Year: 1871

The following will be submitted to
the committee on Resolutions. They
are understood to have been prepared
by Gen. Morgan and meet the approba-
tion Of Gen. McCook and other distin-
guished leaders


Resolved, That we the delegates
representing the Democratic and Con-
servative citizens of Ohio, united in
defense OF the best interests OF our
State and country, hereby avow their
and our recognition Of the 18th, l4th
and 18th amendments to the Constin-
ton of the United States as de- facto parts
of the fundamental law Of the land and
as such to be obeyed


That the postponement Of action by
the Senate Of the United States on the
amnesty bill which passed the House
of Representatives, with the evident
design of preventing the restoration Of
order, meets with the unqualified disap-
proval of the people of Ohio and, in
their name, we call upon Congress to
pass an act Of universal amnesty to the
end that our white fellow-citizens may
be allowed the same privileges
now enjoyed by the colored
people in all the States of the Federal
Union. That with unabated devotion
to the cause Of civil liberty we pledge
ourselves and those we represent to the
maintenance of our State and Federal
Government upou the principles they
were organized: to uphold the first for
the security OF our individual rights and
local interests, and the second Tor the
general well being and protection of our
whole people and of the entire Union.
We declare that the rights Of the States
are absolutely equal, that they form the
bulwark of the liberties Of the people
and that the subverson Of the one
would be the destruction OF the other.


That the law of Congress which au-
thorizes the President to use the army
and navy to prevent the citizens of the
States from an independent expression
of their will at the ballot-box is gross
violation of the Constitution and an
audacious stride towards monarchy.


That the conduct of President Grant
in sending battalons to New York and
Philadelphia TO intmidate their citizens
in the exercise of the elective franchise
in a land where men are free and
tyrants hated, deserves and receives the
solemn condemnation Of the people.


That the law passed at the late ses-
sion OF Congress, to authorize the Presi'
dent at his sole discretion or caprice, to
suppress State Governments, proclaim
martial law, abolish the writ of HabeaS
Corpus, substitute military commissions
Tor civil tribunals at his unrestrained
will, to nse army, navy and militia to
secure his reelection, is not only uncon-
stitutional, but it is dangerous blow
against the very existence OF Republican
Government, and is a warning that
eternal vigilance is theprice OF liberty"


That the profigacy, corruption and
wanton extravaganza which prevails in
every department Of the Federal Gov
ernment, the sacrifice OF the interests OF
labor to aggrauiize handful OF arIsto-
Gratis, the wicked deprivation Of the
people of their right!ul heritage in the
publ, lands, which have been
made gift to railway and other
monopolists, the payment Of more than
twenty-four millions premium during
the administration of President
Grant, on Government bonds pay
able at par, the maintenance at
an annual cost to the people Of nearly
thirty millions Of an unconstitutional,
oppressive and extortional system Of
banking whereby money is made scarce
and interest high, are abuses which
call for wise and thorough remedies.


That We are in favor Of abolishing
the national banks, of the redemption
of their paper in legal tender notes, Of
the cancellation Of the Government bonds
thus to be paid, and which are now on
deposit as security in the Federal
treasury.


That the currency which is good
enough for the people is good enough
for the bondholder; that the true and.
onlys method of returning to specie
payments is to make custom dues and
the interest of the public debt and the
five-twenty bonds payable in legal ten
der notes; that such policy would Sc
cure a uniform and stable currency,
stop gambling in gold and elevate the
credit of The Government 10y raising It's
legal tender notes to the par value OF
specie.


That we are in favor ofpayment ofthe
public debt at the earliest possible
moment; of revenue tariff and a
repeal OF all taxes on tea, coffee, salt and
all other articles Of prime necessity;
of reduction of taxes on all the necess-
saries and comforts Of life, ofan increase
on diamonds, jewelry, silks, satins, vel
vets and all other luxuries, and tax on
bonds for federal purposes unless speclfi'
cally made exempt by law.


That we are in favor OF strict economy,
of large reduction in the expenditures
Of the Federal and State Governments;
of civil service reform; Of the collection
Of the internal revenue by State authorl-
ties and thereby return to honest labor
the myriads of tax gatherers who, like
the frogs and locusts Of Egypt, atfiict
our land and eat up its substance; and
Of the speedy trial, conviction and pun
ishment of the thieves who have stolen
the taxes paid by the people. That with
the watchword OF reform, we confident
" 90 to the country; that we believe
the interests OF the great body of the
people are the same; that without re-
gard to past political associations, they
are the friends Of free government; that
they are equally honest, brave and pat
riotic, and we appeal to them as to our
brothers and countrymen to obtain re-