The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-05
PLATFGRnr.


We are not o delegate to the Dem
ocratic State Convention, and hence
can have no voice inmaking up the
platform embodyiDg the principles of
the party and its future policy. We
therefore propose to make one of our
own and to give this written authori-
ty to the State Convention to adopt
it, or so much thereof as it may deem
fit, or none if it SO decides; but we
fear if the substance of what we have
here is not embodied in that plat
form there won't be much Democratic
ring about it. Here it is:
1st. That our Federal Constitution
is the written agreement,by which the
several sovereign and co-equal States
consented to form federal Union,
and by which the States so forming
this Union agreed to be bound; and
that such powers as were not by the
terms of this Constitution granted to
the federal government were reserved
to the States respectively.
2nd. That the purposes Of this
Union were to Establish justice, in
sure domestic tranquility, provide for
the common defence, promote the
/ general welfare and secure the bless
ings Of liberty" and the safest means
of communicating and treating with
foreign powers. q
3rd. That the powers granted to
the federal government should be
strictly construed, and it should be
fully sustained in the exercise ofalIthe
powers delegated to it; and that any
attempt on the part of the general
government TO exercise power not
delegated to it in the Constitution, or
in manner not therein prescribed, is
an act of usurpation, demanding the
unqualified condemnation of the
people as tending to the destruction
of our federal system and to central.
lied despotism.
4th We hold it to be essential to
the preservation of the liberties of the
citizen, that the several States shall
be maintained in all their rights, dig
nifty and equality, as the most com
petent and reliable administrators of
their own domestic concerns and the
surest bulwark against anti-republi-
can tendencies. ..-a.--'
9th. That the only power delegated
to Congress by the Constitution to
impose taxes upon the people consists
in the right to collect revenue for the
current expenses OF the government
and the payment of the federal debt,
and all other duties imposed for the
purpose of fprotecting one class Of la
Dor at the expense of another are in
violation Of the federal compact, and
subversion of the rights Of the peo-
pie.
9th. That justice to the people as
well as the dictates of common hon
osty demand rigid economy in the I
administration of both State and fed |
eral government and the speedy and {
impartial arrangement Of all abuses +
of public trust before the estab- +
ished tribunals ofjustice and the great G
bar of popular judgment, .. c
7th' We are opposed to granting '
BY the general government of subsi- v
lies to steamship lines to import v
Chinese slaves to our shores; and we {
lemand such a modification of the e
3urlingame treaty with China as will Il
'nectually cut off this stream of d
Chinese immigration,
8th' We demand of Congress an "
ddltional appropriation for the re- W
noval of distractions to the navrga- IT
ion of the Willamette river, and such u
id by appropriation or otherwise as q :,
'ill open the Columbia river to free W
avigation, by means of canal and sc
ocks at the Cascade portage; and e1
he proceeds of the sales of alternate ~ ~
nctons of public lands, as provided n,
or by bill of the Hon. Jas. II. Slater, VI
ltroduced in Congress in aid OF the g
'ortland, Dalles and Salt Lake Rail al
Dad. ......... ~ ~
9th. That God required man to till an
10 soil that agriculture is the pri- IN
airy interest Of tho world, from =.
hich all trade and commerce spring; fo
lat wo hail with delight any and all fri
'stemised organizations favoring re- ha
'fto tho farmer from theoppressions Cl Cu
monopoly in the transportation of vi
5 products and supplies, and tho re. rel
# Of his burdens in common with all yo
hers from the ouorous taxation by
port duties on all he consumes,
10Th That for the best interest of Es
!, the Democracy Of oregon, forget. tn,
g all past political differences, cor au'
ally invite the cooperation of all o.
posed to corruption and consolida- 90, 90,
m. H. ..- .... ..' ... an,
- ing
In the exposure of the infamous she
edit Mobiler at the last session of dol
ngress, which scandalized the Gov VI, ~