The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-10-22
TILE c NO 400 PLATFoRm

4 III L c sEA AGO p L A = r o r. N
/. AS AMENDED AND ADOPTED.
: Reolved, That we, the delegated representatives
of the Republican electors Of the United States, in
Convention assembled, in the discharge of the duty
to constituents and our country, unite t
in the following declarations:
LIST. That the history Of the nation during the |
last four years. has fully established the proPriety
and necessity Of the organization and perpetuation
of the Republican party and that the causes which
ture, and now, more than ever before, demand its /
peaceful and constitutional triumph.
,. That the maintenance OF the principles pro-
muGated in the Declaration OF Independence and (
embodied in the Federal Coustitution-' That all I
men created equal that they are eudowed by /
their Creator with certain inaIienable rights that
among these life, liberty, and the pursuit OF
happiness that TO these rights, governments
are instituted among men, deriving their just pow.
from the consent of the governed is essential
to the preservation OF orr Republican institutions
and that the Federal Constitution, the Rights Of
the States and tho Uuion OF the States must aud
shall be preserved.
3. That to the Union Of the States this nation
it's unprecedented increase in population, its
surprising development of material resources its
rapid augmentation of wealth, its happiness at
home and its honor abroad and we hold IN alb
horreuce all sUnenIes oT Disunion come from what
ever source they may And we congratulate the
country that no Republican member OF Congress
has uttered cOuntenanced the threats OF Dis
| union often made by Democratic members, with
out rebuhe and with applause frem their political
associates; and wo denounce those threats OF dis
union, in case OF popular overthrow OF tnelr as
tendency as denying the vital principles OF Tee
! government, and as an avowai OF contemplated
treason which it is the imperative duty of in
| dgnant People sterRly to rebuke and forever 81
| lence.
l. That the maintenance invioI4te of the Rights
of the States and especially the right OF each State
| to order and control its domestic institutions
! according its judgment exclusively, is es-
Eential that balance of powers which the per-
| lection and endurance OF our political fabric de-
| ponds and we deuOunCe the lawless invasion by
armed force of the soil Of any State Territory,
matter under what pretext, as among the gravest
| s. That the present Democratic Administration
has far exceeded worst apprehensions, in its
measureless subserviency TO the exactions of sec
tonal interest, especially evinced in its desper-
ate exertiOns to force the infamous Lecempton Con-
| stituton upon the protesting people OF Kansas in
constituting the personal relation between master
and servant to involve unqualified property in
persons in its attempted enforcement, everyw here
on land and sea, through the intervention of Con
gress and OF the Federal courts, OF the extreme
pretensiuns of e purely local interest; and in its
general and Unvaryiug abuse of the power intrusted
to il by COntidiDg people.
G. That the People Justly view with alarm the
reckless extravaganza which pervades every depart
ment of the Federal Government; that a return to
rigid economy ana accountability is Indispensable
to arrest the systematic plumber OF the public treas
ury by favored partisans while the recent startling
develOpme nts of frauds and cOrruptOns at the Fed
administration Is imperatiYeiy demanded.
z. That he dogma that the Constitution, of
its own force carries Slavery into any or all OF the
Territories of the United States, is dangerous
political heresy, at variance with the explicit pro
visions of that instrument itself, with contempora
exposition and with legislative and Judicial
precedent; Is revolutionary in its tendency, and
subyersive of the peace aud harmony of the country
8. That the normal condition Of all the Territory
of the United States is that of fro edom: That as
our Republican fathers, when they had abolished
slavery in all our national territory, ordained that
&C person should he deprived of life liberty or
| property, without due process of law, it becomes
our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation
is necessary to maintain this provision of the Con-
stituton against all attempts violate it and We
deny the authority Of Congress- Of territorial leg
islaturo, of any Individuals, to give legal exist
ence to Slavery in any Territory OF the United
| States.
! 9. That we brand the recent re-opening of the
| African Slave-Trade, under the cover Of our Ma
Onai Flag, aided by peryersions OF judicial power
as a crime against Humanity and a burning shame
to Country and Age; and we call upon Congress
to take prompt and efficient measures for the total
and final suppression Of that execrable traffic.
10. That in the recent yetoes, by their Federal
Governors, Of the acts of the Legislatures of Kan
sas and Nebraska, prohibiting Slavery in those
Territories, We find practical illustration of the
boosted Democratic principle OF Non Intervention
! and Popular Sovereignty embodied in the Kansas
Nebraska bill, and ademonstl alton OF the deception
. and fraud involved therein.
| IL That Kansas should, of right, be Immediately
admitted a State under the Constitution recently
formed and adopted 10y her people, and accepted by
the House of Representatives.
II. That while providing revenue for the sup
mort of the general government by duties upon i'm
ports, sound policy requires such adjustment Of
these imFosts to encourage the development OF
the industrial interests of the whole country; and
we commend that policy OF national exchanges,
which to the working men liberal wages, to
agriculture remuneratng prices, to mechanics and
manufacturers an adequate reward Tor their skill,
labor, and enterprise. and to the nation commercial
prosperity and independence.
Is. That protest against any sale aliena-
tion to others Of the Public Lands held by actual
settlers, and against any view of the Free Home
stead policy which regards the settlers paupors
or suppliants for public bounty and demand
the passage by Congress of the complete and salts
factory Homestead measure which has already pass
= ed the House.
IA. That the Republican party is opposed to any
q. change in Naturalization Laws, or my State
legislation by which the rights of citizenship hith-
erto accorded TO immigrants from foreign lands
shall be abridged or impaired; and in favor of CIV
ing full and efficient protection to the rights OF
all classes of citizens whether native natural
I | lied, both at home and abroad.
Is. That appropriations by Congress for River
and HaTbor improvements of National character,
required for the accommodation and security of an
: existing commerce, are authorized by the Consti
tuition, and Justified by the obligation of Govern
protect the lives and property ofits citizens
I6. That a Railroad TO the Pacific Ocean is i'm
peratively demanded by the interests of the whole
country; that the Federal Government ought to
render immediate and efficient aid in its construc-
ton and that, preliminary thereto, a daily
| Overland Mail shoUld be promptly established.
! IT. Finally, having tins set forth our distinctive
principles and views, invite the cooperation OF
all citizens, however differing other questions,
f who substantially agree with in their afrmance
and support.
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