The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-11-09
National Republican Platform
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the United States, in Convention assem-
bled, in discharge of the duty we owe to
cur constituents and our country, unite in
the following declarations
l. That the history of the nation during
the last tour years, has fully established
The proprlety and necessity OF the organl-
cation and perpetuation of the Republican
party, and that the causes which called il
into existence are permanent In their na-
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 that they are endowed by their
1 Creator with certain iualienabIe rights
that among these are lie, liberty aud the
pursuit OF happiness that TO secure these
rights, governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the
consent OF the governed''--is essential 10
! the preservation OF our Republican institu-
| tions and that the Federal Constitution,
the Rights of the States, and tie Union of
the States must and shall be preserved
3. That To the union of the States tnls
nation owes its uupreeedenttd increase in
population, its surprising development Of
material resources, It's rapid augmentation
Of wealth. its happlness at home and its
honor abroad aud We hold in adherence
all schemes for Dlsunion, come from what
ever source they may And We congfatu-
late the country that no Republican mem
/ Der of Congress has uttered or couute-
nanced the threats of Disunon So often
made by Democratic members, without re-
buke and with applause from their political
associates and we denounce those threats
!, Of dlsunion, in case ot a popular overthrow
OF their ascendaHey, as denying tire vital
principles Of free government. and as an
, avowal Of contemplated treason, which il
is theimperatlye duty OF an indignant Peo-
pie sterniy TO febuke and forever silence
4. That the maintenance inyiolate of the
rights oil The States, and especially the
right OF each State TO order aid control It's
own domestic institutions according To It's
own Judgme Mt exclusively, is essential to
. that balance of powers on which he per
|. lecton and endurance Of our political tab
TIC depends; and we dennunce the law
less invasion BY armed force Of the soil 81
any STATE or Territory. no matter under
what pretext, rs among the grayest oil
crimes.
b. That the present Democratic Admin
islration has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehensions, in Its measureless subSeryi-
ency 10 the exactious OF sectional inter
est, a. especially evinced in It's desperate
exertlons To force the infamous Lecompton
Constitution apon the protesting people Of
Kansas In eunstruing the personal rela.
tlon between master and servant to in
volye an unqualified property in persons ;
in its attempted enforcement, eyefyw here,
on land and SEA. through the Intervention
of Congress and Of the Federal Courts, OF
the extreme pretensIons Of a purely local
interest; and in It's general and unyaryng
abuse OF the power entrusted TO it by a con
hding people.
6. Tha, the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
! pervades every department OF the Federal
Government that return 10 rigid econ
omy and accountability is indispensable to
arrest the systematic plunder ot 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 adminislra.
tion is imperatiyely demanded.
z. That the new dogma that the Con.
stituton, 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 revolu
tionary III its tendency, and subyersive o
the peace and harmony oil the country.
8. That The normal condition OF all TIL,
territory Of the United States, is that O
! freedom That as our Republican fathers
when they had abolished slavery in ali ou
national territory, ordained that mo per
!, son should be deprived Of life, liberty, o
property, without due process of law"
becomes our duty, by legislation, wheney
er such legislation IS necessary. to main
tain this provision of the Constitution
age:ns. al attempts - sio-ie Il anu "
deny the authority Of Congress, of a tel
ritorlal Legislature, OF OF any individuals
TO give legal existence TO slavery in al
Territory Of the United States.
4 8. That We brand the recent re-openin
of the African slave trade, under the co,
er Of our national flag, aided by perye
sions o. judicial power. asa crime again
humanity end burning shame 10 0,
country and age and we call upon Coz
gress TO take prompt and efficient mea
!, ures for the total and final suppression
that execrable traffic.