Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-07-25
BLACK REPUBLICAN PLATF0RoI.

Is a matter Of history, we give below the platform
adopted BY the Philadelphia Black Republican Con-
veution. 1t is the crafty hendiwork oI su5h na!lg-
nant foes Of the South ard the Enion, as Greeley,
Gidd;nes, WI.mot, Thaddeus Stevens, and Passmore
williamson, who addicted tho negroes of Colonel
Wheeler-in Il word, of all the vultures of Abolition.
ism and disuniUn from every section OF tho Tree
States; including q few spurious and recreHnt dele
gates from a few Southern States. In the language
OF the Pennsylvania, which boldly defends The Con
s,itu,iou arnin.t all such wicked foes. mo matter
how such .nen msy seek to gloss over their designs
by selecting n comparatively moderate platform, no
s,cb einsy wells can conceal the reel designs and
nurno.es which animate them. Political Conven
tons are at this day, aud IN this country the repre-
.entatives Of parties ard sentiments, and deadly war
mon the South as a means and a dissolution OF the
Union, as the end, is the true meaning and purport OF
al, that ia done by the Black Republican Conyen'
tion."
The follosing is the platform OF the Black Repub-
lican party, cdopteG a. their Convention in PhIiadeI'
phia:
This Convention Of delegates Rsscpb!ed in Fr:!su.
! ance of a cnll addressed TO the people OF the GATED
! States, without regard to past political diherencc. or
divisions, who are opposed 10 the repeaI vi the WIS
souri, Compromise; 10 the policy OF the present. 81
ministration; to the extension OF slavery INTO nan
sss-and in favor Of the admission OF KANSAS "a
free State; Of restoring the action 81 the ieue,a, gov
eminent 10 the principles OF Washington ana oener
son, and for the purposs of prefentIng caha'ua'es lot
the Offices Of Presiden. and Vice PRESIDENT 90 re-
solve as follows:
P,,ol-,d. 1hs, the maintenance Of the principle.
,rnn,mice,ed in the Declaration OF Independence and
prhnJ.nd in fbe Federal CONSTITUTIONS. are essential
% ,Ts nrese-ya;ion Of our Republican Institution.
md that ,he Fed .r.l Constitution, the rights Of the
STATS. and the Union OF tie S;ates shall De pre-,
,.rved.
Ps.oIvcd. That with our Republican fathers, we
hold il TO bs sell eyiden; truth, that all men are en-,
Jowed with the in ]alienaU,e right TO life, liberty, anc
,he uursuit of happiness. and that the primary objcc'
and Interior design OF our Fedora! Government Wert
10 secure .hese right. to al! persons within its exclu
,;ys jurisdiction; that as oar Republican fathers
when they had abolished slavery in al! our Nstinna
Territory, ordained that 10 person should be deprived
Of life, liberty OF property, without due process o
Law, it becomes our duty 10 maintain ;his provision
of the Constitution. a-sin-t ali attempts 10 violate /
for the purpose of establishing slavery in the United
States by positive legislation, prohibiting its exist
ence or extension therein-that we deny the authority
of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, of any indl
vidual or association, or individuals, to give legal as
s;sinncs to slavery in any Territory OF the Un'tet
Staes, while the present Constitution shall be main
! tanned.
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