The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-08-08
The REPUBLICAN lLllFvl.M.

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during lie last four years has fully cslab-
blished the prdpriety and necessity Of the
organization and l,erpesuation OF the Re-
l"bIcan patty, and that the causes which
caleb 1t INTO existence are permanent III
Their nature, anil now more than ever be-
fore demand its peaceful and constitution
nj triumph. .a a~s2
Second: That the maintenance of the
| principles promulgated in the Destination
/ of Independence aud embodied i'll the
| Federal Constitution. is essential to The
preservation ofour republican institutions.
aud that the Federal Constitution, The
| rights of the States and the Union OF
/ the States, must and shall be preserved.
IHud. That to the Uniou of the States
this nation owes its unprecedented in
craase IN population; its surprising devei.
| opmcnt Of material RESOURCES; It's rapid
augmentation of wealth; lis happiness III
| home and It's honor atro; d : and We hosd
i'll abiloralicc all schemes for dsunion,
come from whatcver source they may
| and we congratulate the country that 10
I Republican member OF Congress las ut
| tered or countenaucetl /; threat oi iisuG-
ion, So eft.n made b. Democratic meni-
! beers of Congress without rebuke, and
with applause from their political asseci-
! atcS; and we deuounce those threats Of
disuoion, i'll case of n popular overthrow
of their ascendency, as DENYING the vital
principles of 81 free Government, and as
ri, avowal ofcontemplated treason, which
il is Tie imperative duty OF an Indignant
people strongly to rebuke and forever
silence.
Fourth. That the maintenance invio.
late Of the right Of the States, and espcc-
ia'iy the r'gtit OF each State TO order and
control its own domestic Institutions ac-
eor!iug to its own judgement exclusive V,
IS essential to tbEt balance. OF power Oh
which lie perfection and endurance OF
our political faith depends, and We dc
nouuco the lawiess INVASION by armed
forces Of any State or Territory, no INST
ter under what pretext, as among the
yiavest of crimes.
FIltA: That the present Democratic
Administration has far exceeded on.
worst apprehensious i'll its measurcles>
..ltsergieucy TO the eXactiens Of a section
n interest, as is especially evident IN IL
desperate cxe't;ous 10 io.ve the Infamous
Lerompton Constitution upon The ptos
testing people OF Kausas-In constituting
,he personal relation between Muster an.:
servant toinyeive .fn unqualified property
III persons in It's attempted enforcement,
everywhere, on hand aud sea, through
tile intervention of Congress aud the Fed
oral Courts CT the extreme rretensious OF
. purely % al interest, and in It's genera.
aesd unvarying abuse Of the power IN
tusted to it by'a c,nti!ing people.
| Sirth: That the peopio justly view
with alarm the reckless extraaganc'
which pereades every department Of thu
| Federal Government; that a return t,
rigid economy and accountability is intiiS
| peEsabio t. arrest the system OF p!unde,
Of the pabIc treasury by favored rarti
sans; while the recent startling develop
nents of fraud AMI corruption at tie
| Federal metropolis, shows that an entIr
chang Of ADMINISTRATION in imperatively
! leiuaniel.
.Seccnth: That the new dogma that
Constitution OF its own force carries S;a-
very into any or al the Territories ofthc
United States, is u danger ,us poi;ticai
ieresv, at variance with the explicit pro
visions Of that instrument itself, with con
tainp6raneous exposition. and with iegi .
latiye and Judicial pretedens, is ravo'n
tionary in Its Tendency and suhversve o;
the peace anl harmony oftile country.
Etgth:, That the normal conditioo Of
the territories Of tie United States is that
Of Freedom; tint as our republican faith
ers. when they had abolished Slavery il
all CIR nationai territory, ordainel tia:
NJ person should he deprived Of life, Hb.
( crty, or properly, without the process of
law, it becomes cur dUtv, by legislation.
) Whenever snch lcgislationsis necessary. t.,
| maintain this provision OF tue Constita-
| ton against all temp,s To violate it; ant!
We deny the authority Of Congress. Of a
! Territorial Legislature, or of any ind.v;t-
uals, to give legal existence To Slavery in
anv Territory ofthe United States. : ''-
| Ayath: Tbqt We br; nj the recent re.
! opening oftbe african slave-trade, under
! he cover Of oVr national flag, aided by
perversions Of ju'liciaf power, rs crime
against humanity, burning shame to
oar country and age, add we call upon
| Congress to take prompt and eilici' nj
measures for the total and final suppress
ION of that .exccrable traffic
Tenth: That IN the recent vetoes by
their Federal Governors of the acts of the
Legislatures Of Kansas aud Nebraska
prohibiting Slavery in these. Territories
we find. q practical illustration Of the
boosted Democratic principle of non-in
tervention and Popular Sovereignty, EN-
bodied in the Kansas and Nebraska bin
aud Il Remuneration Of the deception anc
fraud involved therein.
e E EIereRtk, That Kansas should o
right be Immediately ndinitted as a Stat,
under the CONSTITUTION recently formes
and adapted by her people, and accerto,
by the House of Representatives.
! I,0eJih.: That while providing .reve
nue for the support of the General Gov
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