Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1860-08-24

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POLITICAL ISSUES. eli. 81.
We are entering upon year shat will be memora-
Bile in the annals of American politicsthe year that
will witness, We trust, the election Of Republican
President and the national triumph of Republican,
Principles The great issues to be submitted to jury
of the whole people, these: Shall Slavery be
tended and protected by the Federal Government p
Shall the public doman-the Free Territories of the
Nation, be surrendered to the bighting intrusion of
Slavery? Shall the Constitution be construed to re-
cognize and support Slavery a National institution
Shall Slave Code for the Territories be enacted? Shall
the African Slave Trade be re-opened? In short, shall
the doctrines of Calhoun, Judge fancy, and Buchanan
supercede the principles of Free Government taught
by Jefferson, Madison, and Clay? These questions will
demand verdict at the hands of the American people
And there are other important considerations to be
Free Homesteads for the landless. Improvement of
rivers and harbors. Railroad to the Pacific
trail route. Encouragement of the Manufacturing and
Farming industry of the country. Retrenehment and
Reform i'll the Federal eXpenses-a restoration, fact
of the spirit simplicity, and policy Of the earlier and
purer days of the Republic.
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