The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-10-31
TIE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM,

unite in the following declarations:
First: That tho history of the ration
during the last four years has fully estab-
lished the propriety and necessity Of the
organization and perpctuation OF the Re
publican party, and that the causes winch
called it into existence are permanent IN
their nature, and now more than ever be-
fore demand its peaceful and constitution
al triumph.
Second: That the maintenance of the
principles promulgated in the Declaration
of independence, and embodied in the
Federal Constitution, is essential to the
preservation of our republican institutions,
aud that the Federal Constitution, the
rights of the States, and the Union Of
the States, must and shall be preserved.
THIRD: That to the Union of the States
this nation owes its unprecedented in
erase in population; its surprising dcyel-
opment Of material resources; its rapid
augmentation Of wealth; its happiness at
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
| Republican member Of Congress has ut
| tered or countenanced threat of diauu
ion, so often made BIZ Democratic mem
bors of Congress without rebuke, and
with applause from their political associ-
ates; and we deuounce those threats Of
disunion, in case Of Il popular overthrow
of their ascondency, as denying the vital
principles Of a free Government, and as
an avowal ofcontemplatod treason, which
It is the imperative duty of an indignant
people strongly to rebuke and forever
silence.
Fourth; That the maintenance inyio-
late of the right of the States, and espec-
ia'ly the right Of each State to order and
control its own domestic. institutions ac-
cording to its own judgement exclusively,
is essential to that balance of power on
which the perfection aud endurance OF
our political faith depends, and we dc.
nouncc the lawless invasion by armed
forces of any State or Territory, no mat
ter under what preteXt as among the
| gravest of crimes.
FItlh: That The present Democratic
| Administration has far exceeded our
worst apprehensions i'll its measureless
subseryiency to the exactions Of a section
| III interest, as is especially evident in its
desperate exeFtions to force the infamous
Leconpton Constitution upon the pro
testing people OF kansas-ih constituting
the personal relation between master ard
servant TO involve an unqualified property
in persons--in lis attempted enforcement
everywhere, on land and sea, through
the Intervention Of Congress and the Fed
oral Courts Of the extreme prctensions OF
:. purely local interest, and in lis genera
aud unvarying abuse OF the power in
trusted to it by confding people.
.Sirth: That the people justly view
with alarm the reckless extravaganza
which peryades every department Of the
Federal Government; that a return tc
rigid economy and accountability is indis
pensab!o to arrest the system Of piundel
IF the public treasury BY favored parti
sans; while the recent startling develop
ments of fraud and corruption at the
Federal metropolis, shows that an entirt
.hange of administration in imperatiyely
demanded. -s.
Seventh: That the new dogma tha
Constitution of its own force carries Sa
very into any or all the Territories of the
| United States, is a dangerous politica
heresv, at variance with the explicit pro
visions of that instrument itself, with con
temporaneous exposition, and with lcgis'
ative and judicial precedent, is revolu
ticnary in its tendency and subyersive o
the peace and harmony of the country.
Eig4M:: That the normal condition o
the territories Of the United States is that
Of Freedom; that as our republican faith
ers. when they had abolished Slavery il
MI our national territory, ordained that
no person should he deprived Of life, lib
erty, or property, without the process Of
law, it becomes our duty, by legislation,
! whenever such legislation is necessary, tc
maintain this provision of the Constitu.
ton against all tempts to violate it; and
we deny the authority of Congress, of q
Territorial Legislature, or of any ind.vid.
uaIs. TO give legal existence to Slavery in
my Territory Of the United States.
Ninth: That we br; nd the recent re-
opening of the African sIaye-tFale, under
,he cover of oVr national flag, aided by
| perversions Of judicial power, as a crime
against humanity, burning shame to
our country and age, and we call upon
Congress to take prompt and efficient
measures for the total and final suppress.
ion of that execrablo traffic.
Tenth That in tho recent vetoes by
their Federal Governors of the acts of the
Legislatures Of Kansas and Nebraska,
prohibiting Slavery in those Territories,
we find practical illustration of tie
boastcd Democratic principle of non-in-
teryention and Popular Sovereignty, en-
bodied in the Kansas and Nebraska bill.
and denuneation of the deception and
fraud involved therein.
Eleventh That Kansas should OF
right be Immediately admitted as n State
under the Constitution recently formed
and adopted by her people, and accepted
by the House of Representatives
IweJtih.; That while providing revc-
nue. for the support of the General Coy
eminent by duties upon imposts, sound
policy requires such an adjustment of
these imposts as to encourage the devel-
opmont of the industrial interest of the
whole country, aud we commend that
| policv of national EXCHANGE which sncuroS