The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-06-23
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM
Adepsed at Chicago, May l1th, 1869.

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.
! Adopted At Chicago, May lsth. 1860.
I Rx.ofred. That ~e the delegated representatives
o. the Republican elecsors Of the United States, In
Convention assembled in discharge Of the duty we owe
TO cur constituents and country, unite IN The
! tollo~ing decIsrstions:
l. Ths, the history Of the nation during the iasi
four years. has fsIy established the propristy and
necessity 0. the organization and perpeaation Of the
Republican party and that the causes which called II
into existence are permanent their and now,
more than before, demand its reseeful and
constitutional triumph. $3.50
z That the maintenance OF the principles promul-
saai in the Declaration Of Independence and embodied
in the Federal Cousttut ionarhAt all created
edaai that they endowed by their Creator with
certain naliensble rights that among these are life,
liberty and pursuit OF happiness; that TO secure
these rights governments instituted among men,
deriving their Just powers from the consent Of the
governed-is essential to the preservation Of our
Republican institutions and that the Federal consti-
,uton Rghts Of the States and the Union Of the
States, must and shall be preserved.
g. That to the Union Of the States this nation owes
its unprecedented in population It's surprising
development Of material resources its rapid angmeu-
tatfoa Of wealth its happiness at home and Its honos
| abroad; and hold in 1'horrenee all schene' sos
Disuniou come from Skateser source they may. And
We congratulate tho country that Republican
member Of Congress has uttered eounseua;ged The
threats Of Dlsanion so often made by peniJsfa,il
! members, without rebuke and with applause from
their political associates; aud We deaounSe those
threats OF disunion ia of popular v-rthrow Of
their ascondsncy denying the vital principles Of
free government and as an avowai oG contemplated
trcsson witch Is the imperative dGty 9t an Indignant
People to steruiy rebuke and forever siic.se,
l. That the m aut cnsnee fusiolate Of tie rights o.
the States and especially the right Of each State
order and control its own domestic institutions
rng to its Judgment exclusively is essen.ia
to that balance powers which the perfection ans
endurance Of our political fabric depends; and W
deuounec the tawess INVASION by armed force of tn,
soil Of any state Territory. no matter under wha
I preiexi, As smaug the srsvest Of crimes
/ S. That the present Democratic Administrations
Ia. Far exceeded worst apprehensions, in 10
c,surcess subseryeney the exactions Of scctiona
/ interest, a. especially evinced IN Its dssperat,
eNertons force the Infamous ecompton Constitution
upon The protesting people Of ksnsss In eonstruin
the personal relation between master and servan
to tnvolve unqualified property in persons; in IL
attempted enforcement everywhere, on land and sea
through the intervention of Congress snd Of th'
Federal Cour,s OF the extreme preentions OF purei!
local interest; and in its general aud unvaryn,
abuse OF the power entrusted to 1t by a eonHdn,
| people,
| g. That the people justly view with alarm tn,
reckless eytravagsnce which pervades every department
Of the Federal Government; that return to rgis
economy and accountability is indispensable to arres
the systematic plumber OF the public treasury b,
favored psrtisans; while the recent startling deve
opmeuts Of frauds and eorruptions at the Fedora
metropolis show that entire change Of administers
tion is tmperstiveiy demanded.
I That the new dogma that the Constitution, Of ia
own force carries slavery into any all ef tn,
Territories the United States IS dangerous pptca
herrsv at variance with the explicit provisions Of tha
( Instrument Itself. with ootemporaneous exposition
and with legislative and Judicial president; Is rcvpu
igtsry in its tendency, ani subvesive Of the pese,
/ snl harmony Of the eonntry.
g. That the normal condition Of all the territory o.
I the United States is that OF freedom That as ou
Republican fathers, when they had abolished SLAYER,
N alt our rational territory ordained that emo person
shaaId be deprived OF hfe property. without due
pracess Of isw.' u becomes duty, by LEGISLATION
Whenever such LEGISLATION is necessary, 70 maintain
thss pr,vsion Of the Constitution AGAINST all attempts
ts violssc it; AMI deny the authority Of Congress.
os territorial legislature or Of any individuals. I,
give LEGAL existence to srarery any Territory Q! th,
/ tniEea Staies
/ . That we brand the recent re-epean. Of ths
African slave Trade. under the cover ct QUE national
a.s aided BY psrSrrStoss ef judicial power, as crime
assins, humanity aaa burning shame to oar eonur,
ard age and ws calf upon Congress 70 take prompt
ard efficient the total and aaai suppression
/ ct that eSsrrabIe trsGae. -.... .s@
J 10 rha, in the recent vetnss, BY their Fc'sra
Governors Of the Acts Of the Lesisl,nres ~ Kansas
aud Nebraska prohibiting slavery ia those Territories
prac,ea lpstrstion of the seasied Democratic
principle Of Soa-Iatervsution au Fpasr sovNreisn,s
ealeced IA .Ae Kansas NEBRASKA Bill, AMI demon
strstoa Il tho deception and fTsSa nrsiVed therein
~ Th., Kansas should Of right. be Immediately
nlaItteI State uaaer the eeussita'son recently
isru,e and adopted by her people, And seep'sa By ia'
/ House OF Representatives
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