The Placer herald., 1856-10-11
Altering the Platform to Suit California
Repubicanism and Abolitionism Identi-
caI-TreasOn Admitted.

trines of the so called Republicans were the same
in substance the Abolition party of old, but we
were not aware at that time that the Republicans
had gone even further than the Abolitonists and
that the proof of the fact most conclusive and
damning. We solicit the attention of every honest
man in this community, whilst we point out the
facts, and we challenge contradiction from any
source. The third resolution of the platform of
this party as published in the Star Of Empire,
their campaign organ, is in these words:
Resolved That with our republican fathers, we
hold it to be selfevident truth, that all men are
endo,ced ,cith the inaiiena6le right to life, Hber-
ty and the pursuit Of happiness, and that the
primary object and anterior design Of our Fed
erGi Government Uere to secure these rights to
all persons ,cithn its erclusire jurisdictions that
as our republican fathers when they had abolished
slavery in all National territory ordained that
no person sdOuid be depriUed QtHfe, liberty pro-
perty icith0m due process Of lar, it becomes our
duty to maintain this provision of the Constitu-
ton against all attempts to violate it for the pur-
pose of establishing siocery IN the United States,
6Y pOsitice legislation prohibiting its existence or
extension therein &; that we deny the authority of
Congress- or territorial legislature. or any indi-
viduals, to give legal assistance to slavery in any
territory of the United States. while the present
Constitution shall be maintained.
The reader will observe, that they declare it
their duty, ''to oppose the esta6Hshing slavery IN
the United States, BY POSITIVE LEGISLATION
PROHIBITING ITS EXISTENCE OR EXTENSION therein !;
Wherein? WHY L, THE UNITED STATES.
Since noticing the above positive declaration
in the platform published in the Star Of Empire
nature against our opponents, we have examined
the resolutions as published originally in the
.Nt,c York Herald. and in all our eastern ex-
changes, in all our California exchanges. and find
this resolution as above set forth. is without one
ot or little of difference in substance ; the same
as was reported by Wilmot passed by the Phla-
delpha convention, and published everywhere to
the world. as the settled doctrine of the Repub
ican party.
As if these facts were not sufficient to satisfy
the mind, we find the Star of Empire altering
this resolution; doubtless fearing that California
was not sufficiently abolitionized to stomach the
monstrous proposition. and in the number of the
oath of Sept, it is made to read as follows:
"Reso1red. That with our Republican fathers
we hold it to be a seli-evident truth. that all men
are endowed with the inalienabe right to Life
Liberty and the pursuit OF Happiness. and that
the TludIN OitCl ana Interior QeS- -l OF our feCi-
eral Government were TO secure these rights to
all persons within its exclusive jurisdiction
That our Republican fathers when they had
abolished 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 to maintain this provision of
the constitution against all attempts to violate it
for the purpose of establishing slavery in the
OF THE United States. by posi-
tive legislation prohibiting its (EXIsTENCE left
OUT extension therein = &c, &C.,
By what authority does this California editor
add to or take from the code of doctrines estab-
ished by the general convention of the party?
Yet we see he has added the words above in cap
tals, and taken from it the word eristence which
are material alterations, and alter the sense and
meaning of the entire resolution. 1t was not
nisprint, we have shown that fact, by a compar-
son of authorities.
VIII the republican party be bound by this
mans work certainly not their leaders would
lold up 10 the public the platform adopted at
in June last and say, "these are our
doctrines adopted by US in full convention and
everywhere announced to the world as such you
have placed US in power knowing this fact and
we will now exercise our right Of setting the slaves
free in Missouri, Virginia and other Southern
States.''
From the sources of information we have, we
believe this resolution expresses the sentiment of
that party in the Atlantic States.
At a late session of the Ohio Congreg gatonalist
Church, held recently in Dayton, the following
among other resolutions was passed:
"ResolUed. That the demoralizing and brutaliz-
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but upon the Shareholders, of which Jefferson and
other statesmen in the better days of our Republic
us has been fully and alarmingly veri-
fed; and by this outrage, and its endorsement
at the South, the princiPies Of honor. the doc
trines of repubiicdaiSBi, and the obligations Of
religion, are Sh0tcn to be utterly dbrogated in
that portion Of oar UaIued Union, tchHe they are
encrOached upon and endan gered IN the free
States; therefore as men loving humanity, our
country, and our God, we will exert ourselves un-
remittngly, in all proper ways, to cast the demon
Of SldUery OW Of the chuch, and Out Of or be-
ioUed fand."
Those who read the letter of our intellg gent
correspondent "Placer," in our last issue, written
from the States on the st of September, will not
have failed to notice the following passage:
From all have seen | am satisfied that the
principles Of the Republican party tend to the
most extreme fanatcsm. Let them but succeed
IN lhs caHpaISn ana they VIII not stop snort OF
the most extreme demands Not satisfied with
prohibiting the extension of slavery into the new
States but will attack the institution where it
exists
Add to these proofs the dsunion doctrines of
their leaders and prints, more than two columns
of which the Herald publishes to-day, and no
one can doubt that these men design to sevc this
Union in twain. Their flag with Uhite feH and
sirteen stars is big with meaning. Citizens of
California-men of Placer, by whatever political
ties you may have heretofore been bound, we have
pointed you out the covert treason; we show you
that the leading newspaper of the Republican
party in this state, acknowledges the fact by al
tering the platform as to exclude the evidence;
we point to the action of powerful religious body,
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