The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-11-08
National Republican Platform.
fAs AMRNpED AND ADoprRD.7 \

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
j That the history of the nation during
the last four years, has fully esfsbh%hed
| the propriety and necessity Of the organl-
zation and perpetuation Of the Republican
party, and hat the causes which called it
into existence are permanent in their ma
ture, and now, mole than ever before, de-
rnand its peaceful aud constitutional tri-
umph.
2. That the maintenance of the princi-
pies 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 inaIienabIc rights :;
that among these are llie, liberty and the
pursuit OF happiness that to SECURE these
rights, governments are instituted among
men, deriving nen just powers from the
tconsent OF the governed us essential TO
the preservation of our Repu biicsn institu-
TONS and that the Federal Constitution,
the flights OF the States, and the Union Of
the States must and shall be preserved.
). That 10 the union Of the States this
nation owes It's unprecedent,d increase in
population, It's surprising development Of
material resources. It's rapid augmentation
oi wealth, Ills happiness at home and It's
honor abroad and We hold IN adherence
all schemes for Disunion, come from " hat
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
asowal OF contemplated treason, which it
is The imperative duty Of an indignant peo-
| pie sternly 10 rebake and forever silence
| 4. That the maintenance inviolate OF the
rights OF The States, and especially the
right OF each State TO order aud control its
own domestic institutions according TO it's
own judgment exclusively, is essential to
that baiaDce OF powers on which the per
fectlon and endurance of our political lab
re depends; 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
crmes.
o. That the present Democratic Admin
lstratlon has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehensi0ns, IN It's measureless subseryl-
ency TO the exactiuns of sectional inter-
eat, as especially eyInced in its desperate
exeruons to force the infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the' protesting people of
Kansas IN construing the personal rela-
ton between master and servant to in
yolse All unqualified property in persons !:
IN It's attempted enforcement, everywhere,
on 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 unvarying
abuse q The power entrusted 10 IL by con-
fiding people.
3. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
pervades every department OF the Federal
Government that return 10 rigid econ
ony and accountability is indispensable to
arrest the systematic plumber oil the pub
llo treasury by favored partisans while
the recent startling developments OF frauds
and corruptions al the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change of adminlsira-
tlon is imperatively demanded.
z. 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 proyi-
slons of that instrument itself, with CO.
temporaneous exposition, and with legis-
latlve and judicial precedent; is reyolu.
tlonary in its tendency, and subyersiye Of
the peace and harmony OF the country.
s. 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 mo 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
tain this provision of the Constitution
agalns, all attempts to violate il : and we
deny the authority of Congress, of ter
ntorlal 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 opening
OF the African slave trade, under the COW
er Of our national flag, aided by perver-
slons Of judicial power, as a 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