The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-05-21
Adoption OF the New Vallandighan
Platform.
The Dead Past Ignored and Living Is
sues Put Forth,
Speech Of Mr.. vallandigham In Sup
port Of the Resolutions.
An Enthusiastic and Harmoniou,
Meeting.

hhIIoSi O- NAY 10 me new depart
ure, as inspired by Mr.. Vallandgham
was proclaimed to-day at the meeting OF
the Montgomery County Democratic Con.
vention, which met for the purpose of APP
pointing delegates to the State Convention.
There was an unusually large attendance
Of the leading professional and business
men Of both city and county and the ut.
most enthusiasm and harmony prevailed
throughout the entire proceeding. The
new revelation dictated by Mr.. Nallandig-
hlrn received unanimous Endorsement. Mr..
Vallandigham supplemented the platform
with a carefully written speech. The res
olutions are as follows prepared by him
I self:
WHEREAS, The Democratic party Of 1871
! is made up Of men who, previous to and
| during the late war, also for time
since, entertained totally different opn-
ions, and supported totally opposite meas
ures as to the questions and issues of those
times; and
WHEREAS, II j. reasonable to assume
that these same men still entertain, to u
large extent, their several opinions, and
would, If in like circumstances, support
again substantially the same measu sures
! and,
WHEREAS, A rational liberation among
men resolved to unite in present com-
mon purpose does not require surrender
in any particular of former opinions or
nny Acknowledgement of error AS to meas.
ures heretofore supported
Resotred, BY the Democracy of Mont
gomery county:
!. That, agreeing to disagree in all re-
spects as to the past, we cordially unite
upon the living issues of toe day, and
hereby invite all men Of the Republican
party who believe now upon the present
issues ns we beiieve 10 co-apperHts fully
and actively with us upon the basis Of per-
| feet equality with every member of the
Democratic party.
/ 2. That, waving all differences OF opin-
ion as 70 the extraordinary means by
which they were brought about, We accept
the natural aud legitimate results OF th'
WAT SO far as waged for its ostensiblC
purpose to maintain the union and tn,
constitutional rights and powers If tn
federal government, Including the thre
several amendments de factO 10 the con
stitution, recently declared adopted, as
war, and scquiesce in the same as no long
er issues before the country.
3. That thus burying out of sight al
that is of the dead past, namely; Tn,
right Of secession, slavery, inequality be
fore the law, and political inequality and
further, now that reconstruction IS com
plete and representation within the union
restored TO all the states, waving all ques
| n hx, 10
accomplished, we demand that the vital anC
long-established rule of strict construc
tion, rs proclaimed by the Democrat,
fathers, accepted by the statesmen of al
parties previous to the war, and embodied
in the Tenth amendment to the constitu
tion, be vigorously applied now to the con
stitution as it is including the three recen
amendments above referred to, and insis
that these amendments shall not be hel,
TO have, in any respect altered or mod tie,
the original theory and character of ih
federal government as designed and taugh
by its founders, and repeatedly, in early
times, in later times, and at all times
affirmed by the supreme court of the Uni
ted States but only To have enlarged the
powers delegated to it, and to that extent
and no more to have abridged the re-
served rights of the states, and that, rs
thus construed according to the ancient
and well established rules, the Democratic
party pledges itself TO the full, faithful,
| and absolute execution and enforcement
! of the constitution as it now is, SO rs to
secure equal rights to all persons under
| il, without distinction of race, color, or
| condition.
L. That the absolute equality Of each
and every state within the union is u
fundamental principle OF federal govern
mcnt, and that no department of that
government has any power to erpel
state from the union, or to deprive it, un-
der any pretext whatever, of its equal
rights therein, including especially the
right of full and complete representation
| in Congress and in the electoral colleges.
5. That we will always cherish and up
held the American system of state and To-
cal self-government for state and local
purposes, and general government for
| general purposes only, and are unaltera-
bly, opposed TO all attempts at ccntraliza-
tion and consolidation of power IN the
hands of the general government, and
more especially when such attempts are
in the form of usurpation by any depart
ment of that government, and, further,
that We adhere firmly to the principle Of
maintaining perfect independence be-
tween tho coordinate departments Of that
government,-the legislative, the execu-
tive, and the judicial -condemning all en-
croachments by one upon the functions of
the others.
6. That outside of the fundamental law,
all legislation is, in its nature and pur-
poses, temporary and subject to change,
modification, or repeal at the wi OF a ma
jority Of the people, expressed through
the law-making power, and that the pre-
tense that any act of Congress not execut-
cd and spent, or any legislative policy OF
party, 10 An absolute hnality, Is totally
inconsistent with the whole theory of re-