The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-10-17
National Republican Platform.
TAs AMENDED AND ADOPTED

bled, IN discharge OF the duty we owe to
our constituents and our country, unite in
the following declarations
|. That the history of the nation during
the last four years, has fully established
the propriety and necessity OF the organi-
zation and perpetuation Of the Republican
party, and that the causes which called it
INTO existence are permanent in their ma
ture, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand its 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 inalienable 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 d'-is essential TO
the preservation of our Republican institu-
tions 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 Of the States this
ration owes It's unprece dented increase in
population, its 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.
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 popular overthrow
OF their ascendancy, A. denying the vital
principles OF a free government, and as an
asowal OF contemplated treason, which it
is the imperative duty Of an indignant Peo-
pie sternly to sebuke and forever silence
q. That the maintenance inyiolate of the
rights OF the States, and especially the
| right Of each State TO order ard control its
own domestic institutions according to It's
own judgment exclusively, Is essential TO
! that balance of powers ON which the per
lectlon and endurance of our political fab
ric 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 gravest of
crimes.
8. That the present Democratic Admin
isIratlon has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehensions, In its measureless subseryi-
<xf al
est, as especially eyinced in its desperate
exerLlons 10 force the Infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people Of
Kansas In construIng the personal rela-
ton between master and servant TO in
volye al unqualified property in persons !;
III It's attempted enforcement, eseryw here,
on land and sea, through the Intervention
of Congress and of the Federal Courts, OF
the extreme pretensions Of a purely local
interest and ID its general and unvarying
abuse OF the power entrusted TO it by con
fding people.
6. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
pervades every department Of the Federal
Government that a return to 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 corruptions al the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change Of adminis,ra-
tion is imperatively demanded.
2. That the new dogma that the Con-
sutution, of its own force, carries Slavery
into any or all of the Territories of the
United States, is a dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit provi-
sions of that instrument itself, with CO.
temporaneous exposition. and with legis.
la,ive and judicial precedent; is revou
tionary in Its tendency, and subversive oi
the peace and harmony Of the country.
/ 8. That the normal condition OF all the
territory of the United States, is that oi
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, OF
property, without due process OF law, /" il
becomes our duty, by legislation, whenev.
er such Legislation is necessary. to main
tain this provision of the Constitution
against all attempts to violate it , and W,
deny the authority Of Congress. OF ter
rltoral legislature, or OF any individuals
to give legal existence 10 slavery in an,
Territory ofthe United States.
8. That we brand the recent re e-openin,
of the African slave trade, under the GOV
er Of our national flag, aided by perver
sions OF judicial power, as crime ae eains
humanity and burning shame TO ou
country and age and we call upon Con
gress TO take prompt and efficient meas
ures for the total and final suppression {
that execrable traffic.
10. That in the recent vetoes, by thei
. Federal Governors, of the acts OF the Leg
islatures Of Kansas and Nebraska. prohil