Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-10-19
Platform Of the Republican Party
in New York.


ernment being one Of defined and lin.
tied powers. among which the power
to enslave human beings is not found.
we most earnestly deny its right to
establish, uphold or tolerate Slavery
in any portion of the public domain.
or to connive ut its establishment in
the Federal Territory by any means
whatever.
RksoLvEp, That since there can be
no legal Slavery in the Territories Of
our Union, there can be no sSlave
States legally formed out Of such Ter
ritories. and we declare ourselves un-
slterably opposed to the formation
there of any more Slave States. and
in favor Of an express prohibition by
Congress Of Slavery IN all territory oI
the Union. a-t p.if ~ ~
RESOLVED. That the reputation in
the interest and by the vste Of the
Slave power Of SO much Of the Mis-
souri compact as inures to the advsn.
tage Of Freedom, after 1t had yielded
all possible advantages 10 Slavery, ad.
monishes as Of the insufIiciency Of any
compact to restrain that spirit Of ag-
gressicn and rapacity il.herentin a sys-
tenn which robs man of his liberty,
eslth Of its fertility. and labor Of its
rightful reward.
RESOLVED. That the Federal Ad-
ministration by its uniform policy, but
especially by the removal Of Cover.
nor Reeder and the appointment in
bis stead OF one who recognizes the
elect Of the Missouri invaders as a true
Legislature for Kansas, and demands
that the tyrarnical usurpalion of tha,
body shall be obeyed as the laws o.
that Territory, fully indensi6es itsel
with the effort to plant Slavery thereon
and renders impossible the further
support Of the Executive BY men who
desire that Kansas shall now be q free
Territory and in due time Free
State.
RESOLVED, That these citizens ol
Free States who have migrated to Kan.
sas with the purpose of making hel
Free, have In so doing, violated nc
law and assailed NO right; that their
peaceful yet resolpte bearing in view
Of the outrages to which they have
been subjected by armed bands. pre-.
cipitated upon them from Missouri,
commends them TO our warmest admi.
ration, and We pledge them our zeal.
Gus and active support, until these in.
vaders shall be defeated. and theil
rights fully secured.
RESOLVED, That the outrages com.
mitted in a sister State. under color
Of judicial authority, on a citizen gull
ty Of no crime but humanity and truth,
admonishes US that Slavery is every
where at war with justice and inten,
on bending all things to It's will; where
fore we exhort our fellow-citizens, a,
hey value their own rights and liber-
ties, not to entrust with power. Judicial
or other. men who uphold and sympa'
,hize with the oppressors Of Passmors
Williamson.
RESOLVED, That secret political or
ganizations are inconsistent with the
liberal principles Of our free govern
ment, and anti-republican in theil
character +; and that we repudiate arc
condemn the proscriptive and anti
republican doctrines Of the order o
Know-Nothings and all their secre
constitutions, oaths, rituals and organ
izations. N eest el-
RESOLVED, That while the policy oI
Canal enlargement is settled by ths
change Of the State Constitution. au
thorizing an increase Of the State Debt
to the amount Of nine millions Of dol
lars for that purpose, the Republican
party will insist upon the honest anc
faithful application of these funds te
the purpose for which they are appro
priated that in the management o.
the State finances, we will require .
rigid system Of accountability, and the
strictest economy in all expenditures
from the public Treasury.
RESOLVED. That the policy of re-
pairing our completed public works in
sections, by contract, to be awarded ia
the lowest responsible bidders. enlist
my, as il does, o strong pecunisry in
est in preventing breaks. or stopping
them at the outset commends itself td
our judgment as conducive alike "a
economy IN expenditure and regulari'
~ Of navigation. and we commend its
adoption in the management OF oul
canals.
RESOLVED, That IN forming a new
political organization, We adopt and
reaffirm. as our own, the principles sci
forth, as those Of the Republicans ol
1900 in the inaugural Of Thomas
Jefferson, as follows: Equal and ex-
act justice to all men-the support ol
the State Governmentin all their rights
as to the most competent administra-
tors for our domestic concerns, and
the surest bulwark against anti Re-
publican tendencies, the preservation
Of the General Government in It's whole
constitutional vigar, a jealous care oi
the right Of election by the people, a
mild and safe corrective Of abuses
which are Topped by the sword Of iev-
olution where peacsable remedies are
unprovided. absolute acquiescence in
the decisions Of the majority-the vi
tai principle Of Republics from which
here is no appeal but to face the vital
principle aud immediate parent Of des-
potism. economy in the public expen-
iitures that labor may be lightly bur-
iened, the honest payment Of our
debts and sacred preservation Of the
public faith, encouragement Of agri-
cultural and Of commerce as its hand
maid. the diffusion of information and
arrangement Of all abuses ut the bar
Of public opinion. freedom Of religion,
freedom OF the press, and freedom Of
person under the protection Of the
habeac corpus. and trial by juries inn
partially selected. These principles
form the bright constellation which
has gone before us and guided our
slcps through an age of revolution and