The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-08-16
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Las AMENDED ANp ADOPTED

NJ tho Rc,,bIican electors of the United States, in
Convention assembled, IN discharge Of the duty we
owe TO our constituents and country, unite in the
following declarations;
That the history Of Che nation during the last Ioar
years has fully established the propriety and neceF-
sity Of the organization and pcrpeuatiou OF the he
publican party aud that the causes which called
into existence are permanent in their nature and
now more than ever before demands lis peaceful and
constitutional triumph,
., That the maintenance Of Che principles promul-
gated in the Declaration Of independence and en-
boiled in the Federal Constitution, "Tha a'lmen are
created caual That they arc endowed by their Creator
with certain iuacnabc rights; that among these are
fc liberty aud the pursuit Of haprncss that to Sc
cure these rights governments instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the consent OF
the gnvcrneG'-is essential to the preservation Of Iur
Republican institutions; and thar the Federal Consti
tuition the Rights Of the States, and the Union Of the
States must and shall he preserved
3 That to the union Of the States this nation owes
its increase in populatiou its surpris
ING lcyrlnrrapnt Of material resources its rapid aug
mentation Of weaIth, its happiness at home and its
honor abroad and hold in adherence all schemes
for Disunion come from whatever source they may
And We congratulate the country That no Republican
member of Congress has uttered or countenanced the
/ threats OF DiSunlOn otien maze Wy btHO'i'Vi'
members. without rehuke and with applause from
their political associates; aud we denounce those
threats of disunion in of populr overthrow of
their ascoudency denying the vital principles Of
free government, and ns an avowel of contemplated
treason which it is the Imperative duty Of an indig-
nant peoplp -tcrnlv to rebuke and forever silence
J. That the maintenance nyiolate cf the rights Of
the States and especially the right of each State to
order and control its own domestic institutions
cordins to It's own Judgment exclusively, is essential
to that balance Of powers which the perfection and
endurance of our political fabric depends; and we
denounce the lawess invasion by armed force of the
soil Of any State OF Territory matter under what
prctext, as among the gr"vest of crimes.
g. That the present Democratic Administration has
far exceeded worst approximations, in its measure
less suhseryiency to the eXactions of sectional ill.,
terest as especially evinced in its desperate ezer-
tons to force the infamous Lecomrton Constitution
upon the protestiag people of Kansas in constituting
the personal relation between master and rant to
involve an unqualified property in persons in its at
tempted enforcement, everywhere, on land and sea,
through the Intervention of Congress and of the Fed
eraI Courts, of the extreme pretensions of purely
local interest and its general and unvaryng abu2e
of the power entrusted to it by conldrg people
G. That the people justly view with alarm the reck
less extravaganza which pervades every department
Of the Federal Government; that n return to rigid
economy and accountability is indispensable to ar
rest the systematic plumber of tie public treasury by
favored partsans while the recent startling devel-
opments of frauds and uptons at the Federal
metropolis, show that an entire change Of admins
tration is imperatively demanded.
L That the new dog ma that the Constitution, Of its
own force carries Slavery into any all Of the Ter
rtories of the United States is dangerous political
heresy, at variance with the explicit provisions OF
that instrument ITSELF with cotemporancous EXPOSE
ton. and with legislative and judicial precedent; is
revolutionary in its tendency and subversive of the
: -s-aace and harmony of the country
publican fathers, When all the territory oil
all our national territory, ordained that ''no pcrso
should be deprived of life, liberty or property with
out due process oflaw, II becomes duty Dy legis
lation whenever snch legislation is necessary It
maintain this provision Of the Constitution agains
all attempts to violate It and deny the authority
of Congress- Of territorial legislature, Of any
dividuals to give legal existence to slavery in an,
Territory of the United States
o. That we brand the recent re-opening Of the Afri
can slave trade, under the of national flag
aided by pervers0ns of judicial power, as a crime
against humanity aud burning shame to our coun
try and age; and call upon Congress to tax
prompt and efficient for the total and lna
suppression of that eXecrable traffic.
TO- That in the recent vetoes, by their Federal Gov
ernors of the acts of the Legislatures of Kansas ant
Nebraska, prohibiting Slavery in those Territories
We find practical illustration of the boosted Demo
cratic principle of Non-Intervention and Popular
Sovereignty embodied in the Kansas-Nebraska bill
and demonstration of the deception and fraud in
volved therein.
II. That KANSAS should, of right, be Immediately
admitted as State under the Constitution recently
formed and adopted by her people, and accepted by
the House of Representatives.
~. That, while providing rcvenue for the support
Of the general government by duties upon imports
sound policy requires such adjustment of these
imports rs to encourage the development Of the in
dustrial interests Of the whole country and we com
mend that policy of national exchanges, which Sc
cures to TIE working liberal wages to agriculture
remunerang prices, to mechanics and manufacturers
an adequate reward for their skill, labor and en-
prise, and to the nation commercial prosperity and
independence
H. That protest against any sale or alienation
to others Of the Public Lands held by actual settlers
and AGAINST any view of the Free Homestead policy
which regards the settlers paupers or supplants
for public bounty; and we demand the passage by
Congress OF the complete and satisfactory nd
measure which has already passed the House.
Il. That The Republican party is opposed to any
change in our Naturalization Laws or any State Iegis
laton by which the rights Of citizenship hitherto ac-
corded to immigrants from foreign lands shall be
abridged or Impaired; and in favor Of giving full
and efficient protection to the rights of all classes of
citizens whether native naturaliged both nj home
and abroad.
10. That appropriations by Congress for River and
Harbof improvements of National character, re-
quired for the accommodation ana security Of an ex-
listing commerce, are authorized by the Constitution
and justified by the obligation Of Government to pro-
tect the lives and property Of it's citizens.
10. That Railroad to the Pacific Ocean is inpera-
lively demanded by the interests of the whole coun
try; tat the Federal Government ught TO render
immediate and efficient aid in its construction; and
that, as preliminary thereto, daily Overland Mail
should he promptly established.
II. Finally, having thus set forth our distinctive
principles and views invite the cooperation of all
citizens, however differing on other questions who
substantially agree with In their afirmance and
support.
SUPPLEMENTARY RESOlUTIcN.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with those
men who lave been driven, some Of them from their
native States ana others from the State of thc adop-
tion and eXiled from their homes on account
of their opinions; and we bold the Democratic party
responsible for This violation Of that clause Of
the Constitution which declares that the citizens of
each State shall be entitled to s the privileges and
immunites Of citizens in the several States.
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