The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1860-05-31
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
MS Unanimously Adopted by the National Rs-
publicnn Convention at Chicnga.


pubiicnn Convention at Chicnga.
We pive below the Platform OF the Republi-
can Party-mith Mr. Giddlngs am"ndmcnt--a
promulgu,ion of principles by which Nation
will be proud to abb lr;
R,soircd That we, the delegated Representatives
of Rcpublican electors Of the United states in Con
yrntion assembled, In discharge Of the duty we owe
In our constituents aud country, unite In the
following declarations
1st That hp history of the nation during the last
four Years has fully established the propricty aud
necessity of the organization and pcrretn"tion "i the
Republican party, and that the eaa'cs when called
ii un existence urC pCrmoncnt IN ihotr nature ana
now, more than ever, demand It's peaceful and con
stiiuiiuuhl triumph
I'd That the maintanaucc Of the principles pro.
mu ntcd in the DpraltiOu of independent cund en-
bod ed IN the Federal Constitution, - essential to
the preservation of Rrpuc lcHu institutions. aud
that the Federal Constitution, the rights Ut the
States aud the influence of thc states, must ana
shall be preserved; aud that rcGsscrt these trus
tu he self eyidcut ~ hat all men were crentrdcqual
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
nnlicnnbc rights that among thes are life liberty.
and the pursuit of happiurs-; that to insure those
rights governments are instituted among men, der v
ing their just pow wers ium the con-ent OF the govern
cd"
a. That to the Union of the states this nation |
uNcs its unprecedented increase in population, its
surprsipp dcyc copments of mitcrinl resources, its
rapid augmentation wealth it's happiness at home
aud It's honor abroad, and we hold in abhorTcncc all
| schemes for lisuuiuu, come from whatever source
they may; and we congratulate the country that No
Rcnuhicnn Member of Congress has utte ed orcoun
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tr"n'9o 'ht ,",HlS w "nu''"n ~ VI I' uI n', M Ms
bukc and with applause by their politcal aSSoeatcs
% '''N we we Wv ,I " .. @ w. ,i,ir ,,,nIn,,c, no Lenv
Inc the vital principles ufa free GuVcrnm mt, ana is
an uyowal Of rrontcmplaed treason, which is the
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lth That the m uotpinance jnyioate of the lights
OF the States, and especially of each state, to order
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tho iini,cT s,n,rs is tbo of freedom: that As our Rc
Ill;nn th,,rs ,yI Icu thry had nbnli.hod slavery