Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-06-08
Democratle state COnvention.


After an immense amount of whis-
neriBg, and skirmishing, the Demo
Gratis, at their State Convention in Co
lumbus, one week ago to day, adopted
a platform of policy. One which the
.wirc-workers and fuglemen of the par
ty, with the traitor Vallandingham at
their head, regard a. a mcster piece of
workmanship, in the policy line. The
first resolution of their platform reads
as follows:
ResolCed, By the Ohio Democracy,
/. That denouncing the extraordinary
means by which they were brought
about, we recognize as accomplished
facts the three amendments to the con-
stitution recently declared adopted,
and the same as no longer political is.
sues before the country.
This is the. resolution. by which they
wish to make the impressions upon the
public mind, that they have performed
the funeral rites of old (dead) issues
The whole substance of this resolution
is tlfat tie 18th, 14th and 18th amend
ments to the constitution have been
adopted. That is an acknowledged
fact, but they denounce the legal and
just means by which these three amend
.aepts were adopted by the States, and
as they are now beyond the control of
the Democracy they say they are no
longer political issues before the coun-
try Not because they. believe in the
universal freedom of all races, and not
because they believe that the right OF
suffrage should have been extended to
eolored men by the constitution of the
United States but they are no longer
issues because the Democratic party
has not the power to make them sue
cessful issues; that is the whole of
these resolutions. Give the Democratic
party the power, and is any body weak
= enough to suppose they would not
withhold liberty and the ballot from
the hand of the colorcd man in a little
shorter time than it takes us to write
thisarticEe Give the Democratic party
the power in Congress and as fast as
they could they would repeal every ae
of Congress passed to carry out thu
provisions of the 10th amendment
the amendment tlat extends the righ
of suffrage to the. colored man. w
are justified in this belief from the fac
that at the State Convention last year
they adopted the following resolution
RESOLVED, That we regard. the &C
recently passed by Congress TO enforc
the Fifteenth Amendment as unconsti
tutional, unjust and oppressive; an in
vasion of the rights of the States !;
subversion of the best interests of th
people, and, therefore, demand its un
conditional repeal
Give them the power, and they wi
not oplg. demand the unconditional re
peal of the 18th amendment, but the
will repealdt, and then the amendment
so far as.its practical results are cor
cerned, will be a dead letter; and 8
with every other amendment of til
constitution, which they have denoun'
ed. Give them the power, and the
will make every. one Of these constitl
tional amendments negatory.
Now, the best and most effectu
method to- keep peace, and to kee
these constitutional amendments fro
becoming political issues, is to vo
the Republican ticket straight; along
by this means you will keep the Den
ocratic party in q condition that the
will never attempt to. resurrect VIII
they have termed these amendment
dead issues.