Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-21
REPUB 1.ICAN 2PLATEORM.
ADOPTED AT CHICAGO, MAY IS, 1860.

<ADSA A~sA> - o~~~~~>NVS 49, 40 AooV'
Resolved, That We, tho Sclegated representatives
of the Republican elect ors OF the United States
In Convention assembled, in the discharge Of the
duties owe to our constituents and our country,
unis in the following declarations
l. That the history Of the nation during the last
four years, has fully established the proprety and
necessity of tho snixation AID perpetuation of
tho Republican party; and that tho causes which
called 1t into existence are permanent in their ma
ture, and now, moro than ever before. demand its
peaceful and Constitutional triumph.
2. That the maint enance of the principles Pro-
mulgated in tho Declaration of Independence and
embodied IN the federal constitution -"That oil
mon are creat,a equal; that they are endowed by
their Creator VI certain malt nable rights; that
among these ar, life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness that to secure these rights governments
are instituted among men, deriving their just pow
from the sent of the governed'-is essential
to the preservation of eur Republican institutions
and that tho + seral Constitution, the Rights Of
the States, and The Union Of the States. must and
shall be preserved.
8. That to the Union of the States this nation
owes its unprecedented lacrosse in population, its
surprising devcioptncns Of material resources, its
rapid augmentai n " wealth, its happiness at
hons and its homer abroad-and we hold in abher-
renee oil schemes for dsunon, come from whatever
| source they may-and we congratulate tho country
that no Republican nomber OF Congress has uttered
or countenanced the threats OF dsunion SO often
El&Qe Dy OtnCCfatlc members WITHOUT Iooukc AAG
with applause from heir political ass0ciates-and
We deAounce those threats of dsunion, in case of
popular overthrow of their ascen dancy, as deny
log the vital prin ipes Of free government, and as
av0wal Of contemplated treason, which 1t 10 tho
imperative duty Of an indignant people sterniy to
rebuke and forever silence. s-
4. That tho maintenance inviolate of the rights
of the States and peeial the right of each State
to order and control its own domestic institutions
according to its own Judgment exclusively, is es-
| sential to that baiaace of power on which the
perfection and endurance Of cur political fabric
depend, and we donounce the lawlcss invasion by
armed force Of the soil of any State or Territory,
! no matter under what pretext, as among the gray
| est of crimes.
! S. That tho present Democratic Administration
has FAR exceeded our worst apprehensions in its
measureless subservienoy to the exacti,ns of q
sectional interest, especially evinced in its des
pirate exertiens to force the infamous Lecoinpton
constitution upon the protesting people OF kassss
IN ruing the personal relation between mas.
| TOR and servant to involve al unqualified property
| in psrsons-in its attemp pied enforcement every
where, land and sea, through the iutcrv Of
Congress AMI Of the Federal Courts, Of the extreme
pfctensons Of purely local interest, and its geA-
eral and unvsryug abuse of the power entrusted to
| It BY o conGding people. 's
6. That the people justly view with alarm the
reckless extravaganoo which perVades every depart
ment of the Federal Government-that a return tt
rigid economy AMI accountability is indispensable
to arrest the systematic plumber Of the public
treasury, by favored partizans, while the recent
startling development Of frauds and corruptiont
~ tho Feie. al metropolis show that IN entire
change Of administration is imperatively demanded
Z. Tha: the new dogma that the Constitution /, o.
its own force, Carries slavery into any or all Of the
Territories of the United States. is dangerou
political horesy at variance with the licit pro
visions Of that instrument itself, with cotempora
neous exposition, ana with Legislative and judicia
precedent; lie revolutionary in its tendency, an(
suoversive of the peaoe and harmony OF tho coun
try.
g. That the nor..ai condition Of all the ter rit or,
of the United S ates ID II at of freedom that al
cur Republican fathers, when they had abolished
slavery in all the national territory ordained tina
q no person should be deprived of life, liberty O.
property without duanprocess Of law" 1t become
orr duty by legis anon whenever such legisla.iO,
IS necessary, to maintain this provision of the c. n
stitution against all attempts to violate it ant
We deny the au' hoiiy Of Congress, Of Territorial
Legislature, CT ans individuals, to give legal exist
ence to slavery in any Territory Of the unite
st stes.
9. That W. band the rec mt re.opening of tn
Airic an slavc trade, GGd the ever of cur nationa
flag, aided by peer r.cEs of Judicial power.
crime agains5 humanity aud burning shame /
our country aui az; all We cal upon Congress
20 take prompt Er3 elf lent measures for the tota
and final SUP Preston Ct that cxccratl, traffic.
10. That il The Isceu' wees, by their fedora
Governors, IF the acts Of lhs Legislatures OF Kan
sasssnd Nebraska, prohibiting slavery in those Ter
ritories, We find a pEacIca! ilustration Of til
boasted Dem ocraic principle of Non. lntetventio
; and Popular Sovereignty. embodied III tie Kans as
Nebraska Bill, and denomination of tho deo,p
tion and fraud in7oived therein.
IL. That kansas Should, of right, be inmei
ii tely admitted as a Stats ucder the Constitute
recently formed IA adopted by her people, an
accepted by the Ho3sa Of Represent ,'ivea.
II. That, while providing r,ccnue for the sup
pert OF the Geuaia' dov'rnmest by duties upol
imports, SQUAD policy requires such adjustment 0
tnjse imports as to encourage his DEVELOPMENT 0
the whole country and W. conmesd that pole
of national :haEgs which secures to the work in
men liberal wages. to agriculture remuaeratin
, f1ices to mecha nj 5 and inaruf ,cturcrs an ade
quats reward for ;Eeir skill. labor and enterprise
AID to the nation commercial prosperity and indie
ndence
ID. That va protest against any sale or aliena
ton to others OF the Put lie Lands held By actua
settlers, and sgaiDs; any view Of the Free Home
stead policy which regards the settlers as paup.1
or suprlants Of public bounty and We demeu
the passage by Congress Of the complete aad satia
factory Homestead measure which has alread
: passed the IIcuse.
"a. That he r publican party j opposed to an
change in our Naturalization Laws, or any Stat
legislation by which the rights of citizenship hith
srto accorded to i'm mig grants from foreign land
shall be abridged or impaired; aud in favor of Civ
ing full and efficient protection to the rights o
all classes of ctiz ms, whether native or natural
izel. both at home and abroad.
Is. The appropriations by Congress for Rive
and Harbor Improvements of national character
required fsr the accommodation and security of Al
existing commerce, are authorized By the Constitu
ton, and justified by the obligation Of Cover
to protect the lives and property of its citizens.
Is. That Rarosd to the Pacific is imperativel
demanded by the interest Of tbs whole country,
that the Federal Government ought to renie
immediate ana efficient aid in its construction
end that. q. preliminary thereto, daily Over
land Mail should be pr .mptly established.
II: Finally, having thus set forth our distinct
i've principles and views, we iavte the CO cooperation
of all citizens, however differing other questions
VIII, substantially agree with US in their afr mace