Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-07-16

Thc Platform OF the Ohio Democracy
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ReSO,Ued That the exemption from tax OF over
81, 500, coo, 900 Government bonds and securities
is VI Just to the people. and ought not To be toll
Grated, and that We are opposed to any apprO-
priation for the payment Of the interest on tho
public bonds until they are made subject to taxa
ton.
Resolved, That the claims of the bordholders
that tho bonds which bought with green
backs and the principal OF which is by law paya-
bio in currency, @nould nevertheless be paid in
gold is unjust and eXtortionate. and if persisted
in will inevitably force upon the people the ques
ton OF reputation.
Res0lrei That wo denounce the high protec-
two tariff which designed only in the inter-
eats Of tho New England manufacturers that
said tariff is also, by its enormous impOsltlOns on
salt sugar tea, coffee, and the neceseares of life,
uncomfortable and oppressive, especially upon the
people Of tho West, ana that we demand its re-
peal and the substitution of another, based upon
revenue principles alone, upon the closest posi-
BILE approximation TO absolute free trade.
ReSOlUed, That the Democratic party OF the
United States have always been pre-. eminently
friendly to the rights and interests Of the labor
ing man that they are 10 favor OF a limited num-
Der OF hours III ali manufacturing workshops, the
hours dictated by the physical and mental we'll
being Of the laborer; that they favor the most
liberal laws in regard to household and homestead
exemption from sale and executlOn that they are
also III favor of liberal grants Of land from the
public domain to actual settlers without any cost,
and are opposed to the donation of them to
SWlnOIDS r2 lfOal COrIUrdLlODS, anu LudE Lney
| are generally friendly t. aystem Of measures
advocated by the Labor and Industrial Congress-
es and pledge the Democratic party, if re-
stored to power, to exercise their influence IN
| giving them practical application.
ResOIUed, That it is the right OF each State to
decide for itself who shall possess the elective
franchise within it; that the attempt to regulate
suffrage in Ohio by means Of the so-called fiji
| toenth constitutional! amendment is sHbversive
of the principles Of the Federal Constitution.
| Res0Loed. That tie policy and Legislation of
tha NopfCT tluf RI a
reserved rights Of the State, and convert the re-
public into consolidated despotism that
whether such despOtsm be exercised by an En-
peror, President, Congress, the result
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 pro-
perty, of the toiling masses.
Res0lUei, That we denounce tho national bank
ing system as one of the worst outgrowths of
the ;bunded debt, which unnecessarily increases
the burden of the people coo, 600 annually and
that We demand it's immediate repeal
Resc,Ued, That the trial and sentence to death
by military commission Of citizens Of Texas not
in military naval service when the civil courts
were in unObstructed exercise OF their functions
in that State and in the time OF profound peace,
| and the Ispproval Of that sentence by President
Grant, violations OF the most sacred rights OF
American citizens guaranteed them by the Con
stitutOn. State and Federal, and deserve, and
should receive, the earnest condemnation OF
every lover of liberty ana constitutional govern
ment.
| Resoloed, That the numerous palpable and
high-handed usurpations of the party in power,
trampling under foot the civil law and the guar.
antee of the Constitution their continuing to
deprive sovereign States OF representation in Con
gress and to govern said States by military rule.
| show them to be the party of depOtiam, and
unworthy the confidence and support OF a free
people.
Resolued, That we extend the right hand Of
| fellowship, and recognize as brethren ia q com
81 heretofore
Democrats who will unite with US in rescuing the
Government from the unworthy hands into which
it has fallen and We pledge the united and cor
dial support of the $780, 600 Democrats in Ohio
whom we represent, to the ticket nominated by
this Convention. and presented by US to the sut
frages of the people of Ohio.