The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-10-01
National Republican Platform.
las AMENDED AND ADoP1ED.l

bled, in discharge of the duty we owe to
cur constituents and our country, unite in
the following declarations
/ That the history fthe nation during
the last four years, has fully established
the propriety and necessity of the organi-
cation and perpetuation of the Republican
party, and that the causes which called il
into existence are permanent in their ma
ture, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand It's 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 inalcnable 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 Us essential TO
tie preservation of our Republican institu-
tlons; and that the Federal Constitution,
the Rights OF the States, and the Union OF
the States must and shall be preserved
). That 10 the union If the States this
nation owes its unprecedented increase in
population, It's surprising development Of
material resources, It's rapid augmentation
of wealth, It's 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
/ ber OF Congress has uttered or counte-
uanced the threats Of Disunion so often
made by Democratic members. without re-
bnke and with applause from their political
associates and we denounce those threats
OF dlsunion, in case Of popular overthrow
I ut their ascendancy, rs denying the vital
principles Of free government, and as an
1 ayogal OF contemplated treason, which it
4 is theimperalive duty Of an indignant Peo-
I pie sterniv to rebuke and forever silence
! 4. That the maintenance inylolate OF tile
rights OF the States, and especially the
/ rigat Of each State to order ard control its
I own domestic institutions according 10 It's
own judgment exclusively, is essential to
4 that balance OF powers on which the per
tectlon and endurance of our political Tab
nc depends; aud we denaunce 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.
8. That the present Democratic Admin
istratIon has far exceeded our worst APP
prehensi0ns, IN It's measureless subseryi-
ency 10 the exactons Of sectional inter
est, as especially eyinced in its desperate
exertions to force the infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people of
Kansas, in construlng the personal rela
tion between master and servant TO in
yolye an unqualified property in persons
in It's attempted enforcement, everywhere,
Oh land and sea, through the Intervention
OF Congress and Of the Federal Courts. OF
the extreme pretensions of purely local
interest; and in It's general and unyarying
abuse o. the power entrusted to 1t by con-
tidlng people.
8. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
pervades every department OF the Federal
Government that q 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 eorruptions al the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change of administra-
tion is lmperatiyely demanded.
7, That the new dogma that the Con-
stitution, of it's 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-
sions of that instrument itself, with CO..
temporaneous exposition, and with legis-
latiye and judicial precedent is revolu.
tonary in Its tendency, and subyersiye 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, wheney-
er such legislation is necessary. to main
tain this provision OF the Constitution
| against all attempts to violate it and VIC
deny the authority of Congress. Of ter
ritorial legislature, or Of any individuals,
to give legal existence 10 slavery in any
Territory Of the United States.
8. That We brand the recent re-openng
of the African slave trade, under the Gov
er Of our national flag, aided by perver-
sions o. judicial power, as crime against
humanity and burning shame to our
country and age; and We call upon Con-
gress TO take prompt and efficient meas
ures fer the total and final suppression Of
that execrable traffic.
TO- That in the recent vetoes, by their
| Federal Governors, of the acts OF the Leg
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