The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-06-18
National Republican Platform.
las AMENDED AND ADoPTED.1


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
lhe proprlety and necessity Of the organi-
cation 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 eEer before, de- !
mand its peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph. sa4
2. That the maintenance of the princi-
Piles promulgated in the Declaration of In
dependence and embodied in the Federal
Constitution, t'Tha u all men are. created
equal that thsys are endowed BY their
Creator with certain inaIienable rights Il
that snong' these are litc, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness that TO secure these
rights, gosesnm ents,. are Instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed d"--is essential 10
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.
3. That to the union If the States this
ration owes 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 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 q popular overthrow
of their aseendancy, As denying the vital
principles OF a free government, and as an
ayowal Of contemplated treason, which it
IL theimpera.ive duty Of an indignant Peo-
pie sternly to rebuke and forever silence.
4. That the maintenance insiolate of the
rights OF the States. and especially the
right of each State to order and control its
+ own domestic institutions according to its
own Jut gment exclusively, is essential 10
that balance Of powers on which The per-
ffection and endurance of our political tab
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 grayest oil
crimes. .
o. That the present Democratic Admin
lstraton has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehensions, in its measureless subservi.
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est, as especially evinced in its desperate
exerhons TO force the Infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people oil
Kansas In constituting the personal rela.
ton between master and servant TO in
volye an unqualified property in persons
Iln ats attempted enforcement, eyeryw here
on land and sea, through the Intervention
of Congress and Of the Federal Courts, o
the extreme pretensions Of u purely loca
interest and in It's general and unvaryinl
abuse OF the power entrusted TO it by con
tiding people.
6. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza Which
pervades every department. of the Fedora
Government thar return 10 rigid econ
omy and accountability is Indispensable tt
arrest the systematic plumber oil the pub
lie treasury by favored partisans while
the recent startling Developments offraud.
> and oorruptions al the Federal metropolis
: show that an entire change of administra
! tlon is imperaiiyely demanded.
| Z. That the new dogma that the Con
stitution, of It's cWn force, carries SLAYER,
/, into any or all of the Territories of tn,
United States, is dangerous political her
esy, at variance with The explicit PROV
!. sions Of that instrument itself, with co
: temporaneous exposition, and with leeis
laliye and judicial precedent is revoin
\ tionary in its tendency, and subversive Q
u the peace and harmony Of the country.
s. That the normal condition OF ali tn
: territory Of the United States, ia that {
freedom That as our Republican father,
when they had abolished slavery in all ou
: national territory, ordained that emo pei
It son should be deprived Of life, liberty, {
property, without due process of law"
becomes our duty, by legislation, whene,
I er such legislation is necessary. to mair
tain this provision OF the Constitute
: against all attempts to violate it : and v
> deny the authority Of Congress, Of te
rtorial Legislature, or of any individual
= TO give legal existence 10 slavery in ar
i'd Territory of the United States.
o 8. That we brand the recent re- ope mir
: of the African slave trade, under the Co
Of er Of our national flag, aided by pervs
ne sions O! judicial power, asa crime again
as humanity and a burning shame to o.
nd country and age and we call upon Co
:, gress to take prompt and efficient mea
urss for the total and final suppression
that execrable traffic. .1a.A
10. That in the recent yetoes, by thu
Federal Governors, Of the acts OF the lie
. islatures OF Kansas and Nebraska. prohi
ting Slavery in these Territories, we fiji
'g- apractical illustration oil the boasted Der
I1 T. /.