The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-06-26
National Republican Platform.
las AMENDED AND ADOPTED ]

bled, IN discharge of the duty We owe 10
our constituents and Dur country, unite In
the following declarations
/ That the history of the nation during
the last four years, has fully established,
the proprlety and necessity Of the organI-
cation and perpetustion of The Republican
party, and that the causes which calfetf il
into existence are permanent in their ma
tufe, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand its peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph. Fs
9. That the maintenance Of. the princi-
pies promulgated in the Declaration OF In
dependence and embodied in the Federal
Constitution, THAT all men are cfvated
equal that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable &rights
that among these are lite, liberty and the
pursuit OF happiness that to secure these
rights. governments are Instituted among
men. deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed lis essential to
the preservation of our Republican institu-
tons; and that the Federal Cons,itution, ),
tie Rights OF the States, and the CnsoA of
the States must and shall be preserved.
). That to the union of the States this
nation owes its unpreoe deiit<d increase in
population, its surprising development of
material resources. It's rapid augmentation
| Of weal.A, its happiness at home and its
honor abroad and we hold in adherence
all schemes for Dlsunlon, come from what
ever source they may And we congratu-
late the country thst no Republican mem
her OF Congress has uttered or counte-
nanced the threats Of Disunion SO often
made by Dem0cratic members, without re-
buke andawith sprlanss frem their political
| associates and we denounce those threats
of disuniop, in case Of popular overthrow
OF their ascendancy, AS denying the vital
principles of a free government. and as IN
avowal of contemplated treason, which il
is theimperative duty Of an indignant Peo-
Ipie stern'y 10 rebuke and forever silence.
q. That the maintenance iusioiate OF the
rights Of The Stasee, and especially Tie
night oil each State to order ard control It's
| own domestic institutions according TO its
own Judgment exclusively, is essential 10
that balance of powers on which the per
feclon and endurance OF our political inb-
sic depends, and We denuunce the law
less INVASION by armed force of the soil oi
any State or Territory, no mater under
what pretext, as among the gravest OF
crimes.
O. That the present Democratic Admin
lstratlon has far exceeded our worst APP
| prthenslons, in Its measureiess subsersi- l.
ency 10 the exactions Of sectional inter
est, as especially erineed in lis desperate
exertlons 10 force the infamous Lecompto
Constitution upon the protesting people OF
Kansas in constituting the personal rela-
ton between master and servant to in
volve an unqualified property in persons
IN It's attempted enforcement, everyw here,
on land and sea, through the Intervention
OF Congress and OF the Federal Courts, oi
the extreme pretensions Of q purely local
interest; and in its general and unvarying
abuse oi the power entrusted 10 1t by a con-
fiding people.
6. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless .xtravagance which
pervades every department OF the Federal
Government tiat IA return TO rigid econ
omS and accountability is Indispensable 10
arrest the systematic plunder OF tie pub
lie treasury by favored parlisans while
the recent startling developments offrauds
and corruptions a. the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change of adminisra-
ton is imperatively demanded.
z. That the new dogma that the Con
stitution, Of its ewn force, carries Slavery
into any or all of the Territories Of the
United States, is dangerous political her
esy. at variance with the explicit provi-
sions of that instrument itself, with CO.
temporaneous exposition. and with legis-
latise and Judicial precedent is revoiu
tionary in its tendency, and subyersiye oi
the peace and harmony OF the country.
/ u. That the nermal condition OF all the
| territory Of the United States, is that 81
freedom That as our Republican fathers,
when they had abolished slavery in sll our
national territory. ordained that "no per
son should be deprived Of life, liberty. OF
property, without due process Of law, ii
becomes our duty, by legislation, whenes-
er such Legislation Is necessary. to main.
tain this provision of the Constitution
against all attempts to violate it and VIZ
deny the authority Of Congress. of ter.
ritorial legislature, or of any individuals
TO give legal existence 10 slavery in any
Territory of the United States.
y. Inat We brand the recent re -ope ming
of the African slave trade. uader the GOV,
er of our national flag, aided by perver
siqns Of Judicial power, as a crime agains'
humanity and a. burning shame TO oul
country and age; and We call upon Cen
gress to take prompt and efficient meas
ures for the total and final suppression D
that execrable traffic. affxsA
/ 10. That in the recent vetees, by Their
Federal Governors, Of the acts Of the Leg
isatures of Kansas and Nebraska, prohib
iting Slavery in those Territories, we fine
a practical illustration oil the boasted Dem
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