The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-07-05
THE PLATFORM.

we ulSCOVer There were many UaCerli
errors in the Republican Platform adopte
at Philadelphia, as we publ shed it last weel
We give below corrected copy:
This Convention of Delegates, assem-
bled in pursuance of call addressed t
the people of the United States, withou
regard to past political differences or divi
sions, who are opposed to the repeal of tn
Missouri Compromise; to the policy of tn
present Administration to the extension Q
Slavery into Free Territory; in favor of tn
admission of Kansas as Free State; of re
storing the action of the federal govern
ment to the principles of Washington anC
Jefferson, and for the purpose of presentin
candidates for the Offices of President an,
Vice President, do
l. Resolved, That the maintenance of tn
principles promulgated in the Declaration O
Independence and embodied in the fedora
constitution, are essential to the preserva
ton Of our Republican institutions, and tina
the Federal Constitution and the rights o
the States, and the union of the States shall
be preserved.
2. Resolved, That with our Republican
Fathers we hold it to be selfevident trutl
that all men are endowed with the undenia
bic right of life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness, and that the primary object and ulteriol
design of our Federal Government was to Sc
cure those rights to all persons within it's ex
elusive jurisdiction; that. as our Republican
Fathers, when they had abolished Slavery in
all our national Territory, ordained that nc
person should be deprived Of life, liberty OF
property without due process of law, it be-
comes our duty to maintain this provision o.
the constitution-against all attempts to
violate it for the purpose of establishing
Slavery in the United States, by positive
legislation prohibiting its existence or exten-
sion therein. That we deny the authority Of
Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, of any
individuals or association to give legal assis-
tance to Slavery in any Territory of the
United States, while the present constitution
shall be maintained. ...
3. Resolved, That the constitution confers
upon Congress sovereign power over the Ter
ritories of the United States for their govern
ment, and that in the exercises of this power
it is both the right and the duty of Congress
to prohibit in the Territories these twin
relics of barbarism-polygamy and Slavery.
4. Resolved, That while the constitutional OF
the United States was ordained and establish
ed by the people in order to form "a more
perfect union, establish justice, insure domes-
tic tranquility, provide for the common de-
fense, and secure the blessings of liberty,
and contains. ample provisions for the pro-
| lection of life, liberty, and property ofevery
citizen, the dearest constitutional rights OF
the people of Kansas have been fraudulently
and violently taken from them;
Thor Territory has boon invaded by an
armed force;
Spurious and pretended Legislative, Ju-
dicial and Executive officers have been set
over them-by whose usurped authority, sus-
tanned by the military power of the Gov
ernment, tyrannical and unconstitutional
laws lave been enacted and enforced
The rights of the people to keep and bear
arms have been infringed
Test oaths of an extraordinary and en-
tangling nature have been imposed as a con-
diton Of exercising the right of suffrage and
holding offices.
The right Of an accused person to speedy
and public trial by an impartial jury have
been denied.
The right of the people to be secure in
their persons, houses, papers and effects
against unreasonable searches and seizures
has been violated.
They have been deprived of life, liberty
and property without due process of law.
That the freedom of speech and the press
has been abridged
The right to choose their representatives
has been made of no effect
Murders, robberies and arson have been
instigated and encouraged, and the Of
tenders have been allowed to 60 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 the adm nistra-
ton, the President, his advisers, agents, sup
porters, apologists, and accessories, either be-
fore or after the facts, before the country and
before the world, and that it is our fixed pur
pose to bring the actual perpetrators of these
atrocious outrages, and their accomplices to
a condign punishment hereafter.
5. Resolved, That Kansas should be i'm
mediately admitted as state of the Onion,
with 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.
6. Resolved, That the highwayman's plea,
that " might makes right embodied in the
Ostend circular, was in every respect unwor-
thy Of American diplomacy, and would
bring shame and dishonor upon any govern
ment or people that gave it their sanction.
| Z. Resolved, That railroad to the Pacific
Ocean, by the most central and practical
route is imperatively demanded by the inte-
rests of the whole country, and that the
Federal Government ought to render imme.
date and efficient aid in it's construction
and, as an auxiliary thereto, the immediate
construction of an emigraht route on the line
of the railroad.
s. Resolved, Thatappropriations by Congress
for the improvement of rivers and harbors
of national character, required for the Sc
curity and accommodation of our existing
commerce, are authorized by the Constitu
ton and justified by the obligation of gov
ernment to protect the lives and property Of
it's citizens. -
9. Resolved, That we invite the affiliatior
and cooperation of the men of all parties
however different from us in other respects
in support Of the principles herein declared
and believing that the spirit Of our institu
tions, as we'll as the constitution of ou
country, guarantees liberty of conscienc,
and equality of rights among the citizens
who oppose all legislation impairing their Sc
curity.
| EE Mrs. Georgiana Harvey, with
child in her arms, on Monday, jumped int
the Charlton street dock New York hut wa