The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-07-02
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM


ReaOtreci, 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 coa itituents and country unite
in the following declarations:
list. That the history of the nation during the
Hast four years, has fully established the prOpriety
and necessity of the organization and perpetuation
OF the Republican party and that the causes which
called il into existence permanent in their nH-
turB, and now, than ever before demand its
peaceful and constitutional triumph.
2.'That the maintenance of the principles pro-
mulgated IN the Declaration Of Independence and
embodied in the Federal Constitution -" That all
men are created equal that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain inalienable rights that
among these are life, liberty, aud the pursuit of
happiness that to secure these rights governments
are instituted song men, deriving their lust pow
srs from the of the governed lis essential
TO the Preservation of Republican institutions
and that the Federal Constitution, the Rights of
the states, ard the Union of the States must and
shall be preserved
B. That to the Union of the States this nation
)wessits unprecedented increase in population its
uprising development of material resources its
spid augmentation of wealth, its happiness at
lome and its honor abroad and hold IN alb
lorrence all schemes for Disunon, come from what
'ver source they may And we congratulate the
'ountry that 20 Republican member of Congress
has uttered or countenanced the threats of DID
Inion 50 often made by Democratic n smbers, with
tut reliuke and with applause from their political
-ssoeiatesi aud We denounce those threats of dis
inion, in case of popular overthrow of their
eEdency denying the vital principles of free
'overnment, and AS an avowal of contemplated
reason, which it is the imperative duty of an i'll
ignaut People sternly to rebuke aud forever ST.
a. That the maintenance InViolate of the RIGHTS
the Stairs, and especially the righof each State
order and control its own domestic institutions
ccording TO its own judgment exclusively, is
initial To that balance of powers which the per-
@ton and endurance Of our political fabric de-
ends aud we denounce the lAwless invasion by
-rmsd force of the soil Of any State or Territory,
matter under what preteXt, ~ among the gravest
crimes.
5. That the present Democratic Administration
far cd in
leasureless snbserviency TO the exactiOns OF
onaI nterest, especially evinced in its desper
e exertions to force the infamous Lecompton Con-
4tnlon upon the protesting people Of Kansas in
lnstrulng the personal relation between master
I'd servant to involve an unqualified property In
srsons IN its attempted enforcement, everywhere
I land and sea, through the Intervention of Con-
ress and of the Federal Courts Of the extreme
-eteusioDs of purely local interest and in ITS
neral and unvarying abuse of the power intrusted
II by conhding people.
6. That the People justly view with alarm the
ckless extravaganza which peryades every depart
ent of the Federal Government; that a return to
gid economy and accountability Is Indispensable
arrest the systematic plumber Of the public treas
by favored partisans; while the recent startling
yeopnlt nts Of frauds and corruptions at the Fed.
al Metropolis show that entire change OF
mtnistration is imperatiVelJ demanded.
own forcs. carries Slavery into any or all of the
.rrltories of the United States, is dangerous
itical heresy, at variance with the explicit pro
hOns OF that instrument itself, with contempora-
Gus exposition, and with Legislative and Judicial
seedenti ID revolutionary in it's tendency, and
bversiVe OF the peace aud harmony of the country
s. That tho normal condition of all the Territory
the United States is that of freedom: That as
Republican fathers, when they had abolished
very in all our national territory, ordained that
10 person should be deprived of life, liberty, or
1perty, without due process of law" it becomes
duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation
necessary, to maintain this provision of the Con-
tution against all attempts to violate II !; and we
~ the authority Of Congress, of territorial leg
itnre, or of any individuals, to give legal exist
q TO slavery in any Territory of the United
tes
= That we brand the recent re-opening Of the
lean SlAve-Trade, under the cover of our Ma
nal Flag, aided by perversions of judicial power,
crime against Humanity and "a burning shame
our Country and Age and We call upon Congress
take prompt nd efficient measures for the total
final suppression of that execrable traffic