The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-11-14
National Republican Platform.
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Inc united States, III convention assem-
bled, in discharge of the duty we owe to
our constituents and our country, unite in
the following declarations
/ That the history ofthe 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 il
into existence are permanent In their ma
lure. and now, more than ever before. de-
mand It's peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph
2. 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 inahenable 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 lis essential 10
the preservation of our Republican instilu-
tlons 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 of the States this
nation owes its unprecedented increase in
population, lis surprising development Of
material resources, its rapid augmentation
OF wealth, It's happiness at home and its
honor abroad and We hold An adherence
all schemes for Disunon, come from W hat
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 Disuniop 80 often
made by Democratic members, without re.
buke and with applause from their political
associates and we denounce those threats
Of disunon, IN case oi popular overthrow
OF their aseendaney, as denying The vital
principles of free government, and as an
avowai of contemplated treason, which it
is theimperaiive duty of an indignant Peo-
pie sternly To rebuke and forever silence
4. That the maintenance inviolate of the
rIghts OF the States, and especially tie
night Of each State 10 order aud control its
own domestic institutions according TO It's
own Judgment exclusively, is essential to
that baiapee Of powers ON which the per
fection and endurance of eur political lab
ric depends; and we den unce the law
less invasion by armed force Of the sol! of
any State or Territory, no matter under
what pretext, as among the gravesl Of
crimes.
8. That the present Democratic Admin
istration has far exceeded our worst ap-
hrn
eucy 10 The exactIons of sectional inter
est, as especially eylnced in It's desperate
exertinns To force the infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people Of
Kansas; IN constituting the personal feia-
tion between master and servant to in
yolve all unqualified property in persons !;
IN lis attempted enforcement, eseryw here,
on land and sea, through the Intervention
OF Congress and of the Federal Courts, OF
the extreme prelensions vi purely local
interest; and IN lis general and unvarying
abuse of the power entrusted 10 it by con
fiding people.
6. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
peryades every department OF the Federal
Government, that a re urn TO rigid econ
omy and accountability is indispensable to
arrest he systematic plunder OF the pub
lic treasury by favored parusans; while
the recent startling developments offrauds
and corrupaons al the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change of administra-
tion is imperatively demanded.
Z. That the new dogma that the Con-
stitution, of its 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.
temporaneous exposition. and with legis-
latiye and judicial precedent is reyou-
tIonary in It's tendency, and subversiye of
the peace and harmony OF the country.
8. 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 mo per-
son should be deprived of life, liberty, or
property, without due process OF law it
becomes our duty, by legislation, wheney-
er such legislation rs necessary. to main
tain this provision of the Constitution
against all attempts to violate it and we
deny he aathority os Congress, of a ter-
ritorial Legislature, or of any individuals,
to give legal existence TO slavery in any
Territory of the United States.
8. That we brand the recent re e-opening
of the African slave trade, under the COW
er Of our national flag, aided by perver.
sions OF judicial power. as crime against
humanity and q burning shame 10 oul
country and age and We call upon Con
gress TO take prompt and efficient meas
ures for the total and final suppression D
that execrable traffic.
| TO- That in the recent vetoes, by thei
! Federal Governors, OF the acts Of the Leg
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