The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-05-25

mandments, but he did not desire to sec them
embodied in the platform. lApplausc.)
rhe motion and amendment was then lost by
large vote. ...- --..- .-..-..
the secusd resolution by adding thereto the
prelude to the Declaration Of Independents.
After some debate the amendment was adopt
ed. fg Hfft rHt|
The resolutions, as amended, were then pass
ed unanimously.
A scene Of the widest excitement followed,
the multitude rising and giving cheer after
cheer, which were echoed by the multitude
outside.
Resolrei-That we, the delegated representa-
tiyes of the Republican electors Of the United
States in Convention assembled, In the discharge
of the duty we owe to our Constituents and our
country, unite in the following declarations.
i.-that the history Of the nation during the
last four years has fully established the propri-
ETY. and necessity Of the organization and per-
petuation Of the Republican party, and that
manent in their nature, and now, more than
ever before, demand its peaceful and constitu.
tional triumph.
2.-That the maintenance Of the principles
promulgated In the Declaration Of In iepen.
\ dence, and embodied In the Federal Constitu-
ton, and the Union Of the States, must and
shall be preserved.
3.-That to the Union of the States this ma
ton owes its unprecedented increase In popula-
ton, its surprising development Of natural re-
sources, its rapid augmentation OF wealth, Its
happiness ut home and its honor abroad; and
we hold in adherence all schemes for disunion,
come from whatever source they may, and we
congratulate the country that no Republican
member Of Congress has uttered or counter
anced threat OF disunion 50 often made by
Democratic members Of Congress without re.
buke, and with applause from their political
associates; and we denounce those threats OF
disunion, in case of popular overthrow OF
their ascendency, rs denying the vital princi-
piles of free government, and as an avowal OF
contemplated treason, which 1t is the impera-
tive duty of an independent people thoroughly
to rebuke and forever silence.
4.-That the maintenance inviolate OF the
rights the States, and especially the right OF
each State to order and control its own dones-
tic institutions according to its own Judgment
exclusively, Is essential to that balance OF pow
err on which the perfection and endurance Of
our political faith depends; and we denounce
the act of lawless invasion by armed force OF
any State or Territory, no matter under what
pretext, as the grayest OF crimes.
5.-The present democratic administration
has far exceeded our worst apprehensions in its
measureless subserviency to the exactions OF
sectional interest, as especially evident IN It's
desperate excrtions TO force the infamous Lee
compton Constitution upon the protesting poo
pie VI Kansas; In constituting the personal re-
lation between master and servant to involve
an unqualified property in persons in its 1t.
tempted enforcement everywhere on land and
sea through the intervention OF Congress and
the Federal Courts; of the extreme pretensons
Of purely local interest, and in Its general and
unvarying abuse of the power entrusted to 1t
by q confding people. 90
Chat the people justly view with alarm
the reckless extravaganza which prevails IN
every department Of the Federal government;
that return to right economy and accounta.
bility is indispensable to arrest the system Of
plumber of the public treasury by favored par
tiIans, whilst the recent startling developments
Of fraud and corruption Mt the Federal metrop-
oils show that an entire change OF administra-
ton is imperatiyely demanded.
THAT the dogma, that the Constitution Of
its own free force carries slavery into any or
all the territories Of the United States, is dan
gerous political heresy, at variance with the
explicit provisions OF that instrument itself,
with contemporaneous exposition, and with
Legislative and judicial precedent, is revolution.
AIRY in its tendency, and subyersi,e of the peace
and harmony of the country.
S.-That the normal condition Ut all the ter
rtories of the United States Is that OF freedom,
and that as our Republican fathers. when they
had abolished slavery In oil our national terri
tory, ordained that no person should be depriv-
ed of life, liberty or property, without due
process Of law, 1t becomes our duty, by ieglsla-
ton, whenever such legislation is necessary, to
maintain the provisions of the Constitution
against all attempts 10 violate II, and we deny
the authority Of Congress, Of territorial leg
islature, or of any individuals, to give legal cx.
istence to slayery'in any territory OF the United
States.
9.-that we brand the recent re-opening Of
the African slave trade, under the cover Of our
national flag, aided by perversions OF judicial
power, as a crime against humanity, burning
shame to our country, and we call upon Con-
gress to take prompt and efficient measures for
the total and 6nal suppression Of that execra-
bic traffic.
l0.-That in the recent yetoes by the Federal
governors OF the acts of the Legislatures OF
Kansas and Nebraska, prohibiting slavery in
those territories, we find practical illustra-
ton of the boosted Democratic principle OF
non-interyention and popular sovereignty en-
bodied in the Kansas and Nebraska bill, and o
denuncation of the deception and fraud in
yolyed therein.
ii.-That Kansas should of right be immedi-
ately admitted as a State, under the Constitu-
ton recently formed and adopted by her peo-
Pile, and accepted by the House Of Represents
tives.
l2.--That, while providing revenue for the
support of the government, by duties upon i'm.
portations, policy requires such an adjustment
Of these imports as to encourage the develop
ment of the industrial interests Of the whole
country, and we commend that policy Of ma
tional exchanges which secures to the working
men liberal wages, and to agriculture remuner-
ating prices, to mechanics and manufacturers
an adequate reward for their skill, labor and
enterprise, and to the nation commercial pros
perity and Independence.
l3-That we protest against any sale or alien
alton TO others Of the public lands held by ac-
tual settlers, and against any view OF the free
homestead policy which regards the settlers as
paupers or supplicants for public bounty, and
we demand the passage by Congress ofthc COM
plete and satisfactory Homestead measure which
has already passed the House.
A.-That the National Republican party Is
opposed to any change in our national laws,
or any State legislation by which the rights OF
citizenship, hitherto accorded to Immigrants
from foreign lands, shall be abridged or impair.
ed; and in favor Of giving full and eiiicient
protection to the rights Of all classes OF citizens
whether native or naturaliIed, both ut home or
abroad.
i5.-That appropriation by Congress for riv-
or and harbor improy ements Of national char
acter, required for the accommodation and sc,
curity of an existing commerce, are authorized
nv the Constitution, and justified by an obliga.
ton of the government TO protect the lives and
property Of its citizens. :
IJ.-fhat railroad to the Pacific Ocean Is
imperatiyely demanded by the interests OF the
whole country; that the Federal government o.,
ought to render immediate and efficient aid In
;,s construction, and that, rs o preliminary
thereto, daily overland mail should oeprompt'
ly established. n.
i7.-finally, having thus set forth our dis
tinctiye principles and views, we invite the CO.
operation of all citizens, however differing on
other questions. who substantially agree with
us in their support. :,
When the resolutions were reid, several OF
them ELECTED warm applause. The resolution
in favor Of protecting the Iariu' vas rsce,ye'
with unbounded enthusiasm by Pennsylvania,
ami n large crowd of outsiders. The wholedei.