Year: 1879

i unconstitutional, ana Tor that reason
II ought to be repealed. That they are al
II so instrumentalities of fraud, force and
}, corruption, by which the party in power
e uses the money of the people to corrupt
r and Thousands of irresponsible officers
y to harrass and coerce the voters, and es'
: pecially by force and fraud to deprive
}. cur naturalized citizens of the right vote


and for other reasons, also, said laws
+ ought to be Immediately repealed.
: Resolved, that impartial juries are es'
i kential to the administration of justice
4 and thereby to the preservation ofliber-
e ty. That no man can be secure in his
! person or property when the juries are
f packed and controlled by the Govern
4 ment for despotic and partisan purposes.
s That under the Federal jury laws now
= in existence, juries may be and have
: been so packed and controlled that the


highest interests of Justice and free gov


ernment require that these laws be
/ changed so as to secure fair, impartial
) and independent juries in the Federal
! courts.


Resolved, that the Republican minori-
ty in Congress, by refusing to vote sup
plies to maintain the Government unless


the majority would agree to the use Of


troops at the polls, and also to the main


tenance of unconstitutional, corrupting,


violent and unjust election laws atOr9-


said, and the President OF the United


States, by his unprecedented use of the


veto power, in order to perpetuate said


laws and the use of armed men at the polls


have shown spirit of faction and de"


votion to party success instead of the


welfare of the country and the preserva-


tion of its constitution and liberties that


demands the condemnation of the whole


American people.


Resolved, that President Hayes, by


his frequent interposition of the veto in


order to defeat legislation that was


plainly constitutional, that in no way


interfered with the independence of any


other department of the Government,
and had received the most mature consid-
Grafton of Congress, has shown an utter
disregard Of the consideration and prin-
ciples that induced the insertion of the
veto power in the Constitution, and ut
ter disregard of the consideration and
principles that induced the insertion Of
the veto power in the Constitution, and
utter disregard of the welfare of the
people.


Resolved, that we declare it as the
sense of the Democracy of Ohio that
not dollar should be appropriated by
Congress to pay soldiers, marshsls, dep
uty marshals or supervisors of election
to interfere with or control elections.


Resolved, that the efforts of the Re-
publican party to open and keep alive
the war feeling between the North and
South, are to be condemned by every
lover of his country.


Resolved, that we reafirm the fnan- {
cial principles heretofore advocated by
the Democratic party of Ohio, that the
issue of money in any form and the reg
ulatlon thereof belong to the General
Government alone and ought not to be
delegated or entrusted to individuals or 1
corporations; that we, therefore, oppose
the perpetuation of the present national
banking system as a means of control ,
demand the gradual substitution Of
treasury notes for national bank cur
rency, to be made receivable for all dues
and legal tender equally with coin, I
such Government issues to be regulated !
upon principles established by legisla-
ton or organic law, so as to secure the
greatest possible stability Of value.


Resolved, that after changing the val
uation of all property from the scale of |
paper money by which the heavy bur :
den of debt now resting on the people ,
was changed to that of coin basis, the
change then made in the metallic STAN
dard itself by the decentralization of sill
yer was a monstrous fraud upon the peo- i
pie, cunningly DEVISED in the interest of |
holders of bonds, that should be con-
demned as in violation of every prin-
ciple of honest dealing and covert as
sault upon the fundamental rights of
and we, therefore, demand 6
the full restoration of silver to its orig {
inal place as a money metal, the same 8
as gold.


Resolved, that the rapid increase Of
the interest bearing debt of the Govern
ment under the present administration 9
ought to excite the apprehension of the t
people. We demand that the further =
in the bonded debt in time of !
peace be stopped and it be put in pro
cess of extinction.


Resolved, that the attack made upon
the State Legislature in the Republican t
platform is wholly undeserved, and that j
.he Legislature, in its arduous work OF t
the laws of the State, in the /
reduction of fees and salaries of county q
officers and the passage of law to pro-
.eet the ballot and prevent bribery at
,ieetioas, deserve the eommendation of
,he people of the State.


Resolved, that 1t is the duty of our
Government to maintain to its fullest
sxtent the doctrine that man may in
good faith change his habitation and be-
come citizen Of any other country.
We should protect in every part of the 8
world ell our natIlralized citizens as we b
would our natiVe-born, and should re- +
list all improper claims upon them by
10 which they no longer
DWe allegiance. We demand that the
existing treaties with ali foreign Gov
srnments be rigidly enforced, and that
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