The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-06-10
PLATFORM oF THE DEMOG
F-KH0Y 0F OHIO, ADOPTED
1853.

LCCcCTCC0g IhC u
Ohio cengratuI tie the country upon
the improved aspect of political affairs
as evidenced by the State elections OF
1867, and that Acknowledgements With
hope AID codfdsneelolfhe esdiF Of
that momentous struggle, aud upon
which depends, in so great q degree,
the future peace ard prosperity of the
Union.
ResozUed, That, unaltcrably oppos-
d to the doctrines which lead to con
~solijaIiou, we renew with uulagsing
Azeaflandkfnereasef epsi gySS ou1 attasA
ment to That political creed which has
ever been so s~tauuchly adhered to by
our organization through days Of troub-
lie and disaster, as well as good fortune
and prosperity, which was thus rx-
pressed by Thomas Jefferson: "Equal
AMI exact justice to all men, of what
ever state or persaasiUn-religious or
lpoktical-pcace, commerce ard honest
friendship With all nations, ~cntapelipg:
allianceswlk none; the support pf the
Estate Governheht hfsalf their rights,
as the most competent administration
of our domestic concerns and the sur
est bulwark against apii-republicaL
tendencies ; the preservation of the
General Government 10 its whole con-
stiiutional vigor as the sheet anchor Of
peace at home aud safety abroad "a
Jealous care of the rights. of. elections
by the peopl4 and the snpre taacyEei
the civil yer the military authority" :
sResolOcd, Tha. We condemn the
Legislative Ausurpiti0fis Of CoaSfess,
andaparticulae y the severaI5acTs Of 70
lc5nstruction SO called, uash ~yiolaiiS sos
Tile Constitutional compact bctweetf
the States, and as utterly IsuberLive, Of
every principle Of self government
thatqiistinguishes a free people.
ia1 ResolUed, That we are opposed tc
any measures which recognize that
the integrity of the Union was ever
braken-thatSany Gifts mehtbefs were
and that we determinediy re
| sisethat the Southern States NO longer
being in instruction, OF at war, with
the, Federal Government, are entitled
to the full State recognition aud con-
stitEtional observation-disclosures
aud the electoral colleges give,: to att
the States, and the denial of i, 10 them
lbyGongress, and its efforts ~doiidictate
by military force a government for
them are unconstitutional, revolution
airy aud despotic.
lWRHolUed, That we are opposed both
in principle-and Polisys to- regro sui
frage thst tie State pfa6hioAhaEi9f
by The emphatic majority OF 5G.O00@fe
jected it for herself it is sternly op-
posed to its forced imposition upon
other States, and that We ~stigmatize
such an imposition by the Federal
G~overnmsa9to ssss;a moat rbaSf usurpa
ton
RESOLVED, That the practical effect
of the so-casled Reconstruction act oil
! Congfcss is 10 deliver over ten States
I40l political and social control of ne
grOes andlto place tho lives, Liberties
and fortunes of the Whites residing
therein, in the bands of, a harbarous
people, an that L would Inevitable
il adj either war Of Traces or to the
Africauizauo6 of axe Sourh!H y
Resoleed; Thae Notwithstanding the
tenofaf1us aud conceded frauds in the
creation of the -pnblic debt,othe faith
fth955coahtry is pledged to its pay
mmsnifgprincipsl and ipterestI accord.
/ ing. to5the terms of the several acts oil
I Congress, under which the bonds rep,
resentiug the. HsbE7ere Issued, But
not AthsrWi<e, and we are-etPosed to
lAsgl3 extending the gtImesZof
payment, fifus increasing the amount
of god iiserests4oi moro, than The; ptinj
cipal, or Il any declaration By Congress
that the iHpain4isis payable Tiaii gold:
which W ,uiA gsirinally add Im9Ye than
a thousaud19mfli6ns to fhef b'Ifthsn d
7 the dctt, and 10 the Wh6fs ipsape f
trpacial policy Of which these measures
are a part gssG sa;..z= 81 "a s2s
aResolcesa That, neither forgetting
uor denying our ancient faith tina
gold and silver cniu formstle currency
Of the Constitution, we declire TIA
the five twenty bords should be paiI
in the same. currency received by the
d Eozrf0mclt for -tiieiroi5sue; and thu
by the withdrawal OF the lisenopoiy
granted to the National 4sanks this re
SUR can Bsso accomplished MI hDnt al
undue or Dangerous increaSc Of papel
money. hev The only circulating m4dt
,u4n thus relieving our people frtim'tfH
burthen Of ia 'd'bt, tie tendency o!
i which is ~af@aysto corrupt ard e%psiave
and our Govlfn In ent. from the r~eproael
of payipga favored class in gold, whIl,
discharging IT'S dc BITS to all others,iI
GLIDING pensions to widows and sol
dirr-, in an inferior currency. - :
Rcsoteed, Thai this plan 5yielatesiu
law, impairs mo- contract, breaks nj
iaith, aud instead of retarding a retufi
to specie payments, Q isi'the shorts
because thss,SpRty safe way Of isaehin:
that 3 , ils-5 ;; asi.Fsso al ! el
= Res5zvedy That AL the property Z
the country, including the Govern
ment bonds, which receives the equ?
protection of the Government, shou.;
bear an equal ashare ia IFS burthen>
d Resolged, TEat we Indignantly rel 6
the principles deri9ea, from ,theefesa.,
system-that thsiniasses ofhhes peafai
d beldDgA to thee lGovernDents undo
which they live, which in another forii
rs cdufended for by the monarebies o
Europe, -5Gclddibg Gfeat5 5Brilia:Y
once a suljecti always a -sdhj 4et15I +
we on the contrary maintain that al
1 individual. cam by emigration and rel
:, Jepce in another, aforsweaf i!'
e .pfevious allegiance, and be admired u
: to all the civil aud POLITICAL rights y
/, his new home-that American citix "a
by adoption aud naturalization are IN