Nebraska advertiser., 1858-06-10

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the Territorial Convention, which con-
vened at Omaha on the 9th ult. We
have not room for the entire proceedings
but copy below their Platform, and refer
the reader to our Omaha Correspondent,
"Wawko," for details.
1. That in viewof the alarming position of the pre-
sent national Admins ration which claims fer the Exc
cut re Of the United States the authority 70 force Terri
tories into the Union as States with institutions. reDug-
nant to the people thereof; and also in confederation OF
the fact that the friends OF that Administration are
forming a party organization in this Territory 70 support
this odious assumption Of power; it is our duty, as Rep
publican citizens OF Nebraska, 70 organize for the pur-
pose Ofmeeiing theissue thus forced upon US, and e
vindlcate the right Of a people Of a Territory, when APP
plying for admission as a State, ITO regulate their own
institutions IN their own way.
2. That we re-anrm the platform Of principles adopt
ed By the National Republican Convention at Philadel-
phia, nJune, 1856, 50 far as the SAME are applicable "a
the present exigencies Of the country, and that We ar
ray ourselves under the banner Of the party then organ
lied. %
3 That, with Republicans everywhere, we endorse
the great doctrines of the Declaration OF Inde9endence,
and the Constitution Of the United States, and declare ii
to be our unalterable determination to support those
bulwarks OF our prosperity, and wherever they have
been departed from, TO restore them 70 their original
puTttyas maintained BY the founders Of our Republic.
That the Territories are the common property Of
the people, subject solely to the laws Of Congress under
the Constitution Of the United States, and therefore nc
institution which Congress may not c0nstitutiOnally
ders.
be5. That the attempt Of any state to establish its
local and peculiar institutions in any Territory, is an
infringement, not only upon the rights OF the people
therein, but upon the rights Of all the States; and the
Iocsi laws o. tirglnia and kentucky, which reduce q
operative in any Territory as the school and tax lawson
New York and Ohio.
s. That the action OF the Administration in regard
to the Lecompton Constitution is in direct violation Of
the K~ansas-Nebraska act, and Of the Constitution Of
the United States. It violates the Kansas-Nebrask act
and its boasted principles Of popular sovereignty, by its
attempt % force laws upon a free people in direetroppo-
sition 70 their will II violates the Constitution of the
United States by using splendid brides Of profit and CO.
vert threats by loss to ecomplis thesame purpose.
l.. That free labor and free speech inherited BY our
ancestors and guaranteed to US by the Constitution, are
our inalienable rights, and that we will vigorously op-
pose the Introduction Of any institution in our Territory
that degrades free labor or forbids free speech.
5. That the attempt Of the present Administration 20
afirmslavery as already existing in Kansas, is a base
attemptto violate the rights and privileges s0lemRly
pledged in The act organizing that Territory, and using
the extra judicial opinion OF Judge fancy in delivering
the opinion Of the Supreme Court in the bred Scott case
is a gross attempt to corrupt the Constitution Of the
United States and degrade the dignity and the virtue OF
the Supreme Court.
9. That the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, TAX
ing back the consideration which Freedom received fer
permitting Slavery in Missouri, thus compelling Free
dom TO fight second time for territory once solemnly
dedicated toit, on an entirely new principle, viz 81
called popular sovereignty, was an outrage on the senti-
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forced upon US contrary TO our wishes and votes.
10. That we are in favor Of the appropriation OF lands
by the general government, for the purpose OF building
the Grand Pacific Railroad, and all branches of said rOad
which may be necessary for the convenience and beneni
Of the country.
II That we are in favor Of the Homestead Bill,
which has been recently introduced in the Senate Of the
United States. donating enc hundred and sixty acres Of
the national domain to the actual settler thereon, as a
Homestead, and that we condemn the late action Of a
Democratic Congress indeferTingt this Bill and the Pacific
Railroad to another session.
II. We will extend the Tighthand OF fellowship TO all
who are opposed TO the present Administration in its at
tempts to force slavery into new Territories, and bribe
free men to vote in opposition to principles previously
avowed and honestly held.
ID. We are opposed to all Banks Of Issue whose bills
and deposits are not safely secured from misnanagemeni
or fraud.
Il. That we are in favor Of one general act Of Congress
under which all Territories may be organized on the same
basis, and do all their own local legislation, until their
application to Congress as States with a Republican con-
stitution, which has been approved by the people Of such
States applying for admission, and when admitted ss
States, il shall be on a uniform basis
Is. That the Republicans be requested to organize
societies wherever practicable in thcr respective coun-
ties, to act in corporation with the Territorial organize
lion.