The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-10-02
PIERSON HOUSE.
PI. At FO r M
OF the National Republican Party,
Adopted ut Philadelphia.

RESOLVED, Z hat the maintenance of the prn-
ciples promulgated in The Declaration of lnde-
peudence, 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 lfevident truth that all men
are endowed with inalienable right to life, lib
erty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that
the primary object and ulterior design OF our
Federal Government We're to secure these rights
to all persons within its exclusive jurisdiction;
that as our republican fathers, when they abol-
isbed 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 tc 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 legislation--prohibit-
ING lis 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.
RESOLVED, That the Constitution confers
upon Congress sovereign power over the Ter
riitories 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
barbarism, polygamy and slavery.
RESOLVED. That while the Constitution OF
the United States was ordained and established
bv 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-
Sings of liberty" and contains ample provis-
ions for the protection of the life, liberty and
property of every citizen, the dearest consti-
tutional rights Of the people of Kansas, have
been fraudulently and violently taken from
them;
Their territory has been invaded by an armed
force;
Spurious and pretended Legislative, Judi
cial and Executive officers have been set ovel
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;
Test oaths of ar extraordinary and entang.
| ling nature have been imposed as a condition
of exercising the right of suffrage and holding
office;
The right of an accused person to speedy
and public trial by an impartial jur, has beer
denied;
The right of the people to be secure in theil
persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures has beer
violated;
They have been deprived of life, liberty and
property without due process of law;
That the freedom of speech and of the press
has been abridged;
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 Union and
humanity, we arraign that Administration, the
President, his advisers, agents, supporters, ap
biologists and accessories, both before the coun.
try and before the world, and that it is our fixed
purpose to bring the actual perpetrators ol
these atrocious outrages and their acc plices
to and condign punishment hereafter.
RESOLVED, That Kansas should be immedi-
ately admitted as a 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 in her Territory.
RESOLVED, That the highwayman' IS plea, that
might makes fIPub, onDOuleU III lnoOSGenQ clf-
cular, was in every respect, unworthy of Ameri
can diplomacy, and would bring shame and
dishonor upon any Government or people that
gave it their sanction,
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
Government ought to render immediate and eff
cient aid to its construction, and as an auxllia
ry thereto, the immediate construction of an
cmigrant road on the line of the railroad
RESOLVED, That appropriations by Congress
for the improvement of river and harbors of a
National character, required for the accommo-
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 affiliation and
cooperation of mtn of all parties, however
differing from in other respects, IN thesupport
of the principles herein declared; and believ
ing that the spirit Of our institutions, as well
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.