St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-10-18

ton and endurance of our political
fabric depends and we denouncc the
lawless invasion by armed force of the
soil of any State or Territory, no mat
ter under what prctcXt, as among the
gravcst of crimes.
5. That the present Democratic Ad-
mmiStration has far exceeded our
worst apprchcnsions, in its measure
less subScrvicnCv to the actions of
sectional interest, as especially
cvinCcd in its desperate cXcrtlons TO
force the infamous LccOmpton COnstl-
tuition upon the protesting people OF
Kansas in constituting the personal
relation between master and servant
to involve an unqualified property III
persons in its attempted enforce
mcnt, everywhere. on land and sea,
through the intervention Of Congress
and Of the Federal Courts of the cX-
trcmc prctrnsions of apnrcly local in
tcrcst and in its general and unva
rying abuse of the power entrusted TO
it 10y confdiug people.
6. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza
which pcrvadcs every department of
the Federal Government that a re-
turn TO rigid economy and acconnta-
biIty is Indispensable to arrest the
systematic pIundcr Of the public
treasury by favored partisanS while
the recent startling developments Of
frauds and cOrruptions at the Federal
metropolis, show that an entire change
of administration is imperativcly de
manded.
That the new dogma that the
| Constitution, of its own force, carries
| Slavery into any OF all Of the Terrific
rics OF the United States, is DANGER
ous political hcrcsy, at vaIianr" with
the explicit provisions Of that irstru-
mcnt itself. with contUmp0ramCOns OK
position, and with Legislative and ju-
dicial precedent is revolutionary III
It's tendency, and suhvCrsivc Of the
peace and harmony Of the country.
| s. That the normal condition Of all
the territory of the Uhitcd States is
| that of freedom. That as our Rcpub-
Iican fathers, when they had abolish,
cd slavery in all our national terrific
ry, ordained that "no person should
hc deprived of life, liberty, or proper
| ", without due process Of law II
becomes our duty, by lcgisIatIon, when
ever such Legislation is necessary, tt
maintain this provision Of the Comstl'
tuition against all attempts to violat,
's.,,.s """ IS ,orr;,nr;.,I @ Irni.I,,tnrn ~,
- 49, ;rJi,;dn,is ~ ,riTn local ex.
,nu.inn ~ sI,ynrv IN ,ny trr,iInrv Of
,In Tni,rI Stntrs
O TE,t we Lrand tLc recent 70.
,rrr;ng nf th. African slave trade
undrr The cover Of uur national Uar
.;JnL i,y rnrrnr.;nns If inli,i,l unw
,,. 49, .r;n,n ,.,,;ns, LYuo,,i,v and
, inrnino sn,m,7 ~ nur rnnntry and
,on. ,IL wn r,ll unnn Couorrss +,
~, nrnmrt and rflirirut measures
g.. ,l ,.,l o,,d G,,oI sru,,r,s.;,n ~
I' ,h,t M nyacr',iIa tr.ft;r
IA Th,, IN thr recent yrtors. lN
,hrir rrJrraI Gmycrurrs Of the act,
nr,Lo In.,;Sl,tnrnn nf Kansas and Ne
hra.l,, nr,h;li,;,cr SI,vnrv in thos,
Tnrr;,,,ri,,s ,.n GA , rract;r,l illus
,ro,;np Of tho hn,s,rd Drmncrati,
nr;nci,,lo of \no-;ntnrvnntion and Pom
rIar Snvnrnirntv ,mbodicd in III,
Eansos.Nohraska hill and a demon
stration of the deception ami fraud Ill
volvcd therein.
IL. That Kansas should, OF right
be Immediately admitted as Stat
under the Constitution recently torn
ed and adopted hy her people and at
ccpted by the House ot represents
tivcs.
, II That while providing rcvcnn
: for the support of the General Govern
mcnt 10y duties upon imports, soun
. policy requires such an adjustment ,
! these imports as to encourage the dt
-, vclopmcnt of the industrial interest