Nebraska advertiser., 1859-09-15
R%EPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

ILAItUhms
This Convention, representing those citizens Of Nc
braska who disapprove Of the policy Of The National
Government during the last six years, and especially
since the elevation of James Buchanan to the Presi-
delcy who deplore the convulsiOns OecasiOned by
the wantOn and wicked repeal Of the missouri Com
promise" and by the Outrages perpetrated and per-
mitted in the Territory Of Kansas who hold that
the decision Of the Supreme Court In the ease Of
bred Scott is erroneous and ought to be reversed /:
and that slavery cannot exis except by pOsitivelO local
law and who perceive in the usurpat;On by the Ex-
ecutiYe Of powers and pTcrOgatlges UnWarrantcd by
the Constitution, and in the corrupt use Of the ex-
ecutive patronage, a just cause OF serious alarm:
who look with concern upon the prOdigal waste Of
public treasure, layisncd upon unworthy ~fayOritcs,
and sqUandered in military and naval expeditions
VIII le the frontier settlements Of this Territory are
left without adequate protection who regard the
foreign policy of the Government as reckless, mis-
chieYous and disgraeeful: who see in the neglect Of
western inland navigation, and in the defeat Of the
project of q Central Pacific Railroad, so much need
ed and so ardeutly hoped for, a subseryicney to the
slave power and a sacrifice of the interests Of the
free north who would fain see the administrator Of
the National Government brought back to the pure
and sound principles of the founders of the Republic:
and who are willing to sink all minor differences CT
opinion for the sake Of Overthrowing the miscalled
democratic party declare the following platform Of
principles: .
Ist. We claim fer our Territory that it shall be
uCuNCtlCN now duu luIGFGI 10 lLCGiOul anu lEct LtDOE.
ID. That the citizens Of the United States imi-
grating to this Territory bring with them their inhe-
rent right tOleCislate Tor their protection and well
fare, subject only under the constitution to the regU-
latiOn Of Congress. That the people Of this Terri
tory should be allowed to elect their own officers,
and regulate their own domestic institutions, and
thatit is the duty Of the Territorial Legislature Of
Nebraska in the exercise of It's power t. prohibit
slavery IN this Territory.
3D.. We claim the right Of every settler to hold by
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enunciated in tho Homestead bill introduced by the
Republicans at the last Congress, aud defeated by
democratic votes.
4th. We claim the immediate construction Of a
railroad up the great valley Of the Platte to the Pa
cifc, as advocated by the Republicans in the last
Congress, and defeated by the Democracy.
5th. Weclaim that appropriations should be made
for bridging the Nemaha, Platte, LOup Fork, Niobra-
rah, and other streams in the Territory where bridges
are required; and that such appropriations when
made, shall not be wasted as other appropriations
have been by corrupt officers, but honestly expended
for the purposes for which they may be intended.
9Th. We claim that there should be no invhEsCus
distinction between naturaIized and native-born
citizens; that both arc alike entitled to the protection
of their government, abroad and at home.
18th. We claim the speedy organization and al
mission of Nebraska rs u State.
8th. We hold the administration strictly re pOnsi-
bic for the open and notorious prosecution of the
African slave trade, in violation Of our laws and an
outrage on the moral sentiment of the civilized world.
9th. That in the coming campaign, we will judge
the the democratic party by its acts rather than its
professions; protesting opposition to a system of
credit, it has burdened the treasury with an enor-
nous debt protesting opposition to banks the Ma
tional Democracy has flooded the nation with treasury
notes and the Territorial Democracy has burdcned
and oppressed our people by worthless banks; pro-
Tossing to favor a National Railroad to the Pacific, it
has expended millions to establish an impracticable
Southern route, ard has not even surveyed the great
central route through Nebraska; protesting to favor
emigration to the Territory, it defeated in Congress
the Homestead bill, compelled the settler to pay for
his laud in a time of great commercial depression,
and has thu wi open vast tracts of the public lands
to the grasp of the Spectator protesting popular
sovereignty, it has refused the people the right to
elect their own officers, aud hold these offices at the
disposal of a corrupt administration oreward its ad-
herents for their treacherY to the cause of freedom.