Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-05-23


Chicago. il is correct as compared with
one Of the copies reported by the Commit.
tee TO the Convention. Those ofour readers
Who desire preserving one, had better Law
;his one aside. At this time we have bot
to say that 1t me'ts our hearty appreciation
in every single particular. Had we the
power. We would not change the dot Of Am
| or the cross Of IT. II reflects in every
particular the Republican sentiment of a..
country aud We have no doubt will meet
With the same favor Of Republicans every.
where.
PLATFORM.
ResoiDed. That we. the delegated r.D,.
sentatives OF the Republican electoys or
the United States, IN Conyeption go,
bled, IN discharge Of the duty We oweIo
our constituents and our country un;,a =.
the following declarations:
j. That the history ofthe Nation during
the last four years has fully established
the proprieIy ard necessity Of the organ;.
zation aud perpetuation Of the Repubiira,
party. aud that the causes which called n
int existence are permanent ia their nature
its peaceful and constitutional ,rinmnL
Q. That the msinicnance of ,bs ,.;,,.;
Piles promulgated in the Dsclaration ar
Independence and embodied in the Ped.
eral Constliution--"That all men arc &C.
| ated equal; that they are endowed 10 a.,
creator with certain inalienable rights.
that among these are life, liberty and The
pursuit oi happiness. that To secure The.
! rights, governments are instituted .no,,,
men, deriving their Just powers from he
consent Of the governed''-is essential =,
the preservation OF our republican institu
ions, and that the Federal Constituiion
we rights OF the States, aud the IJnion nj
the States must anl shall be preserved
.: Ihal 10 The Union Of the States this
nation owes It's Unprecedented increase in
population; IT'S surprising development of
'nsUes' resources, us rapid augmentation
OF wealth, It's happiness at home and ia
mono, ABROAD and We hold IA abhorrence
all schemes for disunion. come from VII,
ever source they may; and we congratulate
the country that no Republican member of
Congress has uttered or counienaneed IN.
threats OF Disunion 80 often made by Dem.
ocratic members without rebuke aud with
applause from their political associates.
aud we denounce thos. threats of disuniop.
IN case OF n popular overthrow Of their a..
eendancy, "a denying the vital PRINCIPLES
OF Tree government, and as an avowal of
contemplated treason which ii N the i'm
pefativs duty of an Indignant pcople
siernly To retuke and forever silence.
u That the maintenance inyi0lale oftbr
rights of the States, and esp.e,ally the
right of each state. To order aud control it's
own domestic institutions according 10 ia
own judgment exclusively IA o. sentialto that
balance OF power on which the perfection
aud endurance OF our political fabric de-
ponds: and We denouuee The lawless inya.
sion by nm armed force Of the soil Of any
State or Territory. no matter under what
pre'exly as among The grayed OF crimes.
.. That the present Democrats Admin.
lsuation has Tar exceeded our worst appr,-
tensions IN its neasufsloss subseryiencyio
the sxactions OF sectional interest A. esne
cialiy eyinced in it's desperate ex.rtio.-
10 force The Infamous Lecompton Constiiu.
ton on tho protesting people of Kansas.
in constituting the personal relation between
master aud servant To involve unqunii-
ned property 10 persons; In lie attempted
enforcement, everywhere. on land and Sea.
through the Intervention of Congress and
OF the Federal Courts, Of the extreme pre-
tensions Of apurely local interest; aud In
its general aud unvsrying abuse of the
power entrusted to IL by a confiding PEG.
pie.
q. That the people Justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which per.
yades every department Of the Federal
Government; that a return To rigid econo
, my and accountability IL indispensable 10
arrest the systematic plu nder Of the public
treasury by favored partisans: while the
recent startling developments Of fra uds and
, coruptions at the Federal metropolis show
that an entire change Of administration j.
imperatively demanded.
/, Z. That the new dogma that the Copsl,
tuition. OF its own force. carries slavery IN.
! TO any or all Of the Territories Of the Uni.
y ted States, IL a dangerous political hcresy.
at variance with the explicit provisions Of
that Instrument ITSELF with cotemporane
Gus exposition, and with legislative and
judicial precedent; IL revolutionary in H..
, tendency, aud subvcrsive Of the peace aud
harmony Of the codntry.
B. That tho normal condition Of all the
, terriiory Of the United States IL that of
, Freedom. That ~ our Republican fathers,
when they had abolished slavery In all our
national tcrritory. ordained that "no Der.
son should be deprived Of life. liberty or
: properly, without due process OF law" IA
becomes our duty. by legislation, whenever
such legislation ~ necessary, 10 maintain
this provision Of the Constitution against
all attempts 10 violate u; and We deny
I the authority of Congress, Of q 1erritor,al
, Legislature, or Of any individuals. To Civ.
legal existence 10 slavery In any Territory
OF the United States.
; D. That We brand tho recent feopening IL
the African slave trade, under the cover of
our ba, ionhl Nag. aided by perversions OF
Ind. al al
ny, aud a burning shame TO our country
and age; aud We call upon Congress 10
take prompt aud efficient measures Tor the
total and tnal suppression OF that eseera.
bio traffic
10 That In the recent yctocs, by their
Federal Governors, Of The acts Of the Iegis
latures OF Kansas aud Nebraska, prohibit
ing slavery in those Territories, We find
a practical illnsirstion Of the boosted Dem.
oefatlc principle Of Non Intervention aud
Popular Sovereignty embodied In the Ran.
sas Nebraska bill, aud q demonstration of
the deception and fraud involved therein
II. That Kansas should, Of right, be i'm.
mediately admitted a. State under the
Constitution recently formed aud adopted
, by her people, and accepted by the House
OF Representatives.
~. That, while providing revenue for
the Hhppott ot tue bcucfhi botffnfneut, bg
duties upon imports, sound policy requires
such an adjustment Of these imports N 10
encourage the development Of the industri.
al interests Of the whole country; aud W.
commend that policy Of national exchanges
, which secures 10 the working men liberal
wages. TO agriculture remunerating prices,
10 mechanics and manufacturer an AIDE
quate reward for their skill. labor, aud en-
terprise, aud To the nation commercial
prosperity and Independence.
~. That We protest against any sale or
alienation 10 others OF the Public Lands
held by actual settlers, aud against amy
view OF the Free Homestead policy which
regards the settlers as paupers or suppli-
ants for public bounty; and we dem aud the
passage by Congress Of the complete and
satisfactory Homestead measure which has
already passed the House.
IL. That The Republican party is oppos-
ed to any change ia our naturalization
laws, or any Stale Legislation by which the
rights of ciIiz nship, hith,r.o accorded
IN immiorants from FOREIGN land.