The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-07-16
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
Adopted July =, 1859, nt Co
lumbus.

!. Resolved, That The exempt n
from taxati n Of twenty. five hundred
million dollars in Government bCnls and
securities is unjust TO the people, and
ought MT TO he tolerated, and that we
are opposed u any appropriation for
the payment OF interest on the federal
bonds until they are made subject to
federal taxation.
.. Resoivei, That the calm of the
bcndholders that bonds bought with
green acks, and the principal of which
Is 10y law payable in currency, should
neverthe ess he paid in z, ID, is unjust
and extortionate, and if persisted in
will inevitably fnrce upon the people
the question of reputation.
3. Rcsolred, That we denouncc tho
national iHnking system rs one of the
worst outgrOwths Of the bonded debt, in
that it unnecessarily increases the
hurlen of the pc pie thirty million of
do lars annually, and we demand its
immediate repeal.
4. Rcsoiycd, That We den"unce the
present high protective tariff enacted in
the interests Of the New England man
ufacturers its enormous imp sition
of duties, on salt, sugar, tea, coffee and
other necessaries as oppressive, especi-
ally upon the people Of the West, and
that we demand its repeal, and the sub
stihtion Of another basel upon revenue
principles a'one, approximating free
tra'e Hs c'ose'y rs possible.
5. ReSoipcd, That the Democratic
party of the United States has Always
IN Al Ia F.sa - -
rights and interests VI the laboring man;
that il is in favor of n limited number
of hours Of labor in all Government
W rkshnps, hours dictated 10y the phys.
ical AMI mental well.heing Of tho labnr-
ers that it is in favor of the most lib.
eral laws in regard to househol and
homes caG exemptions from sale and
execution; that it is alsA in favor Of lib-
eral grants of land fr'm the public do
main TO actual set lcrs without cost,
AMI opposed tp donating these lands to
swiniling railroad corp rations, and is
generally friendly tp the measurers al
Gated hy the laoor AMI Industrial Oon-
gress, and as party il pledges, if re-
store u power, its influence to give
them practical application.
6. ResoLred, That it is the right Of
each State tn decide for itself who shall
posses the elective franchise within il,
and that the attempt to regulate suf.
frage in Ohio by means of the so-callei
Fifteenth Constitutional Amendment,
is suhversive of the principles of the
Federal constitution.
T. Rcsofrcd, That the policy AMI Leg.
islation Of the Radical party tend to dc,
stroy all the reserved rights of the
States, and to convert the Republic into
cons lidated despotism; that such
despotism, whether exercised iy a
President, Emperor, or Congress, is
fatal to liberty and gopd government
that consolidation in this country means
the absolute dominion nfmonopOly and
aggregated capital over the lives, the
III erty and the property of the ling
masses.
4 Resolrcd, That the numerous pal
pahle and high handed usurpations oi
the party in p 'wer, and their many pub
lie and private acts of tyranny, tramp
ling under foot the civil law and the
guaran tees If the Constitution, and
their continuing to deprive sovereign
States OF representation in Congress
and governing them by military rule
prove them to be the party of despotism
and unworthy the confidence and sup
port of q free people.
Q. ReSolUcd, That the trial and sen
tence to death by military commission
Of citizen Of Texas, n t in the military
service, while the civil courts were II
the unobstructed exercise Of their func
tions in that State, and in time of pro
found peace, and tho approval o
that sentence by President Grant
are in violation of the m st sacre'
rights II American citizens guaran
teed hy their Constitutions, boil
State and Federal, and deserve anC
should receive the severest c"ndemna
tion Of every liver of liberty and cen
stitutional government.
10. ResolUcd, That the attacks o
Governor Hayes and Lee upon the do
ings Of the late General Assembly ar,
false in statement, malicious in spirit
AMI unworthy Of their high position,
III. Resolved, That the Fifty-eightl
General Assembly was called upon Il
make large and extraordinary apprC
priations to rebuild the burned Luna
tic Asylum, to provide a Reform Schoo
for girls, tp ems truct new blind Asy
lum, 10 make an appropriation TO NEE
Judgment against the State rf NOR
than eighty thousand dol ars, for Dor
rOwed money, in favor Of the Life an
Trust Company, and to supply a dcfien
cy of more than five hundred thousan
dollars of the preceding Ropu' lical
Lcgislature---all of which, together will
the extra compensation paid to mem
bers under law passed by Repuhli
can Legislature, was accomplished
without an increase of the State levy
notwithstanding all these things, th
appropriations are much less than thos
OF The preceding Republican Legisla
ture.--and that, too without ahstractinj
eight hundred thousand dollars fron
the relief fund for the manned and dis
ahled liers and their families
~ Resolved, That we hereby re
turn our thanks 10 the late Genera