The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-10-03
National Republican Platform.
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01bIB III alS1uofgS VI tBe Autg VIC owe VI /
our constituents and our country, unite in
the following declarations
That the history Of the nation during |
the last four years, has fully established |
the propriety and necessity Of the organi- |
cation and perpetuatlon Of the Republican
party, and tlal the causes which called ii |
into existence are permanent in their ma
iure, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand It's peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph.
&. That the maintenance Of the princi
pies promulgated in the Declaration of In
dependence and embodied in the Federal
Constitution, THAT all men are created
equal that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inal.enable nights
that among these are lite liberty and the
pursuit Ut happiness that to secure these
nights, governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the
consent 81 the governed lis essential to
the preservation of cur Republican institu
lions and that the Federal Constitution,
the Rights Of the States, and the Union Of
the States must and shall be preserved.
3. That 10 the union of the States this
nation owes its unprecedented increase in
population, lis surprising development Of
material resources, it's rapid augmentation
ot wealth, its happiness at home and its
honor abroad and we hold in abhorrence
al schemes for Dlsunion, come from what
ever source they may And we congratu-
late the country that no Republican mem
ber 0f Congress has uttered Or c0unte-
nanced the threats of Disunion 70 often
made By Democratic members, without re-
buke and with applause from their political
associates and we denounce those threats
Of disunion. IN case Of a popular overthrow
~ their ascendancy, A. denying the vital
/ principles Of . free government, and a. al
ayowal a contemplated treason, which ii
| IL the imperative duty Of ar indignant Peo-
4 ple sternly 10 rebuke and forever silence
/ a. That the maintenance invi0late Of the
rights ot the States. and especially tie
right Of each State To order and control its
own domestic institutions according to its
own judgment exclusively, is essential to
1 that balance Of powers on which the per-
I iection and endurance Of our political tab
rlc depends, and We denaunce the Law
/ iess invasion by armed force Of the soil Of
any State or Territory, 10 matter under
+ what pretext. as among the grayest Of
+ crimes.
! 8. That the present Democratic Admin
/ lsiFatlon has far exceeded our wors. APP
! preAensions, in its Fneasureless subseryi.
! ency 10 the exactlUns OF sectional inter
est, as especially eyinced in It's desperate
l exertions 10 force the infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people Of
I Kansas in consuuing the personal rela-
/ tlon between master and servant To in
yolye an unqualified property in persons !
( in It's attempted enforcement, cservw here,
sn land and sea, through the Intervention
Of Congress and Of the Federal Courts, OF
/ the extreme pretensions of q purely local
/ Interest. and IN It's general and unyarylng
abuse of tie power erenTusted to il by con
hding people.
q. Thai tue people justly view with
alarm The reckless extravaganza which
pery yades every department Of the Federal
Government thai return 10 rigid econ
omy aud accountability is indispensable 10
arrest the systematic plunder OF the pub
lie treasury by favored partlsans; while
The recent startling Developments offrands
and corrupti0ns al tils Federal metropolis,
show thai All entire change of adfuinistra-
| ton " Imperatiyely demanded.
T. That the new dogma that the Con.
sllution, Of its own force, carries Slavery
into any or ali Of the Territories Of the
United States, is q dangerous political her.
esy, at variance with the explicit proyi
sions Of that instrument itself, with CO.
hmporaneous exposition, and with legis
iaiiye and judicial precedent is fesolu
tionsry in ils tendency, and subyersive 0
the peace aud harmony oi the country.
q. That the normal condition Of all th,
territory Of the United States, is that D
freedom That as our Republican fathers
when they had abolished slavery in all GU
national territory. ordained that mo per
r son should be deprived Of life, liberty, o
property, without due process Of law"
becomes our duty. by legislation, wheney
er such legislation - necessary. 10 main
tain this provision Of the Constitution
]. agains, all attempts TO violate IL and W
1e-y ...s 80. authority q Congress, u tet
ritorial legislature, or Of any individuals
To give legal existence 20 slavery in an
Territory Of the United States.
9. That VIC brand the recent re-openin
of the African slave trade, under the COY
or u our national flag, aided by pervel
slons u judicial power, as crime agaIni
humanity and a huynipv shame IN ou
country and age and we call upon Con
gress to take prompt and efficient mea
ures for The total and final suppression
that execrsbie srafFic.
TO- That in the recent yetoes. by the
\. FederAi Governors, of the acts OF the Lei
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