The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-07-15
NO46.

!. Alter unanimous endorsement of
he nomination of General Roseeralls'
he Committee on Resolutions: made,
he following report which was I'M
adopted.
III RESOLUTIONS. r
Resolved, That the exemption from
,axation of ftwenty-five hundred mill
nions of dollarsin government bonds
md securities is unjust to the people
ind ought not to be tolerated, and that
we are opposed to any appropriations
for the payment of interest Oh the
Federal bonds until they are made
subject to Federal taxation -s.. = Il
g Resolved, That the claims of the
that bonds bought with
greenbacks, and the principal Of which
is by law payable in currency, should
be. paid in gold, is unjust
and eXtortionate. and if persisted i'll
will inevitably force'upo the people
the question of reputation.
Resolved That we denounce the
ma tional banking system as one of the
worst ,outgrowths of the bonded debt
in that it unnecessarily increases the
burden of the people thirty millions
of dollars annually, and we demand its
immediateerepeal. EE.f tset'-'s,=S
% Resolved, That we denounce the
present high protective tariff enacted
in the interests of the New England
manufacturers for its enormous impo-
sition, of duties on salt, sugar, tea and
coffee and other necessaries as oppT;es-
sive, especially upon the people of the
West, and that we demand its repeal,
and the substitution of another based
upon revenue principles alone, APP
proximating free trade as closely as
possible. s.=..s..,l i. ...s..,,.,=s =-F
Resolved, That the Democratic par
ty of the United States has always
beenfpre-eminently friendly TO the
rights and interests of the laboring
man that it is in favor of limited
number of hours of labor in all Gov
ernment workshops-hours dictated
by the physical and mental well being
of the laborers that it is in favor OF
the most liberal laws in regard to
and homestead exemption
from execution; that it is also in favor
of liberal grants ofland from the pub
lie domain without cost and opposed
to donating these lands to swindling
railroad corporations, and is generally
faiendly to the measures advocated
by the Labor and Industrial Congress,
and as a party, it5pledges, if restored
to power, its influence to give them
practical application, .,t., .. -,-.....
Resolved, That if is the right of each
State to decide foritself who shall pos
sess the elective franchise within it:
and that the attempt to regulate
suffrage in Ohio by means of the SO
called Fifteenth constitutional amend.
ment is subVersive to the principles OF
the Federal Constitution. s' ''' T
Resolved, That the policy and 1egis-
lation of the Radical party tend to des-
troy all the. reserved rights of the
States and convert the Republic into
a consolidated despotism; that such
despotisnI, whether exercised by a
President, Emperor, ora Congress, is
fatal to liberty and good government
that consolidation in this country
means-the absolute dominion of mo-
lfopoly and aggregated capital over
the lives, the liberty and the the prop
erty of the toiling masses.
Resolved, That the numerous pal
pable and high-handed usurpations O
the party in power, and their many
public. and private acts of tyranny
trampling under foot the civil law
and the guarantees of the Constitution
and their continuing to1depriye the
sovereign States of. representation in
Congress States by, mill
| tary rule, prove them to be the party
of despotism and unworthy of the
tconfideneeand support of a free apeo
pie. .sazs Z .7.le7= 'zqpazI s.,5 ~
x Resolved, That the trialand sentence
to DEATH, by a military commission, o
citizen of Texas not in the military
or naval service, while the civil courts
are in the unobstructed exercise o.
their functions in. that State, and il
time of profound. peace, and the ,ap
proval Of that sentence by Presiden
Grant, are in violation of the most sa'
fcred rights of American citizens, guar
anteed by their Constitution, botf
Stale aud Federal, and deserve ,an6
kshould receive, the severest -condem
| natiouaof every lover of liberty anG
constitutional government. iasff.st
Resolved, That the attacks of Gov
ernors Hayes aud Lee upon the doing
of the late General Assembly ar
false in statement, malicious in spirit
and unworthy of their high position
Resolved, That TIM Fifty-eightl
General Assembly was called upon t.
make large and extraordinary appro.
.priations to rebuild the burnt Lunatit
Asylum, to provide a Reform Schoo
/ for girls, to construct a new Blint
| Asylum, TO make an appropriation t
meet q Judgement of more than $50,
900, recovered in the Supreme Cour
4 Sin favor of the Life and Trust Con1pa
my, and supply.a deficiency of NOR
than S500, 600 of the proceeding Legis
lature, all of which, together with th
fextra Compensation paid to member
under a law passed byTa Republical
i Legislature, without an increase. o
the State levy; notwithstanding a
4 of these things, the appropriations ar
much less than those of the preceedin
Z Republican Iegislatmre-and that, to
without abstracting SS0o,000 from th
d relief fund ofthe MANNED aud disable
soldiers and their families.
Resolved, That we hereby retur
4 our thanks to the late General Assem-
4 bly, for their economical expenditure
a in the administration of the Stat
Government, and the exposure of tn
wholesale frauds in the erection of til
= State buildings, whereby the peopl
4 eresdefrauded out of half a millio
I of dollars by the negligence and col
ruption of Republican State officia
and the dishonesty oftheir appointee
. and suborninates. - t@s
'E Resolved, That we extend the rigf
$ hand of fellowship, and recognize q
brethren in common cause, all col
: servative men not heretofore Demo
Gratis who will unite with us in reasr
$ ing the government from the unwoi
thy hands into which it has fallen, an
we pledge the united and cordial SUI
port of the 100000 Democrats in Obi
whom we represent, to the ticket non
finated by this Convention, and presei
ted by us to the.suffrage of the peop
of Ohio. iss iss sss.g -
/ The Convention then resumed ii
: business of nominating candidates. q
For LIEUTENANT GevERNoR, Il
following announcements were made
|. j. Godfrey, Gen. W. A.. Richar'
son, w. Heisley and Senator Rex.