The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-11-13
National Republican Platform.
las AMENDED AND ADoPIED.l

the following declarations:
|. That the history of the nation during
the last four years, has fully established
the propriety and necessity OF the organl-
cation and perpetuation Of the Republican
party, and that the causes which called il
lnto existence are permanent in theft ma
ture, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand its peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph.
e. That the maintenance of the princ-
Piles 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
rights, governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the
consent OF the governed d'--is essential TO
the preservation OF our Republican nstitu-
tions and that the Federal Constitution,
the Rights Of the States, and tie Union of
the States must and shall be preserved.
3. That TO the union Uf the States lhis
nation owes its unprecedented increase In
population, its surprising development of
material resources. its rapid augmentation
Of ofwealth, its happiness at home and its
honor abroad and We hold in abhorrence
all schemes for Disunion, come from w shat
ever source they may And we congratu-
late the country that no Republican mem.
Der of Congress has uttered or counte-
Aa II
made by Democratic members, without re-
buke and with applause from their political
associates and we denounce those threats
Of dlsunion, In case Of popular overthrow
OF their ascendancy, A. denying the vital
principles Of free government, and as an
avowal OF contemplated treason, which it
is the Imperative duty Of an indignant Peo-
pie sterniy 10 febuke and forever silence
A. That the maintenance inyiolate of the
rights oi the States, and especially the
fight OF each State to order aud control its
own domestic institutions according to it's
own judgment exclusively, is essential to
that balnsee Of powers on which the per
fection and endurance OF our political tab
rio depends; and VIC denDunce the law
hess invasion BY armed force Of the soil of
any State or Territory, no matter under
what pretcxt, as among the grayest Of
crimes.
8. That the present Democratic Admin
istration has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehensions, In its measureless sabservi-
ency 10 the exaclions of sectional inter
est a. especially eylnced in It's desperate
exertions 10 force the infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people OF
Kansas; In construlng the personal rela-
ton between master and servant TO in
volve an unqualified property in pers 5
IN lis attempted enforcement, eserys here,
ON land and sea, through the Intervention
Of Congress and of the Federal Courts, Of
the extreme pretensions OF q purely local
interest, and IN lis general and unvarying
abuse OF The power entrusted TO il by con
fiding people.
6. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
peryades every departme Mt Of the Federal
Government that return to rigid econ
omy and accountability is Indispensable 10
arrest The systematic plumber OF the ptlb-
lie treasury by favored partisans while
the recent startling developments offrauds
and corruptions a. lhe Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change of administra-
ton Is imperatiyely demanded.
Z. That the new dogma that the Con-
stitution, 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 proyi-
slons of that instrument itself, with CO.
temporaneous exposition, and with legis-
latiye and judicial precedent is revolu.
tionary IN its tendency, and subversise Of
the peace and harmony oil 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" it
becomes our duty, by legislation, whenev-
er such Legislation IS necessary. to main
tain this provision of the Constitution
ass..l.ss ala attempts 10 violate 1T and we
deny the authority OF Congress, of ter
ritorial legislature, or of any individuals,
10 give legal existence TO slavery in any
Territory ofthc United States.
y. That We brand The recent re opening
Of the African slave trade. under the COW
er u our national flag, aided by perver-
sleas % judicial power. as crime against
humanity and burning shame 10 our
eosntsy and age and we call upon Con-
gress 10 sAke prompt and efficient meas
srs. fos tAe total and final suppression OF
sAas sxseraLle trafic.
au Thai in The recent vetoes, by their
Esa@taA ssuwsrpsss. III the acts OF the Leg
ssa#s @as# n h~ns@s and Nebraska. prohib-
Amw Nassvrs sa sAoss Territories, we find