The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-01-15

CGl1nei ". HcC00k, Chairman OF the
committee On Resolutions, reported the fol
lowing, which were adopted:
PLATFORM.
Rcso7red, That the Democracy Of OHIO
c0ngratl!.at the country Gpon Che improv-
cd aspect Of political affairs as evidenced
by the State elections of 1867. and that
they look forward with hope and conf lence
to the result Of that momeutous struggle,
upon which ttey are about to enter, and
upon which depends, in SO great degree,
the future peace and prosperity OF the I'm
ion.
Reso7rca, That, unalterah!y opposed to
the doctrines which lead to consolidation,
We renew With uuhaeging zeal aud incroas
cd v. our attachment to that political
creed which has ever been SO Staunchly ad-
herad TO by our organization through days
Of trouble and DISASTER as well as good tor.
tune and prosperity, which was thus cx
pressed by Thomas Jefferson: Equal and
exact justice to all men, Of whatever state
or crSuason-religicus or political-reaco.
commerce and honest friendship with all
nations, entanging alliances with none the
support Of the State Governments in all
their rights, as the most competent admin
stration Of our domestic concerns and the
sure>t bulwark against anti-rcpuhllaan ten
dencies; the preservation of the General
Government in It's whole constitutional Wig
or as the sheet anchor Of p,ace at home
and safety abroad; a jealous care of the
rights O.! elections by the people; and the
supremacy Of the civil over the military
authority
Rcsojyed, That we con Tenn the lagisla
tive usurpations of Congress-, and particu-
larlv the several acts nf reconstruction so
called. as vioIative Of the Constitutional
compact between the States, and as utterly
SubVersive OF every principle Of self. govern
mcnt that distinguishes free people.
RcS0fced, That we art opposed to eny
nea. ures which recognizes that the ntegri.
ty nf the Union was ever broken-that any
OF lts members were ever cut and that We
daterminedly insist that the Southern
States, 70 longer being in irsurrecton, or at
war, with the Federal Government, are en-,
titled to the full State recognition and con
stitutional representation in Congress, and
the electoral colleges given to all the States,
and that denial of it. to them by Congress,
and its efforts to dictate by military force q
government for them are unconstitutional
ResOtced, That we are opposed, both ii
principle and policy to negro suffrage; thai
the State of Ohio having by the emphatic
majority of $4,000 rejected it for herself
is sterDly opposed to its forced imposition
upon other States, and that we stigmatizt
such an imposition by the Federal Govern
mont as most base usurpation.
Resotccd, That the practical effect Of The
so called Reconstruction acts of Congress i
to deliver over ten States to the politica
and social control Of Negroes and to place
the lives; liberties and fortunes of th,
Whites residing therein, in the hands of {
barbarous people, and that il would inevita
bly, lead either to q war of races or to thu
Airicanization Of the South.
Res0lrcd That notwithstanding the enor
mou- and conceded frauds in the creation
of the public debt, the faith Of the coun
try is pledged to its payment, principal ant
interest. according to the terms of the sew
eral acts of Congress, under which tn,
bonds representing the debt were issued
| but not otherwise, and we are opposed tt
any plan extending the times OF payment
thus increasing the amount Of gold interes
TO more than the principal, or to any de
claration by Congress that the principal i
payable in gold, which would virtually ad,
more than thousand millions to the bur
then Of the debt, and 10 The whols insan
| financial policy Of which these measures ar
d part.
! JlesoEed, That, neither forgetting no
! denying our ancient faith that gold and sil