Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-28
RE PUBLICAN PLATFORM
ADOPTED AT CHICAGO. MAY IS, 1860.

n II r u y AIACAv FAA0EONM.
y ADOPTED AT CHICAGO, MAY IS, 1860.
Resolved. That We, the delegated representatives
Of the Republican elcc ORE OF the United Status
in Convention assembled, 10 IKE discharge Of the
duties we owe to our constituents and our country,
unitc in the following deciarations.
!. That tho history OF the nation ing the last
-four years, has fully established tn propricty and
q cessity Of tho org .hzAtion aid .rpetuaton OF
the Republican party; and that the causes which
called It into eXis.Ece are pernan at IN their ma
ture, and now, lnore than ever before. demand its
peaceful aud coustitut onal triumph.
3, 2 iaat the IN ala ca Ace of tn principles pro-
mulgated ia tho Declaration of lnivpend zee and
embodied ia the Federal constitution -" raat all
mon are or ,at,A equal that they are ,ndJwel by
their Creator vii cortlin mali Liable rights that
among these ar, lite, liberty AMI tao pursuit Of
happiness; tina, to secure these rights governuents
are instituted among men, deriving their just pow
ers from the consent Of the soverned-is es.ent al
to the preservation Of eur Republican Institutions
and that the eeral CONSTRUCT, n, the Rights of
tho States, and the Unicn VI the States. must and
shall be preserved.
8. That to the Union of the States this nation
owes its unprecedented lacrosse in population, its
surprising dcve,o pmens oc material resources, its
rapid augm al attn % wealth, its happiness at
homo and its homer abroad-aud We hold in abher-
rence all soho for di.union, come from whatever
source they may-and we congratulate the country
that no Republican aonber of Congress has uttered
or countenau,cd tue thrlats Of disunion SO oft,n
made by Democratic memb>rs, without retuke aEd
with applause from thIir political assocates-and
We deAounce those threats of disunion, in csse OF
popular overthrow Of their ascen fancy, rs deny
Ing the vital prn cples Of FREQ government and us
an avowal of contemplated treason, which it is the
imperative duty Of an indignant people STORMY to
rebuke and forever silence.
4. That the maintenance inviolate of the rights
of the states, and especially the right OF each State
to order and contro! its own domestic insit utioDs
according 10 it's own Judgment exclusively, is es.
Sential " that balance Of power 0! which the
perfection and endurance tf cur political fabric
depend, and we denounce the lawless invasion by
armed force Of the soil of any state or Territory,
no matter under what pretext, as among tho grav-
est of crimes.
S. That the present Democratic Administration
has FAR exceeded our worst appreh, naioEs in its
measureicss subsrrviency to tae exacti'ns of u
sectional interest, especially evinced in its dss
perate exettions to force he infamous Lecompton
Constitutlon upou tho protesting people of kaE!as
in constr ung the personal relation between mas
ter and eervant to involve an qualified property
in psrsors-In its atteIi pied enforcement every
where. laad ami sea, through the Intervention Of
Congress an Ct the Fedora Courts, of the extreme
pTetensions of purely local interest, and its gea-
eral and unvaryirg abuse of the power entrusted to
| it by q coniding people.
6. That the people justly view with alarm the
reckless extravaganza which pervades every depart
ment of the Federal G0vernment-that q return to
rigid economy and accountability is Indispensable
to arrest the systematic piunder of the public
treasury, by favored partizans, while the recent
startling development If frauds and corruptions
| At tho Fede al metropolis show that an entire
change Of administration is imperatively demanded.
Z. Tha: the new dogma that tue Constitution, Of
its own force carries slavery into any all Of the
Territories of the United States. is o dangerous
NIL NJ wit thn lcik OrO-
visions Of that instrun ent itself, with cotem pora-
neous exposition, and with legislative and judicial
| precedent; is revolutionary in its tendency, and
subversive Of the peace and harmony Of tho coun-
try.
of tho United s. a:es is Il at of freedom ; that us
our Republican fat hers, when thoy had abolished
slavery in all the national territory, ordained that
{" no person should bs deprived Of life, liberty ol
property without due process Of law 1t becomes
our duty by legislation. whenever such legislation
is necessary, to maintain this provision of the c.
stitution against all attempts to violate it; and
We deny the thority Of Congress, Of Territotia
Legislature, or any individuals to give legal exist
ence to slavery in any Territory of tho UniteG
| States.
| Q. That We brand the recent reopening of tn.
Afric slave trade, und4r the of our nationa
flag, aid. by perver ions Of judicial power. as
crime against humanity ard burning shame Il
our country and age; and We cal! upon Congress
to take prompt and eff, lent measures for the tota
| and final suppression Of that execratle traffic.
10. That in the recent yes.ss, by their fedora
Governors, Of the acts Of the Legislatures of Kan
sas and Nebraska, prohibiting slavery in those Ter
rtories, We find practical illu:tratio1 Of thu
boosted Democratic principle of Non Intervention
and Popular Sovereignty, embodied in tie Kans as
Nebraska Bill, and demonstration of the deep
ton and fraud involved therein.
| IL. That Kansas should, of right, b? immedi
diatey admitted as State under the Constitutio,
recently formed az adopted by her people, an
accepted by tho House Of Representatives,.
IL. That, while providing revenue for the sup
port of the General GovsrnmsEt by duties upol
imports, sousd policy requires such djastment o
those imports as to encourage tbs development 0
the whole country; and W. commend that polio,
of national cxchang> hch secures to the workin
men liberal wages, to agriculture remuneratin
prices, to mech ami and manufacturers an ade
quate reward for their skill. labor and oaterfrse
AID to the nation commercial prosperity and indie
pendence.
ID. That we protest against any sale or aliena
ton to others OF the Public Lands held by actua
settler, and against any view of the Free HON,
stead policy which regards the settlers psup.r
or suprliants of pubic bouaty; and we deman'
the passage by Congress of the complete and salts
factory Homestead measure which has alread
pass led the ucue.
| IA. That be K publican party is opposed to an,
change in cur Naturalization Laws, or any Stat
legislation By which he rights of citizen,hip hth
erto accorded to immigrants from foreign land
shall ba abridged or impaired; and in favor of CIV
ing full and efficient protection to the rights o
ali classes of c'tiz MS whether native OF natural
lied. both at home and abroad.
Is. The appropriations by Congress for Rive
and Harb1r Improvements Of a national character
required fer the accommodation and security of al
existing commerce. ere authorized by the Consttu
ton, and justified by the obligation of Cover nmcu
to prot ct the lives and property Of its cisizons.
Is. That RaiIrosd TO the Pacific is imperativei,
demanded by tho interest Of tho whole country
that the Federal Government ought to renie
immediate and efficient aid in its construction
and that. As a preliminary thereto, daily Over
land fail should b. pr mptly established.
II. Finally, having taus set forth our distinct
i've principles and views, We invite the -opcrato,
of al, cit;zsrs, however differing other questions
who substantially agree VITA US in thor AFR naac.
and support.