Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-08-08
THE REPUB11cAN PLATFORM.

This convention of delegates, assembled in pursuance
OF call addressed tn 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 territory; in favor of the
admission of Kanz4s Free State; of restoring the ac
ton of the Federal Government the principles Of Wash
ingon and Jeerson and for the purpose of presenting
candidates for the offices of President and Vice President
do
l. Rssolue, That the maintenance of the principles
promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and
embodied in the Federal Constitution are essential to the
preservation Of our Republican institutions; and that the
Federal Constitution, the rights Of the States, and the
union of the States shall be preserved
2 ReSotUsd, That, with our Republican fathers, we
hodi to be self evident truth that all enaowed
with the naenabe right Of life liberty and tire pursuit
OF happiness; and that the primary object and Interior
design of federal government to these
rights to all parties within its exclusive jurisdictions that
as our Republican fathers when they had abolished slave
cry in all our national territory ordained that person
shall be deprived OF life liberty, property, without due
process Of law it becomes duty maintain this pro-
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 mat we deny the authority Of Con-
gress, Of territorial legislature, Of any individual
socaon of individuals to give legal assistance to slavery
in any territory Of the United States, while the present
Constitution shall be maintained.
s. Reso}Ued, That the Constitution coners upon Con-
gres sovereign power over the territories of the United
States for their government ard that in the exercise
this power it both the right and the duty of Congress
to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarsm
polygamy and slavery.
L. ReSoUed That while the Constitution of the United
States ordained and established by tho people in or
der to form perfect unon establish justice insure
domestic tranquility, provide for the Defence aud
secure the blessings Of ibertv and contains ample pro
of every citizen me dearest Constitutional rig6ts ~ 3
people Of Ka1zas have been raudulently and vioeaty
taken from them:
Their territory has been invaded by armed force;
Spurious and pretended legislative. judicial and
utiYe officers have been hem, by whose usurped
authority SUSTAINED by the military power of the govern
ment, yrannical and unconstitutional laws have been
enac ed and enforced;
The rights of the people keep and bear arms have
been inrnged;
list oahs of an extraordinary and entangling nature
have been imposed condition OF exercising the rights
of suffrage and holding office;
The right Of an accused person to speedy and public
trial by an impartial jury has been denied;
The right Of the people to be secure in their persons,
hous 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
of no effect;
Murders, robberies and arsous have been nstiga.ed
and encouraged and the offenders have bee allowed to
go unpublished;
Thai all these things have been done with the knowl-
edg sanction, and procurement Of the presen! Admins
traon, and that for this high crime against the Cosu
ton the Union and humanity, arraign that Admins
traon, the President, his advisers, agents. supporters
gss and accessories either before after The facts
fixed purpose bring the actual perpetrators Of these
arocous outrages and their accomplices, to and
condign punishment hereafter.
5. ReSOtUed, That kanZas should be immediatelysl .
med STATE Of the Union, with h present free con-
stution, the most etsUual way of securing TO
her citizens the enjoyment of the rights and privileges to-
which they nted, and OF ending the civil strife
raging in her Territory.
ResoiUed, That the highwayman's plea that might
makes right embodied in the 0send circular, in
ry respect unworthy of American diplomacy, and would
bring shame ami dish0n0r upon any government that
gave il their sanction.
I ResOiUed That railroad to the Pacific Ocean, by
the most cntral and practical route is mperatYey de-
msudel 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 INN diae construction Of an emigrant route on
the line of the railroad.
ResoiUed That appropriations by Congress for the
improvement of rivers and harbors of national charac
ter required for the accommodation and security Of our
ing commences authorized by the Constitution and
justified by the obligation government protect the
hive. and property Of its citizens.
Rescued, That invite the utilization and cooper
alton Of the men OF all parties, however differing from
in other respects in support Of the principles hpreiu de
olard aud believing that the spirit of Institutions,
as wc ms the Constitution Of country guarantees lib
cry Of conscience and equality Of rights among citizens
We oppose all legislation impairing their security.