The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-05-13

TF0RMtOF THE DEM0C-
= 10y OF OHIO, ADOPTED
1868.
g.sozeed, THAT the Democracy OF
, congratulate the country upon
improved aspect of political afnirs
>ide1eed, By tie state seleetipesof
. Z and that they LOOK Forward with
and confidence o the result OF
J. { momeatous struggle, and upon
"a depends, ia so great a degree,
he future peace and prosperity of the
l~-vtHbI IA1uEAM 3IhIahAj 81
ssol0ed, That, onalterably oppos
the doctrines which lead to con-
~.ation, we renew with unfagging
! and increasSa enesgy,s our Attach
It to that political creed which has
: been so staunchly adhered to by
rur organization through days Of troub-
.e@ nd disaster,'.as well as. good fortune
u prosperity, which. was thus cx-
!. ssed by Thomas. Jefferson equal
NJ exacf justice, 10 all men. of what
{. r..4tste or Neutrality-suspicious. or
ticalEpeace, commerce and honest
, cndships with all nations, entaueiiDg
;aaees with none; the support Of the
st 4'GoyeTDment in all their rights,
Ls he most competent administration
u domestic concerns and the sur
Observation-Disclosures anti-republicar
H. denotes ; the preservation of the
neral GoverpneutinSits whole con-
ri ltional yigor.as the sheet anchor Of
l= ,s at home aud. safety abroad ia
IONS care Of Abe rights of elections
the people, aud the supremacy Of
iha civil over the military authority /.
Rcsage9. sTha. We condemn the
'eislatiye usuEpations Of Congress-,
particularly the several acts of re-
c struction so called, as violaliye of.
"a, Constitutional compact between
he States, and as utterly subersiye OF
, cryspriEeipte Of SEN geyernmert
/. 1t dSstinguisies a free PEOPLE.
ResozUed, That we are opposed tc
avg measures, which recognize that
u.s. integrity of the Union was ever
+ Jksn-that any CT its members were
eser out, and that we determinedIy re
st that the Southern States no longer
--.1g in Instruction, or at war, with
tsc Eederal Government, are entitled
70 the full State recognition and con-
-.iiEtional representation in Congress,
ii j the electoral colleges giveG to all
"a States and1ths denial offtfo them
iy.Congress, and its efforts to dictate
~ military force a government for
iiem- are unconstitutional, revolution
sy aud despotic.
RcsolUed, That we are'opposcd both
principle and policy, to negro suf-
,e that the State Of Ohio-having
by The emphatic majority of so 900 re
: .ted it for herself-it is .sternly op
,sed to its forced imposition upon
90 her States, and that We stigmatize
sl:h an imposition by the Federal
;3verhuent Is a most base usurpa.
iioa.
ResozUed, That the practical effect
II the so-called Reconstruction act of
congress is to deliver over ten States
10 the political and social control of me-
and to place the lives, liberties
:. ID fsrtunes~of the Whites residing
-ala4hei.h hands of nbarbaIous
i.copfe, q Wat w0ufd rnevrtanl.
J. ad tltheEss war Of faces or to the
y Jricanjzatiens of9the South r. aas
Resozoed, That Notwithstanding the
enormous and conceded frauds in the
crcatiqpzp of fte public, debt, the Gath
f~thec6unffy il pledged to its pay
sncnt, principal and interest, accord
-lng to the terms of the several acts oil
Congress, under which the bonds rep
rcsenting the debt were issued, but
rot otherwise, and we are opposed to
any plan feE extending the tunes q
pigment, thus increasing the amount
- gold iuterest-te more than 1the sprin-
OF TO any declaration by Congress
/. aat the p~tinciPafis payable in gold.
s4-hich would virtually add more than
a thousand millions to the burthen o.
the debt, aandfoL the whole insane Fl
nancial: policy of which these measures
are a p6rt:aoA HaHii sfSd 4t'
ResehrsdL That, neither forgeitipg
or denying our ancient faith thai
[z;old and silver coin form the currency
II the Constitution, we declare that
be fvet%eht5 bonds should be psid
the same currency received by the
Government for their issue, and that
q y theggitbdragal of the monopoly
: ranted to the National Banks this re-
: ult csatt4 aceompiSbedI EithoutIap
undue or dangerous Increase OF paper
money, now the only circulating medi,
um, thus relieving our people from the
burthen of a d,bt, the tendency Of
which is alweyssleeeFrupt and epslaye
and our Government from the r%espfoacf
IF paying a favored class in gold, while
Aischarging its debts to all others in.
( aiding pensions to widows and sol
diers, in an inferior currency.
Resoksd1Fkatetbp plan yiela tss ~
law, ihpAif< To<eodtfsctj breaks dc
.aith, and instead of retarding a return
TO specie payments, is the shortest
because the only safe way of reaching
and