The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-05-09

cecding may prolong matters somewhat,
but il prevents confusion. and in The end
saves time and lnbor. ---Ethsl c. Gole.
Kentucky Democracy. q.
The following platform was submitted
by the Committee on Resolutions 10 The
Convention assembled at Frankfort on
the ist Of May, 1873, and adopted by a
large majority:
/. Resoised, That TIE Federal Union
was formed by, and is composed of, the
cocqual sovereign States, aud its govern
nent possesses none but delegated pow
ers, allother powers not prohibited to the
States being reserved by the several
States respectively, and all attempts to
exercise any power in violation Of these
fundamental principles are subversive Of
the Constitution, in direct conflict with
the rights Of the States. and destructive
to the interests Of the people.
2. That while We earnestly maintain
that the Federal Government should be
sedulously maintained in the proper ex-
ereise Of every power delegated to it in
the Constitution, carefully and strictly
construed, as the established means Of
securing justice and harmony among the
several States, the chosen medium Of
communication between them and other
nations, the safest means Of defense
against foreign aggression, We hold il to
hhc GENITAL te preservation Of the Eher-
ties Of the citizen that the several States
shall be maintained in all their rights,
dignity, and equality as the most com
petent and reliable administrators Of
their own domestic concerns and the
surest bulwarks against anii-republican
tendencies.
3. That justice 10 the people, as well
as the dictates Of common honesty, de
mands the most rigid economy in the
administration of both State and Federal
Governments, the speedy and impartial
.arraignment of all abuses Of public trust
Of whatever character or description,
both before the established tribunal Of
justice and the great bar Of popular
judgment that jealous care Of the
elective franchise, recognized by the
founders of our Government as the ex-
elusive property Of the several States
and the palladium Of their independence,
is essential to the perpetuity of our re-
publican installations in the preservation
Of civil liberty itself, requires at all
times, and under all circumstances, the
absolute subordination of the military
to the civil authority.
4. That the only power delegated to
Congress to impose taxes on the people
consists in the right to collect revenue
for the purpose of paying thet~arrsnt
expenses of the Government, and for the
payment Of the Federal debt, and all
other duties imposed for the purpose Of
protecting one class of labor at the ex-
pense of another are in violation Of the
Federal compact, and subvcTsive of the
rights Of the people.
5, That every attempt on the part Of
the Federal Government to eprftise a
power not delegated to il in the Cansti-
tuition, or to exercise delegated power
in a manner not therein prescribed, is an
act Of usurpation, demanding the instant
and unqualified condemnation Of a peo-
pie jealous Of their liberties, and espec-
tally that every unconstitutional inter
ference BY the general Government with
the local affairs Of any State TO any ex-
tent, or under any pretense whatever,
should be at once repudiated and con
demned by all classes, in every section
of the Union, as all such acts tend d.
rectly to the destruction of our Federal
system, and the consolidation of all pow
er in centralized despotism, and, as most
alarming instance in point, we denounce,
as we feel all good men should every
where, the atrocious conduct Of the
present administration toward the sover-
eign State of Louisiana.
6. ReiersiBg to the spirit Of generosity
and sympathy which the Democracy has
uniformly exhibited to our citizens of
foreign birth, as a guarantee of our sin
cerity, we will in the future, as we have
always done in the past, extend cordi-
al and hospitable welcome to the honest,
industrious and intelligent emigrant, not
only to the rich fields of enterprise in
our State, but TO just participation in
our rights as froemen.
7. That the Democracy Of Kentucky,
forgetting past political differences, and
looking to the best interest Of the whole
country, cordially invites all who are op-
posed to corrupt consolidation to coop
crate with them.
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