The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-07-16
National Republican Platform.
las AMENDED AND ApoPTED.l

resentativss OF the Republican electors of |
the United States. in Convention assem-
bled, in discharge Of the duty we owe 70
our constituents and our country, unite In |
the following declarations i
/. That the history Of the nation during
the last four years. has fully established |
the proprieiy and necessity OF the organi-
eaton and prrpetuation Of The Republican
party, and that the causes which called it
lnto existence are permanent in their ma
ture, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand Its peaceful and constitutional tri
umph.
Z. That the maintenance Of the princi-
Piles promulgated in the Declaration of In
dependence and embodied in the Federal
Constitution, THAT all men are created
equal thai they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inallenabIe 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 to
the preservation Of our Republican institu-
tions; and that the Federal Constitution,
the Rights OF the States. and the Union of
the States must and shall be preserved.
5. That 10 the union OF the States this
nation owes its unprecedented increase in
population, It's surprising development of
material resources, its rapid augmentation
Of wealth. its happiness at home and It's
all schemes for Uisunion, come from what
ever source they may And we cengratu-
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 popular overthrow
of their ascendancy, as denying The vital
principles of = free government, and as Nm
avowai of contemplated treason, which it
is theinperaiive duty of an indignant Peo-
pie sternlv to rebuke and forever silence
4. That the maintenance inviolate 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 judgment exclusively, 10 essential to
/ that balance of powers on which the per-
feelion and endurance of our political lab
fic 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.
s. That the present Democratic Admin
istration has far exceeded our worst ap-
] prehensions, In its measureless subseryi-
ency TO the exactions of sectional inter-
est, as especially eyinced in its desperate
exertions to force the infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people of
Kansas, in constituting the personal rela-
tion between master and servant 10 in
volye an unqualified property in persons |;
In its attempted enforcement, everywhere,
on land and sea, through the Intervention
Of Congress and of th. Federal Courts, OF
the extreme pretensions of q purely local
interest; and in its general and unyarying
abuse OF the power entrusted to it by con-
fding people.
4 6. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
pervades every department Of the Federal
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omy and accountability is indispensable to
arrest the systematic plunder OF the pub
lie treasury by favored partisans while
the recent startling Developments offrauds
) and corruptions al the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change of adminis,ra.
tlon is impeTaliyely 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 provi
sions of that instrument itself, with CO
! temporaneous exposition. and with Iegis
, lative and judicial precedent; is reyolu
! tionary in its tendency, and subversive o
the peace and harmony OF the country.
8. That the normal condition OF all tn.
territory Of the United States, is that 0
freedom That as our Republican fathers
when they had abolished slavery in sll on
!, national territory, ordained that mo per
son should be deprived Of life, liberty, O
: property, without due process OF law" i
; becomes our duy. by legislation, whenev
er such Legislation Is necessary. to main
tain this provision Of the Constitution
!, against all attempts to violate it.: and ",
deny the authority -of Congress. of ter
!, ritorial legislature. or OF any individnals
: to give legal exisaenes % slavery in an,
: Territory Of the United States.
= 8. That we brand the recen, re -ope min,
I OF the African slave trade, under the GOV
. er Of our national flag, aided by perveI
! sions Of judicial power. as crime agains
! humanity and burning shame 10 ou
country and age and we call upon Con
= gress to take prompt and efficient meas
ures for the total and final suppression {
that execrable traffic. a..,s..s
10. That in the recent vetoes, by thei
Federal Governors, OF the acts Of the Leg