Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-08-23
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 or divisions,
who opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compro-
mise; to the policy of the present Administrations the
extension of slavery into free terftory in favor of the
admission Of Kanzas as Free State; of restoring the ac
ton of the Federal Government the principles of Wash
ngton and Jefferson; and for the purpose of presenting
candidates for the offices of President aud Vice President
do
l. Rssolue, That the maintenance Of the principles
promulgated in the Declaration of Independence, and
embodied in the Federal Constitution, 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 ResofUed, That, with our Republican fathers, we
hold to be self evident truth that all endowed
with the inalenabe right of life liberty and the pursuit
of happuess and that the primary ohiec and Interior
design Of our federal government were those
rights to I'LL parties within its exclusive jurisdiction; that
our Republican fathers when they had abolished slave
cry in all cur national territory, ordained that person
shall be deprived OF life liberty, property without due
process Of law, 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 thereni bat we deny the authority of Con-
gress, Of territorial legislature, Of any individual
ISOLATION Of Individuals to give legal assistance to slavery
in any territory Of the United States, while the present
Constitution shall be maintained.
8. Reso}Ded, That the Constitution coners upon Con
gress sovereign power over the territories Of the United
States for their government ard 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 barbar
poygamy and slavery.
A. RESOLVED That while the Constitution of the United
States ordained and established by the people in or
der to Storm perfect union, establish justice insure
domestic tranquility, provide for the Defence and
the blessings Of iberty and ample pro-
visions for the protection of the hfe liberty and property
of every cttZen the dearest constitutional rights Of the
people Of Aanzas have been raudulenty and violently
taken from them:
Their territory has been invaded by an armed force;
Spurious and pretended legislative judicial and
utye officers have been set over hem by whose usurpsd
authority sustained by the military power of the govern
ment tyranuica and unconstitutional laws have been
enacted and enforced;
The rights of the people to keep and bear arms have
been infringed
Test oathS Of an extraordinary and entangng patura
have been imposed condition Of exercising the rights
of suffrage and holding office;
The right Of accused person to speedy and public
trial by an impartial jury has been deniedi
The right the people be in their persons,
houss papers, 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 robberies and arsous have been instigatei
and encouraged and the offenders have been allowed to
go unpublished;
edge sanction and procurement of the present Admins
raon and that for this high crime against the Consu-
ton, the Union, and humanity we arraign that Admins
raon the President his advisers, agents, supporters,
apoogiss and accessories either before after the facts
before the country and before the world and that it
our purpose bring the actual perpetrators of these
atrocious outrages and their accOmpces to and
condgn punishment hereafter.
5. ResoiUed, That Kanzas should be Immediately =
mitted State Of the Union, with her present free
sttuton the most elsoual way Of securing
her citizens the enjoyment of the rights and privileges to
which they ned, and OF ending the civil strife
raging in her Territory.
6. Resotued, That the hghwayman's plea that might
makes right embodied in the Otend circular was in
ry respect unworthy of American diplomacy, and would
bring shame and dishonor upon any government that
gave it their sanction.
Z. Reso{ued, That railroad to the Pacific Ocean, by
the central and practical route mperatvey 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 imm diae construction of an emigrant route on
the lire Of the railroad.
Res0f0ed That appropriations by Congress for the
improvement Of rivers and haTbors 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 add property of its citizens.
g. ReSoiUed That invite the utilization and cooper
alton of the OF all partes however differing from us
in other respects in support Of the principles herein de
caredi aud believing that the spirit of our institutions,
as well the Constitution Of country, guarantees lib
ery Of conscience and equality Of rights among citizens
we oppose all legislation impairing their security