The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-11-12
National Republican Platform.


TcseHLauNes III Tie hSpuDllCan ELECTORS Oh
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 propriety and necessity Of the organi-
cation and perpetuation Of the Republican
party, and that the causes which called it
into existence are permanent in their ma
ture, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand its peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph.
z. That the maintenance of the princi-
piles promulga ated 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 that TO secure these
/ rights, governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed" essential TO
the preservation OF our Republican insiitu
tlons; and thai the Federal Constitution,
the Rights OF the States, and tie Union OF
the States must and shall be preserved.
3. That 10 the union Of the States this
nation owes its unprecedented increase in
population, It's surprising development of
material resources, its rapid augmentation
of wealth, its happiness at home and its
honor abroad I; and we hold In abhorrence
all schemes for Disunion, come from W hat
ever source they may: And We cungratu-
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-
J buke and with applause from their political
associates and We denounce those threats
of disunion, in case of popular overthrow
Of their ascendancy, As denying The vital
principles of free government, and as an
avowal of contemplated treason, which /,
is the imperative duty Of an indignant Peo-
: pie sternly 10 febuke and forever silence
4. That the maintenance Inviolate of the
rights OF The States, and especially the
! night of each State To order and control Its
: own domestic institutions according TO it,
own judgment exclusively, is essential tc
that balance Of powers on which the per
! fection and endurance of cur political fab.
ric depends, and we denuunce the law
less inv asion by armed force of the soil ol
any State or Territory, no matter under
what preicxt, as among the gravest Of
crimes.
s. That the present Democratic Admin,
istralion has far exceeded our worst ap.
prehensions, in its measureless subseryi.
ency 10 the exacaons of sectional inter
est, as especially evinced in its desperate
; exeruons 10 force the infamous Lecomptun
Constitution upon the protesting people OF
Kansas in construlns the personal rela-
tion between master and servant 10 in
volse an unqualified property in persons
! IN its attempted enforcement, eseryw here,
on land and sea, through the intervention
of Congress Jand of the Federal Courts, ol
the extreme pretensions of purely local
interest; and lis general and unvarying
abuse OF the powe repsrusied to il by con.
fiding people.
6. That the people Justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
pervades every department OF the Fedora
Government : that return 10 rigid econ.
omy and accountability is indispensable tx
arrest The. systematic plunder Of the pub
lie treasury by favored partisans while
the recent startling Developments offraud
and corrupuons al the Federal metropolis
show that an entire change of adminis,ra
tioM is imperatiyely demanded.
Z. That the new dogma that the Con
stitution, of its own force, carries SLAYER,
into any or all OF the Territories Of th,
United States, is dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit provi
sions of that instrument itself, with CO
temporaneons exposition. and with legis
: lative and judicial precedent; is reyoiu
tionary in its tendency, and subversive Q
the peace and harmony Of the country.
8. That the normal condition OF all tn
territory of the United States, is that G
freedom That as our Republican father.
when they had abolished d slavery in all uu
national territory. ordained that mo per
= son should be deprived Of life, liberty, o
property, without due process OF law"
becomes our duty. by Legislation, wheney
4 er such Legislation is necessary. to main
A tain this provision of the Consututio
sga:ns. y! attempt. - ,io.-te i. ana "
deny the authority Of Congress, of q Tel
ritorIal legislature, or OF any individual
to give legal existence 70 slavery in an
Territory Of the United States.
8. That we brand the recent re -openin
!, Of the. African slave trade, under the co,
er oE our nstional flag. sided by perve
sions of judicial power. asa crime again
humanity and = burning shame TO o.
country and age and We call upon Co
~ gress to take prompt and efficient mea
ures for the total and final suppression
that execrable traffic