The Rights of the States

We demand that the constitutional rights and powers of the states shall be preserved in their full vigor and virtue. These constitute a bulwark against centralization and the destructive tendencies of the Republican Party.

We oppose bureaucracy and the multiplication of offices and officeholders.

We demand a revival of the spirit of local self-government, without which free institutions cannot be preserved.

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Chicago: "The Rights of the States," Democratic Party Platform of 1928 in Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.270 Original Sources, accessed July 10, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XVZ2KPSIICENQUK.

MLA: . "The Rights of the States." Democratic Party Platform of 1928, in Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.270, Original Sources. 10 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XVZ2KPSIICENQUK.

Harvard: , 'The Rights of the States' in Democratic Party Platform of 1928. cited in , Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.270. Original Sources, retrieved 10 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XVZ2KPSIICENQUK.