The Massachusetts Democracy

At tho Massaoluisotts Democratie State Convontion, hel1 on the 14th int., tlio following resolütions wero unaiiimously adoptcd : Retolved, That1 the Democratie party of Alassachusettö declares its unaltered devotion to the principias of govermiwnt embodied in the Gonstitution of' the United States, and-demands an administ ration which slinll i'aithfully observe and fairly coustrue its ro visi ns to the eml that the power of poace and war, the frei;dotn of electora, and the personal liberty of the citizen be no longor subject to the discretion of one man. Resolved, That a scrupulous regard for the three co-ordinate departments of the X'nited States is essential to Republican Hberty. We thmatore denotinoc tho iut'.midution oí the Superior Oourt by Congress, aad tho packing of the Supremo Bsach by the President, with a view to legalizo repudiation, as equally calculated to defeat the end tbattáegovernmeat should be of laws and not of men, Resolved, That the welfare and happiness of the peoplo is tho end, and the elevation of tho purest and ablest men to office the means of good government. We thet ore demand that the policy which has e. tailed misery, hatred and corruption, dispensed by the most unvrorthy classes of the community upou ten States, foo abandoncd, ani thut Juli atunesty aud equal rights be assured ta all as tho only ineans.oi restonirfg good. government aud tranquillity to the States lately in. rebollion. Resolved, Thayho rnoent ameiidments to the Federal Constitution liaving been ajquiesced in by the country as a final and absolute settlement of tho issues growing out oí onr oivil war, the Democratie party aoceptt them in that spirit and dismisses tt2m altogether from political controversy, pledging itself to inaintain in good faith tho Constitution in all its parts and in all its provisions. Rtwleed, That w the rightsof tho States reservcd by tho lOth artiele of theamendment to the Constitution of the United States, which says : " The powers not delegateá to the United States by tho Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reservad to the States respootively, or to the people," constitute the oaly safeguird against the late developoient toward a consolidited empire, we thc-refore protest against tho persistent invasión of local self-govornmeut by Congress. to ask that the Constitution be strictly construed iu the interest of the rights reserved to the States, as well as cf their delegates to the general government. Retolrai-, That the tariffon imports disturbs tho natural distribution of the rowards of labor, by t iking a share of the ■wAgus to swull tho profits of capital. Wo, tlmrefore, resolve, in tlie language adopteti by the last Democratie State Convention, that the labor of the country, weak by its necessities in its defenses against the cupidity of capitalista and in its imibility to compel a recognition of its just rights, especially needs the protection of just, equal, and adequate laws; and that the present high cost of living, and consequent inadequacy of wages to provide Butticient means of support for our poorer people, is mainly due to the unjust our roncy system, the arbitrary and excessive taxation, and the great monopolies which have been inflicted upon us by the Eepublican party. Resolved, That all taxation being just bo much taken from ench one's means of happiness, the olosest ooonomy is a paramount duty in thosowho administer the governraent ; nnd we charge the present government of our Stnte with unnecessary outlay, oxceeding one-quartcr of a million dollars yearly, which, added to the enormous imposts of the general government made Massachusetts, in the word of Comniissioner Wells, tako precedence over all the governments and communities in the civilized world in respect to-the extent and weight of its taxation. Resolved, That we condemn the prohibitory law as an odious interfcrence with personal libert}', the prolific parent of bypocrisy, corruption and crime, and an affront to pnblic decency, in the surrender of all attempts to entbren the Irtw upon wealth and politica! intluenoe; and with its attendant satellite, thu State constabulary, au invasión of municipal rights and a degradation of the ordinary and appropriate means of tho enforcement of the laws. Rusolned, That the relations of the railroad corporations to the Commonwe:ilth ought to be revised, that a now, direct, ai l immediate influence may be excro'ned by tho community over tho means of internal oommunications ; that frauo'iises in the nature of monopolies, grante l to subsorvo the general convenience a id prosperity, should not be held for privte protít only. Remhed, That in the candidates put in nouiiii.it ion by this convention we present for the suffrages of tho people tho names of eminent citizens in whose signal ability and integrity the public can safoly conflde for an honcst and orderly achinnistration of the government of the Commonwealth.