St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-10-13
REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.
ADOPTED By THE nEruBL1cAS STATE cosvIs-
TON, ASSEMBLED AT ST. pAu1, MINI, 70.
.5@ &. >'5f. JULY 21sr, 1869. ., s.: ,..,st u =

1 q = 80. .. !
Relying upon. the intelligence, patriotism,
and discriminating Justice OF the American
people, we the Delegates Of the Republican,
to the enlightened judgement Of the people of
Minnesota, the following emphatic declaration
of principles and resolutions ~
| /. We maintain the Union Of the States, the
rights Of the States, and the liberties Of the
people. t@5 80 sSa Ea&&5f At G5& &is3.l#
f. 2. Regarding slavery MS great moral and
! political evil, we oppose its extension beyond
the States in which it already, e1ists-the re
Iopening Of the. African Slave Trade-a Slave
! Code for the Territories, and while we disclaim
| all interference with slavery where it already
exists in the States, we demand tho entire and
| unconditional divorce Of the National Govern
ment from any participation in this t'relic Of
+ Ebarbarism.' ~ ~ ~
| 3. We prescribe ne man on account Of his
| religion or place Of nativity: we oppose any
abr:dgeu.ent whateser OF the right of natural
! ization now secured by law to emigrants, and
| all discrimination between native and natural
lied citizens, whether By amendment Of
StateConsitution. as in Massachusetts, or by
! Legislative or Congressional actien and we
resist with Indignation, as our fathers did in
! 1872, the monstrous doctrine fthe impressmeA %
Of American citiz ems by foreign despotismi-
ehltoes rny proc laime tdybe present Adminb
astration. 3, ,''& sSE'@
! i. We are in favor Of granting the public
aomain in limited quantities to be the free
/ comes Of freemen Glands for the landless
nersus niggers for the niggerless;" and We hold
the present Administration to a strict account
ability for the defeat Of The Homestead Bill in
the last Congress. ~. :. ~ r. s:@t %%.,. u.
! s. We condemn the doctrine Of the Dred
Scott decision as nti-Constitutional, anti
! Republican,, incompatible with State Rights,
! and as destructive Of personal security. - .
G. We are in favor Of Immediate and efficient
National hid to a Pacific Railroad by the most
practicable route. oES 5-s-y~5. s..s.-. r. .5>.
i T. We hold that Congress ought to protect
the lives and property Of our citizens by judi
cious appropriations for Rivers and Harbors
/ S. We arc resolved to maintain the purity
Of the ba!lot-box, as the palladium Of our
liberties. To this end we will resist by every
Legitimate means in our power the frauds
which, it is III tucrdateerpepose Of the corl'up
/ dynasty now entrenched III: the stolen places
Of power in this State, to pths; woeyd sead for
their past iniqaities as we'll as their proposed
frauds, We hold them up to the reprobation Of
all patriotism as conspiratoe against Liberty
BY the violation Of its sacred ark-tl,e
ballot-box. ~ 2ft f&sszs>4 i cs@s%.2s4
i Resolved .frst, That re ondcnn in n:unmeas
rred terms the recklese atrayagance of the
present corrupt and proajgate National
Adula 'st:s.ic:1---:ts Al :Donoo1al4c issue o1
-plasters-i.s ven ~ in the awardment
Of PUBLIC contracts-it roclivity to create d
mountain of public debt--its punic faith III
The affairs OF kansas---its repudiation Of
"homes for the homeless its duplicity or
tho Pacific Railroad--its gross violations o1
the purity of the, ballot-box--its cowardly
abandonment of the doctrine Of protection tc
adopted citizens--its alliance with disuuionists
its universal subversion Of Liberty---its
opposition to the Declaration of independence
I and its gross perversions Of the Constitution
constituting in all a bill Of grievances which
renders this Administration a cancer upon
the Republic, and which we pledge the vote Of
Minnesota to aid in removing in 1860. ..s ssaee.
| Resolued second, That the present State
Organization is one based upon frauds, and il
therefore bogus that the Governor, and Aud
itor of State, in receiving stocks as basis O.
Bank Circulation without marketable value
have violated the plain letter of the law, for
teited public confidence, and contributed
Largely to our pecuniary embarassments tha
the Democratic party has created contingen
y fund for the benefit of State officers, thereby
stealing the peoples money, and that by theil
4 general enis,nanagement of our State affair!
y Of confidence, but have manifested their inca
g pacity to administer the State Government.
: Reso1red third, That the present Administers
ton in ordering the sale Of Public Lands il
!, this State, (as it is understood such is theil
d avowcd purpose in this dark hour Of fnan
9 cial distress and general embarrassment, i
inficting q fearful wrong upon the settlers o
Minnesota, turning over to remorseless specu
lators the fruits Of their honest industry.
J.. Resolpea fourth, That the gross abuses prac
: tised by the Democratic party Of this State
: : under that clause Of our Constitution whicl
I extends the elective franchise to Indians wht
i have adopted the habits and customs Of civil
zed life, demand the severest raprobation O
all friends Of the purity Of the ballot-box, ant
! this Convention pledges the Republican party
;! Of Minnesota to reform and correct sucl
/, abuses by such needful legislation as shall
e confne the benefits intended to be conferred
il by that provision to such Indians as have o.
I, may become civilized in fact. ss&f ssz 5.
Il Resolved il III. That however <men may hav'
originally differed upon the adoption Of tn
"a Five Million Loan policy, We all unite in
, determination to preserve the plighted faitl
i of the State from the stain Of Republication b,
meeting all our obligations to the entire exten
"a of our honest indebtedness; that in regard t
II the question of the taxation of the people t
pay the interest on the State Railroad Bonds
II we hold that the Constitutional Amendmen
:, itself points out the mode BY which that inter
e est shall be met, that5we will faithfully carr
+ out and abide by that amendment, and shal
hold the Railroad Companies to 8 strict com
pliance Herewith !; and that We shall oppos
Il. al further Legislation upon the subject unit
) default and forfeiture shall hare been made .
& the part Of the Comp panies.