St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-11-15
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ylIY Floyd COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER l5 1860

ti'iio a''oiuihS " us OWN JuuSlnen
exclusively, is essential to that ba
ancc of powers on which the perfcC
ton and endurance Of our poltica
fabric depends and we .dcnouncc tn
lawless invasion by armed force of tn
SOL OF any State or Territory, no mat
, ter under what prctcXt, as among tn
gravcst Of crimes.
D. That the present Democratic Ad
ministration has far exceeded ou
worst apprchcnsions, in its measure
. less subscrvicncy to the actions O
a sectional interest, as especial,
cvlnccd in its desperate cxcrtions t,
force the Infamous LecOmpton Consti
tuition upon the protesting people 0
Kansas in constituting the persona
relation between master and scrvan
to involve an unqualified property il
persons in its attempted enforce
mcnt, everywhere. on land and sea
through the intervention Of Congress
and of the Federal Courts of the ,X
trcmc prctcmsions Of apurcly local in
tcrcst; and in its general and unva
rylng abuse of the power entrusted tc
it by contiding people.
6. That the people justly view will
alarm the reckless extravaganza
which prrvadcs every department Of
the Federal Government that a re-
turn to rigid economy and accounta,
bility is indispensable to arrest the
systematic plumber of the public
treasury 10y favored partisans while
the recent startling developments OF
frauds and cOrruptions at the Federal
metropolis, show that an entire change
Of administration is impcratively de,
mandcd.
: That the new dogma that the
Constitution, of its own force, carries
Slavery into any or all of the Terrific
RES OF the United States, is a danger.
ous political hcrcSy, at variance with
the explicit provisions of that iEstru-
mcnt itself, with contcmporancuus OK.
position, and with Legislative and iu-
dicial precedent ; is revolutionary in
It's tendency, and subvcrsivc of the
peace and harmony of the country.
s. That the normal condition of all
the territory of the United States is
that of freedom. That as our Repub-
lican fathers, when they had abolish
ed slavery in all our national terrific
ry, ordained that "no person should
be deprived of life, liberty, or proper
ty, without due process of law" it
becomes our duty, by Legislation, when
ever snch legislation is necessary, to
maintain this provision of the Consti-
tuition against all attempts to violate
it and we deny the authority of Con-
gress, Of territorial Legislature, or
of any individuals, to give legal cx-
tension to slavery in any territory Of
the United States.
9. That we brand the recent re-
opening of the African slave trade,
under the cover of our national flag,
aided by pcrversions of judicial pow
cr, as crime against humanity and
a 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 eXccrablc traffic.
10. That in the recent vetocs, by
their Federal Governors, of the acts
of the Legislature of Kansas and Ne
braska, prohibiting Slavery in those
Territories, we find a practical illus
tration of the boastcd Democratic
principle Of Nun-mtcrvcntion and Pop
ular Sovereignty embodied in the
kansas-Ncbraska bill, and demon
stration Of the deception and fraud in.
volvcd therein.
IL. That Kansas should, of right,
be Immediately admitted as State
under the Constitution recently form
ed and adopted 10y her people and ac-
ceptcd by the House Of Representa-
. tivcs.
II. That while providing revenue
for the support of the General Govern
ment by duties upon imports, sound
policy requires such an adjustment of
. these imports as to encourage the de
vclopmcnt Of the industrial interests
of the whole country; and we COM
mend that policy of national cX-
changes, which secures to the work
ing men liberal wages, to agriculture
rcmuneratlng prices, to mechanics
and manufacturers an adequate re-
ward for their skill, labor, and enter,
prise and to the nation commercial
prosperity and independence.
l3. That we protest against any
sale or alienation to others of the
Public Lands held by actual settlers,
and against any view of the Free
Homestead policy which regards the
settlers as paupers or suppliants iol
public bounty and we demand the
passage by Congress of the complete
and satisfactory Homestead measure
which has already passed the House
IA. That the Republican party is
opposed to any change in our natural
ization Laws or any State Legislation
by which the rights of citizenship
hitherto accorded to immigrants from
foreign lands shall be abridged or i'm
paired and in favor of giving a ful
and efficient protection to the rights
of all classes of citizens, whether ma
tive or naturaiizcd, both at home anC
abroad
Is. The appropriations by Congress
for River and Harbor Improvement o
a National character, required for tn,
accommodation and security of al
existing commerce, are authorized b,
the Constitution, and justified by th'
obligation of Government to protcc
the lives and property of its citizens
!, Is. That Railroad to the Pacifi
Ocean is imperatively demanded b.
, the interests of the whole country
| that the Federal Government ought t
: render immediate and efficient aid il
' its construction and that, as pre-
, liminary thereto, daily Overlan
, Mail should be promptly established.
/ II. Finally, having set forth GU
= distinctive principles and views, W
. invite the cooperation Of all citizen:
however differing on other question
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