The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-11-19
National Republican Platform.
IAs AMENDED AND ADoPrkD.l


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
!. That the history Of the nation during
the last four years, has fully established
the propricty and necessity Of the organi-
cation and perpetuation Of the Republican
party, and that the causes which called it
INTO existence are permanent in their ma
ture. and now, more than ever before, de-
mand its 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 inalienable rights !;
that among these are lite, liberty and the
pursuit OF happiness; that to secure these
nights, governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the
consent Of the governed'--is essential 10
the preservation Of our Republican institu-
tons and that the Federal Constitution,
the Rights OF the States. and the Union Of
the States must and shall be preserved.
8. That to the union of the States this
nation owes its unprecedented increase IN
population, its surprising development Of
material resources. It's rapid augmentation
Of wealth, its happiness At home aud its
honor abroad; and We hold in adherence
all schemes for DisuEion, come from what
ever source they may: And we congratu-
late the country that no Republican mem
Der OF Congress has uttered or counte-
nanccd the threats Of Disunion SO often
made by Democratic members, without re-
bnkc and with applause from their political
associates and We denounce those threats
Of disunion, in case u popular overthrow
Of their ascendancy, As denying the vital
principles OF free government, and as an
arowal OF contemplated treason, which it
il the imperative duty ef an indignan. Peo-
pie sternly TO iebuke and forever silence
4. That the maintenance inviolate Of the
rights ot The States, and especially the
right of each State To order and control its
own domestic institutions according to its
own judgment exclusively, is essential to
that balance OF powers on which The per
fection and endurance of our political lab
ric dcpends. and We dennunce the law
less invasion by armed force Of the soil Of
any Slate or Territory, no matter under
what pfeiext, as among the grayest Of
crimes.
8. That the present Democratic Admin
isiraiion has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehensions, in It's measureless subservi-
ency TO the exactions Of sectional inter
est, as especially esinced in its desperate
exertlons 70 force the Infamous Lecompiun
Constitution upon the protesting people Of
Kansas; in constituting the personal rela-
ton between master and servant to in
,olse an unqualified property in persons
in its attempted enforcement, e,eryM here,
on land and sea. through the Intervention
Of Congress and Of the Federal Courts, OF
the extreme prctsnsions Of purely local
and IN lis general and unvarying
abuse o. the powerentrusled TO it by a con-
tiding people.
s. Tha, the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
peryades every department Of the Federal
that return to rigid econ
omy and accountability is indispensable to
arrest The systematic plumber oil 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-
tioa is imperatively demanded.
Z. That the new dogma that the Con-
stitution. 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 provi-
sions Of that instrument itself, with CO.
exposition. and with legis-
lative and judicial precedent; is reyoln.
tionary in its tendency, and subversivc Of
the peace and harmony Of the country.
8. That the normal condition Of all the
territory Of the United States, is that OF
freedom That as our Republican fathers,
when they had abolished slavery in eli our
national territory. ordained that mo per-
son should be deprived Of life. liberty, or
property, without due process Of law" il
becomes our duly, by Legislation, whenev-
er such legislation is necessary. to main
tain this provision Of the Constitution
against all atsempts to violate it.: and we
deny the authority Of Congress, Of q ter
rilorial legislature, or OF any individuals,
to give legal existence to slavery in any
Territory Of the United States.
9. That We brand the recent re opening
Of the African slave trade, under the COW
er Of our national flag, aided by peryer-
sions Of judicial power. a. . 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 hnaf suppressioA oi
that cxecrable traffic.
10. That in the recent yctoes. hy their