The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-14

have neretOiOre prOieesou auu onuOo'O'SN
to establish, but disheartened by their null
tiplied defeats and the solid patriotism and
unerring judgments of the people, the Ohio
Democracy have determined to try new |
dodge, to make pretense OF aew birth, to
assume virtue though they have it not to
swallow their own rottenness, disguise their
principles, crawl into an imitation of the
Republican garb; and, by such and kim
bred professions aud practices, to charm
some aud cheat others into the support OF
their antedeluvian leaders and their de-
feated and detested principles.
To this end, they have adopted plat
form which is hateful, to their followers,
repudated by their candidates and scorned
and derided by the intelligent of all parties.
They call it accepting the situation, though
it is done with notice that their views are
not changed, and, that if successful, they
will find way to gain by legislation all
that they have lost by battle.
Some generous hearted Republican calls
this movement the new departure of the
old Democracy, but in plain Saxon, it is an
effort to recover a putrid carcass with
clean linen, aud most lamentable effort
II is.
Resolve No. /, denounces the three re-
cent constitutional amendments as having
been wrongfully adopted, and yet affects
to accept them as accomplished facts, and
as no longer political issues but fails to
give any pledge that they shall be OBJ
served, or that the vital principles imbed-
ded in them shall be enforced. &
How feeble and false this profession is,
is best proven by the solid vote of the
Democrats of the Ohio Legislature in 1869
rejecting the fifteenth article, and again in
1870, when the article was adopted in
spite Of the vote of every Democrat against
it. In these votes, the Democrats were
acting out their principles, as they will do
again when they have the power. In this
platform, they are catering for popular
approval. eet
To defeat the amendment in Indiana,
the Democrats of the Legislature refused
to vote, thus attempting to show the abb
sence of a quorum aud the Democrats of
New York have attempted to rescind the
approval of prior Republican Legislature.
Who, in the face of such record, will
take the campaign promises of G. L. VAL
landigham that they will behave better in
the future
Resolve No. 2, Demands that the con-
stitution shall be interpreted by the rules
which prevailed prior to the rebellion ;
that it shall be conceded that neither the
war nor the amendments to the ccnstitu-
ton have modified or changed the theory
of that instrument, or abridged the rights
of the States, and asserts that upon this
basis alone do they pledge the enforce
ment of the fundamental law. Reading
this, with Resolve No. S, which asserts the
temporary character of all legislation, and
the unqualified right Of repeal, we readily
see that it is the plain purpose of the Ohio
Democracy to fall back upon the slave
holders construction of the constitution
and to repeal all laws for the enforcement
of a more liberal and modern construction
and expressly sanctioned by each of tn,
amendments to which they profess to sub
NIT. They say, plainly enough, we will
leave you the barren text of the amend
ments, but not jot or title of law By
which they can be made effective. This il
quite TOO JDlu u Vol W COfcI VIC uitChoHOe
carcass of Ohio traitors.
Resolves Nos. 8 and A, Are simply
platitudes on the subject of State sovereign
ty and the independence of the seyera
Departments of the Government, and meaI
only, that secession is not dead, and tina
every Department of the Government no
in harmony with the Democracy is a usur
patton.
Resolve No. 6, Simply affirms the prin
ciple of universal amnesty, just what the.
favored during the rebellion.
Resolve No. 7. Affects to denounce tn
acts of the Ku-Klux, but at the same time
denounces all measures for their suppress
ion, simply saying to assassins of th
South, we are opposed to your crime
(which is not true) nevertheless, if you e
on committing them we shall not interfere
and if we get the power we will prompt
repeal all law which provides for you
punishment. This resolve also opposes th
act for the protection of the elective fran
chise.
Resolve No. 8, Favors the acquisitio
of territory but opposes San Domingo
fearing that it is 'job" in which they ca
have no hand
Resolve No. 9, Is an intellectual trea
and we give it in full:
"That we are 10 favor of strckly rev
nue. tariff, conformed to the theory an
principles of all other just and wise ia
laws, and opposed to the protective theor
80 called"
That is Democracy all over. Will SOM
body tell us what it means, or what it ma
not mean, when interpreted by moder
Copperheads
Resolve No. 10, Contains the usu
stereotype charges of extravaganza an
corruption against the Republican part
with which every Democratic platform
garnished 1t even cites the misappropr
alton of the public land in aid of raj
roads as an example, forgetting to state
that at the first regular session of Congress
after the Republicans attained power, Il
whole mass of the public domain WI
opened to the nominally free occupatic
of the Homestead settler; and that the al
preparations for railroads since that da
have been mainly for the great trans-col
tinental lines, and were necessary to rend
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