Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-26

Platform Upon Which All the Ops
ponents of the Radical Party can
stand.
We continue to receive numerous ap-
plications for copies of the UNION AND
AMERICAN containing the platform adopt
ed by the Democrats of Ohio at their
State Convention on the LIST of June. To
meet these demands, we reproduce the
document as follows:
THE PLATFORM.
The Democracy of Ohio, coming to-
gether in spirit of devotion to the doc
trine and faith of free, representative
government, and relying for success upon
the discretion and intelligence of the peo-
pie, deem the present convention a fitting
occasion to reassert the following time
honored principles of the Democratic
party:
That the Federal Government is one of
limited powers derived solely from the
Constitution.
That the grants of power made therein
ought TO be strictly construed by the de-
partments and agents of the Government,
and that it is inexpedient and dangerous
to exercise doubtful powers.
That the Constitution of the United
States is founded on the fundamental
principle of the entire and absolute equal
ity of all the States of the Union, and 1t
is not competent for Congress to impose
upon them any conditions or restrictions
in respect to their internal concerns which
the Federal Constitution has not i'm
posed.
That the liberal principles embodied by
jefferson in the Declaration of Independ-
ence, and sanctioned in the Constitution,
which make ours the land of liberty, and
the asylum of the oppressed of every ma
ton, have ever been cardinal principles of
Democratic faith, and every attempt to
abridge the privilege of becoming citizens,
or owners of the soil among US, ought to
be resisted with the same spirit which
swept the alien and sedition laws from
our statute books; and in order that we
may more distinctly declare our views of
the measures and policy of the present
administration:
THE TARIFF.
Resolved, That we denounce the
present tariff, as well as the substitute
lately introduced in the House of Repre-
sentatives from the Committee on Ways
and Means, as a gigantic robbery of the
labor and industry OF the country that
they are solely designed to advance the
interest of a few thousand monopolists,
and that this should no longer be submit
ted TO, and that no candidate for Con-
gress, nor for any other Office, is worthy
of support who is not in favor of a low
revenue tariff, which closely approximates
to free trade; that, in the arrangement of
any revenue tariff, all the necessaries of
life should be absolutely free of duty.
TAXATION.
Resolved, That the internal revenue
system of the United States is unen-
durable in its oppressive exactions; that
it should be remedied; that its annoy
ances of stamps, licenses and taxes upon
sales and income should be abolished I;
that the tax itself should be collected by
State and county officers; and that the
multiplication of officers is wholly unnec-
essary except to eat out the resources of
the tax payers and that we pledge our
selves to effect thorough reform IN this
particular.
CORRUPTION AND INBRCILITY.
Resolved, That we denounce the pro-
fiigacy in the present administration of
the Federal Government; the corruption
which has entered all its official stations;
the favoritism which, overlooking fitness
for Office, has appointed to positions of
public trust friends or tools of those who
control public patronage, and the imbe-
| cility which directs the destinies of the
Republic without an apparent purpose,
and manages its affairs with such embar-
rassment and disaster to the material in
terests of its people at home, and with
such disregard of the rights and liberties
| of its citizens abroad.
THE LAND MONOPOLY.
| Resolved, That the land monopoly is
one of the great evils of our country and
against its spirit and institutions: that the
whole of our public lands ought TO be
held as sacred to secure homesteads Tor
actual settlers: we therefore denounce the
recent action of Congress in making
grants to mammoth railroad corporations,
which are already too powerful, and may
become dangerous to free people.
| THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
| Resolved, That we regard the act re
Gently passed by Congress to enforce the
Fifteenth Amendment as unconstitutional
unjust and oppressive, an invasion of thu
rights of the States, suppressive of the
best interests of the people, and therefor
demand its unconditional repeal.
TAX THE BONDS.
| Resolved, That the power of the Fed
eral Government to assess and collect tax
es on the bonds of the United States,
clear and unquestioned, and we demand
of Congress that a share of taxation
equal to a fair average of the amour
levied in each State on money loaned
shall be assessed and collected from al
investments in bonds.
NATIONAL BANKS.
Resolved, That we are opposed to tn
system of national banks, and demand tn
immediate repeal of the law creating
them; and that in place of the notes o
such banks, the Treasury notes of tn
United States shall be substituted.
TRUCKING.
Resolved, That the Democracy sympa
thize with the efforts of sill people strug
Cling for self-government, and we de
nounee the trucking of the Federal &C
ministrstion to Great Britain and Spain
and the efforts of the party in power t
reduce whole States in our Union to
condition of vassalage to the general Coy
eminent.
PAST DIFFERENCES BURIED.
Resolved, That the thanks of Ii
Democracy of Ohio are extended to OF
Senator, Allen G. Thurman, and the Den
cratic Representatives in Congress, whC
though in small minority, have brsvel
commended for the principles of DemocFl
cy and the interests of the people, and Thu
upon the foregoing platform we cordial
invite all the electors of Ohio, withOl
regard to past differences, to vote for Il
ticket this day nominated.
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few weeks since, have again blossome
and commenced spring business anew.
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of cream tartar, caused a sensation, and
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