The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-07-09
ohio Democrat,c platform.

Aue 4OllOWluE are IHS
adopted by the Democratic s1"ee Con
ventfon at Columbus Wednesday:
ResoLved, That the exemption from
tax of over two THOUSAND I'VE nunuFsu
million dollars in Government bonds
o-II sacnriiies is unjust to the people
a nj ought not to be tolerated, and that
we are opposed to any appropriation
for DIN yment of interest on public bonds
until they are made subject to taxation.
RcS0lvcd, That the claims of bond
holders that the bonds which were
bought with greenbacks and the prin-
cipaI of Which is by law payable IN
currency, should nevertheless be Pal1
in gold, is unjust and extortionate, ana
if persisted in will inevitably force up
on the people the question OF repuola-
ton. I'LL,
Resolved, That we denounce the. high
protective tariff, which was desl&heu
! onlv in tho interests of the New Eng
| land manufacturers; that said tarlH Is
also bv lis enormous imposltlons on
salt sugar. tea, coffee and other neces-
silips. Uncomfortable and oppressive,
especially upon the people OF the west,
and that we demand its repeal and the
snhsIilulion of another based upon
revenue principles alone, upon the
closest possible approximation to alb
solute free trade.
ResoEved, That the Democratic party
| OF the United States have always been
permanently friendly to the rights and
The interests OF the laboring map; that
they arr in favor of limited number
of hours i'll all manufacturing work
sLops, hours dictated by the physical
and mental we'll being of the lRborer;
that they favor the most liberal laws in
regard 10 household and homestead eX-
en- ptiOu from sale and execution; that
they are also in favor of liberal grants
" IN INn
actual settler without any cost, and are
opposed to the donation of them TO
swindling railroad corporations, and
that they are generally friendly to the
system of measures advocated by the
labor and industrial congresses, and we
pledge the Democratic party, if re-
stored TO power, to exercise their intlu-
ence in giving them practical applica
ton.
ReS0lvcd, That the attacks of Cover
nOrs Hayes and Lee upon the doines of
the General Assembly are false in TACT,
malicious in spirit and unworthy OF
gentlemen occupying their elevated
positions.
Resolved, That the late General AS
sem bly, were called upon to make large
extraordinary appropriations to rebuild
the burned Lunatic Asylum, to provide
IA Reform School for girls, construct
new Blind Asylum, to make appropria-
LlOES ~ pay ONeI VI JUDGMENT
obtained in the Supreme Court of the
State in favor of the Life Insurance and
Trust Company, and to meta def
cheney Of over $500, 900 Of the preceding
Republican Legislature, all of which,
together with the extra compensation
paid to members under law passed
by Republican Legislature, were pro.
vided for without an Increase of the
State levy, and the appropriations in
the aggregate are much less than that
OF the preceding Republican Lsgisla:
ture, without abstracting 100000 from
the relief fund for the MANNED and dis
abled soldiers and their families
Res0LUed, That we hereby return our
thanks to the FifLy-eighth General AS
sem bly, for their economical adminis-
tration OF the State Government, and
for the eXPOsRl of the wholesale frauds
in the erection of State buildings,
whereby the people were swindled out
of half million dollars by the negli-
gence of the Republican State officials
RESOLVED, That it is, the right of each
State to decide for itself who shall pos
sess the elective franchise within IL;
| that the attempt to regulate suffrage in
| Ohio by means of the so-called Fiji
| teenIh Constitutional Amendment is
| subversiVe of the principles OF the Fed
| eral Constitution.
RcS0Ived, That the policy and legis-
| latiOn OF the Radical party directly
tend to destroy all the reserved rights
of the States, and convert the Republic
| into a consolidated despOtism; that
| whether such despOtism be exercised by
an Emperor, a President or Congress,
the result would be fatal to liberty and
| good government; that consolidation In
this country means the absolute domin-
ion of monopoly and aggregate capital
over the lives, the liberty and the pro-
perty of the toiling masses.
I,,. Al
tionAI banking system as one of the
worst outgrowths of the bonded bebt,
which unnecessarily increases the bur
den of the people thirty millions of dol
lars annually, and that we demand its
immediate repeal.
RcSOLvcG, That the trial and sentence
| to death by military commission of a
citizan OF Texas not in the military or
naval service, when the civil courts
were in the unObstructed exercise OF
their functions i'll that State, and in the
| time of profound peace, and the APP
prOval of that sentence by accident
| Grant. are violations of the most sacred
rights of American citizens, guaranteed
by their constitutions, State and Fed
eral, and deserve and should receive
| the saverest condemnation of every
lover of liberty and constitutional gov
| eminent.
ReSOiUed, That the numerous, palpa-
bic and high handed usurpations of the
party in power, their many public and
private acts of tyranny, trampling un-
der foot the civil law and the guaran-
tees of the Constitution, their continu-
ing to deprive sovereign States of their
representation in Congress, and to gov
ern said States by mere military rule,
show them to be the party of despotism,
and unworthy the confidence and sup
| port OF n free people.
| Resolved, That we extend the right
hand OF fellowship and recognize AS
| brethren in Common cause, all con-
sentative men not heretofore Demo-
Gratis, who will unite with us in rescu-
| ing the Government from the unworthy
hands into which it has fallen, and we
| pledge the united aid and cordial sup
port OF the two hundred and fifty thou
sand Democrats in Ohio whom we rep
resent to the ticket nominated by this
Convention and presented by us to the
sutfrages of the people of Ohio.
panied TO learn that Mr.. Shadrack
| Hedge, of West Bethlehem township,
whilst engaged in the NOW of his sta
BILE, on Wednesday of week before last,
fell through an opening to one of the
stalls below, immediately in the rear
of one of his horses. The animal be-
came frightened, and kicked and
plunged terribly, knocking down and
tramping upon Mr.. Hedge, and iDjur-
ing him in very severe manner. His
under jaw was broken, one eye knocked
| out, collar bone broken, shoulder nut