The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-05-30
The Chicngo Platform.

States, in Convention assembled, in discharg
of the duty which we owe to our constituant
and our country. unite in the following declara
tions;
l. That the history Of the nation during ,ht
last four years, has established the prophet,
and necessitv OF the organization and perpetu
alton e the Republican party,and that the caus
es which called it into existence are permanent
in their nature, and now, more than ever be fore
demand its peace III and c. n>titut onal triumph
z, That the maintenance for the principles
promulgated in the DeclaratI n ofIndependence
and embodied in the Federal Constitu ion, THAT
all men are endowed by their Creator with GER
tain inalienable rights that amorg these are
life, liberty and the pursuit Of happiness that
to secure thees rights, governments are insti u.
ted among men, deriving their Just powers IRON
the consent of the governed-iS essential to the
preservation OF our Republican institutions; and
that the Federal Constitution, the Rights of the
States, and the Union of the States, must and
shall be preserved.
8. That to the Union Of the States this ma.
ton owes its unprecedented increase in popula.
tion,its surprising development of material re
sources, its rapid augmentation of wealth, its
happiness Mt home and its honor abroad; and we
hold in abhorance all schemes for Disunion
come from whatever source they may And
we congratulate the country that no Republi-
can member of Congress has uttered or counte.
nanced the threats ofDisunicn so often made by
Democratic members, without rebuke and with
applause from their poltical associates; and we
denounce those threats of dSunion, in case of a
popular overthrow Of their asSendenry as deny
ing the vital principles Of a free government,
and as an avowal OF contemplated treason,
which it is the imperative duty of an indignant
People sternly to rebuke and forever silence.
4. That the msntainance inviolate of the
rights Of the States, and especially the right OF
each State to order and control its own domes
tic institutions, according to its own Judgment
exclusively, is essential to that balance OF DOW
erS on which the perfection and endurance OF
our political fabric depends; and we denounce
the lawless invasion by armed force Of the soil
ofany State or Territory, no matter under
what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
s. That the present Democratic Administra-
tiou has far exc eded our worst apprehensions,
iu its measureless subserviency to the exactions
of sectional interest, as especially evinced in
its desperate exertions to force the Infamous
Lecompton Constitution upon the prtesting peo,
pie of Kansas; in constructing the personal rs
lation between master and servant to involve an
unqualified property in persons; in its attempt
ed enforcement, everywhere on land and sea-
through the intervention of Congress and of the
Federal Courts Of the extreme pretentons ola
purely local interest; and in its unvarying abuse
of the pow er entrusted to by confding peo-
pie.
6. That the people justly view with alarm
the reckless extravaganza which pervades every
part ofthe Federal Government; that return
IN Cini1 ~; Sc ;nJ
sible to arrest the systematic punder Of the
public treasury by favored partisans; while the
recent startling developments of frauds and
corruptions at the Federal metropolis, show
that an entire change of admin istratiou is i'm
peratively demanded.
Z. That the new dogma that the Constitu-
tion,o its own free force, carries slavery into
any or all of the Territories, is a dangerous
political heresy, at varience with the explicit
provisions of that instrument ITSELF with cotein-
exposition, and with legislative and
judicial precedent; is revolutionary in its ten
dency, and subversive OF the peace and harmony
Of the country.
g. That the normal condition OF all the terri
tory Of the United States is that of freedom
That as our republican father, where they had
abolished slavery in all our national territory,
ordained that mo person should be deprived
OF life, liberty, or property, without due process
of law" it becomes our duty, by legislation,
such legislation is necessary, to main
ain this provision Of the Constitution against
all attempts to violate it; and We deny the au-
thority OF Congress, ofa territorial legislar ure,
Or OF any individuals to give legal existence to
slavery in any Territory of the United States
8. That we brand the recent re-opening OF
the African slave trade under cover OF our ma
tional flag. aided by perversions Of judicial pow
er, as crime against humanity and a burning
shame to our country and age; and we call
upon Congress to take prompt and efficient
measures for the total and final suppression of
that execrablc traffic.
10. That in the recent vetoes, by their Fed
sral Governor, of Kansas and Nebraska, prohih-
ting Slavery in those Territories, we find a
practical iltustrtion of the boasted Democratic
principle OF Non Intervention and popular Sow.
ereignty embodied in the Kansas Nebraska bill,
md demonstrtion Of the deception and fraud
involved therein.
II That Kansas should, OF right, be imme-
iiaely admitted as State under the Consttu.
lion recently formed and adopted by her peo.
pie, and accepted by the House of Rebresenta-
tives.
II. That, while providing revenue for these
iuties upon imports sound policy requirerS
such an adjustment Of these imports as to en-
'ourage the Development OF the industrial in
terest of the whole country; and we commend
hat policy of national exchanges, which secures
10 the working men liberty wages, to agri
'ulture remunerating prices, to mechanics and
manufacturers an adequate reward for their skill
abor, and enterprise, and to the nation COM
nercial prosperity and independence.
IL. That we protest against any sale or alien
,te to others ofthe Public Lands held by &C
lal settlers, and against any view OF the Free
Homestead policy which regards the settlers as
oaupers or suppliants for publ, bounty; and
we demand the passage by Congress of the
complete and satisfactory Homestead measure
which has already passed the House.
II. That the Republican party is opposed to
my change in our Naturalization Laws or any
State legislation by which the rights of citizen.
hip hitherto accorded to immigrants from
oreign lands shall be abridged or impaired; and
n favor Of giving full and efficient protection
o the rights Of all classes of citizens, whether
lative or naturalized, both at home and abroad. |
Is. That appropriations by Congress for
River and Harbor improvements ofa National
haracter, required for the accommodation and
ecurity OF an existing commerce, are au-
horized by the Constitution, and justified by |
he obligation of Government 10 protect the |
ives and property OF its citizens.
l6 That Railroad to the Pacific Ocean is |
nperatively demanded by the interests oithe
vhole county; that the Federal Government
ught to render immediate and efficient aid in |
0, daily Overland Mail should be promptly
haJ