The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-13
PLATFORM OF IIIE OHIO
DEMOCRACY.

REsoLvIp, That the Democracy Of Ohio
congratulate the country on the improved
aspect ol politica giiairs as evidenced bv
the State elections Of 1867, and that thcy
look forward with hope aud confidence to
the result vi that momsutoua struggle upon
which they are about TO enter, aud uuon
which depends, in an great a degree. that
future peace and Prosperity Of the Union.
RESOLVED, That, unaltyraLly opposed to
the doctrines which lead To consolidation,
We renew with unHaggng zeal aud increas.
ed energy, our attachment 60 that political
creed which hrs ever been 30 staunch.y ad o.
he ed 10 by our organization through days
ot trouble nnd disaster, ~ well no good for
tuuo lad PROPERTY, whicn wns thus eH-
p'sts by Thomas Jefferson Equal and
exact Justicc % all men, OF whatever state
or persuasi"iI--Io'iglOuSU or poliucal-psace,
commerce hnd honest lrleuJship with nil
nations, ontaugliug alliances with none :
the support al the state Governments in all
theii rights, Gs the most competent admin
istrHtion oiour domestic concerns aud tho
sureBt bulwArk against auti-reI uUlican ten
dcnciesi the preservation VI tho General
Government In ila whole constitutional yigor
as the sheet anchor OF peace at home nhd
safety abroad u jealous care OF the rights
otolectiOus by the people and the supre-
macy OF the civil over the niintary author
ily."
REsoLyED, That We condemn the legisla-
tive usurputions Of Congress and Particular
ly the several acts OF reconstruction 80
called as violative Ofthe Constitutional
compact between the States, and us utterly
subyersivc OF every principle Of sell sOy-
eminent that distinguishes Tree people.
RESOLVED, That We are opposed 70 any
meaB'res which recognize the integrity OI
the Union was ever DrUkeH-that any O,
/ - 1taT Iur Al.
drtcrmtuediy insist that the Southern
StaIes, o longer beng 4" insurrectlon, or
nj war, with IRE Federal Government, are
entitled to the full State recognition SAD
representation IN Congress,
and the electoral colleges given g. all the
States, ana THIS deLiuI Vi It to them Ly
Ougress, aAd IS efforts TO dictate 10 tHcui
by miiltury I"rco government for them
are Unconstitutional, revolutionary ana
desp po ic.
HtsOLyTp, That We are opposed, 10th IN
priNc pic aud policy, 10 HegJo sudr &c
that the stat, ul OhiU--hayilg by tho en-.
= matte majority Of $4,000 rejected it Tor her
soli-is stsrHiA opposed to ito .Urced impD-
st'on upon 0thcI States, and lnaL We stg-
'na.tEGu such an imposition by the Ffuerul
Government us Il most base usurpatlon.
hEsrLyED, lnal the practical effect OF the
20 called RroonstructIOn acts uCCougress
to deliver over zen States to the political
and sUcIpl control o. Negrues aud 90 pace
the lives, abrrlies, aud fortunes o. the
whites residing therein, In the hands oi
burborous people, ana lhat it would newt
aOly leud either ~ Il war OF races or 10 the
Of the South.
kksOLTED, That Notwithstanding the enor-
NOUS ana conceded irauds ia ia. creation
VI the puOnc deUt, the Ial,h oil the cOuLtry
IS pleoSed TO Ito payment, principal ana
interest, according 10 tns teruIB o. the sey
eral acts ol Congress, under winch the bonds
representing the duUt were ISSUED, buL not
otherwise, ana we are opposed to any plan
for extending the t,nes OI payment, thus
increasing ihe amount OF gold interest to
more than the principal or to any de
claratiOn by Congress that the pIInoI-
pal Is payable in goid, which would
add more than Thousand
millions to the burthen OF the debt,
md TO the whole insane financial policy
oi which these measures are part.
RESOLVED, Tint, neither forgetting or
denying our ancient iaIths that gold
and SILVER coin for the currency OF the
Constitution, we declare that the tive
twenty bonds should be paid III the
same currency received by the Govern
nent Tor their issue, ana that by the
withdrawal of the monopoly, granted ,
70 the national banks JhIs rehult can |
be accomplished without an undue or
dangerous increase OF paper money,
now the only circulating medium, thus |
'elleying our people from the bun then |
't debt, the tendency Ot which ~ al |
ways corrupt, and our Government from /
OF suvInga favored class IN |
gold, while discharglng its debts to all |
'thers, including pensions to widows, !
md soldiers in an inferior currency. !
RESOLVED, That this plan violates no
aw, impairs no contract, breaks no
alth, and instead OF retardlng return
o specie payment, is the shortest De-
'ause the only safe way oireaching that
md.
RESOLVED, That all the property of
he country, including the Government
'onds, which receives the the equal
of the Government, should
'ear an equal share in its burthens.
RESOLVED, That we Indignantly reject
he principle derived from the feudal
ystem that the masses of the people
'eloDg TO the Governments under which
hey live, which in another form is con-
ended for by the monarchies of Europe
Great Britain, once a subject
lways subject that we on the con-
rary maintain that an individual can,
" emiarAtioA and TeaidancA in another