The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1860-06-07
omr rnrtx nma PRINCIPLES.

In commencing TIE campaign OF 1860 it is
well for us to consider the objects and prlncI'
pie, of that party to which the people OF the
United States are asked to give their sull'ngcs-
thereby choosing for freedom and the advance
ment of tho cause OF free labor, as against slave
ry aud the despotic rule Of the slavery propa-
pundisis No observer OF political events, who
has read the decoration of principles set forth
in the Republican Platform, can deny tho lac'
that the chi, aud only desire OF The Republican
marty is to reudopt the policy OF the founders OF
our American Institutions. Not wishing to inter
terlere with the insituton of slavery in those
states where i, exist by virtue orposiuve law-und
where only it can cxist-thc Republican party ro'
pudiates the doctrine orplacing free labor ON the
same footing with slave labor and haswc think be-
come Justly alarmed to the demands OF Demo
cratic usurpolous. Under the guise of Democ-
racy, the Federal Government has become n
mere engine for the extention, porpetuotiou aud
naturalization o(slovery. Advancing cautious
ly with feline foot, it has become defiant, Og-
gressiye and reckless, Hence to blot out this
iuiquitous schemmg and restore the Govern
mcnt to its original purity is the sole aim aud
purpose OF the Republican party.
In setting forth The claims OF the cause of free
dom, contrary to the doctrine OF our opponents
we advance no new theories nor propound no
original dogmas. Our platform cmbodies u
collocation OF priciples, Characteristic of Wash
iugton, Jefferson and their associates, To pre-.
serve the original basis of the government, to
purge all its departments of the lcprosy OF cor
ruption with which they are covered, to keep
these departments each in its appointed sphere,
to prevent American Democracy from being
perverted into an oligarchy. to dover the Tree
labor of the country with the public domain
and to guarantee the rights of the states and the
perpetuity of the Union are the great object,
of the R,publicon organization. We have ne
new evangel to preach, no abstract propositions
to set forth outside the Declaration OF hide
pendcnce no modern category of the Rights o
Man to promulgatc. We arc content to wall
in the ways Of the Fathers, to follow their foo
prints, anl to hold fast to their teachings, We
find no new meaning in the Constitution, nnt
refuse to accept any new interpretations ot that
instrument We shun the ma2es, mysiicauou'
AMI enllcss caspistry involved in the dccuin,
ofsquatter sovereignty o, individual sovereignty
but we say with the emphasis which twenty
millions of (reemen can impart to the declara
tion that the Territories shalt be free, for so i
was ordained in the b'gining, for the benefit o
the whole human race,
What in addition to this AMI tina other prop
ositions specified above, the future shall bring
forth, it unnecessary to prcllct, but we may al
rest assured that the organization, as it develop,
its projects and uniolds its policy in the liSh
Of cotemporary events will exhibit nothing alb
normoi nothing foreign to its spirit, principle,
Snl origin With these principles inscribed
upon our banners and deeply fixed in our hearts
the doctrines OF the Republican party must b.
ever fruitful of ben G,ieat measures aud results
for everything by the supreme decree bring
forth after its kind,