The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-07-04
National Repab esa Platform.
las AMENUED AND AD0PTEDl M

thE IuAtEu ~ AtEns IA IU1R&nLIOn assem- Il
BLEED, IN discharge of the duty we owe TO
cur constituents and our country, unite in
the following declarations
/. That the history Of The nation during |.
the last four ysss, has fully estsblished |
the propriety and necessity OF the organi.
cation and prrpet9ation Of the Republican |
party. and that the causes which called it |
into existence are permanent in their ma
tuYe, and now, more than ever before, de- |
mand its peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph. syas
G. That the maintenance of the princi-
pies promulgated in the Declaration of In
dependence and embodied in ihe Federal
Constitution, That all men are created
equal T; that lheya are endowed by their
screator with certain, inalenable, rights
that among these Are life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness that to secure these
rights, gonernm sntspare ihsfitnIedsmong
men, deriving their just powers from the
consent Of the governed '--is essential 10
the preservation of our Republican ,nstitu-
'tions. and that the Federal Constitution,
The Rights or the States. and the Union OF
the States must and shall be preserved.
>, That 10 the union Of The. sratls this
nation owes It's unprecedented increase in
population, It's surprising development Of
material resources, lis rapid augmentation
OF wealth, It's happiness at home and its
fhonor abroad and we hold in abhorrence
all schemesfor Disunion, come from " hat
ever source they may And we corigratu-
lateshe country that no Republican mem z
ber of Congress has uttered or counte-
nanoed the threats of Disunion go often
| made by Democratic members, with out re-
buke and with applause from their political
| associates; snd we deaounce those threats
Of disunion, in case Of a popular overthrow
Iof their ascendancy, As denying the vital
principles of free government, and as an
larowal Of contemplated treason, which it
ID thelmperatiye duty Of an indignant peo-
pie sternly TO rebuke and forever silence.
| 4. That the mainteaan ce lnviolate OF the
rights OF the States, and especially tile
right of each Stale To order and control its
town domestic institutions according to its
own Judgment exclusively, is essential to
that balance of powers on which fhe per
fiction and endurance of our political lab
rae depends, and we denuunce the law
less irsasoii BY armed force of the soil oi
any State or Territory. no matter under
what pretekt, as among the gravest Of
crimes,
| 9. Thatthe present Democratic Admin
Istrauon has far exceeded our worst APP
prehensions, In its rneasureless subservi-
ency 10 the exactions Of a sectional inter
est. as especially evinced in its desperate
exertions 10 force the infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people OF
Kansas In constituting the personal rela.
ton between master and servant TO in
Evolve Az unQuslihed property In persons !;
in It's attempted enforcement everywhere,
on land and sea; Through Me intervention
Of Congress ard Of the Federal Courts, Of
Ithe'c1treme 'prefenslons Of a purely local
Interests. and IN Its general and unyarying
abuse of the power to it by con-
/ fidIng people aaafh ss E
8. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckit ss extravaganza which
pervades every department of the Federal
/ Government thai a return 10 rigid ecen-
omy and accountability is indispensable TO
arrest the systematic piunder of the pub
lie treasury by. favored partisans; while
the recent startling Developments OF frauds
and corruptions a. The Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change Of administra-
| ton is imperatiyely demanded. @A
I 2. That the new dogma that the Com
stitniinn, aof iss own foEce, sarsiss SlaSsEs
into any ors aA of tie Territories p3 :,tbe
United States. u o dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit provi.
sions of Skst ie,Eumsnt ,itseH WITH CO.
tempoI aneops exposition. and with legisr
Iative and judicial precedent IS resolu
tionaTy in lis tendency, and subversiye q
the peace and harmony of the country.
g. That the normal condition d all tkt
territory Of The United States. Is that d
Il freedom l. That as cur Republican fathers
! when they had abolished slavery in all oul
national territory, ordained that ..no per
son should be deprived of life, liberty, ol
: property, without due process OF law i
I becomes our ,tusy. BY legislation, wheney
er such legislation is necessary. to main
u tain this provision of the Constitution
Iagainst al attempts to violateil and VI
ldeny the authority Of Congress. Of = ter
rilorial Legislature. or vi any individuals
!. .Iloguye legal existence 10 slavery IN an,
Territory pfihe United States. saI
,eI 8. That we brand the recentre-openinl
!. of the African slave trade, under the GOV
or Of our national flag, aided by pervsr
sions Of Judicial power, as crime agains
! humanity and . burning shame to. on
! country and age and Fe call upon Con
4 Igress to take prompt and efficient meas
ures for fhe totaI and final suppression {
that execrabletraffic.
10. That in the recent sctoes, by thei
FsdGral Governors, Of tAeaetsof the Leg
: islatures of Kansas and Nebraska. DrohiI