The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-06-22
National Republican Platform.
rAs AMENDED AND AnnpTEn.1

resentatives of the Republican electors OF
the United States, in Convention Assem-
bled, in discharge of the duty we owe to
our constituents and our country, unite in
The following declarations
J.. That the history of the nation during
the last four years, has fully established
The proprieiy and necessity OF the organi-
zaton and perpetuation Of the Republican
party, and That the causes which called 1t
INTO existence are permanent in their ma
ture, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand it's peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph 5B
e. That the maintenance of the princi-
pies promulgated in the Declaration of In
dependence and embodied in the Federal
Constitution, "That all men are created
equal that they ARE endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights ;
that among these are lite, liberty and the
pursuit OF happiness thai to secure these
nights, governments are instituted among
men. deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed d"--is essential 10
the preservation of our Republican insti,u-
tons; and that the Federal Constitution,
the Rights OF the States. and the Union OF
the States must and shah be preserved.
). That to the union Of the States this
nation owes its unprecedented increase in
population, its surprising development of
material resources, It's rapid augmentation
OF wealth, It's happiness at home and its
honor abroad and we hold In adherence
| al IIseh her f. IL
ever source they may And we congratu-
late the country that no Republican mem.
Der OF Congress has uttered or counte.
nanced the threats of Disunion so often
made by Democratic members, without re-
buke and with applause from their political
associates snd We denounce those threats
of dlsunion, in case of popular overthrow
oil their aseendancy, ~ denying the vital
principles of free government. and as an
ayowai OF contemplated treason, which it
Ia the imperative duty of an indignan, Peo.
pie sternly TO febuke and forever silence.
q. That the maintenance inviolate of the
rights OF the States, and especially the
right of each State to order and control it's
own domestic institutions according To its
own Judgment exclusively, is essential to
that balance Of powers on which the per-
fection and endurance of our political lab.
ric depends; and we denpunce the law
less invasion by armed force Of the soil OF
any State or Territory, no matter under
what pretext, as among the gravest of
crimes.
8. That the present Democratic Admin
istration has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehensions, I'm its measureless subseryi-
ency 20 the exactions of sectional inter
est, a. especially evinced in It's desperate
exertions 10 force the infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people of
Kansas IN construing the personal rela-
tlon between master and servant to in
volve an, unqualified property in persons
IN lis attempted enforcement, cseryw here, |
ON land and sea, through the Intervention
OF Congress and of the Federal Courts, OF
the extreme pretensions Of q purely local
interest and in It's general and unyarying
abuse OF the power entrusted TO it by q con-
iding people.
8. That the people Justly view with |
alarm the reckless extravaganza which |
pervades every department Of the Federal |
Government that return TO rigid econ
omy and accountability is indispensable to
arrest the systematic plunder of the pub-
lie treasury by favored partisans while
the recent startling developments offrauds
and corruplions al the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change Of administers
ton is mperatiyely demanded.
z. That the new dogma that the Con-
of its own force. carries Slavery
into any or all of the Territories Of the
United States, is dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit PROV.
sions OF that instrument itself, with Co
exposition, and with legis-
Iaiiye and judicial precedent is reyolu
nonary in Its tendency, and subyersive of
the peace and harmony OF the country.
8. That the normal condition OK all the
of the United States, is that of
freedom That as our Republican fathers,
when they had abolished slavery in all our
national territory, ordained that "no per-
son should be deprived Of life, liberty, or
property, without due process OF law" it
becomes our duty, by Legislation, wheney-
rr such Legislation is necessary. to main
lain this provision of the Constitution
against all attempts to violate it and we
deny the authority Of Congress, of ter
ritorial legislature, or OF any individuals,
10 give legal existence 10 slavery in any
Territory Of the United States.
9. TIA. we BRAID ..l.e Tie reseli.1s- ops ming
of The African slave trade, under the COW
ar of our national flag, aided by perver-
slons Of judicial power, as crime against
humanity and a burning shame 10 our
country and age ; and We call upon Con-
yress to take prompt and efficient meas
ares for the total and final suppression of
that execrable traffic.
TO- That in the recent vetoes, by their
Federal Governors, of the acts Of the Leg
slatures of Kansas and Nebraska. prohib-