Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-06-15

FIdUlOfmaOI Gne democracy
of Ohio, Adopted in Con,
VentiOn, at Columbus, OF
; the 9TH of June, 1870.
The Democracy of Ohio, coming
together in the spirit of devotion tC
the doctrines and faith of free rep.
resentative government, and rely
! ing for success upon discussion and
the intelligence Of the people, deem
the present Convention aftting oc.
casion toreassert the following time,
honored principles Of the Demo
cratic party;
That the federal Government is
one Of limited powers derived sole
Iy from the Constitution; that the
grants Of power made therein ought
TO be strictly construed by all the
dependents and agents of the Gov
ernment, and that it is inexpedient
and dangerous to exercise doubtful
powers,
That the constitution Of the Uni
ted States is founded on the funda-
mental principle Of the entire and
absolute equality of all the States
OF the Union, and it is not compe-
tent for Congress to impose upon
them any conditions or restrictions
in respect to their internal concerns
which the Federal Constitution has
not imposed;
That the liberal principles en-
bodied by Jefferson in the Declara-
ton of Independence, and sanction
ed in the Constitution, which make
ours the land of liberty and the
asylum of the oppressed of every
nation, has ever been cardinal prin-
cipIes of the Democratic faith, and
every attempt to abridge the priv
ilegers Of becoming citizens, and
the owners of soil among us, ought
to be resisted with the same spirit
which swept the alien and sodition
laws from the statute books;
And, in order that we may moro
distinctly declare our views of. the
measures and policy Of the present
administration,
ReS0lved, That we denounce the
present tariff, as well as the substi-
tute lately introduced in the House
OF Representatives by the Commit
tee on Ways and Means, as a gigan-
tic robbery OF the labor and indus
try Of the country; that they are
solely designated to advance the in
tercst ola few thousand monopolies,
and that they SHOULD no longer be
submitted to, and that no candidate
for Congress, nor any other
office, is worthy of support who is
not in favor Of low revenue tariff,
which closely approxmates to free
trade; that in the arrangement Of
any tariff, all the necessaries of life
should be absolutely free Of duty.
Resolved, That the internal rove-
nue. system Of the United States is
uncomfortable in its oppressive cx-
actions; that it should be immedi-
ateIy remodeled; that its annoy
ances of stamps and licenses and
taxes upon!sales and incomes should
be abolished. That the tax itself
should be collected by the State and
county officials; and that the null |
of officers is wholly un-
necessary, except to eat out the re-
sources of the tax payers; and that
we pledge ourselves to effect q thor
ough reform in this particular. We
denounce the prohigacy of the pres
ent administration of the Federal |
Government, the corruption which
has entered all the official stations,
the favortism which overlooking
fitness 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 destinies of the
without an apparent pur-
pose, and manages its affairs with
such embarrassment and disaster to
yhe material interests of the people
ut home, and with such disregard of
The rightsand liberties ofits citizens
abroad.
ReSOlUed, That land monopoly is
one Of the great evils Of our coun-
try and against the spirit Of our in
that the whole Of our
public lands ought to be held as q
sacred trust to secure homestoads
for actual settlers; we, therefore, de-
nounce the recent action Of Congress
in making grants to mammoth rail
road corporations which are already |
too powerful and may become dan
gerous to free people.
ReSolved, That we regard the act
recently passed by Congress TO en-
force the "Fifteenth Amendment"
as unconstitutional, unjust and op-
pressive; an invasion of the rights
Of the States, subversive Of the best
interests of the people, and there
fore demand its unconditional re-
peal.
ReSolUed, That the power of the
Federal Government to assess and
collect taxes on Bonds Of the United
States is clear and unquestioned;
and we demand Of Congress, that a
share of taxation equal to the fair
average amount levied in each State
on money loaned, shall be assessed
and collected from all Investments
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