Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-07-06
Republican Candidates.



h.soired, That we, the delegated representa-
: lives Of the Republican Electors of the United
STATES, iu Convention assembled, in the DIS
| charge Of The duty We owe 10 our constituents
and our country, unite in the following decla.
rsuons:
! /. That the history of the nation, during
the past four years. has fully established the
proprIeiy and necessity OF The organization aud
perpeiuaiIon Of the Republican party, and iha,
the causes which called II into existence are
permanent IN their nature. and now more Than
ever before demand Its peaceful and cons,iiu-
iIonai triumph.
.. That the msintainance Of the prime pies
promulgated IN the Declaration OF lndepen-
dence, and embodied in the Federal Consliiu-
ton. is essential TO the preservation Of our
republican institutions, and that the Federal
Constitution, the Rights of the States. and the
Union OF the States, must and shall be pre-
served.
3. That 10 the Union Of the States this
nation owes It's unprecedented increase in
population; its surprising development Of
material resources; its rapid augmentation Of
wealth; lis happiness al home. and its honor
abroad; that we hold in adherence all
schemes for Disunion, come from whatever
source they NAV; We congratulate the coun-
try that no Republican member Of Congress
has uttered or countenanced ihrea; of Dsu-
mon, so often made by Democratic members
OF Congress without rehDke and with ap-
piause from their political associates; and We
dencunce those threats of Disunion, IN case
Of a popular overthrow Of their ascendency,
as denying the vital principles OF free gov
ernmeni, and as an avowal If contemplated
( treason, which Ii is the imperative duty of al
: indignant people strongly 10 rebuke and ior
ever silence.
(. That the maintenance inviolate Of the
rights of The States, and especially the right Of
each State 10 order and control lis own domes-
tic institutions, according 10 lis own judgment
exclusively, is essential 10 that balance Of
power on which the perfection and endurance
i Of our political faith depends, and we de-
nounce the lawless invasion, by armed force,
( of any State or Territory. no matter under
what pretexi. as among the gravest Of crimes.
! 5. That the present Democratic Admins
/ tration has far exceeded our worst apprehen-
sions in It's measureless su5serviency 10 the
| exactons Of sectional interest, as is especi-
: ally evident IN its desperate exertions 10 force
the infamous Lecompion Constitution upon
J the protesting people Of kansas-in consiTu-
: ing the personal relation between master and
servant 10 involve an unqualified property in
persons-in its attempted enforcement every
where, on land and sea, through the in,erven-
ton Of Congress and the Federal courts, Of
the extreme pretentions of purely local iaie-
rest, ,and IN its general and unvarying abuse of
the power inirusied TO it BY coniding people.
6. Tina, the people Justly view with alarm
The reckless eI,ravagance which pervades
every department of the Federal Government;
that a return 10 rigid economy and accoun,a
, bili,y is indispensable 10 arrest the system of
Nj Of he rhnf ,rsa k,-f
tisans; while the recen. startling develop
men,s Of fraud and corruption at the Federal
metropolis, show that an entire change of ad-
minislraiion is imperaiively demanded.
Z. That the new dogma that the ConStliu-
iion Of its own force carries Slavery into any
or all the Territories Of the United States, is
, a dangerous Political heresy, al variance with
the explicit provisions OF that instrumen, IL
self, with contemporaneous exposition, and
with legislative and judicial precedent, is rev.
olutionary in its tendency. and subversive Of
the peace and harmony of the country.
5. Thaiihe normal condition Of all the Ter
ritory Of the United States is that Of Freedom;
that as our republican fathers, when they had
abolished Slavery in all cur national terrific
~, ordained that no person should be depri-
we'd Of life. liberty, or property. without due
process of law. j, becomes our duty, by lesis-
SuSu c-i>idiuH - HcCtsSe-
~, TO maintain this provision of the Cons,iiu-
ton against all attempts to violate il; and we
deny The authority of Congress of a Terrific
rial Legislature, or of any individuals to give
legal existence 10 Slavery in any Territory Of
the United States.
Q. That we brand the recent re-opening of
the African slave-'rade, under the cover of
our national flag, aided by the perversions OF
judicial power, as crime against humanity.
a burning shame to our country and age, and
we call upon Congress 10 take promp, and ef. |
fcien, measures for the total and final sup
preston of that execrabie traffic.
10. That in the recen, vetoes, by their !
Federal Governors, of The acts Of the Leeisla. |
lures of Kansas and Nebraska prohibiting |
Slavery in those Territories, we find a praci. |
cal illustration of the boasted Democratic
principle of pon-interyention and Popular l
Sovereignty embodied in the Kansas and I
Nebraska bill. and a denupciation of The de- |
cenlion and fraud involved therein.
II. Tba, Kansas should Of rich, be imme- |
dia,elv admitted. as a State. under the Consti.
tution recently formed and adop,ed by her |
neopIe and accented by The House of Repre.
senta,ives.
70. Tha; while nrovidine revenue for the |
sunnor. Of The General CioveTn,nept bv du,ies
unon imnos,s. sound nolicv reouires such an
aiius,meu, of these imposts as TO encourage
the DEVELOPMENT of the industrial interests of
the whole country. and we commend tha;
policy of national exchanges which secures