The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-07-19
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM


AS AMENDED AND ADOPTED.
ResotUed, That we, the delegated representatives
of the Republican electors of the United States in
Convention assembled, in the discharge of the duty
we owe to our constituents and our country, unite
in the following declarations:
LIST. That the history of the nation during the
Last four years has fIiv astahIishad fbe Tro6rietv
and necessity of the organization and representation
of the Republican party and that the causes which
called it into existence permanent in their
,ure, and now, more than ever before, demand its
PEACEFUL and constitutional triumph.
2. That the maintenance of the principles pro-
nulgated in the Declaration of Independence and
mbodied in the Federal Constitution That all
nen are created equal that they endowed by
heir Creator with certain inalienable rights that
mong these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
appness; that TO secure these rights, governments
rs instituted among men, deriving their just pow
RS from the consent of the governed lis essential
81 the preservation of our Republican institutions ;
nd that the Federal Constitution, the Rights of
ne States, aud the Union of the States must and
lall be preserved.
3. That to the Union of tue States this nation
ives its unprecedented increase in population, its
uprising development of material resources, it's
lpid augmentation Of wealth, its happiness at
sione and its honor abroad and hold in alb
orrence all schemes for Disunion, come from what
7er source they may And congratulate the
)untry that no Republican member of Congress
uttered countenanced the threats of Dis
1ion SO often made by Democratic members, with
It rehuke and with applause from their political
sociates; and We denOunce those threats Of dis
liOn, in case of a popular overthrow of their
ndency as denying the vital principles of free
vernment, and avowal of contemplated
eason, which il is the imperative duty of an in
gnant People sternly to rebuke and forever ST.
ice
4. That the maintenance inviolate of the Rights
the States and especially the right of each State
order and control its own domestic institutions
cording to its own judgment exclusively, Is
ltial 10 that balance of powers on which the per-
tion and endurance of our political fabric de-
nds; aud we denounce the lawless invasion by
med force of the soil of any State or Territory,
matter under what pretext, as among the gravest
crimes.
far exceeded our worst apprehensions, In its
'asureless subserviency TO the exactions of sec
nal interest, as especially evinced in its desper
exertions TO force the infamous Lecompton Con-
tuition upon the protesting people of Kansas in
lstruing the personal relation between master
servant to involve an unqualified property in
sons in its attempted enforcement, every where
land and sea, through the Intervention of Con-
SIS and of the Federal Courts, of the extreme
tensions of purely local interest and in its
leral and unvarying ebuse of the power intrusted
It by cOnfding people.
That the People justly view with alarm the
kless extravaganza which pervades every depart
Mt of the Federal Government; that return to
Id economy and accountability Is indispensable
trrest the systematic plunder of the public treas
by favored partisans; while the recent startling
eOpme nts of frauds and corruptions ut the Fed
| Metropolis, show that an entire change of
illustration ia imperatively demanded.
That he dogma that the Constitution, of
own forc7, carries Slavery into any or all Of the
ritories of the United States, Is dangerous
ltical heresy, at variance with the explicit pro
ons of that instrument itsef, with contempora-
exposition and with legislative and judicial
cedent; is revolutionary in its tendency, and
versive of the peace and harmony of the country.
That the normal condition Of all the Territory
he United States is that of freedom: That
Republican fathers, when they had abolished
cry in all our national territory, ordained that
D person should be deprived of life, liberty, or
9erty, without due process of law" it becomes
duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation
ecessary, to maintain this provision of the Con-
Ition against all attempts to violate it and we
the authority of Congress, of a territorial leg
;ure, or of any individuals, to give legal exist.
to Slavery in any Territory Of the United
That we brand the recent re-opening of the
can Slave-Trade, under the cover of our Ma
al Flag, aided by perversons of judicial power,
crime against Humanity and burning shame
ur Country and Age; and we call upon Congress
AXE prompt and efficient measures for the total
final suppression of that execrable traffic.
That in the recent vetoes, by their Federal
errors, of the acts of the Legislatures of Kan
and Nebraska, prohibiting Slavery in those
itories, find practical illustration of the
ted Democratic principle of Non. Intervention
Popular Sovereignty embodied in the Kansas
Nraska bill, and demonst alton of the deception
fraud involved therein
That Kansas should, of right, be immediately
tiled as a State under the Constitution recently
ed and adopted by her people, and accepted by
House of Representatives.
That, while providing revenue for the sup-
of the general government by duties upon i'm
5, sound policy requires such an adjustment of
imPOsts to encourage the Development of
Industrial interests of the Whole country; and
commend that policy of national exchanges,
secures to the working men liberal wages, TO
ulture remunerating prices, to mechanics and
lfacturers an adequate reward for their skill,
and enterprise, and to the nation commercial
Dsrity and independence.
That we protest against any sale aiena-
to others of the Public Lands held by actual
rs and against any view of the Free Home
policy which regards the settlers as paupers
ppliants for puf1ic bounty and We demand
assage by Congress of the complete and salts
~ Homestead measure which has already pass
House.
That the Republican party is opposed to any
ge in our Naturalization Laws, any State
alton by which the rights of citizenship hth-
accorded TO immigrants from foreign lands
be abridged or impaired; and in favor of Civ
full and efficient protection to the rights of
of citizens, whether native OF natural
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