The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-10-23
pIERSON HOUSE.
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OC the National Republican Party,
Adopted at Philadelphia.

Adopted at FhiladeiphIa.
RESOLVED, hat the maintenance of the priu-
ciples promulgated in ;hc Declaration of Inde-
pendcncc. and embodied Ill the Federal Con-
stitution, are essential to the preservation of
our republican institutions; and that the Fed
cral 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 self.evident truth that all men
are endowed with inalienable right to life, lh-
crtv, and the pursuit of happiness, and that
the primary object aud ultcrior design of our
Federal Government were to secure these rights
to all persons within its exclusive jurisdiction;
that as our 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 egislation---prohibit-
ing is 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 he
maintained.
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, iii erty and
property of every citizen, the dearest consti-
tutional hts of the people of Kansas, have
been fraudu!ently and violently taken from
them;
Their territory has been invaded by an armed
| force;
| 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 Government, ty-
rannical and unconstitutional laws have been
enacted and enforced;
! The right of the people to keep and bear arms
has been infringed;
Test oaths of ar extraordinary and entang-
! ling nature have been imposed as condition
of exercising the right of suffrage and holding
Office
The right of an accused person to a speedy
and public trial by an impartial jur, has been
denicd
The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers, and effects. against
unrea sonable 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, robberics, and arson have been in
stigated and encouraged, and the offenders
have been allowed to go unpunished
That all these things have been done with the
! knowledge sanction and procurement Of the
present Administrations; and that for this high
| crime against the Constitution, the Union and
humanity, we arraign that Administration, the
President, his advisers, agents, supporters, APP
biologists and accessories botE before the coun
try and before the world, and that it is our fixed
purpose to bring the actual perpetrators of
| these atrocious outraSes and their accomplices
to a sure and condign punishment hereafter
RESOLVED, That Kansas should be immedi-
atcly admitted as a State of the Union, it'll
her present Free Constitution, as at once the
most eifectual 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 i'll her Territory.
RESOLVED, That the highwayman' S plea that
might makes right embodied in theOstend cir
cular, was in every respect, ct,unworthy of Ameri-
can diplomacy, and would brig shame and
dishonor upon any Government or people that
gave 1t their sanct on,
RESOLVED, That a 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 auxllia
ry thereto, the immediate construction of an
emigrant road on the line of the railroad
RESOLVED, Thar appropriations by Congress
for the improvement of river and harbors of a
National character, required for the accommo-
dation and security of our existing commerce,
arc 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 tie affiliation and
cooperation of mn of all parties. however
differing from us in herrespects, IN thesupport
of the principles herein declared; and believ-
ing that the spirit of institutions, as we'll as
the Constitution of our country, guarantees lib
erty of conscience, and equality of rights
among citizens we oppose all legislation i'm
pairing their security.