The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-09-26
National Republican Platform.
las AMEyDED AND ADopTED.I

Resolved, That we, the delegated rep
resentatives of the Republican electors Of
the United States, in Convention assem-
bled, in discharge of the duty we owe to
our constituents and our country, unite In
the following declarations
Is That the history of the nation during
the last four years, has fully established
the proprlety 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 inahenable 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 lis essential to
the preservation of our Republican institu-
tions 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, It's 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 " hal
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 disunIon, in case OF a popular overthrow
of their ascendancy, As denying the vital
principles OF free government and as an
ayowal of contemplated treason, which it
is the helmperative duty of an indignant Peo-
pie sternly to rebuke and forever silence,
4. That the maintenance lnvlolate OF the
rights OF the States, and especially the
night Of each State to order and control its
own domestic institutions according to it's
own Judgment exclusively, is essential to
that balance Of powers on which the per-
/ fection and endurance of our political fab
ric Gepeads; and we denounce the law
less invasion by armed force of the soil of
any State or Territory, no matter under
what pretext, as among the grayest of
! crimes.
o. That the present Democratic Admin
istration has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehenslons, in its measureless subservi-
ency to The exactions of sectional inter
est, as especially eSinced in It's desperate
exertlons to force the infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people of
Kansas In constituting the personal rela-
ton between master and servant to in
volye an unqualified property in persons !;
In Its attempted enforcement, everywhere,
on land and sea, through the Intervention
of Congress and OF the Federal Courts, OF
the extreme pretens,ons of a purely local
interest; and in It's general and unvarying
abuse OF the power entrusted to 1T by con-
hding people.
&. That the people Justly view with
| alarm the reckless extravaganza which
pervades every department of the Federal
Government /; that "A return 10 rigid econ
omy and accountability is indispensable to
arrest the systematic plunder of 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 imperauyely demanded.
7. 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-
sions of that instrument itself, with CO.
temporaneous exposition, and with legis-
latiye and judicial precedent is reyolu.
tionary in its tendency, and subyerslye 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. 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
ass.;.s. a.! attempts to violate it , and Ne
deny the authority of Congress, of ter
ritorial legislature, or OF any individuals
to give legal existence TO slavery in any
Territory ofthe United States.
9. That we brand the recent re-openinq
of the African slave trade, under the coy.
er Of our national flag, aided by perer,
sions Of judicial power, rs crime agains
humanity and burning shame TO oul
country and age; and we call upon Con