The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-10-15
National Republican Platform.
las AMENDED AND AD0PTEU.1

the United States, in Convention assem-
bled. IN discharge of the duty we owe to
cur constituents and our country, unite in
the following declarations
/ That the history of the nation during
the last four years, has fully established
The proprety and necessity Of the organi-
cation and perpetuation 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.
Z. That the maintenance of the princi-
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 inalienable rights
that among these are lie, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness that to secure these
nights, governments are instituted among
men. deriving their just powers from the
consent OF the governed d'-is essential 10
the preservation of our Republican lnstitu-
tons; 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 It's unprecedented increase in
population, its surprising development Of
material resources, It's rapid augmentation
OF wealth, its happiness at home and its
honor abroad and We hold 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 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 those threats
of dlsunion, in case Of popular overthrow
OF their ascendancy, as denying The vital
| principles OF a free government. and as an
avowal of contemplated treason, which ii
rs the imperative duty Of an indignant Peo-
| pie sternly TO tebuke and forever silence
| q. That the maintenance inyiolate OF the
rights OF the States, and especially tie
right OF each State to order and control its
own domestic institutions according TO it's
own Judgment exclusively, is essential to
that balaDce of powers ON which the per
fecton and endurance of our political tab
ric depends: and We denounce the law
less invasion by armed force of the soil of
any State or Territory, no matter under
what prete1t, as among the gravest OF
crimes.
o. That the present Democratic Admin
istration has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehensions, in It's measureless subseryi.
ency 10 the exactions of sectional inter
est, as especially evinced in its desperate
exertions 70 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 persons
III It's attempted enforcement, everywhere,
on land and sea, through the Intervention
OF Congress and Of the Federal Courts, OF
the extreme pretensions of a purely local
interest; and in its general and unvaryIng
abuse of the power entrusted to il by con-
hdlng people.
8. Thar the people Justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
peryades every department Of the Federal
Government that return 10 rigid econ
omy and accountability is indispensable to
arrest the systematic runder oil the pub
lie treasury by favored partisans while
the recent startling developments offrauds
and corruptions al the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change of administra-
ton is imperatively demanded.
4. 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 provi-
slons Of that instrument itself, with CO.
temporaneous exposition. and with legis-
la,ive and judicial precedent is revolu.
tionary 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 .no 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
s"'n Wis pIoNsiop Va ZIG Sohau1ution
against all attempts to violate it and we
deny the authority of Congress, Of ter
ritorlal Legislature, or Of any individuals,
to give legal existence TO slavery in any
Territory ofthe United States.
8. That we brand the recent re opening
of the African slave trade, under the COW
q Of our national flag, aided by perver-
slons OF judicial power, as crime against
humanity and burning shame 10 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 vetoes, by their