The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-10-19
National Republican Platform.
fAs AMENDED AND ADoPIED.l

| iAS'chenuFeS oi she NepuOlcan electors oi
the United States, in Convention assem-
bled, in discharge of the duty we owe to
cur 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 organl-
cation and perpetnation of the Republican
party, and that the causes which called it
into existence are permanent in their ma
lure, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand ITS peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph.
Z. That the maintenance of the princi-
pies 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'--is essential TO
the preservation of our Republican institu-
tons; and that the Federal Constitution,
the Rights Of the States. and the Union of
the States must and shall be preserved.
8. That TO the union Of the States this
nation owes its unprecedented increase in
population, It's 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 denouuce those threats
of disunlon, in case Of popular overthrow
! of Their ascendancv, As denying The vital
principles of a free government, and as an
avowai of contemplated treason, which it
Is the Imperative duty Of an indignant Peo-
pie sterniy TO rebuke and forever silence
q. That the maintenance inviolate of the
rights OF the States, and especially the
right OF each State TO order and control It's
own domestic Institutions according to it's
own Judgment exclusively. is essential to
J
fection and endurance OF our political lab
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
5. That the present Democratic Admin
istration has far exceeded our worst ap-
I n.y. harE fn
ency 10 The exactions Of sectional inter
est, h especially evInced in its desperate
exertlons TO force the infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people Of
Kansas; in constituting the personal rela.
ton between master and servant to in
yolSe an unqualified property in persons
IN ITS attempted enforcement, everywhere,
on land and sea, through the Intervention
OF Congress and of the Federal Courts, OF
the extreme pretenslons of purely local
interest, and in lis general and unyarying
abuse OF the power entrusted to il by a con
fding people.
6. That the people Justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
pervsdes every department of the Federal
Government tne' return 10 rigid econ
omy and accountability ls indispensable to
arrest ihe systematic plumber o. ne pub
ilc treasury by favored partisans whl.,
the recent startling developments offrauds
and corruptlons al The Federsl metropolis,
show tha, an entire change Of administra-
ton is imperatively demanded.
4, That the new dogma that the Con-
sututon, OF It's own force, carries Slavery |
into any or all OF the Territories OF the /
United States, is dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit proyi-
sions of that instrument itself. with CO.
exposition. and with legis-
laiive and Judicial precedent is revolu.
nonary in its tendency, and subversive of
the peace and harmony OF the country.
q. That the normal condition OF all the
territory of the United States. is that of
freedom That as our Republican fathers,
when they had abolished slavery in all our
national territory, ordained that .no per
son should be deprived of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law, !" it
becomes our duty, by legislation, whenev-
er such Legislation IS necessary. TO main
ta'n tnis provision of the Constitution
against all attempts to violate it ; and we
deny the authority of Congress, OF a ter
rltorial legislature, or OF any individuals,
to give legal existence TO slavery in any
Territory Oft the United States.
8. That we brand the recent re opening
of the African slave trade, under the Gov
er OF our national flag. aided by perver-
sions Q! judicial power. as crime az ainst
humanity and burning shame TO our
country and age and we call upon Con-
gress to take prompt and efficient meas
ures for the total and final suppression Of
that eAecrable lrnffic.