The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-09-11
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Gil, Attest, j. A. Halderman, Clerk.
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or the National Republican Party,
Adopted at Philadelphia.
RESOLVED, That the maintenance of the prin.
ciples promulgated in The Declaration of indie
pendence, and embodied in the Federal Con
stitution, are essential to the preservation OF
our republican institutions; and that the Fed
eral Constitution, the rights of the States, and
the Union of the States, must and shall be pre-
served.
RESOLVED, That, with our Republican fathers,
we hold it TO be aself-evidentTutht that all men
are endowed with inalienable right to life, lib
erty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that
| the primary object and ulterior design of our
Federal Government were to secure these rights
to all persons within its exclusive jurisdiction;
that as or republican fathers, when they abol-
ished slavery in all our National Territory,
ordained that no person shall be deprived OF
life, liberty or property without due process of
law, it becomes our duty tc maintain this pro-
vision of the Constitution against all attempts
to violate. it for the purpose of establishing
Slavery in the Territories of the United
States, by positive prohibit
ing its existence or extension therein;
that we DENY the authority of Congress, or OF a
Territorial Legislature or of any individual or
association of individuals, to give legal exist
ence to slavery in any Territory of the United
States, while the present Constitution shall be
maintained. i sEs
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 exercise of this power
it is both the right and the duty of Congress to
prohibit in the territories, those twin relics of
barbarism, polygamy and slavery. ~
RESOLVED. That while the Constitution of
the United States, was ordained and established
by the people in order "to form more perfect
Union, establish justice, insure domestic tran
guilty, provide for the common defence, to.
promote the general welfare, secure the bles-
sings of liberty and contains ample provis-.
ions for the protection of the life, liberty and
property of every citizen, the dearest consti-
tutional rights of'the people of Kansas, have
been .fraudulently and violently taken from.
them
z Their territory has lbeen'invadedb by an armed
force; 9aHfT l9ga
Spurious and pretended Legislative, Judi
cial and Executive officers have been set over
them, by whose usurped authority, sustained
by the military power Of the Governments, ty-
enacted and enforced;
The right of the people tokeep and bear arms
has been infringed; 4t
Test oaths of ar extraordinary and entang-s
ling nature have been imposed as a condition
of exercising the right of ofsdffrage and holding
office; gatb.H b9slaas4
The right Of an accused person to a speedy
and public trial by an impartial jury has been
denied;
Z The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
searches and seizures has been
Violated: 3naas ess b. sI.lsfse
( 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 arson have been in
stigated and encouraged, and the offenders
have been allowed to go unpunshed;
That ali 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 Uuion and
humanity, we arraign that Administration, the
President, his advisers, agents, supporters, APP
biologists and accessories, both before the coun-
try and before the world, and that it is our fixed
purpose to bring the actual perpetrators of
these atrocious outrages and their accoInpliees
to a sure and condign punishment hereafter.
RESOLVED, L hat KANSAS, should be immedi-
ately admitted as State of the Union, 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.
RESOLVED, That the highwayman's plea. that
might makes right embodied IN theOstend cir
cular, was in every respect unworthy of Ameri-
can diplomacy, and would bring shame and
dishonor upon any Government or people that,
gave 1t their sanction, I
RESOLVED, That railroad to the Pacific
Ocean by the most central and practicable
route is imperatively demanded by the inter-
ests of the whole country, and that the Federal
Government ought to render immediate and eff
cient aid to its construction, and as an auxilia
ry thereto, the immediate construction of an
on the line of the railroad.
Resolved, THAT appropriations by Congress
for the improvement of river and haIbors Of a
National character, required for the accommo-
dation and security of our existing commerce,
are authorized by the Constitution, and justified
by the obligation of the Government to protect
the lives and property Of its citizens.
RESOLVED, That we invite the affiliation and
cooperation of men of all parties, however
fromus in other respects, IN thesupport
of the principles herein declared; and believ-
ing that the spirit of our institutions, as well as
the Constitution of our country, guarantees lib
erty of conscience, Iand equality of rights
among citizens we oppose all legislation i'm
pairing their security. Il,
Fremont endorses the above thus.
"You, have been engaged, gentlemen,
in cause that should draw to its sup
port all the Friends of. Constitutional
Freedom have read the platform
which you have adopted; and have ex-
amined with care, the principles it en-
bodies 1t is, at this time, like a second
Declaration Of Independence. I believe
in its truth, and can adopt it all its
parts; and it will be my purpose if the
voice Of the people shall ratify the nomi-
nations which you have made, SO to con-
duct the Government that these principles
thus atowed, shall become effective"
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