The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-09-04
PL AT r O r wi
OF the National Republican Party,
Adopted at Philadelphia.

RESOLVED, hat the maintenance of the prn.
ciples promulgated in The Declaration of Inde-
nendence, and embodied in the Federal Con-
stitution, are essential to the preservation of
our republican institutions; and that the Fed.
eral Constitution, the rights of the States, and
the Union of the States, must and shall be pre-
served.
Resolved, That, with our Republican fathers
we hold it to be self-evident truth that all men
are endowed with inalienablc right to life, hb-
erty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that
the primary object and ultcrior design of our
Federal Government were to secure these rights
to all persons within its exclusive jurisdiction;
that as our republican fathers. when they abol
shed slavery in all our National Territory
ordained that no person shall be deprived of
life, liberty or property without due process of
law, it becomes our duty to maintain this pro-
vision of the Constitution against all attempts
to violate it for the purpose of establishing
Slavery in the Territories of the United
States, by positive gislation--prohibit-
ing is existence or extension therein;
that we deny the authority of Congress, or of a
Territorial Legislature, or of any individual or
association of individuals, to give legal exist
ence to slavery in any Territory of the United
States, while The present Constitution shall he
maintained. s..F .f.t.-...,
REsoLvrp, That the Constitution confers
upon Congrrss sovereign power over the Ter
ritories of the United States for their govern
ment. and that in the exercise of this power
it is both the right and the duty of Congress to
prohibit in the territories, those twin relics of
barbarisIn, polygamy and slavery.
RESOLVED. That while the Constitution of
the United States Yves ordained and established
by the people, in order "to form more perfect
Union, establish justice, insure domestic tran
guilty, provide for the common defence, to
promote the general welfare, secure the bles,
.ofl nd amr1o
ions for the protection of the life, liberty and
property of every citizen, the dearest consti-
tutionaf rights of the people of Kansas, have
been frauduIently and violently taken from
them
| Their territory has been invaded by an armed
force; Eta.
Spurious and pretended Legislative, Judi
cial and Executive officers have been set over
them, by whose usurped authority, sustained
by the military power of the Government, ty-
rannical and Unconstitutional laws have been
enacted and enforced;
The right of the people to keep and bear arms
has been infringed aa 8I3Ie
Test oaths of ar extraordinary and entang-
ling nature have been imposed as a condition
of exercising the right of suffrage and holding
office; af Sal. s r8 gEsf fgf3
The right of an accused person toa speedy
and public trial by an impartial jur, has been
denied; .,'-t>t '-ssAl
The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers, and effects. against
unreasonable searches and seizures has been
violated; ~ t -tt&
They have been deprived of life, liberty and
property without due process OF law; arlss
That the freedom of speech and of the press
has been abridged; b-a -k8It e
The right to choose their representatives has
been made of no effect;
Murders robberies, and arson have been in
stigated and encouraged, and the offenders
have been allowed to go unpunished;
That all these things have been done with the
knowledge, sanction and procurement of the
present Administration; and that for this high
crime against the Constitution, the Uuion and
humanity, we arraign that Administration, the
President, his advisers, agents, supporters, ap-
biologists and accessories, boil, before the coun-
try and before the world, and that it is our fixed
purpose TO bring the actual perpetrators of
these atrocious outra5es and their accomplices
to sure and condign punishment hereafter. /
RESOLVED, That Kansas should be immed
| ately admitted as State of the Union, W ith
her present Free Constitution, as at once the
most effectual way of securing to her citizens
the enjoyment of the rights and privileges to
which they are entitled and of ending the civil
strife now raging i'll her Territory
RESOLVED, That the highwayman's plea. that
might makes right embodied in theOstend cir
eular, was lnevery respect unworthy OF Amen
can diplomacy, and would bring shame and
dishonor upon any Government or people that
gave 1T their sanct on,
RESOLVED, That railroad to the Pacific
Ocean by the most central and practicable
route is imperatively demanded by the inter
ests of the whole country, and that the Federal
Governmenteughttor torender immediate and eff
cient aid to its construction, and as an auxllia
ry thereto, the Immediate construction of an
| nv, "A an tho lino Aft tho ilroo1
RESOLVED, That appropriations by Congress
for the improvement of river and harbors of
National character. required for the acconmo-
dation and security of our existing commerce
are authorized by the Constitution, and justified
by the obligation of, the Government to protect
the lives and property of its citizens.
RESOLVED, That we invite tie afiliation and
cooperation of m7n of all parties, however
differing from us in otherrespects IN thesupport
of the principles herein declared; and believ-
ing that the spirit of our Institutions, as we'll as
the Constitution of our country, guarantees lib
erty Of conscience, and equality of rights
among citizens We oppose all legislation i'm
pairing their security, sr' .tl] III.
Fremont endorses the above thus.
"You have been engaged, gentlemen,
in a cause that should draw to its sup
port all the Friends of Constitutional
Freedom. 1 have read the platform
which you have adopted, and have ex-
amined with care the principles it en-
bodies. 1t is, at this time, like a second
Declaration of Independence. I believe
in its truth, and can aropt it in all its
parts; and it will be my purpose, if the
voice Of the people Shall ratify the nomi-
nations which you have made, SO TO con
duct the Government thatthese principles
thus avowed, shall become effectiye.'' y
~ REAL ESTATE AGENT.