The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-07-17
National Republican Platform
rAs AMENDED AND ADopTkD.l

the United States. In Convention assem-
bied, 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
the proPriety and necessity Of the organi-
zation 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- |
msnd it's peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph.
e. 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 !; thai they are endowed by their
Creator With certain inalienabie 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 institn
lions 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
alton owes its unprecedented increase in
population, its surprising development Of
material resources, lis rapid augmentation
Of wealth, its happiness Ut home and its
honor abroad !, and we hold iu adherence
all schemes for Disunion. come from whAt-
ever source they may: And we congrstu-
late the country that no Republican mem
Der OF Congress has uttered or eounte-
nanced the threats Of Disunion 80 often
made by Democratic members, without re-
buke and with Applause from their political
associates end we denounce tl.ose threats
Of disunion, in case Of popular overthrow
Of their ascendancy, as denying the vital
| principles Of free government. and as an
arowai of contemplated treason, which it
ls the imperative duty Of an indignant Peo-
pie stsrniy 70 rebuke and forever silence.
4. That the n aintenance inviolate of the
4 rights OF the States, and especially the
night Of each State TO order and control Its
own domestic institutions according to its
own judgmen, exclusively, is essential to
i that balance Of powers On which the per-
feclon and endurance Of our political fab
re depends; and we denounce the law
less invasion by armed force OF the soil oil
any state or Territory, no matter under
what pretext, a. among the gravess Of
crimes.
8. That the present Democratic Admin
lstrslion has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehensions, in its measureless subsersi.
ency 10 tie exactions OF sectional inter.
est, as especially evinced in it's desperate
exertions To force the Infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people ol
Kansas In constituting the personal rela
laon between master and servant 10 in.
volse All unqualified property IN persons
. in its attempted enforcement. e,erywhe here
on land and sea, through the intervention
; of Congress and of the Federal Courts, o
Iihe extreme pretensions Of . purely loca
.. interest and in it's general and unvaryins
abuse OF the power entrusted to it by con
iding people.
=, 6. That the people justly view witt
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
perysdes every department of the Fedora
Government that return to rgid econ
omy and accountability is indispensable b
arrest the systematic plunder OF the pub
lie treasury by favored partisans Will
the recent startling developments offraud
s. and corruptions al the Federal metropolis
. show that an entire change OF administra
! tion is imperauvely demanded.
j 7. That the new dogma that the Con
: stitution, OF its own force, carries SLAYER
> into any or all Of the Territories Of tn
United States, is dangerous political bel
!. esy, II variance with the explicit prov
sions Of that instrument itself, with o.
= .empofaneous exposition, and with legil
j iaiive and judicial precedent is revolt,
u tionsry in it's tendency, and subversive
the peace and harmony Of the country.
II 8. That the normal condition OF all Il
territory Of the United States. is that
freedom That ss our Republican father
- when they had abolished slavery in oil o.
:, national territory, ordained that .'no pc
son should be deprived of life. liberty,
e property, without due process Of law. :"
]. becomes our du,y, BY legislation, whene
er such Legislation IS necessary. TO mai
tain this provision Of the consiituti'
against all attempts to violate IL; and '
deny he ...sc. ....sscc-.:..yy 6. Congress Congress, u y Is
:, ritonal legislature, or OF any individual
~ ~ to give legal existence 10 slavery in Al
- Territory Of the United States.
is- 9. That we brand the recent re-openi
!, OF the African slave trade, under the CO
tAs er Of our national flag, aided by perv'
IN sions Of judicial power, as crime agar
I'd = humanity and burning shame 70 9
country and age and We call upon &c
|" gress to take prompt and efficient mei
: ures for the total and final suppression
that execrable traffic.
10. That in the recent vetoes, by Tn
Federal Governors, OF the acts of the Ls