The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-11-28
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

IteSOLGed, That we, Tue deiegAteu rep
resentatives of the Republican Electors Of
the United States, in Convention assem-
bled, in the discharge of the duty we
owe to our constituents and our country,
unite in the following declarations:
First: That the history of the ration
during the last four years has fully cstab-
lished the propriety and necessity of the
organization and perpetuation of the Re
publican party, and that the causes which
called it into existence are permanent III
their nature, and now more than ever be-
fore demand its peaceful and constitution
al triumph.
Second: That the maintenance OF the
principles promulgated in the Declaration
of Independence, and embodied IN The
Federal Constitution, Is essential to the
preservation of our republican institutions,
and that the Federal Constitution, the
rights of the States. and the Union of
the States, must and shall be preserved.
THIRD. That to the Union of the States
lhis nation owes its unprecedented in
erase in population; its surprising devel-
opment of material resources; its rapid
augmentation of wealth; its happiness al
home and its honor abroad and we hold
in abhorancc all schemes for disunion,
come from whatever source they may;
and we congratulate the country that no
Republican member OF Congress has ut
tered or countenanced a threat of diSun-
ion, SO often made by Democratic mem
bers of Congress without rebuke, and
with applause from tLeir political associ-
ates; and we deuounce those threats of
disunion, in case of a popular overthrow
of their ascendency, as denying the tai
principles of free Government, and rs
all avowal ofcontemplated treason, which
it is the imperative duty Of an indignant
people strongly to rebuke and forever
silence.
Fourth; That the maintenance inyio-
late Of the right Of the States, and espec-
iaIy the right Of each State to order and
control its own domestic institutions ac-
cording to its own judgement exclusively,
is essential to that balance of power on
which The perfection aud endurance OF
our political faith depends, and we de-
nounce the lawlcss invasion by armed
forces of any State or Territory, no mat
ter under what preteNt, as among the
graycst of crimes.
FIAh: That the present Democratic
Administration has far exceeded" our
worst apprciensions in its measurelesS
subscryiency to the cxactions OF n section
al interest, as is especially evident in its
desperate cxertions to force the Infamous
Lecompton Constitution upon the pro-
testing people of Kansas in constituting
the personal relation between master ar'!
servant to involve ia unqualified property
III persons in lis attempted enforcement
everywhere, on land and seq, through
the intervention of Congress and the Fed
cral Courts CT the extreme pretensions OF
purely local interest, AMI III It's general
and unvaryins abuse OF the power III
trusted to it by confiiug people.
jSirth: That the people jus " view
with alarm The reckless extravaganza
which pervadrs every department Of The
Federal Government; that n return t.
rigid economy and accountability IS inii>
pensable 10 arrest the system Of plumber
Of the public treasury by favored partl-
sans; while the recent startling develop
ments Of fraud and corruption at tie
Federal metropolis, shows that an entire
change Of administration in imperativcIy
demanded.
Seyenh: That the new dogma that
Constitution Of its own force carries S.a-
very into any or all the Territories Of the
United States, is Il dangerous political
heresy, at variance with the explicit pro
visions Of that instrument itself, with con
temporaneous exposition, and with legi
atiye and judicial precedent, is royou
ticnary in its tendency and sudversiye of
the peace AMI harmony Of the country.
E;qbh: That the normal condition OF
the territories Of the United States is that
of Freedom; that as our republican faith
crs. when they had abolished Slavery in
all our national territory, ordained that
no person should be deprived Of life, Iib-
erty, or property, without the process of
law, it becomes our duty, by legislation,
Whenever such legislation is necessary, to
maintain this provision Of the Constitu-
ton against all tempts to violate it; and
we deny the authority Of Congress, Of a
Territorial Legislature, or Of any ind.yi2-
uals, to give legal existence TO Slavery in
any Territory Of lie United States.
Ninth That we br nd the recent re
opening of the African slave-trade, under
the cover of oVr national flag, aided by
peryersions of judicial power, as a crime
against humanity, a burning shame TO
our country and age, and we call upon
Congress to take prompt and efficient
measures for the total and final suppress
ion Of that cxecrable traffic
Tenth: That in the recent vctoes BY
their Federal Governors of the acts of the
Legislatures of Kansas and Nebraska,
prohibiting Slavery in those Territories,
we find a practical illustration of tie
boosted Democratic principle Of non-in-
torvention and Popular Sovereignty, en-
bodied in the Kansas and Nebraska BILL
and Remuneration of the deception and
fraud involved therein.
Eleventh.: That Kansas should of
right be Immediately admitted as State
under the Constitution recently formed
and adopted by her people, and accepted
by the House of Representatives.
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