despouc.
GgsorvgD, That VIC are opposed, both in prinel.
pie and policy. TO negro uGtage that the state d
ohio having By the emphatic majority Of $4,000
rejected It for hefscll-is gternly uupused 10 It's
forced imposition upon other States, aud that We
stiginalize such an imposition by the Federal GOV
eminent us u most ba.e usurpiiiIn.
RESOLVED, That the practical effect OF the 50.
called heconst TuCtion acts OF Congress Is TO Dc.
liver over ten States TO the political and s0cial
control ct Negroes anu TO place the lives. liber lea
aud fortunes OF the whites residing therein, In the
hands Ola b%athnrou1 people. and that IL would la.
eNitahly leHd either u q var OF races or ~ the AZ.
riCaniz itinn Of Tire South
RESOLVED, That notwithstanding the enormous
ana %cUntefed frauds IN tile creation Of the publio
debt. the faith Ut The c0ultry Is T.edgcd to Its pay
lncht' principal aud Interest. according TO tue
ietus Of tile several acts Of Congress. under which
tue bends rrrre' enting the debt we're issued. bus
not otherwise, aud We are opposed 20 any plan for
extending tie times Of payment, thus Increasing
the amount NJ gold interest 10 mnrcihan the prlncf.
pal, or 10 any declaration 10y Congress that tho
principle /. payable Ia gold, which wOuld virtnallv
add moro than u thousand millions 10 the burt "a
Of tie debt, aud to the wluie insane financial poll
~ OF which these measures are u part.
REsuLyED, That, neither forgetting nor DENY
our ancient iaiiA that gOld and silver cn!n form
the curlUuCy Oi tie Constitutions, we declare TINT
the hye-twent\ bunds should lie paid H. tie same
currency received 10y the TO verI mcnt for their in.
ave, ana that 10y tie Withdrawal of the monopoIy
giauted u tho national banks this result can bo
accomplished Without an undue or daugeruu, In
ciease 81 paper mruey, nov The only circulating
medium TINS believing our people from tue bur-
then ct debt. tie tendency OF when N ALWAYS 10
corrupt, aud nut Government from the reproach
Of plying u layuicd o0ls, m gold. while discbnrQ.
| liC is debts Ia ALI oflpr4 ineluliuy uruafnua -
WIDOWS aud soldiers, in Hn inferior currency.
resolved, That this plan violates no law. i'm.
pHlIs 10 contract, breuks no aith, aud Instead OF
lelnidlhg u return To specie payment, II the short.
eud.
RESOLVED. That all tho property N tho coan-
Try including the uvernmert bonds, which 10
'tlSgs the equal protection OF the Government,
Should Lear m eyual share In IL hHrthe &,
hes'LNED' That We Indignantly reject the PRIV
clpie derived IRON the ieudil system that the
misses 81 ;he peJpe belong 10 the Governments
uhuer Whlch they 1--we, which Ia another form IL
eohtei led Tor by the Tonarchles ~ Europe includ.
'nB GREAT brtotn, once u subject always u subject
-t'Ht we or the contrary maintain thdt an indi
EluuAI can 10y emigration and residence In anpth-
ei country, lors~cdr lbs previous allegi ,nce. aud
NC ADMITTED into all the civil aud political rightaO f
nis kew homie that American citizens by adnp.
tnn ana naturalization ARE entitled TO all tbs
iBht- as letween us mud foreign p1wers winch caE
me canned by. oar native bOrn citizen, and II IL
the dtly Of The Fedem! Government 10 protect aad
mainl"in them by every means within it, power.
RESOLVED. That the people will sustain Andrew
Johh'un, President ul the United States, Ia hs
sIutgle with congressional usurpatiun, aud that
"o PiedSe the Democracy of ono 10 support him
~ ~ Constitutional measures 70 rel eve tue white
people Of tie Sontn from the negro government
nov being imposed upon them.
RESOLVED. That tie IOItitude and gallantry OF
our soldiers IN the recent civil war. IA defense u
the Union, entitle them 20 the gratitude OF tia
country, and they should ever be remembered by
II IN It's bOuuties.
RESOLVED, That the Democracy Of the country
have nelsler the pu' pose nor desire ~ re establish
slavery nor To assume any portion Of the debts o.