The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-10-26
National Republican Platform.
[As AMENDED AND AD0PTED.l

ANE 1AiA1A A'sagSS, al 1OaNcMHoA ahstAH-
bled, IN discharge of the duty We owe 10 |
our constituents and our country, unite in
the following declarations
/, That the history of the nation during
The last four years. has fully established
lhe propriety and necessity OF the organl-
cation and perpetuaton of the Republican
party, and that the causes which called it
into existence are permanent in their ma
ture, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand its peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph.a 4 @
e. That the maintenance of the princi-
Piles promulgated in the Declaration of In
dependence and embodied In the Federal
Constitution, "That ali men are created
equal that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain iualenable rights
that among these are lite, liberty and tine
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 instilu-
tlons; 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 unprecedented increase in
population, LIS surprising development Of
material resources, its rapid augmentation
OF wealth, its happiness at home and It's
honor abroad and We hold III adherence
all schemes for Disanion, come from what
ever source they may And we congratu
late the country that no Republican mem
ber of Congress has uttered or counte-
nanced the threats Of Disunion so often
made by Democratic members, without re-
buke and with applause from their political
associates and We denounce thoseIhreats
. of disrnlon, in case OF popular overthrow
OF their ascendancy, AS denying the vital
] principles Of free government, and as an
avowal of contemplated treason, which it
is the imperative duty uf an indignant Peo-
/ pie sternly TO rebuke and forever silence
q. That the maintenance inviolate Of the
rights OF the States, and especially the
j right OF each State to- order and contapl It's
own domestic institutions according 10 its
own Judgment exclusively, is essential 10
that balance of powers on which the per
| tection and endurance Of cur political lab
ric Gepends; and We denounce the law
less invasion by armed force OF the soil Of
any State or Territory, no matter under
what prete1t, Us among the grayest Of
crimes.
/ o. That the present Democratic Admin
/ lstratlon has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehensIons, In its measurelcss subsersi-
ency to The exaetions Of sectional inter-
est, as especially epinced In its desperate
! exertions 10 force the infamous Lecomptun
/ Constitution upon the protesting people Of
/ Kansas; IN constituting the personal rela-
tion between master and servant to in
volye an unqualified property in persons !;
lnits attempted enforcement, everywhere,
| on land and sea, through the Intervention
/ OF Congress and OF the Federal Courts, of
the extreme pretfnsions of a purely local
interest, and IN lts general and unvarying
abuse oil the power entrusted TO il by con-
hding people-
6. That the people justly view with
\ alarm the reckless exlrayagance which
peryades every department OF the Federal
Government that return TO rigid econ
omy and accountability is Indispensable 10
arrest the systematic plumber OF the pub
lie treasury by favored partisans; while
| the recent startling developments offrauds
and corruptions at the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change OF administra-
lion ID lmperatlyely demanded.
2. That the new dogma that The Con-
stitution, of its own force, carries Slavery
into any or all of the Territories OF the
4 United States. is dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit provi-
sions OF that instrument itself, with CO.
tempofaneous exposition, and with legis
laiive and judicial precedent is revolu.
tionary in its tendency, and subversiye Of
the peace and harmony Of the country.
4 8. That the normal condition OF all the
territory of the United States, is that oi
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, OF
property, without due process Of law il
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 W,
dery tie :a.;atth..crritty os Congress, d !, tel
ritorlal Legislature, or OF any individuals
to give legal existence TO slavery ia aul
Territory of the United States.
8. That We brand the recent re-openin,
OF the African slave trade, under the GOV
er Of our national flag, aided by perver
slons. NJ judicial power, as crime agains
humanity and burning shame 10 ou
country and age and We call upon Con
gress to take prompt and efficient meas
, ures for the total and final suppression
that execrable traffic.
10. That in the recent vetoes, by the
|. Federal Governors, OF the acts OF the LEG
islatures of Kansas and Nebraska. prohil