The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-06-07
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM
AS AMENDED AND ADOPTED.

Il IL f HIC AGO PLA II F o z NJ
AS AMENpED AND ADOPTED.
ReSoired, That we, the delegated representatives
OF the Republican electors OF the United States, in
Convention assembled, in the discharge of the duty
we owe to our constituents and our country, unite
in the following declarations:
LIST. That the history of the nation during the
last four years. has fully established the propriety
and necessity of the organization and perpetuation
of the Republican party and that the causes which
turc, and now, more than before, demand its
peaceful and constitutional triumph.
2. That the maintenance of the principles pro-
mulgated in the Declaration of Independence and
embodied i'll the Federal Constitution That all
men are created equal that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain inalienable rights that
among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness that to these rights, governments
instituted among men, deriving their just pow
from the consent of the governed lis essential
to the preservation of Republican institutions
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 nation
owes its unprecedented increase in population its
surprising development of material resources, its
rapid augmentation of wealth, its happiness mt
home and its honor abroad and hold in alb.
hOrrence all schemes for Disunion, come from what
ever source they may And We congratulate the
country that Republican member of Congress
has uttered countenanced the threats OF Dis
union often made by Democratic members with
out reluke and with applause trem their political
associates and We denOunCe those threats of dis
union, in case of popular overthrow of their
tendency as denying the vital principles of Il free
government, and ayowal of contemplated
treason, which it is the imperative duty of in
dignant People sternly TO rebuke and forever ST.
lence
4. That the maintenance inviolate of the Ri gifts
of the States and especially the right of each Stale
to order and control its domestic Institutions
according TO Its own judgment exclusively, is
sentsl TO that balance Of powers on which the per
lection and endurance Of political fabric de-
ponds and We denOuHce the laWess invasion by
armed force of the soil of any State Territory,
no matter under what preteX, as among the gravest
| Ui crimes
5. That the present Democratic Administration
has far exceeded our worst apprehensions, in its
measureless subservency to the exactiOns of
tl"na interest as esptcly e'ihceu III its uesper-
ate exertOns to force the infamous LecomptOn Con-
stiution upon the protesting people of Kansas in
| constituting the personal relation between master
and servant to involve an unqualified property in
persons in its attempted enforcement, everywhere,
on land and sea, through the intervention OF Con
! gress and of the Federal Courts, of the extreme
! Pretensons of purely local interest and in its
! general and unvaryns abuse of the over intrusei
! TO it by Ii cOnfidng people.
C. That the People justly view with alarm the
reckless extravaganza which pervades every depart
ment of the Federal Government; that return 10
| rigid economy and accountability is Indispensable
to arrest the systematic plumber Of the pubic treas
ury by favored partsans; while the recent startling
Developments of frauds and corruptions at the Fea
eral Metropolis, show that an entire change OF
adm nistratiOn is imperatiEey demanded.
| :. That he new dogma that the Constitution, of
its force, carries Slavery into any all Of the
! Territories of the Tn ted States, is dangerous
political heresy, at variance with the explicit pro
visions of that instrument itself with contempora-
neOus exposition and With Legislative and judicial
precedent; is revolutionary in its tendency, and
subversye of the peace and harmony of the country
g. That the normal condition OF all the Territory
| OF the United States is that of freedom: That
our Republican fathers, when they had abolished
slavery in all our national territory, ordained that
person should be deprived Of life, liberty,
property, without due process of law it becomes
our duty, by legislation, Whenever such legislation
is necessary, naiutain this provision of the Con-
sttution against all attempts violate it and
deny the authority of Congress, OF territorial leg
! individuals,
ence to Slavery in any Territory Of the United
States.
! o. That we brand the recent re-opening of the
! African Siaye-Trade, under the cover Of Ma
tona Flag aided 10y peryersiuns of judicial power,
| as crime against humanity and II burning shame
to our Country and Age and We call upon Congress
to take prompt and efficient measures for the total
and final suppression of that execrable traffic.
III. That in the recent vetoes, by their Federal
Governors, Of the acts of the Legislatures of Kan
sas and Nebraska, prohibiting Slavery i'll those
Territories, find practical illustration of the
| boosted Democratic principle of Non Intervention
and Popular Sovereignty embodied in the Kansas
Nebraska bill, and dcmonstl alton of tho deception
and fraud involved therein.
IL. That Kansas should, of right be immediately
admitted a State under the Constitution recently
formed and adopted by her people, and accepted by
| the House of Representatives.
! II. That, while providing for the sup
port of the general government by duties upon inn
/ ports sound policy requires such an adjustment of
these imFosts as to encourage the Development of
the industrial interests of the whole country and
| We commend that policy of national exchanges
which secures to the working men liberal wages, to
/ agriculture remunerdtlOg prices, TO mechanics aud
manufacturers adequate reward for their skill
labor, and enterprise and to the nation commercial
! prosperity and independence.
/ II. That we protest against any sale aliena-
| ton TO others of the Public Lands held by actual
! settlers, and against any view of the Free Home
stead policy which regards the settlers paupers
or suppliants for public bounty and demand
the passage by Congress of the complete and salts
factory Homestead measure which has already pass
cd the House.
IA. That the Republican party is opposed to any
change in Naturalization Laws, any State
legislation by which the rights of citizenship hitl-
erto accorded to immigrants from foreign lands
shall be abridged impaired; aud favor of Civ
lug full and efficient protection To the rights OF
all classes of citizens, whether native natural
! ized both at home aud abroad.
ID. That appropriations 10y Congress for River
and Harbor improvements If Il National character,
required for the accommodation and security of au
existing commerce, are authorized by the Consti-
tuition, and Justified 10y the obligation of Goveru-
ment to protect the lives and property fits citizens
It,. That Railroad to the Pacific Ocean is i'm
peratively demanded by the Interests Of the whole
country; that the Federal Government ull2li TO
render immediate and efficient aid in its construc-
ton and that, preliminary thereto daily
Overland Mail should be promptly established.
IT. Finally, having thus set forth our distinctive
principles and views, invite the Ci-Opera ion of
all ctizeus, however differing other questions,
who substantially agree with us in their aiirmance
and support
TuE ConN CRop We learn from tha