The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-06-08

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oppressed of every nation, have ever
been cardinal principles of the Demo
cratic faith. and every attempt to
abridge the privileges OF becoming cit
liens and the owners of soil among us,
ought to be resisted with the same
spirit which swept the alien and sedi-
ton laws from our statute books, and
In order that we may more distinctly
declare u views of the measures and
policies of the present Administration.
ResokUed, That we d~enounce the
present tariff, as well as the substitute
lately introduced in the House Of Rep
resentatives from the Committee on
Ways and Means,a as a gigantic rob,
berry, of the labor and industry of the
country; that they are solely design
ed to advance the interests Of a few
thousand monopolists, and that this
| should be no longer submitted to, and
that no candidate for Congress, 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 necessa-
ries Of life should be absolutely free
of duty. ia
ResolUed, That the internal reve
nue. system of the United States is
uncomfortable in its oppressive exac-
tons; that it should be Immediately
remodeled'; that its annoyances of
stamps and licences and taxes upon
sales and incomes SHOULD be abolish
ished that the tax itself should be
collected by The State and county Off
Gals, and that the multiplication of
officers is wholly unnecessary, except
to eat out the resources of the tax
payers, and thar We pledge ourselves
to effect 4 thorough reform IN this
particular.
Resolued, That we denounce the
prohigacy in. the present Administra-
ton of the Federal Government, the
corruption which has entered all its
official stations, the favoritism which,
overlooking fitness for off &c, has ap-
pointed to positions of public trust the
friends or tools of those who control
the public patronage, and the imbecil-
ity which directs the destinies of the
Republic without an apparent purpose
and manage its affairs with such en-
barrassment and disaster to the ma
terial interests of its people at no me
and with such disregard of the rights
and liberties of it's citizens abroad.
Resoloea, That land monopoly is
one of the great evils of our country,
and against the spirit of our institu-
tions +; that the whole of our public
lands ought to be held as a sacred
trust to secure homesteads for actual
settlers. We, therefore denounce the
recent action Of Congress in making
grants to mammoth railroad corpora
lions, which are already too powerful
and may become dangerous to a free
people
Rssolred, That we regard the act
recently passed by Congress, to en-
force the fifteenth Amendment as I'M
constitutional, unjust and oppressive
an invasion of the rights of the States
a subversion of the best interests of
the people, and, therefore, demand
its unconditional repeal.
Rcsolrsd, That the power of the
Federal Government TO assess and
collect taxes on the bonds of the Uni
ted States is clear and unquestioned,
and we demand Of Congress that a
share of taxation equal to the fair av-
erage amount levied in each State on
money loaned shall be assessed and
collected from all investments in
bonds,
ResOlred, That we are opposed to
the system of National banks, and de
mand the immediate repeal of the law
creating them, and that in place OF
the notes of such banks, Treasury
notes of the United States be sub
stituted.
ResoIrsa, That the Democracy of
Ohio sympathize with the efforts of all
people struggling for seli-government,
and we dcnounce the trucking of the
Federal Administration in Great Brit
ain and Spain, and the efforts of the
party in power to reduce whole States
of our UnioA to a condition of vassal-
age to the General Government.
Resol0ed, That he thanks of the
Democracy of Ohio, are rendered to
our Senator, Allen G. Thurman,
and the Democratic Representatives
i'll Congress, who, though in a small
minority, Lave bravely con ended for
the p: inciples OF Democracy and the
interests of the people that upon. the
foregoing platform we cordially invite
all the electors of Ohio, without re-
gard to past differences, to vote for
the ticket this day nominated.
The resolutions were adopted with
great unanimity, there being only two
or three votes in the negative. r35t
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Mr.. Stewart from the Committee to
select a State Central Committee,
then reported the following names:
COMMITTEEMEN.
First District-Samuel Mathews.
Second District-Samuel F. Hunt.
Third District. G.. McKemy.
Fourth District-E. Nj. Greene,
Fifth District-Curtis Berry Jun.
Sixth District-Wm. G.. Gould.
Seventh District. b. Balentine.
Eighth District-James S. Grail.
Ninth District. B. Clymer.
Tenth District-Frank III. Hurd
Eleventh District-Wells A. Hutch
ms.
Twelfth District-A. r. WaIling.
Thirteenth Dis rict-AIcxander Van
Hamm.
Fourteenth District-John X. Nc
Bride.
Fifteenth District-Jere Williams.
Sixteenth District-Robert NJ. Clark.
Seventeenth District-C. n. Allen.