The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-10-31


The night Of the people TO keep and bear
arms has been inffinged test oaths Of an
extraordinary and entangling nature have
been imposed % . condition Of exercising
the right of suffrage and holding ofEce /.
The right ofan accused person to q speedy
and public trial by an impartial jury has
been denied;
The right Of the people to DO secure in
their persons, houi g, papers and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures,
has been violated;
They have been deprived Of lifo, liberty
and property, without due process Of law;
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 arsons have been
instigated and encouraged, and the Offend
ers have been allowed to 60 unpunished;
That all these things have been done with
the knowledge, sanction and procurement
of the present national administration, and
that for this high crime against the Consti-
tuition, the Union and humanity we arraign
that administration, the President, his adj
yisers, agents, supporters, apologists as
accessories, either before or after the fact.
before the country, and before the world ;
and that it is our fixed purpose to bring the
actual perpetrators of these atrocious out
RACES, and their accomplices, to sure and
eondign punishment hereafter.
Resolved, That Kansas should be immedi.
ately admitted as State of this Union, with
her present free Constitution, as ut once the
most effectual way Of securing to her citi.
zens the enjoyment of the rights and priv.
leges to which they are entitled, and Of end.
ing the civil strife now raging in her terrific.
ry.
ResOhed, That the highwayman's plea
that "might makes right" embodied in the
Ostend Circular, was in every respect un.
worthy Of American Diplomacy, and would
bring shame and dishonor upon any gov
eminent or people that gave 1t their sane
ton.
Resolved, That railroad to the Pacific
OCEAN, by the most central practical route,
is imperatively demanded by the interests Of
the whole country, and that the Federal
government ought to render immediate and
sufficient aid in the construction, and as IN
auxiliary thereto, 10 the immediate construc-
tion OF an emigant road on the line Of the
railroad.
Resolred, That appropriations by Con-
gress for the improvement ofriven and har-
bors of national character required for
the accommodation and security Of an ex-
isting commerce, arc authorized by the con-
stitution and justified by the Obligation Of
government to protect the lives and proper
ty of its citizens.
Resolved, That We invite the affiliation
and cooperation Of men of all parties
however differing from us in other respects
in support of the principles herein de-
clared, AMI believing that tho spirit Of our
institutions, rs well rs tho Constitution OF
our country, guarantees liberty of conscience
and equality Of rights among citizens, we
oppose all legislation impairing their sccu-
rity.
This platform strictly national, SO cmin-
emily conservative and sound. JONI G.
FREMONT in his adminblc letter, accepting
the nomination, endorses in the following
well chosen language, extracted from his
letter.
"Thc declaration of principles embodied
in the resolves Of your convention, expresses
the sentiments in which have been educa.
ted, and which have been ripened into con.
viction by personal observations, and e1pc.
riencc."
And he closes his letter ofacceptancc with
the following patriotic avowal:
II the people entrust to me the admins
tration of the Government, the laws of Con-
gross in relation to the Territories will be
faithfully executed. All its authority will
be exerted in aid Of the national will to re-
establish the peace of the country on the
just principles which have heretofore received
the sanction Of the Federal Government, Of
the States, and Of tho people of both sec
tions. Such policy would leave no ali
ment to that sectional party, which seeks its
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by appropriating the new
Territories to capital in the form Of Slavery,
hut would inevitably result in the triumph
of free labor-the natural capital which con-
sntutcs the real wealth Of this great coun-
try, and creates that intelligent power in
the masses, alone to be relied on Us the bull.
wark of free institutions.
Trusting that have heart capable OF
comprehending our whole country, with its
varied interests, and confident that patriot
ism exists in oil parts of the Union, &c
cept the nomination of your Convention, in
the hope that may be enabled to serve use.
fully its cause, which consider the cause oil
Constitutional Freedom.
Very respectfully, your obcdient servant,
JOHN G. FREMONT.
Men Of Maine, voters Of York County,
We have given you above the republican
platform, and the declarations Of the candi
date Of the Republican party. You cannot
vote at all without voting for principles
You do not vote for government, but for thu
kind of government whether good or bat
you will have. II you desire government
which will be guided by such principles Al
were sustained by tho fathers of the repub
lie, by Washington, Jefferson, Madison, ant
a continuance of that policy which regarded
involuntary slavery, as an evil not to DO e1
tended, and is that, "rRrE LABOR tn,
natural capital which constitutes, the rca
wealth of this great country, and creates
that intelligent power IN the masses alone
to be relied on as tho bulwark Of free insti
. tutions," you will vote on Tuesday mex
for their representative, JOHN G. FIRE
MONT.