The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-08-01
OHIO'S DEMOCRACY.
Nomination For GOvernOr-PIat-
form

The balioting for Governor was very
slow. r. NJ. Bishop. OF Hamilton county,
/ was nominated on the sixth ballot. The
/ Committee on Resolutions then submitted
the following. which were finally adopted :
The Dem oeratie party OF Ohio. in state
/ Convention Assem- bied, reuews its pledges
/ of devotion 10 the Union aud the COnStitu-
/ ton. With the amendments. IL declares as
| essential u the preservation OF free Govern
/ ment the faithful adherence to the follow
ing principles: a strict construction OF the
/ Constitution; home rule; the supremacy Of
1 civil oyer military power; the separation of
| church and Stat; equality of all citizens
before the law; liberty of individual action
! invoked by sumptuary laws; the absolute
| acquie in the lawfully expressed will
/ of the majority; opposition 10 all subsidies ::
| the reservation OF public lands to the use OF
/ actual settlers; the maintenance and per-
| lection OF the common school system; per-
| timent TO the issues now pending befOfe the
people.
Resolved, That we look upoa the inan-
guration of Il. B. Hayes To the high office
| OF President OF the United States. I'm Spite
OF majority of the electoral and popular
vote given by the people To Samuel J. Til
/ den, rs the most dan gerOuS encroachmeBt
| upon popular rights that has ever been at
| TEN pied in this o. in any other free coun-
try. and that repetition of the fraud will
| not be tolerated
Sccond-The destruction of the industry
of The country and the pauperizug of labor
are the inevitable fruits of the vicious laws
enacted by the Republican party.
| Third-That as means Of relieving the
distressed portions of the community, and
! removing the great stringency com planned
| OF in business circles, we demand the i'm
mediate repealed of the Resumption act.
Fourth--That we denounce d an Outrage
! upon the rights of the people the enactment
OF the Republican measure demonetizng
, silver, and demand the passage of law
which shall restore silver to its monetary
| power.
Fifth--That we favor the retention of
/ greenback currency as the best paper mon
ey We ever had, and declare against further
contraction.
SiXth--We congratulate the country up
on the acceptance by The present Admins
ira 10 OF the constitutional and pacific
| policy OF local self-government in the
t'tes South, sn long advocated by the
| Democratic arty, which has brought
peace aud harmony to that section of the
Union.
Seventh--That the Registry law framed
by the last Legislature is burdensome and
expensive ard discriminates uljustly
against the poorer classes of voters, and we
therefore demand its immediate repeal
Eghth-We favor tariff for revenue.
Ninth-We favor the issue by the gener-
al Government alone OF all circulating me-
diam, whether paper or metallic, To be
always of equal tender and incontroYerti-
BILE.
Tenth--That we condemn the acts of the
Federal Administration in using the regu-
lar troops of the United States TO interfere
with the elections and other political affairs
of the States as unconstitutional, unlawful,
and uni ustifiable, and destructive of the
rights of the rights of tho people of the
States.
Eleventh-~We commend III" ticket this
day formed by the Convention to the favor
able consideration and support OF citizens
OF the State.