Litchfield enquirer., 1860-05-24

and necessity Of the organization and perpetua- uon oi ehe Republican party, and that causes winch called it into existence areNpermanent in their nature, and now more than ever before de- mana its peaceful and coiRtitutienal triumph.
 Second: That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution, is es- sentlal to the preservation of our republican in- stitutlons. and that the Federal Constitution. the rights of the States, and the Union of the States must and shall be preserved.
 1hird: That to the Union of the States this na- ton owes its unprecedented increase in popula- ton; its surprising development of material re- sources its rapid augmentation of wealth it's happiness at home and it's honor abroad and we mold Tn abhorrence all schemes for disunion, come rom whatever source they may and we con gratulate the country that no Republican melnber of Congress has uttered or countenanccd a threat of disunion, so often made by Democratic mem- Ders of Congress without rebuke and with applause rom thelr own political associates and we de- nonnce those threats of disunion, in case of a popular overthrow of their ascendancy, as deny ing the vital principles of free Government, and as an avowa of contemplated treason, which it is the imperative duty, of an indignant people str"nSly to rebuke and forever silence.
 foura: That the maintenance inviolatc 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 cxciu- sivcly, is essential to that balance of power on winch the perfection and endurance of our politi- cal fal.h delientis, and we denounce the lawless nvaAi'n by armed force of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the graveSt uf crimes
 FvM: That the present Democratic Adminis- traitor has far exceeded our worst apprehensions Ill lt" measureess subscrviency to the exactions of sectional interest, is especially evident in its desperate exertions 10 force the infamous Lecomp- ton Constitution upon the protesting people of kansas-in construing the personal relation be tween master and servant to involve an unquali- lied pr"perty;in persuns-in its attempted enforce mcnt everywhere, on land and sea-. through the intervention of Congress and the Federal Courts. of the extreme pretcnsioiis of purely lccsl inter est and in it's general and unvarying abuse of the power intrusted to it by a ling people.
 S1ih: That the people justly view with altrm the racklers cxtravagailce which pervats every department of the Federal Government; that n return to rigid economy and accountability 1, in dis, neaLle 10 arrest tie system of puh'cr of the public treasury bv favored partisans while the recent startling developments of fraud and cor lupti"n at the Federal metropolis, show that an entire change of administration is imperatively demanded.
 SerenM: That the new dogma that the Consti tuition of its own force carries Slavery into any or all the Territories of the Unitel States is dan gerOus political hercsy at variance with the e1- plicit provision of that inst umcnt itself. with contenp :raneous exposition, and with legs' ntive and judicial precedent, is revolutionary in it's tendency and suhversive of the peace and harino- ny of the country.
 EiyhM: 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 ill all eur national tel lritory or dained that no person should be deprived of life. liberty, or property, without due process of law, it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary to maintain this pro vision of the Constitution against all attempt tu violate it /; and we deny the authority of Con- gress of Territorial Legislature or of any indi- vidual, to give legal existence to Slavery in any territory of the United States.
 Nsnth: That we brand the recent re-opcning of the African Slave trade, under the cover of our national flag, aided by pcrversions of judicial power, as q crime against humanity 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 execra ble traffic.
 2sr.th: That in the recent vctoes hy their Fe.le- fai Governors of the acts of the Legislatures of Kansas and Nebraska prohibiting Slavery in those Territories. we find practical ilustlatio of the boastcd Democratic principle ot non-inter- vention and Popular Sovereignty. embodied in the Kansas and Nebraska bill, and denuhcation of the deception and fraud involved therein
 EiteenA: That Kansas should oe right be imme- diatey admitted as a State under the Constitu- tisn recently admitted a State under the Con sttution recently formed and adopted by her pco- ple and accepted by the House of Representa- tives.
 IpeIfM: That while providing revenue for thc support of the General Government ly duties up on ilnp,sts. sound policy requires such all ad lst ment of these ilnpists ;ss to encourage the dere- olnent of the industrial interest of the whole country, and wc compicnd that policy of national exchanges which secures to the workingmen libe ral wages, to agriculture recommending prices, to mechanics and nianu acturrrs an adequate re- ward for their skill lainr and enterprise. and to the nation commercial prosperity and indepcnd- ence.
 7hi,tsenh: That we protest against any sale or alienation to otheis of the public lands held by actual settlers, and against any view of the free Homestead policy which r,garl the settlers as paupers or supplicants for public bounty, and we demand the passage by Congress of the complete and satisfactory Homestead measure which has already passed the House.
 Fourteenth: That the National Republican party is opposed to any change in our Naturalization laws. any State legislation by which the rights of citizenship hitherto accorded to immigrants from foreign lands shall be abridged or impaired and in favor of giving a full and efficient protec- tion to tine rights of all classes of citizens wheth CT native na.unlized, both at home and abroad
 Eytrenh: That appropriations by Congress for River and Harbor improvements of a national character. required for tn: accommodation and security of an existing Commerce arc authorized by the Consti.u ution and justified y an obliga- tion of the Government to protect the lives and property of its citizens.
 SiIteeM: That railroad te the Pacific Ocean is imperatively demanded by the interests Of the whole country; that the Federal Government ought to render immediate and efficient aid in its construction and that as preliminary thereto a daily overland mail should be promptly estab- lisl,ed.
 Seventeenth: Finally. having thus set forth our distinctive principles and views, we invite the operation. of all citizens, however differing on oth CT questions, who substantially agree with Us in their affirmancc and support.
 Our Legislative Correspondence.
 NEW HAVEN, May 19, 1860.