Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-08-22
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

This convention of delegates, assembled in pursuance
of call addressed to the people If the United States,
without regard to past political differences divisions,
who opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compro
mise; to the policy of the present Administrations to the
extension of slavery into 1ree teroryj in favor Of the
admission Of hanzas as Free Sate Of restoring the
ton OF the Federal Government to the principles Of Wash
ingtou and Jefferson; and for the purpose of presenting
candidates for the offices Of President and Vice President
do
L Resoi0e, That the maintenance Of the principles
promulgated ii the Declaration of Independence, and
embodied in the Federal Constitution essential to the
preservation Of our hepu can institutions; ana that the
Federal Consultation the rights Of the States and the
union Of the States; shall be preserved
2 Resulted, That with Republican fathers,
hold 10 be self evident truth that all men endowed
with the nalienble right Of life, liberty, and the pursuit
Of happiness; and that the primary object and Interior
design Of our federal government were to secure those
rights to all parties within its exclusive Jurisdiction; that
our Republican fathers when they had abolished slave
cry in all our national territory, ordained that person
Shall be deprived of life liberty or property, without due
process Of law, it becomes duty maintain this pre-
vision Of the Constitution against all attempts to violate
it for the purpose Of establishing slavery in the United
States by positive legislation prohibiting its existence
extension therein; that deny the authority Of Con-
gress, of territorial legislature Of any individual
socaton Of individuals give legal assistance slavery
in any territory of the United States while the present
Constitution shall be maintained.
3. ReSolUea That the Constitution confers upon Con
res sovereign power the territories of the United
States for their government and that in the exercise of
this power is both the right and the duty Of Congress
to prohibit in the territories those twin recs Of barbarism,
poygamy and slavery
f. Resolued That while the Constitution of the United
States ordained and established by tho people
der to Storm perfect unon establish Justice insure
domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, and
secure the blessings of iberty and contains ample pro-
visions for the protection of the hfe liberty and property
of every citizen the dearest constitutional rights of the
people Of KanzUs have been raudulenty and violently
taken from them
Their territory has been invaded by an armed force;
Spurious and pretended legislative, judicial and
uve officers have been set over en by whose usurped
authority sustained by the military power of the govern
ment, tyrannica and unconstitutional laws have been
enac ed and enfcrced
The rights q the people to keep and bear arms have
been infringed;
Test oaths Of an extraordinary and entangng nature
have been imposed condition of exercising the rights
of suffrage and holding office;
The right Of an accused person to a speedy and public
trial by an impartial jury has been denied;
The right of the people to be 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 of the press has been
abridged;
The right to choose their Representatives, has been made
Murders, robberes and arsons, have been instgated
and encouraged, and the offenders have been allowed to
go unpublished;
That ali these things have been done with the knowl-
edge sanction and procurement Of the present Admins
taion and that for this high crime against the Constu
ton the Unon and humanity, we arraign that Admins
aon the President his advisers, agents, supporters,
apoogists and accessories either before after the facts
before the country and before the world and that it is
our purpose bring the actual perpetrators Of these
atrocious outrages and their accompces to and
condjgn punishment hereafter.
s. Resolved, That Kanzls should be Immediately
mltted State of the Union, with her present free con-
sution as the most eTectua way of securing to
her citizens the enjoyment of the rights aud privileges to
which they entitled, and OF ending the civil strife now
raging in her Territory.
6. ResolUed, That the hghwayman's plea that might
makes right embodied in The Ostend circular, in
ny respect unworthy Of American diplomacy, and would
bring shame and dishonor upon any government that
gave it their sanction.
Z. ResOlUed, That railroad to the Pacific Ocean, by
the central and practical route mperativey de-
manded by the interests of the whole country and that
the Federal Government ought render immediate and
efficient aid in its construction and auxiliary there
to- the m'diae construction Of an emigrant route on
the line Of the railroad.
ReS0Ued, Thai appropriations by Congress for the
improvement Of rivers aud harbors Of national charac
ter required for the accommodation and security Of our
existing commerce. authorized by the Constitution and
justified by the obligation Of government to protect the
lives and property OF its citizens.
g. ResoiUed, That invite the afation and cooper
alton of the of ali parties, however differing from
in other respects in support of the principles herein de
cared; aud believing that the spirit Of institutions,
well the Constitution Of country guarantees lib
ery Of conscience and equality of rights among citizens
oppose all legislation impairing their security