The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-09-08
PLATFORM
Adopted, BY the Ohio Democratic
State Convention, July 7, 1869.

Adopted. BY the Ohio Democratic
State Convention, July ?, 1869.
l.. Resolged, That the exemption
from tax of over two thousand five
hundred million dollars in govern
ment bonds and securities, is unjust to
the people and ought not to be t~olerat-
ed, and that we are opposed to any
appropriation for the payment OF in.
terest on pubic bonds until they are
made ~subjectt9. taxation.
p Resohed, That the claims Of the
bond Holders, that the. bonds Which
were bought with gfeenbacks and the
principal, Of which is by law payable
in CURRENCY. should nevertheless be
paidii4f gold, is unjust and extortionate
and if-Persisted il will inevitably force
upon 81 a4nPI fRoPPffe the question Of repu7
8. Beso7yed, That we denouilce tile
high-protective. tariff, which was de-
signed only in the interests of New
England Manufacturers. THAT said
tariff is also, by lis enormous imposi-
tons on salt, sugar, tea, coffee, and
other necessaries, uncomfortable /; OPP
pressive especially upon the people Of
the West; and that we demand its
repeal, and The substitution of another
based upon, revenue principles alone,
upon the closest possible approxima-
ton to absolute free trade.
f. ResoAred, That the Democratic
party of the Uuited States Have always
been permanently friendly to the
rights and heihteresb oPthe laboring
man : that they afeiih fatoraofa limit
ed ntrnber7of hours in all n4anufac-.
Observation-Disclosures dictated by
the physical and mental well7being of
the laborer. That. they favor the
most liberal laws in regard to house
hold ard homestead exemption from
sale and execution That they also arc
in favorio Of" liberal grants of land from
the public domain to the actual settler
without any cost, and are opposed to
the douhtion ;ofthom to .swindling
railroad corporations, and. that they
are GENERALLY friendly to the system Of
meaures advocated:by labor and
industrial congresses, and we pledge.
the Democratic party, if. restored to
power, to exercise their influence in
giving'thetn practical appliction.
3. Resolred, That the attacks of
Governors Hayes and Lee upon the
doings of the late General Assembly,
are false in fact, malicious IN spirit,
and unworthy of gentlemen occupy
ing their elevated positions.
6. Resolred, That the late General
Assembly were called upon to make
large and extraordinary appropriations
to rebuild the burned Iunatic Asylum,
to provide a Reform School for girls,
construet-a-new- Blind Asylum, TO
make appropriations TO pay over $50,
000IOf a Judgment obtained in the SUI
preme Court of the State in favor of
the Lie. Insurance and Trust Com
pany, and TO meet a deficiency of over
$500, 600 of the preceding Republican
Legislature, all OF which, together with
the extra compensation paid to mem
bers uidera law passed by a Repub-
licanE Legislature, were provided for
increase of the State levy,
and the appropriations in the aggregate
are maeh less than that of the preced-
ing Republican Legislature, without
abstraeting $500, 900 from the relief
fun5 fSr the MANNED and disabled sol
diers and their families. aaN",
Z. RESOLVED, That we hereby return
our thanks to the 18Th General AS
sembly, for their enconmical expchdi-
lures in the administration ofthe State
Government, and for the exposure of
the wholesale frauds in the erection of
State buildings, whereby the people
we're swindled out of half a million Of
dollars, by the negligence of Repub-
lican State Off Gals and the dishonesty
Of contractors. i
s, Resozred, That it is the right of
each State to decide for itself who
shall POSSESS the elective franchise
it I; that by the attempt to reg
Ilate suffrage-in Ohio, by the means
IF the so-called 18th constitutional
lmendment, is subversive IF the
principles Of the Federal Constitution.
O.. ResdUed, That the policy and
legislation Of the Radical party direct
Iy tend to destroy all the reserved
Of the States and convert the
Republic into consolidated despotism..
That, whether such despotism be ex-
by an Emperor, a President,
al Congress, the result would be IA
al to liberty and good government
That consolidation in this country
means the absolute dominion of mono
poly and aggregate capital over the
ives, the liberty and the property of
he toiling masses. iH~
10. ReSoAced, That We denounce the
National Banking System as n of the
worst o~utgrowths of the bonded debt,
vhich,unnecessarily increases the.bsr-
len OksfheS people thirty millions of
lollars- anndalls and that we demand
is immediate repeal. ~ FT = |
II. Resolved, That the trial and SEN
to death by military commission
IF a citizen of Texas, not in the mill
larry or naval service, when the civil
were in the unobstructed ex-
ercise of their functions in that State,
md in the time Of profound peace, and
he approval of that sentence by Pre-
;ident Grant, are violations of the
most sacred rights of American .citi-
zens, kAifhteedby their Constitutions
State Wand Federal, and deserve and
should receive the seyerest dondem-
Of every lover of liberty and
Constitutional Government.
IL. Reso1red, That the numerous
Dalphble and high-handed u~surpations
he party in power their many public