The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-11-03
National Republican Platform.
LAS AMENDED AND AD0PrED.l

AhS ohis@o oenecSs al SoINtHIOD assem-
bled, in discharge of the duty we owe to
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 proprlety and necessity of the organi-
cation and perpetuation of the Republican
party, and that the causes which called il
into existence are permanent in their ma
ture, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand its peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph.
4 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 inallenable rights ::
that among these are lite. liberty and the
pursuit of happiness that to secure these
nights, governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the
consent OF the governed d"--is essential 10
the preservation of our Republican inslitu-
tions and that the Federal Constitution.
the Rights of the States, and the Union Of
the States must and shall be preserved.
3. That TO the union Of the States this
nation owes its unprecedenttd increase in
population, It's surprising development Of
material resources, its rapid augmentation
OF wealth, lis happiness at home and It's
honor abroad and We hold in adherence
all schemes for Disunion, come from what
ever source they may And we congratu.
late the country that no Republican mem
Der OF Congress has uttered or counte-
nanced the threats Of Disunon so often
made by Democratic members. without re-
buke and with applause from their political
associates end we denounce those threats
OF disunlon. IN case of popular overthrow
OF their ascendancy, as denying the vital
principles of free government, and AS an
ayowai OF contemplated treason, which il
is the imperative duty Of an indignant Peo-
PIE sternly TO rebuke and forever silence
4. That the maintenance inyiolate Of the
rights OF the States, and especially the
night OF each State to order aud control its
own domestic institutions according to It's
own judgment exclusively, is essential 10
that balance Of powers on which the per
iection and endurance Of our political fab
ric cepends; and we denuunce the law
less invasion by armed force Of the soil of
any State or Territory, no matter under
what presext, as among the grayest of
crimes.
8. That the present Democratic Admin
lsIation has far exceeded our worst an
prehensions, IN lis measureless subseryi-
ency 10 the exactlons of sectional inter
est, as especially eylnced in its desperate
exertlons 10 force the Infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people OF
kansas, In constituting the personal rela-
tion between master and servant to in
Eolve an unqualified property in persons
IN It's attempted enforcement. everywhere,
on land and sea, through the Intervention
of Congress and Of the Federal Courts, of
the extreme prete nslons Of a purely local
interest; and in It's general and unyarying
abuse OF the power entrusted to it by CON
fidlng people.
6. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which |
pervades every department of the Federal |
Government that return 10 rigid econ
omy and accountability is indispensable to
arrest the systematic plumber OF the pub
lie treasury by favored partisans while
the recent startling developments offrauds
and corruptions al the Federal metropolis, |
show that an entire change of administra-
ton is imperatively demanded.
z. That the new dogma that the Con-
Of its own force, carries Slavery |
into any or all OF The Territories Of the
United States, is dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit provi-
sions of that instrument itself, with CO.
exposition, and with legis-
Iatiye and judicial precedent is revolu.
tionary in It's tendency, and subversive Of
the peace and harmony Of the country.
8. That the normal condition OF all the
of the United States, is that of
freedom That as our Republican fathers,
when they had abolished slavery in all our
national territory, ordained that "no per-
son should be deprived Of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law, J" it
becomes our duty, by legislation, whenev-
er such Legislation is necessary. to main
tain this provision of the Constitution
against all attempts to violate it; and we
deny tne authority OF Congress, Of ter
ritorial Legislature, or OF any individuals,
to give legal existence 10 slavery in any
Territory of the United States.
8. That we brand the recen, re e-opening
of the African slave trade, under the COW
er Of our national flag, aided by perver-
sions Of judicial power, as crime against
humanity and burning shame 10 our
country and age and we call upon Con-
gress to take prompt and efficient meas
ures for the total and final suppression Of
that execrable traffic.
10. That in the recent vetoes, by their
Federal Governors, of the acts OF the Leg