Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-07-15
Tn. Demoer.tic state Convention.

The Democratic state Convention.
COLUMBUS, o., July THE Democrat
ic State Con vention met at p n, an
organized with Hon P. Van Trump a
president. Gen. w. S. Rosecrans wa
nominated for Governor on the secon,
ballet. The other nominations are =
Lieutenant Governor, T. J. Godfrey
of Mercer; Supreme Judge. w. J. Gil
more, of Preble; Treasurer, of State
Staphen Buhrer, of Cleveland; Attorne.
General, Col. J. NJ. Connell, of Fairfield
Board of Public Works, Ben. Churchill
of Hamilton.
+ The State Executive Committee loca
ted at the capitalar Allen G.. Thurman
John G. Thompson, Jacob Reinhart, G
w. Meeker, r. P. L. Barber.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed:
1. Resolred, That the exemption from
tax of over two thousand five hundrel
million dollars in government bon il
and securities, is unjust to the peopl,
and ought not to be tolerated, and thai
we are opposed to any appropriation fol
the payment Of interest on public bonds
until they are made subject to taxtiOn.-
2.Resoived, That the claims of the
bond holders, that the bonds which were
bought with greenbacks and the princi-
pie Of which is by law payable in cur.
rency, should nevertheless be paid in
gold, is unjust and eXtortionate and il
persisted in will inevitably force upon
the people the question of reputation.
s. ResoJUed, That we deneunce the
high protective tariff, which was de-
signed only in the interests of the New
England manufacturers. That said tariff
is also, by its enormous impOsitions on
salt, sugar, tea, coffee, and necessaries,
uncomfortable Oppressive especially upon
the people of the West; and that we
demand its repeal, and the substitution
of another, based upon revenue princi-
Piles alone, upon the closest possible ap-
proximation to absolute free trade.
4. Resolved, Thatthe Democratic party
of the United States have always been
permanently friendly to the rights and
the interests of the laboring man that
they are in favor of q limited number OF
hours in all manufacturing workshops
hours dictated by the physical and men,
tai well being of the laborer. hat they
favor the most liberal laws In regard 10
household ana nomesteaa exemption
from SAFE ana execution. Ihat they are
also IN favor OF noerai grants OF iaa9
from the puoiic DOMAIN 10 the acCuai
settier without any cos., ano are opposea
totne aonation OF ehenseo s~Inuins faIi-
road corporations, ahd tnao Iney are
generaiiy IrienaIy 70 tne system o' meas
ures advocated oy tne iaooI ahd NOUS
Trial congresses, anu we Pieuge the Dem
ocratic party, II restored 10 power, 10
exercise tneir lnnuehce IN giving tneH
practlcai application.
D. Resolved, Tnat the aCtaeKs or Gov
ernor nayes anu Lee up0h she ooihes Oh
tne late Generai AsSemoiy, are Iaise IN
fact, maiicious III SPIRIT, ana uhwoftpy
OF gentemen occupying tneif eievated
3. hesotoed, inat tne uehefal ASSEM-
bly, were called upon 10 make large
and extraordinary appropriations TO
rebuild the burned Lunatic Asylum, 70
provide q reform Scneoi ior girls, con-
struct q new Bilnd Asylum, 70 make ap-
propriatiens 10 pay over Soo,OOo OF a
Judgement ootained IN the supreme
Court OF the State IN Iavor OF bhe LIE
Insurance ana Trust Company, ana 10
meet q asncIency OF over sooO,ooo OF the
preceeoing hePaol'can LEGISLATURE, al
OF ~nicn, togetner Win the extra COM
pensation paio 70 members qhder law
passed oy nePuoiic2n LeSisiature,
were proVided Ior Wlnout an increase
OF the state levy, ana the eappropfiatiohs
IN the aggregate are mucn less tnan snat
OF the preceding hepuoiican Legisia-
ture WITHOUT apsCfacsing Sooo'ooU irom
tne reael iuha Io1 Lhe malMeu anu us
abled soidiers amo tnelr IamHies.
Z. Resotred, ,fhat, we hereby return
our thanks to the esth General A Assembly
for their economieai expenditures IN the
ADMINISTRATION OF tue state government,
ana ior tne exposure OF She whoiesaie
FRAUDS IN tne erection OF otate ouiiaihgs
Whereoy the peopie were swihuiea OUT
OF haif miillon OF uollars. oy the neg
l1gence OF the hepuoiican state ofnciais
ana the disnonesty OF contractors.
.. heso.oea, Inat IL is the rignt OF eacn
state 10 decide TOT itseii VINO shaii pos
sess the elective franchise witnln IT; that
the attempt TO regulate suffrage In
ONO, by means OF tne ss-caiied 10Th
constltutional amenoment, Is supVer-
stve OF tne principies OF tne fecerai
CONSTITUTION.
iatlon OF the hadlcai party directly tend
to destroy all the reserved rights OF the
states and convert the Repubnc into
dispotism. That, whether
such desPotlsm De exercised by an EN-
peror, PRESIDENT, or congress, the re,
suit would be fatal to liberty and good
government. That consolidation IN this
country means the absolute dominion of
monopoly and aggregate capital over the
lives, the liberty and the property OF the
toHing masses: ,e ie4ii -
l0. Resolved, That we denounce the
National Banking system as one of the
worst outgrowths Of the bonded debt,
which unnecessarily increases the bur-
den or the people thirty millions OF dol
lars annually, and that we demand its
immediate repeal:
IL. Resot0ed, That the trial and sem
tence to death by military commission