The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-09-18
las AMENDED AND ADOPTED

/ That the history of the nation during
The last four years, has fully established
The propriety and necessity OF the organl-
zatlon and perpetuation Of the Republican
party, and that the causes which called it
INTO existence are permanent in their na-
ture, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand It's peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph.
2. 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 inalienable rights !;
that among these are lite, liberty and the
pursuit OF happiness that to secure these
rights, governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the
consent OF the governed"---is essential 10
the preservation of our Republican institu-
tions; and that the Federal Constitution.
the Rights of the States, and tile Union of
the States must and shall be preserved.
3. That 10 the union Of the States this
| nation owes It's unprecedented increase in
| population, Its surprising development of
material resources. It's rapid augmentation
OF wealth. its happiness at home and lis
honor abroad and we bold 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 co1nte.
nanced the threats of Dlsunon SO often
made by Democratic members, without re-
buke and with applause from their political
associates and We denounce those threats
OF disunlon, IN case OF popular overthrow
OF their ascendancy, as denying the vital
principles Of q free government, and as an
ayowal Of contemplated treason. which it
Is thelmperatiye duty of an indignant Peo-
pie sternly to rebuke and forever silence.
4. That the maintenance inviolate OF the
nights oi the States, and especially the
rlght oi each State To order and control its
own domestic institutions according to It's
own Judgment exclusively, is essential to
that balance OF powers on which the per
lection and endurance Of our political fab
rlc depends; and We denaunce the law
less invasion by armed force of the soil OF
any State or Territory, no matter under
what preiext, as among the grayest Of
crimes.
8. That the present Democratic Admin
istratlon has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehenslons, in its measureless subseryi-
ency 10 The exactions Of sectional inter
est, as especially eyinced in its desperate
exertlons To force the infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people Of
Kansas In constituting the personal rela-
tlon between master and servant to in
volye 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 pretensions of purely local
interest; and in It's general and unvarying
abuse OF the power entrusted TO il by con-
fding people.
6. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
perFades every department of the Federal
Government that a return TO rigid econ
omy and accountability is indispensable to
arrest the systematic plumber oil the pub
lic treasury by favored partisans while
the recent startling developments offrauds
and corruptions al the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change of adminisira-
ton is lmperatively demanded.
Z. That the new dogma that the Con-
sututlon, 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- |
slons of that instrument itself, with CO.
temporaneous exposition, and with legis-
latiye and judicial precedent; is reyolu.
tlonary in It's tendency, and subversive of
the peace and harmony of the country.
8. That the normal condition OF all the |
territory 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 mo per
son should be deprived of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law ii |
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 the authority of Congress, of ter
ritorial Legislature. or of any individuals,
20 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 the COW
er Of our national flag. aided by perver-
slons OF judicial power, as crime against
humanity and burning shame to 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 yetoes, by their
Federal Governors, of the acts of the Lee-
lslatures OF Kansas and Nebraska, prohib-
lting Slavery III those Territories, we find
a practical illustration ofthe boassed Dem
ocratlc principle of on-Intervention and