Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-07-09
Platform Of Principles Of the Ohio
Democracy.


ernment, and relying tor success upon
the discretion and Intelligence Of the peo-
pie, decree the present convention fit
ting occasion to reasseIt the following
timc-hohored principles of the Democrat
ic party:
"That the federal government Is Que
of limited power, derived solely from the
Constitution that the grants of power
made therein ought to be strictly con
strued by all the defendants and agents
of the government, and that 1t is incxpe-
dent and dangerous to exercise doubtful
power; that the Constitution OF the Uni
ted States is founded OIL the fundamen-
tai principle of the entire and absolute
equality of all the states Of the Union,
and it is not competent for Congress to
impose upon them any conditions or re-
strieuons in respect to internal concerns
which the federal constitution has not
imposed tina: the liberal principles en-
bodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of
Independence, aud sanctioned in the
Constitution which makes ours the land
Of liberty and the asylum of the oppress-
ed of every nation, have ever been the
cardinal principles to the Democratic
faith, and every attempt to a6ridge the
privileges of becoming citizens and the
owners of soil among us, ought to he re.
stricted with the same spirit which swel t
the alien and sedition laws from our stat
ute book, and in order that we may
more distinctly declare our views Of
masures and policy OF the present admin
| istration.
Resolved, That we denounce the pres
ent tariff, as well as the substitute lately
enacted in the House of Representatives,
from the committee on ways and mt ans,
as a gigantic robbery of the labor and
industry of the country, that they are
solely designed to advance the interest
of tie ew thousand monopolists and that
this should no longer be submitted TO,
and that 10 candidate for Congress, nor
for any other Office, is worthy of support
who is not in favor of n low tariff which
closely approximates to free trade; that
in the arrangement Of any reverse tariff,
all the necessaries of life should be free
from duty.
ResoJced, That the internal revenue
system of the United States is unbeara-
BILE in its''oppressive exations; that its an
noyances of stamps and license and tax
upon sales and incomes should be abol-
shed that taxes should De collected by
the state and county officers, and that
the multiL lication of officers is unneces-
sary except to eat ont the resources of
the ax.payers, and that we pledge our
selves to effect thorough reform in this
particular.
ReSoyced, That we denouncc the pro
| higacy in the present administration of
the federal government, the corruption
which has entered all its official stations,
the favorilism Of which, overlooking fit
ness for office, has appointed to positions
of public trust the friends or tools OF
those who control the public patronage,
and the imbecility which directs the dcs-
TIMES OF the republic without apparent
purpose, and manages its affairs with
such embarrassment and disaster to the
national interest of its people at home,
and with such disregard Of their rights
Of its citizens abroad
ReSOiced, That land monopolies is one
of the greatest evils Of our country and
against the spirit of our institutions (;
that the whole of our public lands ought
to be held as a sacred trust to secure
homes for settlers We therefore de-
nounce the recent action OF Congress in
making grants to mammoth railroad cor
porations, VIII ch are already too powe.
tul, and may become dangerous to a free
people.
ReSolyed, That we regard the act re-
Gently passed by Congress to enforce the
| Fifteenth amendment as demonstrations
al, unjust and oppressive, an invasion OF
the rights of the states, subversive OF the
best interests of the people, and therefore
demand its unconditional repeal.
ResOloed, That the power of the feder-
al government to assess and collect taxes
on the bonds of the United States, il
clear and unquestionable, and we demand
of Congress that rate of taxation, equa
to a fair average amount, be levied il
each state on money loaned and be as
sessed and collected from all investments
in bonds.
ReSol0ed, That we are opposed to th'
system of national banks, and demanC
the repeal OF the law creating them; anc
that in place Of the notes OF such banks
the treasury notes of the United States
shall be substituted.
Resolved, That the Democrats of Ohlo
sympathize with the efforts of all people
struggling for selt-government, and We
denounce the trucking of the Fedora
administration 10 Great Britain and Spair
and the effolts Of the party in power t.
reduce the whole of the States in ou
Union to condition OF vassalage to thu
general government.
ResoLUed, That the thanks OF the DE
mocracy of Ohio are extended to ou
senator, Allen G. Thurman, and Demo
cratic representatives in Congress, who
though in small minority, have bravely
contended for the principles OF Democra
cy and the interests OF the people.
ResolUed, That upon the foregoing
platform we cordially invite all the elec
tors of Ohio, without regard to past dii
ferences, to vote for the ticket this da,
Nominated.
ACCOUNTED FoR.-General Mitchell
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