The Ohio Democratic Platform

Tho followiiu; is the platform of tbu Ohio DumocJ'acy, ucanimuusly üdoptec in State Conveution, at Columbus, on tho 6th uit. : Retuslted, That tho Democratie party seeks tö revive no dead issues, but stands by its principies, which are suited to alJ times and chcumstances. It supports tho federal Governm;nt in uil its constitutioaal authority, and opposes nulüficatiott and secession. It detends the reServad rights of the States and people, and opposes a centralization that would impair or destroy them. In order to mainlahi and presero these rights it insista upon a stric't construction of the Ftidoral ConstitutiOB. It resists all attempts of on-, depar'ment of the Govornmunt to ïisurp or destroy tho constitutionnl riguts or independence of other di'partfticlits. It opposes all interference by s,1v with the private affairs or business of rnen, not required by the public pence or Bifety, and advocates the greatest individual liberty consistent with public order. It believes in the capacity of tho people f'or self-govemment, and opposes all property qualifications as conditions to the right of suftïage or eligibihty to hold office. It favors liberal laws for the naturalization of foreigners. It insiste uj)on equal and exact justice to all uien. It opposes all monopolies, and denies that it is within. the province of of the Government to legislate for the bsnofit of particular classes at the expenso and to the detriment of the rest of the community. It therefore opposes the system by which a large portion of the profit-pioducing wealth of the country is ezempted from taxation, and demands that all constitutional inoans shall be used to reniedy this injustice. It insists that uur t.uiif laws should be framed with a view to reven ue, and not to tax the community for the benefit of particular industria. It recognizes the evils of n irrodeeinable currency, but insists that in tho return to specie payinents care shall be taken not to seriously dit,turb the business of the country or unjustly injure the debtor class. It appreciatei the beneiits conferred by railrouds, but opposes all combinations of railroad cornpanies to prevent competition aud thus enhanco tüo cost of transportaron. It opjposiJs ail laws that give to capital any advantugo ovor labor. It rt-quires honesty and economy in eery ment of the Governinent, Federal ov State, and it coudemus corruption, whoever may be the guilty parties. It is iu its veiy nature, und as a necessary result of its principies, a party of progresa, and supports all mensures of reform or improvement that are sanetioned by justice and couiicended by sound practical wisdom. B&ohed, That the wealth of the country is the product of its labor, and the best uso ot' capital is that which gives eniploynient and liberal wages to the producing classes. Henee everything, in just nieasuvo, that tonds to protect them trom opprtssion aud to irnprove their condition and dignify their calling, deserves and roceives our sympathy and support ; and that we cordially recominend tliu conservativo resolutious adopted at the recent National Labor Congress at Cioveland favoring arbitration and co ODeration. Resolved, That although always constituting a large majority of the American people, tbe ngncuturistti havo never demanded of the Government, State, or Federal, any special privilege, and have never inl'ested the halls of Congress or Legislaturas with lobbyists and rings, but, QU the eontrury, have 6uffered under discrimiuating aud unjust laws until forbeaiunce has ceased to be a virtue. We heroby pledge our sincere and honest efforts to obtain for them redrees of their grievances and equal and exact j.ustice. Meavited, ïhat the public lands should "be 6acredly reserved for actual settlers who will dweil upon and cultívate thtin, and thftt we will continue to denounce and oppose, as we have always denounced and opposed, all gifts of such lands by the Government to incorporated companics. Kesvlved, That the greatest 'danger to frt;e institutious is the wide spreading eorruption that threatens the utter destruction of public virtue. When the Credit Mobilior frauds pass unpunished, whou those engaged in them are elevated to high official positioiis, when seats in the l';leral Senate are notoriously puruhased, vusfe su-uia of mooey are oorruptiy eiuployed in popular eieotions, whon an arniy of office-holders, with the sanctiun ot' the Government, use their ofiicial inilueuce to control elections, when the bribery of custoni house officers is an establiehed usago, when rings of plundorers are the lecipients of millions of mouuy appropriated tor public use, W-hen-oflicial defalcutions are of such frequent Oücari'ence as scarcely to excite attention, when fresidential pardons relieve defaulters from puishment, and Presidential appointuieuts reward Credit Mobilier and s ilarv-errabbiner men.aud wheu Congressional investigation is geut-rally a washingaff air, it isnot strangü that nieu begin to lose confideiice in the free institutions, and that the fume of the Great Republic is greatly tarnishud throughout th civilized world. 'Co remedy these evils we insist that the receipts and expenditurea oi the Goveinnifiit shall be diminished, that its ijatronvugu shall be eurtailed and all useloss offices abolished, that it shall cease to usurp the functiona to whieh it has no titlc-, that official rnisconduct aud fraud and corruption in elections shall be vigorously punished, and that public virtue shiiil bu upheld and the want of it coudemnad-by the unUcd voioe of tho p.eople. Iieaoheii, That we coudemn without reserve the late act of Congross granting mlditioiial salaries as unjust and unjustifiabli', and dcmand its iuimediate aud unoonditiontil repeal; and we deuounce eveiy ïnember ui' Congress, whether Kepublican oi Democratie, who supported tise law, or received and retained the mouey xioo!ired thereby ; and we especially denouuoe the conduct of President Graut in using the infiuence of his high position for its passage, and whobe official Biguature luade it a law. Mesoleed, That the act of the President in setting up by the bayonet a governmeat in Louisiana not ohosen by her peojjle, aud having no title whatever to rule over thein, was a flagrant violation of her rights and of the Federal Coastitution. Scsohod, That overy dcpartment of the Govemtneni being in th hands of the ltepublicau party, they are justly responsible for the evils and wrongs in legislation and adininistration of which the country coiutilains, Jtésvived, That, uuder the timo-honored Democratie banner, with this declaration of principies inscribod on its folds, we enguge in the conflict, and we earnestly appeal to patriotic men of every class, without regard to party names or past differeuces, to unito with as on terms of perfect equality in the struggle to-rescue the Government froia the hands of dishonest men and redcem it from the flood of comp.laint which ttreatena its ruin.