The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-06-08
National Republican Platform



bled. in discharges of the duty we owe to
our constituents and eur country, unite in
the following declarations
/ That The history ofthe nation during
the last four years, has fully established
the propnety and necessity Of the organl-
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-
mand It's peaceful ard constitutional tri-
umph.
Z. 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 that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalIenable rights !;
that among these arc 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 -~is 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.
4 5. That 10 the union Of the States ihs
ration owes its unprecedented increase in
population, lis surprising development of
material Resources. lis rapid augmentation
OF wealth, its happiness at home and It's
honor abroad and We hold in adherence
all schemes for Disunion. come from what
ever source they may And We congratu-
late the country that I'D Republican mem
Der of Congress has uttered or counte-
nanced The threats Of Dtsnnion SD often
made by Democratic mt mbers, without re-
trbnke and with applause from their political
| associates and we denounee those threats
Of dlsunlon, in caseof a popular overthrow
OF their aseendancy, as denying The vital
principles OF free government, and as an
avowai Of contemplated treason, which il
is the imperative duty ofan indignant Peo-
pie sternly 10 iebuke and forever silence
4. That the maintenance inviolate of the
rights OF the States, and especially The
right OF each State to order aud control It's
own domestic institutions according to it's
own judgment exclusively, is essential 10
that balance of powers on which the per-
lection and endurance OF our political lab
ric depends; and we denounce the law
less invasion by armed force of the soil Of
any Safe or Territory, no matter under
what prete1t as among the grayest Of
crimes
8. That The present Democratic Admin
istTation has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehensions, in IFS measureless subservi-
ency to the exactions OF sectional inter
est, as especially evinced in its desperate
exertlons 10 force the infamous Lecom pton
Constitution upon the protesting people of
Kansas IN constituting the personal rela
ton between master and servant 10 in
volve an unqualified property in persons !;
in It's attempted enforcement, eyeryw here.
on land and sea, through the Intervention
of Congress and Of tile Federal Courts, OF
the extreme pretensions of purely local
interest; and in IFS general and unyarying
abuse oi the power entrusted 10 il by con
fding people.
6. That The peoole justly view with
alarm the recklE IS extravaganza which
pervades every depal tment of the Federal
Government tha, return to rigid econ
omy and accountability is indispensable to
arrest the systematic plumber OF the pub
lie treasury by favored partisans while
the recent startling developments offrauds
and corruptions al The Federal metropolis,
show that an entire charge OF admlnislra-
ton is lmperatively demanded.
Z. That the new dogma that the Con-
ct pfr -
into any or all OF the Territories OF the
United States, is dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit provi-
slons Of that instrument itself, with CO.
temporaneous exposition. and with legis-
ialiye and Judicial precedent is revoiu
tlonary in It's tendency, and subversive Of
the peace and harmony OF the country.
@. That the normal condition OF all the
territory Of the Umled States, is that of
freedom That as our Republican fathers,
when they had abolished slavery in all our
national territory, ordained that '.np per-
son should be deprived of life, liberty, or
property, without due process OF law, il
becomes our duly, by legislation, wheney-
ef such Legislation ls necessary, to main
tain this provision OF the Constitution
against all attempts to yiola,eit and we
deny the authority of Congress. of ter
ritoral legislature, or OF any individuals,
TO give legal existence 10 slavery in anv
Territory oftne United States.
8. IAst We brand The recent re op. ming
of the African shave trade, under the COW
er pf our national flag, aided by peryer-
sions Of judicial power. as crime against
humanity and burning shame 10 our
country and age; and we call upon Con-
gress to take prompt and efficient meas :
ures for the total and final suppression Of
that execrable traflic.
| lo. That III the recent vetoes, by their
Federal Governors, OF the acts oil the Leg
islatures OF Kansas and Nebraska, prohib-
| lting Slavery IN those Territories, we find
a practical illustration OF the boosted Dem