The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-09-15
National Republican Platform.
rAs AMENDED AND ADoPTED.l

bied, IN discharge OF the duty we owe TO
cur constituents and our country, unite In
the following declarations
l. That the history of the nation during
the last four years, has fully established
the propriety and necessity of the organi-
cation and perpetuation Of the Republican
party, and that the causes which called 1t
into existence are permanent in their ma
lure, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand its peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph.
E. 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 inalcnabe rights !;
that among these are lie, 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''--ts essential to
the preservation Of our Republican institu-
tons and that the Federal Constitution,
the Rights of the States, and tile Union of
the States must and shall be preserved.
3. That to the union Of the States this
nation owes It's unprecedentfd increase in
population, It's surprising development Of
material resources, Its rapid augmentation
Of wealth, its 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 VIC denounce those threats
of disunion, IN case Of d popular overthrow
of their ascendancy, as denying the vital
principles OF free government, and as an
avowal OF contemplated treason, which it
is the imperative duty Of an indignant Peo-
pie sternly TO febuke and forever silence
4. That the maintenance lnviolate Of the
rights oi the States, and especially the
right of each State to order and control its
own domestic institutions according to It's
own judgment exclusively, is essential to
that balance Of powers ON which the per
fccton and endurance Of our political fab
rc depends, and we denounce the law
less invasion by armed force Of the soil Of
any State or Territory, no matter under
what prete4t, as among the grayest Of
crimes.
8. That the present Democratic Admin
lstration has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehensions, In IFS measureless subservl-
ency 10 the exaclions OF sectional inter
est, a especially eyinced in its desperate
exertlons 10 force the infamous Lecomptun
Constitution upon the protesting people OF
Kansas; in construing the personal rela
tion between master and servant to in
volve an unqualified property in persons /;
inits attempted enforcement, everywhere
on land and sea, through the Intervention
of Congress and of the Federal Courts, oil
the extreme pretensions of q purely local
interest; and in its general and unvaryln9
abuse OF the power entrusted to il by con-
tiding people.
t. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
pervades every department Of the Federal
Government that return 10 rigid econ
omy and accountability is indispensable TO
arrest the systematic plunder oil the pub
Inc treasury by favored partlsans while
the recent startling developments offrauds
and corruptlons al the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change of administra-
ton is imperatiyely demanded.
Z. That the new dogma that the Con.
stitution, OF It's own force, carries SLAYER,
into any or all oil The Territories OF the
United States, is dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit proyi.
sions of that instrument itself, with CO
temporaneous exposition. and With legis
latiye and Judicial precedent is revolu
tionary in its tendency, and subyersive 0
the peace and harmony Of the country.
g. That the normal condition OF all tht
territory of the United States, is that o
/ freedom That as our Republican fathers
when they had abolished slavery in all GU
national territory, ordained that mo per
son should be deprived Of life, liberty. Q
property, without due process OF law j
becomes our duty, by Legislation, wheney
er such Legislation Is necessary. to main
tain this provision of the Constitution
against all attempts to violate il and W
deny the authority Of Congress, Of a ter
Tii;toiia.. legislature, oI vi any individuals
to give legal existence TO slavery in an,
Territory fthe United States.
8. That We brand the recent re-openin,
of the African slave trade, under the GOV
er Of our national flag, aided by peryer
sions Of judicial power, as crime agains
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 exocrable traffic.
10. That in the recent vetoes, by thei
Federal Governors, of the acts oil the Lee
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