Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-08-25
THE REPUBLIcAN PLATFORM.

This convention of delegates assembled in pursuance
of call addressed the people Of the United States
without regard to past political differences divisions
who are opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compro-
mis to the policy of the present Administration; to the
extension of slavery into territory in favor of the
admission of Kanzas Free State; of restoring the
ton of the Federal Government to the principles Wash
ngtou and Jefferson; and for the purpose of presenting
candidates for the offices Of President and Vice President
do
l, Resoiue, 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 nstuions and that the
Federal Constitution the rights of the States, the
union Of the States, shall be preserved
2. ResoiUed, That with our Republican fathers, we
hold to be self evident truth that all endowed
with the naienabe right of life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness; aH1 that the primary object Interior
design Of our federal government those
rights to all parties within its exclusive jurisdiction; that
as our Republican fathers when they had abolished slave
cry in all national territory ordained that no 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 establishing slavery in the United
States by positive legislation, prohibiting its existence or
extension therein; that deny the authority of Con-
gress Of territorial legislature Of any Individual or as
ISOLATION of individuals give legal assistance to slavery
in any territory Of the United Sates while the present
Constitution shall be maintained
8. ResolUed That the Constitution confers upon Con
gres sovereign power the territories of the United
States for their government and that in the exercise
this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress
to prohibit in the territories those twin ecs Of barbars
polygamy and slavery.
4 Resoiued That while the Constitution of the United
States ordained and established by the people in or
der to form perfect unon establish Justice insure
domestic tranquility provide for the defence and
secure The blessings Of berty and contains ample pro-
Visions for the protection of the life, liberty and property
of every citizen, the dearest constitutional rights Of the
people Of Kanzas have been fraudulently and violently
taken from them:
Their territory has been invaded by an armed force;
Spurious and pretended legislative judicial and exec
utiye officers have heen set over em hy whose usurned
authority. sustained by the military power Of the govern
ment tyranpical and unconstitutional laws have been
enacted and enforced;
The rights of the people to keep and bear have
beeninfrnged;
Test oaths Of an extraordinary and entangng paure
have imposed condition of exercising the rights
of suffrage and holding Office;
The right of accused person to a speedy and public
trial by impartial jury has been denied;
The right OF the people to be in their PERSONS
houss 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 arsons, have been nstgatei
and encouraged and the offenders have been allowed to
60 unpunshed;
Thai all these things have been done with the know-
edge sanction, and procurement OF the present Admins
raton and that for this high crime against the Constu
hon the Union, and humanity, we arratgn that Admins
raou the President, his advisers agents. supporters
before the country and before The world, and that it is
our purpose bring the actual perpetrators these
atrocious outrages and their accompce, sure and
condign punishment hereafter.
5. ReSOiUed, That Kanzas should be Immediately
mtted State of the Union, with her present free
sution, the most eeCtual way of securing to
her citizens the enjoyment Of the rights and privileges
which they entitled and OF ending the civil strife
raging in her Territory.
6, Res0iUed, That the hghwayman's plea that might
makes right, embodied in the Osend circular, in eve
ry respect unworthy of American diplomacy, and would
bring shame and dishonor upon any government that
gave it their sanction.
T. ResOiUed, That railroad to the Pacific Ocean, by
the most central and practical route imperatyey 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 INN date construction Of emigran route on
the line OF the railroad.
Res0iUed, That appropriations by Congress for the
Improvement of rivers and harbors national charac
ter required Tor the accommodation security of our
existing authorized by Constitution and
justified by the obligation Of government protect the
lives and property of its citizens.
g. Res0iUed, That invite the utilization and cooper
alton Of the Of all parties, however differing from
in other respects, in support of the principles herein de
card aud believing that the spirit Of institutions
well the Constitution Of country guarantees lib
ery Of conscience and equality of rights among citizens
We oppose all legislation mparing their security.